Harvard researchers have developed a metasurface attachment that can turn any imaging system into a polarisation camera
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Zebra acquires Matrox Imaging for $875m
The addition of Matrox Imaging will expand Zebra’s portfolio of vision products after it bought Adaptive Vision and introduced a line of machine vision systems last year
Novel camera lowers cost of high-speed imaging
The compressive coded rotating mirror (CCRM) camera, developed by scientists at Heriot-Watt University, achieves full colour, HD resolution at millions of frames per second
Laser World of Photonics invites award entries
The closing date for submissions for the innovation award, open to all 2022 exhibiting companies, is 28 February
Cognex tops $1bn in 2021, with logistics biggest market
Cognex's revenue in 2021 was $1.037 billion, up 28 per cent over 2020 and 43 per cent over 2019. Logistics grew by 65 per cent year-on-year
Arrival of ST and Sony to transform SWIR market, Yole says
Shortwave infrared imaging in the automotive and consumer sectors could generate $21m and $3.2bn respectively by 2027, according to Yole Développement
NLight acquires Plasmo for weld inspection tech
NLight's Jake Bell: ‘Combining lasers with Plasmo’s real-time process monitoring provides... advantages to develop, qualify and produce laser-printed or welded parts.'
Basler first vision firm to join 5G Alliance
Basler's René von Fintel said: ‘We are convinced that 5G will be an important building block in the further development of Industry 4.0 communication and IoT or IIoT connectivity.'
Light-field camera plus VCSEL spots smile from frown
Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have optimised 3D light-field image reconstruction of faces using a VCSEL light source
China gained market share in thermography in 2020, EPIC finds
Sales of thermography units rose by 426 per cent from 2019 to 2020, according to the European Photonics Industry Consortium. Chinese market share increased from 15 to 63 per cent
Owl's 3D thermal imaging tech raises $15m
Owl's thermal ranging technology was initially designed to track missiles, but has been adapted for driver assistance systems to detect pedestrians
Hitachi to use TriEye SWIR tech for driver assistance
TriEye's Sedar system provides both HD SWIR imaging and 3D. The firm raised $74m for its technology late last year
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Vision start-ups are proliferating, thanks to AI and embedded computing. But what makes young companies successful? Abigail Williams reports
With no end to the semiconductor shortage in sight, the industrial vision industry has had to adapt to a new normal, finds Benjamin Skuse
What new technology can vision users and integrators expect over the coming year? We round up some of the highlights
Zebra Technologies has made sizable purchases in machine vision over the last year. Donato Montanari reveals why the firm places so much value on vision
The EMVA has written a set of policies for machine vision standards, designed to protect IP among other aspects. Werner Feith, explains the changes
Covision Lab has ambitions to be the leading computer vision machine learning hub in Europe for industry. Greg Blackman spoke to its CEO, Franz Tschimben
Mark Hebbel, head of consultancy at Chainstep, on the importance of cybersecurity in vision sensors now that factories are more connected