Editor’s Picks

  1. Laser World Of Photonics China 2014 Will Host 600 Exhibitors 1/29/2014

    As Asia’s largest trade show for lasers, optics, and photonics, Laser World of Photonics China 2014 will take place at the Shanghai New International Expo Center from March 18-20, 2014.

  2. Imec Demonstrates Wireless Eye-Tracking Technology Based On Electro-Oculography 5/23/2018

    Imec, the world-leading research and innovation hub in nano-electronics and digital technology, will demonstrate recently at its Imec Technology Forum in Antwerp (ITF Belgium 2018), a new wireless eye-tracking technology based on electro-oculography (EOG), an ophthalmology technique used to examine eyes and record eye movement.

  3. Rice Laboratory For Nanophotonics Gets $3M Training Grant 7/13/2005
    Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) has been awarded a highly competitive, five-year, $3 million federal grant for a program to prepare students in the design and fabrication of nanoscale optical components and their applications in emerging technologies...
  4. Schneider-Kreuznach Expands TOPAZ C-Mount Compact Lens Series 6/14/2019

    The new 6.5 mm wide-angle lens with 17.6 mm image circle, for cameras with 1.1'' sensors, completes the TOPAZ series from Schneider-Kreuznach. With a working distance from 0.3 m to infinity and a maximum angle of view of 114°, this lens fits for various applications where a huge field of view is needed from a near distance as common in security cameras for face recognition.

  5. Symposium To Explore Unmanned Aircraft System Plans, Requirements, Technologies, And Opportunities 1/28/2013

    The American Institute of Engineers (AIE), in association with Technology Training Corporation (TTC), will host an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Symposium, in San Diego, CA, March 12-14, 2013.

  6. Pulsed Laser Achieves 3D Printing With Metals 6/10/2015

    3D printing is a rapidly advancing field, that is sometimes referred to as the 'new cornerstone of the manufacturing industry'. However, at present, 3D printing is mostly limited to plastics.

  7. Tight Budgets, 'Valley Of Death,' Workforce Issues Concern Science Society Leaders 5/4/2012

    Competition for federal funds for research and education, the entrepreneur's "valley of death," and changes in the workforce dominated talks among leaders of SPIE and other societies gathered for a Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP) meeting in Washington, D.C., last week.

  8. Researchers Use Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy To Collect Elemental Fingerprints 2/6/2009
    The Environmental Sciences Division’s Madhavi Martin has reinvented an old analytical method, finding some very new applications for the technology in the process. She uses laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy—a technique invented in the 1960s—to collect elemental fingerprints.
  9. Hypersonic Aerodynamic Design Benefits From Thermal Imaging 9/18/2012

    An applications report from FLIR Systems details how the Aerospace Research Group at the University of Manchester (UK) are using a FLIR SC655 thermal imaging camera to test models and aircraft components subjected to hypersonic airflows.

  10. Physicists At Goethe University Solve Mystery Surrounding Photon Momentum 10/1/2019

    Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize for explaining the photoelectric effect: in its most intuitive form, a single atom is irradiated with light. According to Einstein, light consists of particles (photons) that transfer only quantised energy to the electron of the atom.