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World-Class Lidar Crowd Analytics Partnership to Transform Smart Spaces

The Indoor Lab partners with Cepton to deliver state-of-the-art space and crowd analytics, with unparalleled social distancing and cleaning metrics.

11 Jan 2021

BitFlow Reaches for the Stars Helping Mount Wilson Observatory Capture Celestial Images

Located on Mount Wilson, California, Georgia State University's Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy array (CHARA) is the world's largest optical interferometer and has delivered landmark sub-milliarcsecond results in the areas of stellar imaging, binaries, and stellar diameters.

11 Jan 2021

World’s Fastest Optical Neuromorphic Processor for Artificial Intelligence

Headed by the Swinburne University of Technology, an international research team has now revealed the world’s fastest and most robust optical neuromorphic processor meant for artificial intelligence (AI).

8 Jan 2021

Researchers Use 'Damaged' Part of Optical Fiber to Develop a Magnetic Field Sensor

The invention of optical fibers has revolutionized not only telecommunications but also sensing technology. Optical fiber sensors can measure strain, temperature, pressure, and many other physical parameters along the fibers, but they are currently immune to electromagnetic noise -- interference from other external electric or magnetic interactions.

8 Jan 2021

NTT to Exhibit Online at CES 2021, the World’s Most Influential Tech Event

NTT Corporation (NTT) will exhibit at CES 2021, the world’s most influential tech event, which will be held online from Monday, January 11 to Thursday, January 14, 2021(EST). This is the second attendance at the CES for NTT following last year. Through presentations and videos, NTT will showcase as follows:

8 Jan 2021

DELO Introduces Compact and More Efficient Control Units for LED Spot Lamps

DELO has launched two new devices for controlling and powering LED curing lamps. The DELOLUX pilot S4i and S4T models allow the use of more powerful lamp heads in an extremely compact design.

From DELO Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA 7 Jan 2021

Fugro to Provide First Topographic Lidar Base Map for Island Nation of Palau

Fugro has been awarded a contract by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to perform high-resolution topographic lidar base mapping for the Republic of Palau. Located in the western Pacific Ocean and comprising 340 islands, Palau is recognised by the UN as a small developing island state (SIDS) whose remote location, low-lying landmasses and heavily populated coastlines make it especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

From Fugro 7 Jan 2021

Photonic Processors Speed Up Tasks in the Field of Machine Learning

The exponential growth of data traffic in our digital age poses some real challenges on processing power. And with the advent of machine learning and AI in, for example, self-driving vehicles and speech recognition, the upward trend is set to continue. All this places a heavy burden on the ability of current computer processors to keep up with demand.

7 Jan 2021

$Speciality Prisms for Cryogenic Measurements of Refractive Index for ESO ELT’s Spectrograph - HARMONI$

Speciality Prisms for Cryogenic Measurements of Refractive Index for ESO ELT’s Spectrograph - HARMONI

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 7 Jan 2021

Researchers Develop a Light-Sensitive 3D-Printed Smart Gel

Inspired by the color-changing skin of cuttlefish, octopuses and squids, Rutgers engineers have created a 3D-printed smart gel that changes shape when exposed to light, becomes "artificial muscle" and may lead to new military camouflage, soft robotics and flexible displays.

6 Jan 2021

Linked Color Imaging Improves Detection of Upper GI Tract Tumors

Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) describe an endoscopic modality for detecting upper gastrointestinal tract neoplasms by Linked Color Imaging that innovatively mixes light of different wavelengths to better depict mucosal changes

6 Jan 2021

A Novel Solution for Making High-Performance, Lightweight Solar Cells

Improving solar cell design is integral for improving energy consumption. Scientists have lately focused on making solar cells more efficient, flexible, and portable to enable their integration into everyday applications.

5 Jan 2021

Moiré Metalenses Show Wide Focal Length Tunability

The odd, wavy pattern that results from viewing certain phone or computer screens through polarized glasses has led researchers to take a step toward thinner, lighter-weight lenses. Called moiré, the pattern is made by laying one material with opaque and translucent parts at an angle over another material of similar contrast.

5 Jan 2021

A Novel Approach to Overcome a Major Challenge Facing Displays Using OLEDs

Using a new combination of emitter molecules, researchers in Japan have demonstrated the promise of a novel approach to finally overcome a major challenge facing displays using organic light-emitting diodes: a blue light source matching the excellent performance of the red and green ones.

5 Jan 2021

Microscopy Technique Increases Image Clarity by Expanding Dynamic Range

A new technique has been developed by optical physics experts to view inside living cells in more detail by employing present microscopy technology and without the need to add fluorescent dyes or stains.

4 Jan 2021