A new class of pixel-based imaging devices being developed by a UK consortium is now being trialed in scientific imaging applications ranging from particle physics and space science to medicine and biology. Active-pixel sensor (APS) technology exploits mainstream CMOS technology to incorporate programmable transistors into each pixel of the image array.
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading independent supplier of CMOS CameraChip(TM) solutions for high-volume imaging applications, today announced that the smallest of its family of CMOS imaging devices, the 1/18-inch OV6920 sensor, is a key component of Avantis Medical Systems' Third Eye(TM) Retroscope(TM) auxiliary endoscopy system.
As it continues to make strategic moves to increase penetration over its fiber-optic network, leading independent telecommunications holding company SureWest Communications announced today it will enhance its high definition (HD) television offerings and make available at least 38 HD channels by the end of November 2007.
In a landmark test flight, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and a team of research partners this month successfully launched a solar telescope to an altitude of 120,000 feet, borne by a balloon larger than a Boeing 747 jumbo jet. The test clears the way for long-duration polar balloon flights beginning in 2009 that will capture unprecedented details of the Sun's surface.
In a major feat of nanotechnology engineering researchers from Harvard University have demonstrated a laser with a wide-range of potential applications in chemistry, biology and medicine. Called a quantum cascade (QC) laser nanoantenna, the device is capable of resolving the chemical composition of samples, such as the interior of a cell, with unprecedented detail.
Coherent Inc. has released its latest series of laser direct imaging equipment suitable for PCB direct imaging, semiconductor inspection, bioinstrumentation, FPD production and materials processing. The Paladin Advanced, the company’s new flagship in its Paladin series, is the next generation of the previous Paladin 8W model and brings a significant reduction in cost-of-ownership, with no compromise in performance, longevity and reliability.
A new high-speed camera/software pairing, co-developed by the California Institute of Technology and the University of Cambridge, offers the chance for earth-based telescopes to rival the Hubble Space Telescope for the first time.
Prescient Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company dedicated to reducing deaths from heart attacks, has unveiled a unique, new catheter-based diagnostic tool, the vPredict(TM) Optical Catheter System, and a new treatment, the vProtect(TM) Luminal Shield, for use in the cardiac catheterization lab.
A colossal 1.4 gigapixel digital camera has just been deployed on the Pan-STARRS-1 (PS1) telescope in Maui, Hawaii. The PS1 is the first of four identical telescopes that make up a $100 M project designed to search the sky for potentially hazardous asteroids.
A US team has developed a technique to image hemoglobin in red blood cells with micrometer resolution, but without the need to inject external contrast agents or dyes into the blood. The method might also differentiate between oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin, which would be a crucial step in cancer studies. (Optics Letters, 32, 2641).
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