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Photonis Granted European Patent for Ion Mobility Spectrometer Using Resistive Glass

PHOTONIS USA, a leading electro-optic manufacturer, has been awarded a European patent for the manufacture of an ion mobility spectrometer built using Resistive Glass technology. Patents were previously granted in the US for the instrument as well as for other specific products made with the specialty glass.

From PHOTONIS Technologies S.A.S. 13 Mar 2013

Xmark Media Announces Free Photonics Tutorial Programme for Photonex London Roadshow

Xmark Media announces the free Photonics Tutorial programme for this year's annual Photonex London Roadshow. Attendance to these, the exhibition and conference sessions is FREE.

12 Mar 2013

High Speed 3-D Holographic Techniques Help Determine How Plankton Adapt to Viscosity Changes

Imagine trying to swim through a pool of honey. Because of their small size, this is what swimming in water is like for tiny marine plankton. So, it was often assumed they would be easy prey, especially in the dense viscosity of colder waters, but that is not necessarily so.

11 Mar 2013

Strategy Analytics Predicts 31% Growth in Camera Deployment in Light Vehicles

In the Automotive Electronics Service report, "Automotive Cameras: Chip Platform Strategies Enable Both Mandate Compliance And Enhanced Performance," Strategy Analytics predicts a 31 percent growth in camera deployment in light vehicles over the next five years, topping 89 million units by 2019.

7 Mar 2013

Point Grey Introduces Machine Vision Camera with CCD Technology and USB 3.0 Interface

Point Grey, a world-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative, high-performance digital cameras, today announced its latest innovation in imaging with the Grasshopper3, the world’s first machine vision camera family to combine CCD technology with a USB 3.0 interface.

7 Mar 2013

Photonics Forum Provides Key Technology Information on New VDMA Website

The Photonics Forum within the German Engineering Federation (VerbandDeutscherMaschinen- und Anlagenbau – VDMA) – the theme-based affiliation of seven VDMA photonics-related professional sectors – appears in its own information platform in the new digital network of the VDMA my.VDMA.org.

5 Mar 2013

DSI Introduces Enhanced Capability to Manufacture Patterned Optical Filters

Deposition Sciences, Inc. (DSI®), manufacturer of highly durable thin film optical coatings, introduces an enhanced capability to manufacture patterned optical filters. DSI has increased its capacity and resolution with the introduction of a new photolithography production line capable of patterning 200 mm diameter wafers.

From Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI) 5 Mar 2013

Graphene Holds Potential for Light Harvesting Technologies

Bottles, packaging, furniture, car parts... all made of plastic. Today we find it difficult to imagine our lives without this key material that revolutionized technology over the last century. There is wide-spread optimism in the scientific community that graphene will provide similar paradigm shifting advances in the decades to come.

27 Feb 2013

New Ultraviolet Beam Viewer from Newport

Newport Corporation, a worldwide leader in laser and photonic solutions that Make, Manage, and Measure Light®, introduces an ultraviolet (UV) beam viewer, the UVU-2A.

From Newport Corporation 27 Feb 2013

Kickstarter Campaign for Mobile IMAGOphotour

The camera IMAGO1:1 is the largest walk-in camera in the world. Invented and built in the 1970s, in Munich, the IMAGO1:1 is unique. After many journeys and shows it found its final home in 2011 at the Aufbau Haus at Moritzplatz in Berlin-Kreuzberg (Germany). The venerable camera would not survive the rigors of yet more journeys.

25 Feb 2013