Astronaut Edwin Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the Moon. Astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera. Credit: NASA
On the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing on 20 July 1969, Zeiss has described how, in less than nine months, it built the camera lens used to capture the iconic images during the Apollo 11 mission
Zeiss's Smartzoom 5 digital microscope can remove glare from images by using angular illumination
Reporting from the EMVA’s business conference in Copenhagen, Greg Blackman discovers how angular illumination and computational imaging can dramatically improve the resolution of a system
Gom’s technology, which includes non-contact 3D sensors and scanners for surface metrology, will now be part of Zeiss’s industrial metrology and quality assurance portfolio
Greg Blackman reports from the European Machine Vision Association’s business conference, where a panel of industry experts were gathered to give advice on navigating the acquisition process
ZEISS develops, produces and sells photo lenses which are used in industrial applications with line scan sensors up to 41mm and area scan sensors up to 24 x 36mm. These lenses are popular due to their high optical performance, fast aperture and high versatility.
With the Greek economic crisis providing the backdrop, Greg Blackman reports from the European Machine Vision Association's business conference in Athens
With ZEISS PiWeb, ZEISS has now enhanced its software for quality data management
The new Zeiss industrial lenses with an M42 thread mount feature a compact size, good image quality and a robust, all-metal body
Zeiss presented an automated digital microscope, the Smartzoom 5, at the trade show Control from 6-9 May
Zeiss has developed a light sheet microscope for 3D observations of biological samples over very long periods of time
Limited data is a common problem when training CNNs in industrial imaging applications. Petra Thanner and Daniel Soukup, from the Austrian Institute of Technology, discuss ways of working with CNNs when data is scarce
Matthew Dale explores the high-resolution imaging solutions emerging for inspecting OLEDs and other electronic displays
As car makers install production lines for electric vehicles, Greg Blackman looks at how vision is currently used in their factories
Keely Portway investigates how vision technology is being used in the dental sector, from initial diagnosis, to quality control of prostheses
The UK is up to 20 per cent less productive than its major competitor countries because it is not investing in automation, Mike Wilson at the British Automation and Robot Association said at UKIVA's machine vision conference in Milton Keynes. Greg Blackman reports
