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Mar 23, 2022 — After taking on a virtual format in 2020 and 2021, SPIE’s Defense + Commercial Sensing (DCS) will return to the exhibition hall April 3-7. The event will take place at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center outside Orlando, Fla. The...
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2022 SPIE and Photonics Media Prism Awards Celebrate Innovative Photonics Technologies
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Jan. 27, 2022 — Following a festive reception during SPIE Photonics West, SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and Photonics Media recognized the top optics and photonics products on the market with their industry-focused Prism Awards. The 14th...
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Researchers Use Quantum Effects to Achieve Ultrabroadband Bandwidth
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Indie Semiconductor Creates Vision Processing Capabilities Unit
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PreAct Technologies Awarded Top Prize at Luminate Finals 2021
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UCF Team Awarded $4.5M for Non-GPS Location Research
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 30, 2021 — The U.S. Army Research Laboratory awarded the University of Central Florida (UCF) $4.5 million in grant funding to develop a computer vision-based navigation system for use when GPS is unavailable or jammed. The system will act as a cyber copilot...
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AI Agreement Will Spur Advances in Robotics, Sensing, and Beyond
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NASA Partners with Harvard on Metasurface Polarimetry
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Clinical, Commercial Applications Loom for Ultracompact On-Chip Spectrometer
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Velodyne Lidar Makes Changes to Executive Team
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2021 Prism Awards Honor Photonics Innovations
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Senseeker Engineering Acquires SE-IR Corp.
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Metamaterial Tiles Perform in Vast Temperature Range, Support Highly Sensitive Measurements
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FLIR Acquires sUAS Manufacturer Altavian
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Luna Innovations Acquires OptaSense
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Infrared Spectroscopy Technique Unveils Insights into Planet Formation
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Single-cavity Laser Emits High-Power, Dual-Comb Femtosecond Pulses
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