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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A nanoantenna-enabled detector boosts the usable signal of a thermal infrared camera by up to three times.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Interaction of sound and light reveals new information of a crystal's quantum properties.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Loosely connected disc-shaped “particles” can push and pull one another, moving together to transport objects.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This technology is a novel, rugged, and economic diagnostic and sensor platform technology.
Briefs: Defense
Low-Bandwidth Radar Technology Provides Improved Detection of Objects
Radar technologies were originally designed to identify and track airborne military targets. Today, they're more often used to detect motor vehicles, weather formations, and geological terrain. Until now, scientists believed that radar accuracy and resolution are related to the...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
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
The method could impact optical imaging, vision correction, and disease diagnosis.
Briefs: Materials
Optically Fixable Shape Memory Polymers
These polymers can combine thermal and optically fixable shape memory.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This optical switch controls the direction of light passing through optical fibers faster and more efficiently.
Briefs: Energy
RFID-based devices work in indoor and outdoor lighting conditions and could transmit data for years before they need to be replaced.
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
A team led by scientists at the University of Washington has designed and tested a 3D-printed metamaterial that can manipulate light with nanoscale precision. As...
INSIDER Product: Imaging
Test Equipment
The LDTC LAB series instruments from Wavelength Electronics (Bozeman, MT) combine low noise, high-end digital control laser diode driver technology with an IntelliTune® smart temperature controller. Two models are...
INSIDER: Materials
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have reported a new mechanism to speed up the charging of lithium-ion batteries for...
INSIDER: Imaging
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...
Products: Photonics/Optics
LIDAR Systems, Smart Cameras, Optical Communications, and more.
Articles: Semiconductors & ICs
Machine vision systems shed light on processes too small or too fast to see with the human eye.
Articles: Photonics/Optics
Laser illumination is scaling in a new direction.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
X-ray Measurement Approach Could Improve CT Scanners
A new measurement approach could lead to a better way to calibrate computed tomography (CT) scanners, potentially streamlining patient treatment by improving communication among doctors.
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
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...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
A method was developed to make atom-flat sensors that seamlessly integrate with devices to report on what they perceive. Electronically active 2D materials, touted for their strength, are difficult to move to...
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Measuring milk components has become very crucial for the dairy industry.
Application Briefs: Aerospace
Learn about the Draper Multi-Environment Navigator.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
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: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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: Imaging
A new imaging method extracts a color image from a single exposure of light scattered through a mostly opaque material.
Briefs: Transportation
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...
Briefs: Automotive
Most of us know optical lenses as curved, transparent pieces of plastic or glass, designed to focus light for microscopes, spectacles, cameras, and more. For the most part, a lens’...
Top Stories
Blog: Lighting
A Stretchable OLED that Can Maintain Most of Its Luminescence
INSIDER: Energy
Advancing All-Solid-State Batteries
Blog: Energy
Batteries that Can Withstand the Cold
Blog: AR/AI
My Opinion: We Need More Power Soon — Is Nuclear the Answer?
Quiz: Power
Blog: Design
Webcasts
On-Demand Webinars: Transportation
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design Cycle
Upcoming Webinars: Test & Measurement
From Spreadsheets to Insights: Fast Data Analysis Without Complex...
Upcoming Webinars: Aerospace
Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded...
Upcoming Webinars: AR/AI
Beyond AI-Copy-Paste Engineering: Advanced AI-Integration Success...
Upcoming Webinars: Energy
Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
Upcoming Webinars: Power
