Photonics.com: Trends http://www.photonics.com/Splash.aspx?TID=39 This is the syndication feed for photonics.com. Laser Distance Sensor Baumer has introduced the OADM 250, an optical laser distance sensor designed to accurately detect target objects, regardless of surface properti http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=44277 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT From tobacco to energy Tobacco farmers, faced with fewer traditional buyers for their crops, are looking to the solar industry for income. 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A Sept. 22, 2008, report from http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=36221 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Applications: Can Photodynamic Therapy Stop Aging? Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is widely used for the prevention and treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer. The primary indications for the technique t http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=36220 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Applications: It’s Smaller Than a Penny, and it Could Just Save Your Life In the ever-evolving world of wireless sensor technology, the demand for smaller, more highly selective sensors is on the rise, and the market is extr http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=36218 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Applications: Harnessing Light and Sound for Staging of Breast Cancer Only recently developed for imaging of tissue, photoacoustic tomography now is racing headlong toward clinical implementation. And one of the first ar http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=36217 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Applications: Change in Biomed Imaging Advances in high-definition (HD) imaging technology and the development of ultracompact camera systems have brought rapid changes to biomedical imagin http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=36216 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Applications: Keeping an Eye on Lasik Research into lasik (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) refractive eye surgery indicates that, besides focusing on improving the procedure, the tr http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=36214 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Applications: For Every Problem, a Solution When military leaders want to fight off enemies, where do they turn? When multimedia and auto companies want to dazzle consumers, when forensic scient http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=36213 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Things I Want to See Photonics has changed the way we look at the world. It influences the way research is done, how we think about vision and even the routines of our dai http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=36212 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Applications: Soldiers Train for Real Combat Through Virtual Simulation Driving or walking the streets of Afghanistan and Iraq may be nerve-wracking for soldiers who have never before been exposed to combat activity. Ambus http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=36226 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Applications: Blast Strips Record Explosion Exposure The wound most characteristic of soldiers who have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan is traumatic brain injury (TBI). Sudden attacks from weapons http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=36227 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Applications: Advanced Tactical Laser Combines Precision and Stealth The Boeing Co., the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft, received a $30 million Extended User Evaluation contract from http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=36228 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Applications: Forensics in 3-D "No piece of equipment can replace a smart investigator. The most important aspect of every investigation is the knowledge and capabilities of the det http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=36229 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Applications: Autopsies Heading into Virtual Territory CT scanning a dead body isn’t really all that different from scanning a living person, but there’s one very noticeable difference: The radiologist doe http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=36230 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Applications: Using CT to Identify Bodies CT imaging can be used not only in traditional medical applications but also to identify human remains. 3-D facial reconstruction and comparison aren’ http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=36232 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT