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PDR’s New Affordable PCB X-ray Inspection Systems Offer Quality Image Clarity

PDR X-ray Solutions is pleased to announce that its 2D and 2D+ X-ray systems have set a new industry standard for high-quality X-ray images at an affordable price.

From PDR X-ray Solutions 3 Jun 2020

IQFROG Measuring Your Ultrashort Pulses

LASER COMPONENTS would like to introduce the IQFROG to measure the pulse intensity and phase in both the spectral and temporal domains, yielding a complete pulse characterisation.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 3 Jun 2020

New USB3 Cameras Engineered to Meet the Challenges of Modern Vision Systems

Teledyne Lumenera, a Teledyne Technologies company, and manufacturer and developer of digital cameras for industrial and scientific imaging applications, is pleased to announce the release of its new Lt Series USB3 cameras.

3 Jun 2020

New Stretchable Color Sheets for Adhesive-Type Display Elements

A joint research team of Hayato Kumagai in the latter half of the doctoral course and Kazuhiro Takahashi, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering of Toyohashi University of Technology, and Toshinori Fujie, Associate Professor (Lecturer) of the School of Life Science and Technology at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, have succeeded in developing a variable color sheet with a film thickness of 400 nanometers (less than one-hundredth of the thickness of a human hair) that changes color when stretched and shrunk.

3 Jun 2020

New Technology Enables Smart Window to Self-Regulate its Optical Transmittance

Researchers have developed a new easy-to-use smart optical film technology that allows smart window devices to autonomously switch between transparent and opaque states in response to the surrounding light conditions.

3 Jun 2020

New 3D Imaging Method to Visualize Biological Samples on Microscopic Scale

A collaboration between Colorado State University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign resulted in a new, 3D imaging technique to visualize tissues and other biological samples on a microscopic scale, with potential to assist with cancer or other disease diagnoses.

3 Jun 2020

Basler Introduces Embedded Vision Solutions for the NVIDIA Jetson Platform

Basler, a leading global provider of embedded vision solutions, today announced its new Embedded Vision Development Kit and two Add-on Camera Kits powered by the NVIDIA® Jetson™ platform.

From Basler AG 2 Jun 2020

Study Confirms Feasibility of Handheld UV Device to Kill Coronavirus

Scientists at Penn State, the University of Minnesota, and two Japanese universities have now reported that it is possible to create a personal, handheld device that emits ultraviolet light of high-intensity to disinfect areas by destroying the novel coronavirus.

2 Jun 2020

New Model to Improve Quality of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Tumors

Early diagnosis of cancer is one of the highest-priority problem for the healthcare system, because it is critical for overall treatment success and saving patients' lives.

2 Jun 2020

Developing A Digital Holography-Based Multimodal Imaging System To Visualize Living Cells

A research group led by Kobe University's Professor MATOBA Osamu (Organization for Advanced and Integrated Research) has successfully created 3D fluorescence and phase imaging of living cells based on digital holography.

2 Jun 2020

High-Power Laser Could Help Produce Intense Energy Emissions

A few minutes into the life of the universe, colliding emissions of light energy created the first particles of matter and antimatter.

2 Jun 2020

Smart Windows that Self-Illuminate During Monsoon Season

Smart windows that automatically change colors depending on the intensity of sunlight are gaining attention as they can reduce energy bills by blocking off sun's visible rays during summer.

1 Jun 2020

Researchers Develop Light-Sensitive Automatic Color Conversion Smart Window Technology

The original technology of smart window that can automatically adjust the amount of sunlight entering the room by changing the color of window depends on the intensity of sunlight has been developed by a domestic research team.

29 May 2020

A New Method to Conduct Spectroscopic Nanoscopy at the Single-Molecule Level

A Northwestern University research team has developed a new method to conduct spectroscopic nanoscopy, an approach that could help researchers understand more complicated biomolecular interactions and characterize cells and diseases at the single-molecule level.

29 May 2020