Self-driving cars need onboard artificial intelligence (AI) technology able to link them to highly detailed maps that reflect every change in the status of lanes, hazards, obstacles, and speed-limits...

Medical science technology provider Circadian Light has appointed John Castner as its vice president of global sales to lead the lighting fixture product launch into industries with at-risk, 24/7...

Digitalization of the world requires detection tools able to recognize objects and precisely measure distances quickly. Lidar-based monitoring systems are a key part of this current technological...

Zeiss’ Erik Loopstra and ASML’s Vadim Banine have been nominated by the European Patent Office (EPO) as finalists for the 2018 European Inventor Award in the "industry" category for their...

The GFx320 optical gas imaging camera from Flir Systems Inc. is designed for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in the oil and gas industry. The system detects and visualizes invisible...

The ECR5050hs piezo-driven rotation stage from Attocube Systems AG features a higher torque than its predecessor and an aperture that can be used as a feedthrough for wires or for optical beams. ...

The Swift PRO series of non-contact measurement systems from Vision Engineering Inc. is designed to deliver fast and accurate two- and three-axis measurements. The Swift PRO series includes the...

The Viento HD IP67 full-HD, 1080p thermal camera from Sierra-Olympic Technologies Inc. provides 1920 × 1200-pixel resolution, utilizing an uncooled vanadium oxide sensor with a capacity of...

Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a single flat lens that can focus the entire visible spectrum of light in the same spot and in...

Tune into this month's edition of Light Matters for 'Part 1' of an exclusive interview with SPIE CEO, Eugene Arthurs, as he speaks about his upcoming retirement. We’ll also take you to Rochester,...

Photonics Media followed the photons all the way to San Francisco earlier this month for SPIE’s Photonics West 2017. The year truly begins with this event for many in the industry, as it is a symbol...

Laser World of Photonics — sponsored by Messe München International — provides a spotlight for promising newcomers, industry veterans and innovative companies. And with tens of thousands of people...

Achieving superior image quality requires real and full color depth for every channel, improved color contrast and color differentiation, low inter-channel crosstalk and noise levels. These vital...

Diode laser technology is advancing at a breathtaking pace as suppliers add new wavelengths and improve output power but still present one big challenge to the system designer: their output is...

Setting up motion control systems can be time consuming, costly, and complex. At Zaber, we focus on simplifying motion control. One way our systems can save you time and money is by reducing the...

There are a number of factors that need to be considered when designing a vision system, including: the hardware platform, the operating system, the software and API, and the very things that make...

This webinar will discuss common pitfalls you may run into when attempting to engineer a bin-picking application and the best strategies for avoiding them. You will learn how to achieve a bin-picking...

Nelson Bridwell, president of Machine Vision Engineering LLC and an AIA Certified Vision Professional, will discuss how to apply statistical control to optimize reliability and yield of machine...

Fiber optic sensing technology has evolved over 60 years of development and commercialization. While many applications are for point sensors, the most rapid expansion has been for distributed fiber...

Quantum technology, an exciting and evolving field combining physics and engineering, applies the properties of quantum mechanics to next-generation computing applications. It has the potential to...

A system for automatic industrial process control or measurement, consisting of an optical module for image acquisition, a segmentation processor to isolate the image from its background, and an...

The use of computer systems for monitoring and controlling industrial production.

Laboratory experiments that focus on demonstrating new capabilities of a certain technology or device, usually without consideration of industrial or commercial practicality.

A laser, usually employing helium-neon or other gases as the active medium, used for alignment in industrial applications.

Any number of medical, industrial and analytical applications requires the detection of light. Chemiluminescence, bioluminescence, fluorescence and atomic absorption are just a few, and all require a...

What are thin-film coatings? The purpose of any optical thin-film coating is to modify the transmittance and reflectance properties of the substrate material to which they are applied. Most coatings...

Illumination design has developed rapidly to include not only automotive headlamps and street lamps, but also backlit displays, fluorescent panel lighting, light-emitting diode or laser sources, and...

Light is a versatile tool for investigating physical and chemical processes in nature. Any specific system being analyzed may, through the light it emits or reflects, communicate information about...

A digital camera is a camera that converts a collected image into pixels that are black or white digital or shades of gray. The digital data may then be manipulated to enhance or otherwise modify the...

Optics that Defend, Build, Cure and Discover The LaCroix name is synonymous with quality precision optics. Since 1947, three generations of family leadership have placed LaCroix Precision Optics...