Photonics & Imaging

Imaging

Your destination for advances in imaging systems, machine vision, visualization software, and human-machine interfaces (HMIs) technologies. Design engineers can access news, technical briefs, applications, and product developments.

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Facility Focus: Aerospace
Stennis now is testing RS-25 rocket engines for the Space Launch System (SLS) that will carry humans back to the Moon.
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Briefs: Communications
The newest version of these combs could revolutionize clocks, telescopes, and telecommunications.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This eye-on-a-chip can help treatment of dry eye disease.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The instrument has uses in photography where the goal is to image a dim object near a bright one.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
An A/C alternative, AI that sharpens blurry images, and a NASA energy harvester.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The material was designed specifically for biomedical or wearable technologies, since sweat and volatile organic compounds evaporate away from the skin.
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Products: Imaging
Foam gasket tapes, data analytics software, ceramic tape, and more.
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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...
INSIDER: Physical Sciences
University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers have made it possible to remotely determine the temperature beneath the surface of certain materials using a new technique they call depth...
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Briefs: Aerospace
This method detects power line faults using a drone.
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Briefs: Materials
Polymer Composite for Radiation Shielding
The polymer composite could replace conventional radiation shielding materials such as lead.
Briefs: Imaging
The sensor has applications in fields such as robotics, healthcare, and security.
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Briefs: Defense
Multiple commercial applications include defense, search and rescue, and disaster relief.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Imaging technology used to map the universe shows promise for more accurately and quickly identifying cancer cells in the operating room.
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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: Photonics/Optics
Biologically inspired ultrathin arrayed camera captures super-resolution images.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technique offers enhanced resolution and improved system reliability for mapping and obstacle recognition and navigation for vehicles.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Smart adaptive clothing can lower the body temperature of the wearer in hot climates.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
An ultrafast image sensor with a built-in neural network can be trained to recognize certain objects.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
Video can be recreated from motion-blurred images and new cameras may someday retrieve 3D data from 2D medical images.
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Briefs: Imaging
A new roll-to-roll production method could enable lightweight, flexible solar devices and a new generation of display screens.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Data storage boards, modular plugs, equipment enclosures, and more.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
Tiny, metal-rich particles can be excited with a low-power laser for deep-tissue imaging.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Positioning devices, vibration transmitters, brushless DC motors, and more.
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Articles: Motion Control
When inspecting products for instance, machine vision is not only faster but also far more accurate.
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Blog: Aerospace
The Perseverance rover has an almost human-like way of keeping its lenses clean.
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INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Just as a meter stick with hundreds of tick marks can be used to measure distances with great precision, a device known as a laser frequency comb, with its hundreds...
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INSIDER Product: Imaging
Ultraviolet-Enhanced Circular Photodetector Opto Diode Corporation (Camarillo, CA) has introduced the UVG5S, an ultraviolet-enhanced photodiode with a 5 mm² circular active area. The new device is suitable for detection between...
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INSIDER: Imaging
Carolin Frueh is among only a handful of researchers who have persisted in using a complex technique that can diagnose a problem from thousands of miles away based on how a...
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