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New 880nm SLED Ideal for Medical Imaging and Fiber Optic Sensor Applications

AMS Technologies announces the extension of Exalos family of powerful Superluminescent Light Emitting Diodes (SLEDs) with the new 880nm SLED (EXS8810).

22 Apr 2008

Accu-Sort Increases Manufacturing Run for Camera-Based Bar-Code Scanning System

Auto ID users have been quick to adopt Accu-Sort's new camera-based bar-code scanning system. Only six months after the AV6010 Long Range Camera was introduced, Accu-Sort® Systems has had to increase its manufacturing run to meet demand that is double the forecast, making it the fastest new product launch in the company’s history.

21 Apr 2008

Optical Touch Switch Makes Mobile Devices More User-Friendly

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors' two new SMT proximity sensors (SFH7740 and SFH7741) use distance measurements to detect a mobile device's operating status without physical contact to the sensor itself.

21 Apr 2008

New Range of Expander Lasers Provide a Compact and Cost Effective OEM Solution

DiOptika's new range of Expander Lasers provide a compact, cost effective OEM solution of large diameter collimated laser beams suitable for projecting 1:1 images of objects in its path for measurement purposes over a large depth of field of up to 10m when used with a CCD camera and image analysis software.

21 Apr 2008

VISTA Will Form Part of ESO's Very Large Telescope Facility

A 4.1-metre diameter primary mirror, a vital part of the world's newest and fastest survey telescope, VISTA (the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) has been delivered to its new mountaintop home at Cerro Paranal, Chile. The mirror will now be coupled with a small camera for initial testing prior to installing the main camera in June. Full scientific operations are due to start early next year. VISTA will form part of ESO's Very Large Telescope facility.

17 Apr 2008

China's Video Surveillance Market Worth US$4.1 Billion in 2007

Research and Markets has announced the addition of "IP Cameras Are the Next Growth Area in China's Video Surveillance Equipment Market" to their offering.

16 Apr 2008

GMT Enables Breakthroughs Such As Gaining Visual Images of Distant Planets

Though known as fierce rivals in the sporting arena, Texas' flagship universities are uniting in a goal as big as the Universe thanks to a cosmic initiative by Houston businessman and philanthropist George P. Mitchell, founder of Mitchell Energy + Development Corp.

16 Apr 2008

3M Unveils a Range of Cabling Solutions for Machine Vision Applications

Building on the new 3M brand MDR Base Configuration Digital Camera Cable launched earlier this year, the 3M Electronic Solutions Division now offers a range of flexible base configuration cabling solutions for camera-to-framegrabber connection in machine vision applications.

16 Apr 2008

An Easier Way of Taking 3D Images

The car tires have left deep tracks in the muddy forest floor at the scene of the crime. The forensic experts make a plaster cast of the print, so that it can later be compared with the tire profiles of suspects' cars.

16 Apr 2008

New Measuring System for Expensive Lenses

"The lenses used in many optical components today - for instance in car headlamps, or in digital projectors or cameras - are no longer spherical, but have free-form geometries," says Dr. Gunther Notni of the IOF.

16 Apr 2008

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