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NASA Mars Orbiter's Telescopic Camera Reveals Real Regions of Film's Mars Landings

Images from a NASA Mars orbiter's telescopic camera reveal details of real regions on Mars where a new Hollywood movie, "The Martian," places future astronaut adventures.

7 Oct 2015

OSU Awarded NSF Grant to Develop High-End, 4D Imaging System

Oregon State University was awarded an $815,000 “major research instrumentation” grant through the National Science Foundation, part of a $1.2 million package, to develop a high-end, 4D imaging system and establish an Advanced Imaging Facility.

7 Oct 2015

New Prototype 3D Display Module Enables Glasses-Free 3D Viewing

Flying cars, hoverboards and video chat – a very futuristic vision for the year 2015 was presented in the movie “Back to the Future Part II”, released in 1989. Now, shortly before “Back to the Future Day” on October 21st, 2015, it is time to check whether reality has indeed kept up with the daring predictions of the 80s.

7 Oct 2015

Latest Contact Lens Technology Presented at American Academy of Optometry Conference

For years, millions of contact lens wearers have compromised by settling for 20/Happy vision; a term used to describe vision that was functional, but not 20/20. Eye Care Professionals (ECPs) have reported that 99.5% of patients experience at least one area of compromise with vision using today’s multifocal contact lenses.1 Research is now showing that new advances in contact lens technology are helping by providing the vision and stereoacuity (depth perception) patients want.

7 Oct 2015

Lockheed Martin to Build 60kW Laser System for the U.S. Army

Lockheed Martin begins production of a new generation of modular high power lasers this month. The first laser built using the modular technique will be a 60-kilowatt system for a U.S. Army vehicle.

7 Oct 2015

Smartphone-Based Device for Point-of-Care Rapid Molecular Diagnosis

NIBIB-funded researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a smartphone-based device that can reliably carry out molecular diagnoses in under an hour for approximately two dollars per patient.

6 Oct 2015

DARPA Award to Support Research on Metasurface-Based Flat Optical Modulators

Nanfang Yu, assistant professor of applied physics at Columbia Engineering , has won the prestigious DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Young Faculty Award (YFA), which will support his work on metasurface-based flat optical modulators.

6 Oct 2015

Holographic Imaging Helps Analyze Mingling of Drier Air with Water-Saturated Air in Clouds

Watching clouds go by, swirls of white puff up and melt away. The changes mirror mixing within the clouds as drier air mingles with water-saturated air.

6 Oct 2015

Specialized UV-Light Enabled Catheter Can Non-Invasively Fix Holes in the Heart

Researchers from Boston Children's Hospital, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Karp Lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital have jointly designed a specialized catheter for fixing holes in the heart using a biodegradable adhesive and patch. As the team reports in Science Translational Medicine, the catheter has been used successfully in animal studies to facilitate hole closure without the need for open heart surgery.

6 Oct 2015

New Report on Global Aerial Imaging Market

The global aerial imaging market is expected to reach USD 2.24 billion by 2020. Growing demand in emerging application areas including natural resources management, energy, and disaster prevention is expected to drive the market over the next six years. Increased need for geospatial information and imagery data is also expected to fuel demand over the forecast period.

6 Oct 2015

EVT Announces Development of Intelligent Thermography-Camera

EVT has developed an intelligent Thermography-Camera. The EyeCheck Thermo smart camera is based on the camera technology of the SAITIS-640 IR-Camera by DST CONTROL and the software-knowhow of EVT.

From EVT Eye Vision Technology 6 Oct 2015

TUSM Physician Evaluates Mirror Therapy to Help Lessen Pain Experienced by Combat Veterans

Can a simple mirror help lessen the pain experienced by combat veterans with complex orthopedic injuries or nerve damage to the limbs? That is the premise behind a new research study being conducted by a Temple University School of Medicine (TUSM) physician.

5 Oct 2015