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Spectral vision foresees seed germination story
9 November 2021
Greg Blackman finds out how seed producers are reaping the rewards of imaging
Bühler
Bühler gives leading IQF processor a PolarVision edge in global fruit and vegetable markets
17 August 2020
European frozen food producer, Fine Food, has installed new Bühler optical sorting equipment for improved quality control and throughput
Every grain counts
4 June 2020
How will the world feed 10 billion people by 2050 with no new land for agriculture? Greg Blackman speaks to machine builder Bühler about how optical sensing can maximise yield in grain processing
UKIVA's Machine Vision Conference has been cancelled; instead the association will host the presentations online on 14 May
SPIE and UKIVA to hold digital events
19 March 2020
Show organisers and exhibitors are preparing online forums to present new technology during the coronavirus pandemic
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Photonics organisations step up calls to tackle Covid-19
19 March 2020
Photonics organisations are working to answer calls by governments for equipment and technology to help fight the coronavirus pandemic
Coffee supplier ups yield with optical sorter
12 December 2019
Coffee bean supplier, Miko Coffee, has installed an optical sorting machine to reduce the amount of foreign material in its beans
Sensing the wood among the trees
17 October 2019
Greg Blackman reports on new hyperspectral technology presented at the Photonex show in the UK, and how the imaging technique is being used for forestry and food sorting
Latest issue
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A roundup of some of the latest embedded vision technology
Glass inspection normally involves different illumination methods. Credit: MSTVision
Tim Hayes provides a window into how to find defects in glass
Mathias Bochow, GFZ Helmholtz Centre, Potsdam, is working on the Trace project to track marine plastic. Credit: Frank Schweikert, Aldebaran Marine Research & Broadcast (www.aldebaran.org/en/)
Abigail Williams speaks to scientists tracking marine plastic using satellite spectral imagery
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Tim Reynolds finds out how vision and AI algorithms are making cities safer
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision, on how the mechanical engineering sector could be affected by the war in Ukraine
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Greg Blackman examines the importance of Tower foundries to machine vision sensor firms, following Intel’s acquisition
