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Penetration Depth a Main Issue with Light-Based Technology for Improving Food Safety

Light-based technologies are emerging as tools to enhance food shelf life and guard against food contaminants but more research needs to be done, warn food scientists at a July 13 panel discussion at IFT15: Where Science Feeds Innovation hosted by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) in Chicago.

16 Jul 2015

Resolve Optics to Highlight Lens Design Service for Machine Vision Applications at PHOTONEX 2015

Resolve Optics has announced that the main focus of its stand at PHOTONEX 2015 will be the company’s specialist lens design service for machine vision applications.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 15 Jul 2015

3D at Depth Continues Validating LiDAR Technology Applications for Upstream Oil and Gas Industry

3D at Depth, a global provider of advanced subsea LiDAR systems and solutions, continues to validate the market for LiDAR technology applications for the Upstream Oil and Gas industry.

15 Jul 2015

NOVA Launches HelioSense100 Standalone Optical CD system for 3D Wafer Fabrication

Nova Measuring Instruments, a leading innovator and key provider of metrology solutions for advanced process control used in semiconductor manufacturing, announced today the launch of its new standalone Optical CD system, the HelioSense100TM, targeted at the most complex device manufacturing across the semiconductor segments.

15 Jul 2015

Point Grey Adds 1.3MP Global Shutter CMOS Sensor to Chameleon3 USB3 Vision Cameras

Point Grey, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of innovative, high-performance digital cameras, today announced the addition of a new 1.3 MP global shutter CMOS to itsChameleon? family of USB3 Vision?cameras.

10 Jul 2015

Zecotek Photonics Awarded Japanese Patent for Switchable 3D/2D Display Technology

Zecotek Photonics Inc., a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, today announced that the Japanese Patent Office has issued a patent to Zecotek for technology related to the Company's switchable 3D/2D optical imaging system.

From Zecotek Photonics 9 Jul 2015

Delivery of OVIRS Point Spectrometer for NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission

An instrument that will explore the surface of a primitive asteroid in search of water and organic materials has arrived at Lockheed Martin for installation onto NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx).

9 Jul 2015

New LightTools Advanced Design Module from Synopsys for Modeling Freeform Optics

Synopsys, Inc. today announced the availability of version 8.3 of its LightTools® illumination design software, which offers a new Advanced Design Module with robust capabilities for modeling freeform optics for a wide range of applications. The new capabilities enable users to easily incorporate freeform surfaces in illumination designs to produce optical systems that have increased energy efficiency, superior light control and innovative design forms. In addition, LightTools 8.3 delivers new features for highly accurate design and modeling of phosphor-based LED systems.

9 Jul 2015

Optical ‘Dog’s Nose’ Laser System for Fast, Non-Invasive Breath Analysis

University of Adelaide researchers are developing a laser system for fast, non-invasive, onsite breath analysis for disease, potentially enabling screening for a range of diseases including diabetes, infections and various cancers in the future.

8 Jul 2015

Hermetically Sealed SSRD Memory Connector Developed for Datakey Portable Memory Devices

ATEK Access Technologies today announced that Sigma Space Corporation has developed the SSRD memory connector, the first hermetically sealed receptacle for Datakey portable memory devices. The SSRD utilizes a high cycle life Datakey receptacle mounted inside a MIL-SPEC circular metal shell.

8 Jul 2015