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Articles: Photonics/Optics
Altering the traditional intensity distribution of fiber lasers improves weld quality.
Technology Leaders: Imaging
Vision-based convolutional neural network system detects phone usage, eating, and drinking.
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Anand Gopalan, CEO of Velodyne Lidar, Inc., discusses lidar software for ADAS and autonomous vehicles
Technology Leaders: Photonics/Optics
Different line scan prism manufacturers might compare two possible curves in their advertising and argue that the steeper flanks should enable better color reproduction with greater selectivity.
Technology Leaders: Test & Measurement
CT vs. structured light scanning — See which option is best for you.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
The NASA study is a first step in developing a model to deploy in future disasters.
Products: Photonics/Optics
Perovskites
Goodfellow (Coraopolis, PA) recently announced a new range of perovskites, a group of materials that demonstrate great potential for optoelectronic applications. Perovskites have a unique and versatile crystal...
Blog: RF & Microwave Electronics
Editor Bruce A. Bennett shares his observations from SPIE Photonics West, including the emergence of LiDAR.
Blog: Photonics/Optics
See what caught Bruce A. Bennett's eye during Day 1 of Photonics West 2020 in San Francisco.
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Nagoya University scientists have succeeded in designing a laser diode that emits deep-ultraviolet light. It emits the world's shortest lasing wavelength, at 271.8 nanometers, under pulsed electric current...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
To further shrink electronic devices and to lower energy consumption, the semiconductor industry is interested in using 2D materials, but manufacturers need a quick...
Briefs: Materials
Such machines, only a few tens of micrometers across, could be used in the human body to perform small operations.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This technology could be used to create smartphones that don't scratch or shatter, metal-free pacemakers, and electronics for space and other harsh environments.
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
This atom-based receiver has the potential to be smaller and work better in noisy environments than conventional radio receivers.
Briefs: Communications
Fiber-optic cables could help scientists study offshore earthquakes and the geologic structures hidden deep beneath the ocean surface.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The system provides three-dimensional imagery of potential threats at closer ranges.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Filaments with embedded circuitry can be used to print complex shapes for biomedical and robotic devices.
Briefs: Materials
This innovation could lead to better drones, satellites, and biomedical devices.
Briefs: Materials
This coating acts as a spontaneous air cooler and can be fabricated, dyed, and applied like paint.
Facility Focus: Photonics/Optics
Explore Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA's first space flight complex.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The switch is a major new step toward building a computer that uses light instead of electricity to process information.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
3D Printing Technique Produces “Living” 4D Materials
3D/4D printing is merged with a chemical process to produce “living” resin, which has potential for recycling and biomedicine.
INSIDER Product: Imaging
SWIR Camera
Princeton Infrared Technologies, Inc. (PIRT) (Monmouth Junction, NJ) will be introducing its new compact MVCam series shortwave-infrared (SWIR) and visible camera that supports the highest commercially available frame...
INSIDER: Imaging
Imagine a fleet of 100 Hubble Space Telescopes, deployed in a strategic space-invader-shaped array a million miles from Earth, scanning the universe at warp...
INSIDER: Imaging
Photovoltaics used in solar panels are sensitive to environmental factors and often suffer degradation over time. International Electrotechnical Commission standards for...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Researchers have demonstrated a new all-optical technique for creating robust second-order nonlinear effects in materials that don’t normally support them. Using a...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
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
This technology is a novel, rugged, and economic diagnostic and sensor platform technology.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Loosely connected disc-shaped “particles” can push and pull one another, moving together to transport objects.
Top Stories
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Aerial Microrobots That Can Match a Bumblebee's Speed
Blog: Electronics & Computers
Turning Edible Fungi into Organic Memristors
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Revolutionizing the Production of Semiconductor Chips
News: Energy
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
World’s Smallest Programmable, Autonomous Robots
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Webcasts
On-Demand Webinars: Power
E/E Architecture Redefined: Building Smarter, Safer, and Scalable Vehicles
Upcoming Webinars: Energy
Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
Upcoming Webinars: Electronics & Computers
Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive...
Upcoming Webinars: Automotive
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design...
Upcoming Webinars: Power
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Podcasts: Defense
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