Australian researchers have discovered a low-cost polymer with “the highest long-wave infrared transparency ever reported for a plastic"
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The newly discovered polymer can be moulded into a variety of lenses with exceptional infrared transparency (Image: Tonkin et al.)
New wonder polymer unlocks affordable thermal imaging optics
08 June 2023
The hyperspectral data from Pixxel's satellite constellation will be used to reveal key data about the health of the planet (Image: EPFL)
Google invests in hyperspectral satellite imaging startup
05 June 2023
Pixxel is looking to deploy the world’s first and highest-resolution hyperspectral satellite constellation
Using artificial intelligence and optical measurement technology, SURFinpro detects, classifies, and visualises defects in real time during production
Defect-spotting optical AI system set to speed up semiconductor production
05 June 2023
Researchers at Fraunhofer IWS have developed a solution that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and optical measurement technology to identify defects in real-time
Alexander Braun, Professor of Physics at the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf
The Photonics100: Alexander Braun Q&A
31 May 2023
Imaging and Machine Vision Europe talks to previous honoree of The Photonics100 Alexander Braun, Professor of Physics at the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf
Around 1,300 exhibitors and 30,000 attendees are expected at the Laser World of Photonics
Coventry and Munich to host imaging sector in June
26 May 2023
What to expect at The Laser World of Photonics, Automatica, UKIVA Machine Vision Conference and Automate UK, all of which are set to take place next month
The Innovation Award will be presented at the Laser World of Photonics in Munich next month, in partnership with Europa Science
Finalists announced for Innovation Award 2023!
23 May 2023
Imaging and Machine Vision Europe offers a sneak preview of this year’s shortlist for the Innovation Award that will be presented at the Laser World of Photonics in June
Happy International Day of Light 2023 from IMVE
16 May 2023
To mark this year's International Day of Light, we highlight some of the latest exciting innovations taking place across the machine vision sector
The constellation will be used to generate a complete, high-resolution 3D point cloud of the Earth's surface (Image: Shutterstock/rommma)
'First' lidar satellite constellation to map Earth's land in 3D
10 May 2023
The mapping data will serve the environmental science, infrastructure, agriculture and forestry industries
Entangled biphotons behave as low-wavelength particles while maintaining high energy (Image: Lance Hayashida/Caltech)
Quantum entanglement doubles microscope resolution
09 May 2023
Researchers have achieved microscopy imaging using short-wavelength, low-energy photons
TKH Group acquires frame grabber provider Euresys
09 May 2023
Euresys' technology complements TKH’s existing machine vision solutions, and adds strong software expertise, interface technologies and know-how to its capabilities
Advances in the technology suggest this may be a tipping point, says Rafael Romay-Juarez at this year's EMVA Business Conference
3D stacked technologies applied to custom CMOS image sensors – should you invest in differentiation?
05 May 2023
Advances in the technology suggest this may be a tipping point, says Rafael Romay-Juarez at this year's EMVA Business Conference
The technique processes measurements using a transformer-based encoder to extract high-dimensional features and feeds them into a multi-scale attention network-based decoder to output the class, location, and size information of multiple objects at once.
Imageless object detection could improve autonomous driving
04 May 2023
Known as image-free single-pixel object detection, the technique works by scanning a scene to detect and classify multiple objects at once
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A glass inspection system must distinguish between flawless and waste products to achieve automotive glass wafers free of optical distortions
Susan Fourtané on the increasing demands being placed on web inspection solutions to achieve zero-defect manufacturing
Automation is the only way for e-commerce and logistics firms to fulfil orders since the dramatic uptick in online shopping brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic
Facing new pressures and demands, logistics operations are calling for adaptable machine vision solutions to drive efficiency, discovers Benjamin Skuse
Luca Verre, Co-founder and CEO of Prophesee, as well as a Photonics100 honoree, highlights how event-based vision is set to revolutionise mobile photography
Luca Verre, Co-founder and CEO of Prophesee, as well as a Photonics100 honoree, highlights how event-based vision is set to revolutionise mobile photography
Left: A semiconductor wafer shown to be opaque to white visible light. Right: the wafer is mostly transparent to SWIR light at a wavelength of 1,200nm, making it a suitable wavelength for semiconductor inspection.
Hunting defects in the soon-to-be trillion-dollar semiconductor industry is big business. Anita Chandran explores the latest wafer inspection technology
