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Optical Approach Finds Jet Thermal Coating Weak Spots
A strain-measurement technique uses optical analysis to reveal weak areas in the ceramic thermal barrier coatings that protect jet engine turbines from high temperatures and wear. This technique could be used to predict coating lifetime and could lead to novel thermal barrier coatings that would make engines more efficient.
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Scaled-Up Mirror-Coating Technology Could Improve Telescope Efficiency
Scientists are adapting atomic layer deposition (ALD), a technique widely used in the microelectronics industry, to develop protected silver coatings suitable for telescope mirrors. These coatings could help telescopes maintain high reflectivity at wavelengths from 340 nm through the mid-IR spectrum. Most astronomical...
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Diffraction Grating Solutions
Optometrics Corporation
Diffraction efficiency and dynamic range are critical parameters in many spectrometric instrument designs. Understanding why a particular reflective or transmission diffraction grating may have small yet necessary performance differentiation for instrument optimization success can be critical.
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High-Speed Testing with Imaging Colorimeters
Radiant Vision Systems, Test & Measurement
Evaluate the accuracy of light and color in backlit signs and other illuminated components with increased throughput and consistent data. Radiant Vision Systems ProMetric® I Imaging Colorimeters are the fastest, most accurate light and color measurement devices for R&D and production applications.
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MIDORI rvi/ndt Fiber-Optic LED Light Source
USHIO America Inc.
For decades, Ushio America, Inc. has consistently provided high quality illumination products in specialty markets world-wide. Responding to needs of customers with discerning applications, Ushio engineers have developed exceptional LED fiber-optic illuminators in compact sizes.
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Precision Custom Sapphire Optics
IRD Glass
IRD Glass and IRD Ceramics are World Class Suppliers of precision sapphire, glass, optical and ceramic components. IRD serves the aerospace, defense, sensor, machine vision, laser, technical glass, optical, process control and medical industries.
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The development of small autonomous robots through a 10-year effort led by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is helping to inform the development of future swarms of collaborative, heterogeneous Army systems for air and ground. Researchers from ARL, the Army's corporate laboratory and their academic partners...
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BGU to Analyze Israel’s VENUS Satellite Images
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) is playing a key role in the research component of the Vegetation and Environment Monitoring on a New Micro Satellite (VENµS), Israel's first environmental research satellite launched at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, Guiana.
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HRL Laboratories Receives NASA Award for 3D-Printed Rocket Development
HRL Laboratories LLC has received an award as part of NASA's Space Technology Research, Development, Demonstration and Infusion Program to develop 3D-printed ceramic rocket engine components. Vector rocket. Courtesy of Vector Space Systems. HRL achieved a scientific breakthrough with preceramic resins that can be 3D...
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The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), a public-private partnership that aims to advance photonics manufacturing capabilities in the U.S., has announced that a team led by the University of Arizona (UA) will support a consortium that includes Sandia National Laboratories, the...
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Mobile Hyperspectral Imagers: Implementations and Applications
Tue, Oct 10, 2017 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
This webinar will provide an overview of the state of the art in hyperspectral imaging (HSI) and cover a number of diverse applications for HSI, from medical imaging to agriculture and anti-counterfeiting. The webinar will conclude with an outlook on some of the exciting new technologies that are expected to continue to transform this imaging modality and move it into the domain of the consumer. Presenter Hod Finkelstein is CTO of TruTag Technologies where he leads imaging systems development and microparticle productization teams.
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