Editor’s Picks
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PLUS Takes 3D Ultrasound Images Of Solids
9/25/2020
A two-in-one technology provides 3D images of structural defects, such as those that can develop in aircraft and power plants.
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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.
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Macroscopic Phenomena Governed By Microscopic Physics
11/30/2018
It has been difficult to simultaneously obtain micro- and macroscopic information in outer space. Global images of distant astrophysical phenomena provide macroscopic information; however, local information is inaccessible.
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VCSBC quadro: Intelligent Multiple Head Camera Platform
1/14/2013
Ettlingen – Machine vision specialist Vision Components introduces the VCSBC quadro, a board camera based on the established VC360 with four sensor heads for taking 360° panorama pictures in various applications such as safety or security applications, for example. With ports for one, two, or four sensor heads, the VCSBC quadro is an economic platform for all kinds of multi-sensor solutions.
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DNA-PAINT: A Super-Resolution Microscopy Technique
10/16/2018
The recently introduced super-resolution method DNA-PAINT is based on transient DNA-DNA interactions. This white paper discusses the DNA-PAINT microscopy technique and how sCMOS cameras are well suited for these kinds of measurements.
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Telephotonics unveils OASIC architecture
3/16/2001
Telephotonics Inc., a supplier of integrated optical components for Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) systems, today announced a new optical components architecture with unparalleled economic efficiencies targeted at the Metro market
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Hyperspectral Imaging Speeds Detection Of Campylobacter
8/31/2010
A type of high-tech imaging can be used to distinguish the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter from other microorganisms as quickly as 24 hours after a sample is placed on solid media in a Petri dish, according to a study published by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.
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IFR to Consolidate Optics Manufacturing in US
4/27/1999
To reduce operating costs, IFR Systems Inc. (Beaverton, OR) is consolidating the manufacturing operations of its Optical Test & Measurement (OTM) Division into its facility in Beaverton, OR...
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Measuring Nanoscale Features With Fractions Of Light
12/2/2015
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers are seeing the light, but in an altogether different way.
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UMD Scientists Create Faster, More Sensitive Photodetector By Tricking Graphene
6/3/2012
Researchers at the Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials of the University of Maryland have developed a new type of hot electron bolometer a sensitive detector of infrared light, that can be used in a huge range of applications from detection of chemical and biochemical weapons from a distance and use in security imaging technologies such as airport body scanners, to chemical analysis in the laboratory and studying the structure of the universe through improved telescopes.