Applications News

Smart glasses assist the visually impaired

27 January 2012
A team of scientists, led by Stephen Hicks and Luis Moreno, at The University of Oxford's Department of Clinical Neurosciences are developing innovative visual prosthetics, electronic aids to support sight for the visually impaired

Imager aids in nuclear fuel inspection

22 January 2012
Channel Systems, a Canadian provider of nuclear safeguards, is developing an imaging device for inspecting spent nuclear fuel

Vitronic wins contract for French truck tax project

11 January 2012
Vitronic, based in Wiesbaden, Germany, will supply automatic tolling solutions for a truck charging system to be implemented on 15,000km of French roads

Researchers image intracellular pH

10 January 2012
A group of Harvard researchers has developed a fluoresent sensor allowing them to image intracellular pH. The sensor can be used to study the role intracellular pH plays in cell biology

Custom shoes made cheaper with industrial vision

4 January 2012
Shoe company Corpus.e has developed an affordable 3D foot scanner that uses industrial camera technology to generate a model of the foot for producing custom-made shoes