Photonics & Imaging

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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Motor drivers, position sensors, offset couplings, and more.
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Articles: Test & Measurement
Here's what you'll need to know when you’re choosing an encoder for a motion control system.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This technology cancels out the vibrations of a satellite by vibrating the solar panels in the opposite direction.
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INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Researchers at Purdue University have been working to develop new technologies to help stop the spread of foodborne illnesses, which kill 3,000 people a year, by detecting them more...
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Some molecules, including most of the ones in living organisms, have shapes that can exist in two different mirror-image versions. The right- and left-handed versions can sometimes have different...
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INSIDER Product: Imaging
Final Vision Inspection (FVI) SystemCyberOptics® Corporation (Minneapolis, MN) has launched the Multi-Reflection Suppression™ (MRS™)-enabled 3D MX3000 Final Vision Inspection (FVI) system for memory modules. The launch extends...
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INSIDER: Imaging
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their collaborators have developed a way to retrofit the transmission electron...
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Blog: Aerospace
NASA’s big return to the Moon by 2024 will call for the support of small technologies – specifically, the miniature spacecraft known as CubeSats.
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Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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Unmanned Systems - March 2020
The latest advances in aerial, ground, and underwater unmanned systems are covered in this special report, a compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology.

Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Midwest Engineered Systems, Waukesha, WI, offers the ADDere metal 3D printing system that consists of a 6-axis industrial robot combined with a 2-axis coordinated motion workpiece positioner. The laser wire additive system...
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Articles: Energy
Biodegradable batteries, solid-state ultracapacitors, and infrared camouflage.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Thermal cameras, testing software, an ion air knife, and more.
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Briefs: Lighting
These thin films hold great promise for solar cells and LEDs.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Using 3D components on a standardized 2D microchip manufacturing platform uses up to 100 times less chip space.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This vibrometer has uses in analyzing spasms in humans, as a breath analyzer for diagnosis of cancer and other diseases, and as a preventative healthcare sensor.
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Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
An interview with Mike Horton, CTO of ACEINNA, Inc. (Boston, MA).
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Researchers have developed new nanoscale technology to image and measure more of the stresses and strains on materials under high pressures.
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Briefs: Communications
In the middle ground between microwaves and visible light lies terahertz radiation, and the promise of “Tray vision.”
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Articles: Test & Measurement
There are longwave, midwave, and shortwave camera systems—each with its own advantages for specific industries and uses.
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Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Altering the traditional intensity distribution of fiber lasers improves weld quality.
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Technology Leaders: Imaging
Vision-based convolutional neural network system detects phone usage, eating, and drinking.
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Application Briefs: Data Acquisition
Anand Gopalan, CEO of Velodyne Lidar, Inc., discusses lidar software for ADAS and autonomous vehicles
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Technology Leaders: Imaging
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.
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Technology Leaders: Photonics/Optics
CT vs. structured light scanning — See which option is best for you.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
The NASA study is a first step in developing a model to deploy in future disasters.
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Products: Connectivity
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...
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Blog: Test & Measurement
“We’re analyzing rocks from space, atom by atom,” says researcher Jennika Greer.
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Blog: Test & Measurement
Editor Bruce A. Bennett shares his observations from SPIE Photonics West, including the emergence of LiDAR.
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Blog: Transportation
See what caught Bruce A. Bennett's eye during Day 1 of Photonics West 2020 in San Francisco.
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