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Articles: Imaging
SPIE Photonics West 2020 returns to The Moscone Center in San Francisco, February 1 through February 6
Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
AM is an especially good fit for products that require a high level of customization.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
For disease diagnosis, a microchip maps the back of the eye.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This thin film can be used for ground-based and airborne applications in aircraft, balloons, and other flight missions.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Embedded Gas and Temperature Sensors for Extreme Environments
Innovative process control systems for improved efficiency and lower emissions in current and future fossil-fuel-based power systems and related applications require durable, embedded sensor technology that can operate at higher temperatures and in harsh conditions.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new laser-based system offers an efficient way to detect fires in challenging environments such as industrial facilities or large construction sites.
Briefs: Aerospace
These advances are useful for transportation, infrastructure, and aerospace.
NASA Spinoff: Electronics & Computers
Isolators used to control semiconductor manufacturing keep the James Webb Space Telescope steady.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
This technology is a novel, rugged, and economic diagnostic and sensor platform technology.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Current laser interferometry pressure pulse detection techniques use the shock-induced change in index of refraction to track detonation and/or shock fronts in a single fiber optic by reflecting laser light...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This approach removes the limitation on peak power densities that exists for fiber lasers.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Optically Fixable Shape Memory Polymers
These polymers can combine thermal and optically fixable shape memory.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This optical switch controls the direction of light passing through optical fibers faster and more efficiently.
Articles: Aerospace
Products include an aerosol scattering sensor; metal foam; and a new coated drug capsule.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This innovation dynamically provides fast signal processing and precision measurement.
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
A new instrument mounted on a telescope in Arizona aimed its robotic array of 5,000 fiber-optic “eyes” at the night sky on Oct. 22 to capture the first images...
Articles: Imaging
Machine vision systems shed light on processes too small or too fast to see with the human eye.
Articles: Transportation
Laser illumination is scaling in a new direction.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Contact lenses that can monitor the wearer’s health and correct eyesight use embedded electronics. These, and other curved devices such as solar cells and electronics, could be...
Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Measuring milk components has become very crucial for the dairy industry.
Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Learn about the Draper Multi-Environment Navigator.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Engineers at the University of Illinois have found a way to redirect misfit light waves to reduce energy loss during optical data transmission. In a study,...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Researchers have developed a new self-calibrating endoscope that produces 3D images of objects smaller than a single cell without a lens or any optical, electrical, or...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
High quality camera performance on mobile devices has proven to be one of the features that most end-users aim for. The importance of optical image quality improvement and the trend to have thinner and thinner...
Briefs: Materials
A new imaging method extracts a color image from a single exposure of light scattered through a mostly opaque material.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
UCLA engineers have made major improvements on their design of an optical neural network — a device inspired by how the human brain works — that can identify objects or process...
Facility Focus: Photonics/Optics
NASA Armstrong flight-tests some of the nation’s most unique aircraft and aeronautical systems.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
In the digital age, the measurement of rotation of a mechanical shaft on a motor or a rotating instrument knob needs to be done quickly and efficiently....
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Transparent electrodes are a critical component of solar cells and electronic displays. To collect electricity in a solar cell or inject electricity for a display, you need a conductive contact,...
Top Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Blog: Power
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INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Materials
This Paint Can Cool Buildings Without Energy Input
Blog: Software
Quiz: Power
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: AR/AI
The Real Impact of AR and AI in the Industrial Equipment Industry
Upcoming Webinars: Motion Control
Next-Generation Linear and Rotary Stages: When Ultra Precision...
Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
SAE Automotive Engineering Podcast: Additive Manufacturing
Podcasts: Defense
A New Approach to Manufacturing Machine Connectivity for the Air Force
On-Demand Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Streamlining Manufacturing with Integrated Digital Planning and Simulation
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