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Briefs: AR/AI
This combination of technologies could enable developments for many optical applications.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Parts remain crack-free and defect-resistant, making them conducive for use in metal-based 3D-printing applications.
Briefs: Energy
The sulfolane-additive process yields easy fabrication, low cost, and long operating life.
5 Ws: Imaging
Imagine a tablet or Kindle that can display braille on command for the visually impaired.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A remotely controlled microswimmer could navigate the human body and aid in drug delivery.
Briefs: Energy
A highly efficient and long-lasting solar flow battery generates, stores, and redelivers renewable electricity from the Sun in one device.
Blog: Photonics/Optics
There are some things you just can't do at a virtual trade show. Editor Bruce A. Bennett walks the floor at SPIE Photonics West.
Blog: Photonics/Optics
Editor Bruce A. Bennett reports from SPIE Photonics West 2022 in San Francisco.
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope successfully launched on December 25 on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, South America. A joint effort with ESA (European...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have succeeded in creating an experimental model of an elusive kind of fundamental particle called a skyrmion in a beam of light. The breakthrough...
INSIDER: Imaging
Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) QVGA Camera
Attollo Engineering (Camarillo, CA) has introduced a quarter-VGA format camera (320 x 256 resolution), based on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) shortwave infrared technology. The miniature...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Self-flying drones and autonomous taxis that can safely operate in fog may sound futuristic, but new research at Sandia National Laboratories’ fog facility is bringing the future...
Question of the Week: Imaging
Would You Use A.I-Driven Laser Cutters like SensiCut?
Laser cutters are a popular tool for today’s design engineers. Users, however, still face difficulties distinguishing among stockpiles of metals, woods, papers, and plastics.
Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
Space Technology - January 2022
Read about the most powerful telescope ever launched into space, the NASA rocket that will carry humans back to the moon, the nanosatellites that are dramatically reducing the cost of space science, and much more...Products: Test & Measurement
The PM-50 graphical panel meter is available as a 3.5" or 4.3" graphical touchscreen display.
Briefs: Materials
SensiCut, a smart material-sensing platform for laser cutters, can differentiate among 30 materials commonly found in makerspaces.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
The fiber contains memory, temperature sensors, and a trained neural network program for inferring physical activity.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Engineers have developed a sensor system and manufacturing process for smart contact lenses. The sensor system contains a photodetector for receiving optical information, a temperature sensor for...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Biological insights of fruit fly eye movements could enhance robotics.
UpFront: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Private stations get NASA funding; a camera "sees the unseen," and more.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Applications include avionics, data storage, process control, reconfigurable manufacturing lines, and civil and structural engineering.
Products: Imaging
Microwave measurement receivers, oscilloscopes, longwave infrared cameras, and more.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Better detection of microwave radiation will enable improved thermal imaging, electronic warfare, radio communications, and radar.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In the high-tech sector, there's been a shift from “just-in-time” to “just-in-case” inventory strategies.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Large machines can breathe in and out cooling blasts of water to keep their systems from overheating.
Articles: Aerospace
With the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), mankind’s understanding of the universe — and its origins — will increase exponentially.
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Fiber laser machinery, polishing pitch, beam collimators, and more.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
NASA's NEID tool delivered its first batch of data on the nearest and best-studied star, our Sun.
Articles: Photonics/Optics
The main Photonics West exhibition opens on Tuesday, January 25.
Top Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets
INSIDER: Research Lab
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Software
Quiz: Materials
Blog: Aerospace
Tech Briefs Wrapped 2025: Top 10 Technology Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: AR/AI
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Podcasts: Medical
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Podcasts: Power
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