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VISTA Will Form Part of ESO's Very Large Telescope Facility

A 4.1-metre diameter primary mirror, a vital part of the world's newest and fastest survey telescope, VISTA (the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) has been delivered to its new mountaintop home at Cerro Paranal, Chile. The mirror will now be coupled with a small camera for initial testing prior to installing the main camera in June. Full scientific operations are due to start early next year. VISTA will form part of ESO's Very Large Telescope facility.

17 Apr 2008

China's Video Surveillance Market Worth US$4.1 Billion in 2007

Research and Markets has announced the addition of "IP Cameras Are the Next Growth Area in China's Video Surveillance Equipment Market" to their offering.

16 Apr 2008

GMT Enables Breakthroughs Such As Gaining Visual Images of Distant Planets

Though known as fierce rivals in the sporting arena, Texas' flagship universities are uniting in a goal as big as the Universe thanks to a cosmic initiative by Houston businessman and philanthropist George P. Mitchell, founder of Mitchell Energy + Development Corp.

16 Apr 2008

3M Unveils a Range of Cabling Solutions for Machine Vision Applications

Building on the new 3M brand MDR Base Configuration Digital Camera Cable launched earlier this year, the 3M Electronic Solutions Division now offers a range of flexible base configuration cabling solutions for camera-to-framegrabber connection in machine vision applications.

16 Apr 2008

An Easier Way of Taking 3D Images

The car tires have left deep tracks in the muddy forest floor at the scene of the crime. The forensic experts make a plaster cast of the print, so that it can later be compared with the tire profiles of suspects' cars.

16 Apr 2008

New Measuring System for Expensive Lenses

"The lenses used in many optical components today - for instance in car headlamps, or in digital projectors or cameras - are no longer spherical, but have free-form geometries," says Dr. Gunther Notni of the IOF.

16 Apr 2008

System Designed for Photometry of Microscopic Samples in Mineralogy and Cytophotometry

The QDI MP1(TM) is an all solid state system designed for photometry of microscopic samples in such fields as mineralogy and cytophotometry. This rugged instrument is can measure the reflectance, transmittance or fluorescence photometric values rapidly and accurately.

16 Apr 2008

Sensor Provides Precise Illuminance Measurement to Simplify Installation

Avago Technologies today announced a new miniature programmable digital ambient light photo sensor for use in consumer, industrial and automotive applications that provide precise illuminance measurement over a wide range of lighting conditions.

15 Apr 2008

LMI Technologies Recognized for Laser Based 3D Vision Sensor Models and Configurations

Based on its recent analysis in the field of laser based three-dimensional (3D) vision sensors for industrial process monitoring and control, Frost + Sullivan recognizes LMI Technologies, Inc. with the 2007 North American Frost + Sullivan Award for Technology Leadership for its wide range of laser based 3D vision sensor models and configurations.

15 Apr 2008

Contract Calls for the Development and Fabrication of High-Res X-ray Calorimeters

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. and EPIR Technologies, Inc. (EPIR) are pleased to announce the award of a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to EPIR from NASA which continues to advance the companies strategy to commercialize synergistic cadmium-telluride based technologies and manufacturing processes for solar, infrared and X-ray within the renewable energy, night vision, medical and scientific markets.

14 Apr 2008