Applications

Clubbers in London have been using an interactive visual exhibition that uses 3D vision to precisely track their motion and translate it into a virtual bird flight.

A team of astronomers led by Cambridge University have taken pictures of the stars that are sharper than anything produced by the Hubble telescope, at 50 thousandths of the cost.

Viscom has acquired the full MX family of IR inspection systems used for semiconductor inspection from Phoseon Technology.

A Titanium 560MB IR camera system from Cedip Infrared Systems has been selected by the Engineering and Design faculty at the Swansea Institute to provide consultative services to local industry in South Wales.

A new optical scanner could improve cancer treatment by providing the highest resolution images yet of tumours, giving doctors a much clearer view of where to perform surgery.

German company Ersa has launched the Ersascope 2, which makes use of IDS's UI2240C, to inspect solder joints as thin as a human hair.

Lithuanian border guards will soon be able to access the latest passport scanning technology supplied by British company Rochford Thompson.

The Swedish postal service is to shorten parcel delivery times using optical identification systems from Vitronic. It will make use of an innovative technique, called videocoding, in six distribution centres at 59 work stations.

The ultima APX camera from Photron provided the super-slow motion images of a great white shark killing a seal seen on the BBC's Planet Earth series.

The European Fusion Development Agreement (EDFA) has ordered an IR thermography system from Cedip for its Tokamak Fusion, based in Abingdon, UK.