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In-Ear Wearable Measures Blood Flow to the Head Prior to Fainting
BOSTON, June 19, 2023 — Digital health company STAT Health has unveiled a 24/7 in-ear wearable that uses optical sensors to measure blood flow to the head to better understand symptoms such as dizziness, brain fog, headache, fainting, and fatigue that occur upon standing....
BIO-key to Donate Portion of Scanner Sales to Support Pandemic Response
WALL, N.J., April 9, 2020 — BIO-key International, Inc. will donate to the American Red Cross a portion of the proceeds from the sale of its compact finger scanners, over the balance of 2020. The donations will be designated to support the American Red Cross’ COVID-19...
Creating 3D Hands to Increase Security
EAST LANSING, Mich., Oct. 24, 2016 — Biometrics researchers from Michigan State University have created a life-like 3D hand model, complete with all fingerprints, to test the accuracy of fingerprint scanners. These scanners are commonly found at banks, police departments, airport...
Application Note: OCT System Captures 'Internal' Fingerprints
PARIS, Dec. 17, 2015 — A sensor system based on full-field optical coherence tomography (FF-OCT) can distinguish real fingerprints from fakes by imaging deeper. Most traditional fingerprint-scanning devices use an optical camera to take pictures of only the top layer of...
Application Note: IR Imaging Differentiates Skin from Other Materials
SANKT AUGUSTIN, Germany, Dec. 11, 2015 — Systems using IR wavelengths to distinguish skin from other materials hold promise for improving search and rescue efforts and defending against efforts to deceive biometric systems. The proliferation of face-recognizing biometric systems for...
Biometric Watches Noninvasively Monitor Vital Signs
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2014 — Monitoring patients’ vital signs is standard medical practice in health care facilities. What happens when people want or need to monitor their vital signs on their own, outside of a hospital or doctor’s office? Researchers from several...
Assa Abloy Acquires Lumidigm
STOCKHOLM and ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Feb. 10, 2014 — Assa Abloy AB has purchased Lumidigm Inc. of Albuquerque for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will be accretive to earnings per share (EPS) from the start. Assa Abloy President and CEO Johan Molin said the move will complement the Swedish...
AOptix, Unisys Team Up for Biometrics
CAMPBELL, Calif., July 18, 2012 — Information technology company Unisys has become a strategic alliance partner of AOptix Technologies Inc. for delivery of face capture and iris recognition systems for biometrics applications.
In Your Own Words
Aug 1, 2011 — Our salary survey has a lot of facts and figures for you to digest, but we also wanted to find out some personal tidbits from various corners of our industry. What inspired people to get involved in photonics? What are their favorite instruments?...
Image Sensor Unit Acquired
Mar 1, 2011 — ON Semiconductor of Phoenix will acquire the CMOS Image Sensor Business Unit (ISBU) of 3331%%Cypress Semiconductor Corp. of San Jose, Calif., in an all-cash transaction of approximately $31.4 million. Subject to customary closing conditions, the...
ON Semiconductor to Acquire Unit from Cypress
PHOENIX & SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 31, 2011 — ON Semiconductor and Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced a definitive agreement for ON Semiconductor to acquire the CMOS Image Sensor Business Unit (ISBU) from Cypress in an all-cash transaction for approximately $31.4 million. Subject to...
AOptix Awarded $11M in DARPA Contracts
CAMPBELL, Calif., Dec. 20, 2010 — Privately funded AOptix Technologies Inc. announced it received an $11.4 million contract to deliver wireless air and ground optical terminals for DARPA’s Free Space Optical Experimental Network Experiment program. Under subcontract to...
Hella Increases Stake in Docter Optics
NEUSTADT, Germany, Dec. 14, 2010 — Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., a manufacturer of lighting and electronic components and systems for the automotive industry, announced it will increase its stake in Docter Optics GmbH by acquiring Rodenstock Technologies Holding. Currently...
Machine vision growth in view
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – In North America, overall machine vision sales increased by 34.4 percent in the first quarter of 2010 over weak sales that occurred in the first quarter of 2009, according to a new report from the Automated Imaging Association (AIA). Titled...
Cut, Mark, Drill, Repeat
Aug 1, 2010 — Increasingly, the medical devices used to support good health and provide emergency and long-term care are not being designed to sit on a rack or table next to a patient’s hospital bed. Instead, they are being made small and light enough to be...
Defense R&D Commands the Stage
ORLANDO, Fla., March 24, 2010 – Considered the number-one show for infrared (IR) imaging, optics and sensors, and the largest international unclassified defense-related symposium, SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing 2010 will offer attendees access to more than 2300 technical...
Leaves Its Print on Surveillance
May 1, 2008 — For better or worse, security is increasing, and that means new opportunities — and challenges — for machine vision. Cameras and systems developed originally for inspecting widgets now are being pressed into service for surveillance and for...
Photonics Researcher Named UBuffalo Vice Provost
Aug 3, 2007 — Alexander N. Cartwright, PhD, professor of electrical engineering in the University at Buffalo (UB) School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been appointed UB's vice provost for strategic initiatives, a new position in which he will serve as...
POLYMER OPTICS
Jul 1, 2007 — Custom polymer and hybrid optics manufacturer Syntec Optics Inc. has released a brochure titled “Achieving Your Program Goals — Faster & Better,” which describes application areas that the company addresses, including medicine, biometrics, and...
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Aug 13, 2003 — Northrop Grumman Corp.'s space technology sector, along with scientists from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, were awarded Marshall Space Flight Center's Public Service Group Achievement Award for...
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