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Products: Test & Measurement
Multi-sensor imaging systems, eyesafe laser finders, machine vision algorithms, and more.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See what kinds of applications are possible when you can literally see light propagating through space.
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
With Nikon's Layer Thickness software module, comprehensive information about a specimen is obtained more quickly than if an operator is making all the measurements by hand.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Infrared Detectors Enhance Night-Vision Cameras
The ability to enhance night vision could improve what can be seen in space, in chemical and biological disaster areas, and on the battlefield.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Future robots could be taught how to outperform humans.
Briefs: AR/AI
MIT engineers are envisioning robots more like home helpers.
Blog: Imaging
A reader asks, "Will the public feel safe enough in an autonomous vehicle?"
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
New collaborative robot-based vision systems are changing how manufacturers can inspect their parts.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Applications include low-light conditions such as on orbital satellites and VR applications where the lens needs to be larger than a pupil.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
This system has a capacity of more than 1,500 times the volume of a typical testing facility.
Briefs: Materials
A metal-organic framework does not contain cost-intensive raw materials and can be produced in bulk.
Briefs: Imaging
Tiny aircraft that weigh as much as a fruit fly could serve as Martian atmospheric probes.
Briefs: Imaging
The software assesses the quality of parts in real time, without the need for expensive characterization equipment.
Briefs: Materials
This method could impact optical technologies such as smartphone cameras, biosensors, or autonomous vision for robots and self-driving cars.
Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
See how Blue Joule developed and delivered the Mini Mount (MM) Gimbal to Johns Hopkins University.
Blog: Imaging
Thermal cameras detect heat radiation and can be used to identify the surface temperature of objects and people. So what's their limit, asks a reader.
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
For planned robotic and crewed missions to the Moon and Mars, NASA is developing and testing precise landing and hazard-avoidance technologies. A combination of laser sensors, a camera, a high-speed...
INSIDER Product: Photonics/Optics
Machine Vision Cameras
Teledyne DALSA (Waterloo, Canada) announced its new Falcon4-CLHS M4480 and M4400 cameras, based on the Teledyne e2v Lince 11.2M monochrome sensors. The new Falcon4-CLHS interface cameras have been...
Blog: Unmanned Systems
A reader asks our expert: When it comes to autonomous vehicles, what’s best: Radar, LiDAR, or cameras?
Products: Test & Measurement
Foam gasket tapes, data analytics software, ceramic tape, and more.
Products: RF & Microwave Electronics
Safety-critical MEMS, absolute pressure sensors, thermal imaging cameras, and more.
Articles: Test & Measurement
The COVID crisis is propelling the camera industry toward disruptive transformation.
Products: Test & Measurement
High-temp infrared emitter, single-frequency SWIR lasers, hazard testing systems, and more.
Briefs: Materials
Empa researchers were able to demonstrate real-time acoustic monitoring of laser weld seams.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
University of Colorado researchers have described a new silicon chip that improves the resolution and scanning speed needed for a lidar system.
Briefs: Imaging
Real-time terahertz imaging with a single-pixel detector.
Question of the Week: Imaging
Do the Advantages of Tiny Cameras Outweigh Privacy Risks?
A recent Tech Briefs TV video showcased a wireless camera from the University of Washington – a device that is small enough to fit on an insect’s back, literally.
While the imaging advancement offers potential applications in biology and exploration, the UW team acknowledged that the...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Ultrafast Camera Captures Transparent Objects and Phenomena
The camera can take up to 1 trillion pictures per second of transparent objects, shockwaves, and other phenomena.
Briefs: Aerospace
Multiple commercial applications include defense, search and rescue, and disaster relief.
Top Stories
Blog: Lighting
A Stretchable OLED that Can Maintain Most of Its Luminescence
Blog: Energy
Batteries that Can Withstand the Cold
INSIDER: Energy
Advancing All-Solid-State Batteries
Quiz: Energy
Blog: Physical Sciences
Blog: Materials
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