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New Lightweight and Compact EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Standard Lens from Canon

Canon U.S.A., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is proud to announce the new lightweight and compact Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM standard lens. Featuring a large maximum aperture of f/1.8, this single focal length lens (which has an effective focal length of 80mm when attached to an EOS camera with an APS-C sensor such as the EOS Rebel T6i) is ideal for creating portraits with beautiful, soft-blurred backgrounds.

11 May 2015

University of Pittsburgh Chemist Creates Light Tool for Gene Editing

Scientists have been manipulating genes for a while. The University of Pittsburgh's Alexander Deiters just found a way to control the process with higher precision.

11 May 2015

DOE Awards Grant to SLAC Researcher for Work on New Imaging Techniques and Shape X-ray Beam

Anne Sakdinawat, an associate staff scientist at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, has been recognized with a prestigious DOE Early Career Research Program grant to advance her work in creating and using next-generation focusing and imaging devices for X-ray experiments at SLAC and other research sites.

11 May 2015

Optical Internetworking Forum Begins Work on Coherent Application Technical Specifications for High Bandwidth Optical Modulators

In the wake of the Optical Internetworking Forum’s April quarterly meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, the organization announced that initial work has begun on technical specifications for high bandwidth optical modulators and receivers for coherent applications.

11 May 2015

Control 2015: Jenoptik to Showcase New PROGRES GRYPHAX SUBRA Microscope Camera

At the leading trade fair for quality assurance due to take place in Stuttgart on May 5–8, Jenoptik will be exhibiting the first model from its new generation of cameras – the PROGRES GRYPHAX® SUBRA.

From JENOPTIK Optical Systems GmbH 8 May 2015

EyeCheck Offers 7800 Smart Camera for Capturing Extremely Small Objects in Highspeed

The EyeCheck 7xxx series by EVT has a free programmable FPGA. The EyeCheck 7800 smart camera for example has not only a Dual Core processor and an FPGA of 85K but also a 4.2 MegaPixel CMOS sensor.

From EVT Eye Vision Technology 7 May 2015

New Photon Correlation Spectroscopy-Based Method for Directly Measuring Sound Pressure

Accurate measurements of airborne sound are needed for a range of regulatory, health and safety, and commercial applications, from monitoring environmental noise to testing the performance of acoustic devices. To ensure reliable measurements of sound pressure, microphones must be regularly calibrated by measuring their sensitivity over a certain frequency range.

6 May 2015

University of Southampton Joins Two-Year Photonics4All Outreach Project

The University of Southampton is marking the 2015 International Year of Light, by taking part in a new project to help people and businesses throughout Europe understand the importance of photonics, the science of light.

4 May 2015

Trimble and Microsoft Partner to Provide HoloLens Wearable Holographic Technology for AEC Professionals

Trimble announced today that it is working with Microsoft to develop a new generation of tools, integrated with the HoloLens holographic platform on Windows 10, which are intended to improve quality, collaboration and efficiency in the design, construction and operation of buildings and structures. A proof of concept was demonstrated at Microsoft's Build Developer Conference held this week in San Francisco.

30 Apr 2015

High-Speed STAMP Camera Can Record Events at 1 Trillion Frames per Second

When a crystal lattice is excited by a laser pulse, waves of jostling atoms can travel through the material at close to one sixth the speed of light, or approximately 28,000 miles/second. Scientists now have a new tool to take movies of such superfast movement in a single shot.

30 Apr 2015

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