The satellites will be used to examine features such as soil types, mountain ranges, bare lands, reservoirs, agricultural farms, delta regions and urban settlements
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The satellites have been used to image regions such as the Dubai Palm Islands and the Kirshna River Delta in India.
Space startup reveals first hyperspectral images from satellites
02 March 2023
The axisymmetric V-bending device used to measure the weakest direction of fracture strains in sheet metal. The CMOS camera and ring light are marked by (6). (Image: Beerli et al.)
CMOS camera used to study deformation of automotive sheet metal
01 March 2023
The work could not only help ensure future passenger safety, but also aid ongoing efforts to reduce vehicle weight and increase fuel efficiency
The new partnership was announced today at MWC
Qualcomm and Prophesee to deliver neuromorphic smartphone imaging
28 February 2023
Prophesee's event-based Metavision sensors are being optimised for use with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon mobile platforms
A photograph (a) and optical microscope image (b) of the new hyperspectral image sensor and filter. (c) The 'thinning out' light detection method used by the new filter. (Image: Panasonic)
Panasonic develops low-light hyperspectral imaging sensor with "world's highest" sensitivity
24 February 2023
The sensor can capture 30fps video under indoor levels of illumination
The technology shows promise for use in flexible devices across applications in medicine, optical communications, machine vision, and surveillance (Image: TU/e | Bart van Overbeeke)
Highly sensitive photodiode demonstrates 200% quantum efficiency
21 February 2023
The technology shows promise for use in flexible devices across applications in medicine, optical communications, machine vision, and surveillance
The funding will support Lumai in building and launching optical networks for next-generation artificial intelligence models
Startup awarded £1.1m to commercialise photonic neural networks
17 February 2023
The funding will support the building of neural networks for high-performance computing and machine vision applications
The label-free and automatable method will enable therapies to be tailored to individual patients (Image: Gerwert et al./European Journal of Cancer)
AI-assisted infrared imaging optimises colon cancer treatments
16 February 2023
The label-free and automatable method will enable therapies to be tailored to individual patients
The scanning device is capable of producing detail deemed suitable for monitoring skin diseases and analysing the rate of change in wound healing
Line scanning system developed for life science applications
08 February 2023
The device is intended for monitoring skin diseases and analysing the rate of change in the wound healing process
The new financing round will be used to accelerate the ADAS firm’s series production development with major OEMs. (Image: Shutterstock/0pen)
New funding brings series production in sight for ADAS startup
06 February 2023
The funding will be used to accelerate the firm’s series production development with major OEMs.
By using metasurfaces made up of arrays of F-shaped nanostructures with various symmetries, researchers are able to generate circular polarised thermal radiation in a controlled and efficient manner.
"Spinning" thermal radiation unlocks new machine vision light source
03 February 2023
The radiation could enable new mid-infrared light sources for optical gas sensing and infrared imaging
Images taken at the Diamond light source of a VO2 sample at 529.5 eV photon energy after repeated exposure to 33mJ/cm2 excitation (Image: Johnson et al.)
X-ray imaging enables observation of quantum material dynamics
31 January 2023
The method could be used to better understand novel nanotechnologies by imaging inside nanoscale devices
Live-streamed volumetric video technology will enable 3D holographic images of people, objects and environments to be beamed into the metaverse
Accenture invests in volumetric imaging to enhance Metaverse experience
27 January 2023
Live-streamed volumetric video technology will enable 3D holographic images of people, objects and environments to be beamed into the metaverse
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Susan Fourtané on the increasing demands being placed on web inspection solutions to achieve zero-defect manufacturing
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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
