Greg Blackman looks at how SWIR spectral imaging can help reduce plastic pollution, both through environmental surveys and by improving sorting in recycling plants
Resolve Optics reports on how ultra large format lenses it has developed are helping a next generation aerial surveillance camera gain data on coastal erosion faster and in more detail
Greg Blackman reports on new hyperspectral technology presented at the Photonex show in the UK, and how the imaging technique is being used for forestry and food sorting
New software called ChimpFace is helping conservationists identify illegal trade in chimpanzees using face recognition
The World Wildlife Fund and Flir Systems are supplying rangers across 10 parks and game reserves in Kenya with thermal imaging cameras in an effort to stop illegal rhino poaching
A robot designed to kill salmon has been installed in a fish farm in Norway to automate its slaughterhouse. Tordivel's Thor Vollset described the system at the UKIVA Machine Vision Conference in Milton Keynes on 16 May
A thermal imaging technique taken from astrophysical software is being used by ecologists at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) to improve the accuracy of monitoring endangered animal species
Thermal imaging has been used in a study by researchers at the University of Glasgow to show how animals cope with their environment
Isotronic’s VialChecker multi-camera quality control machine. Credit: Isotronic and IDS
Greg Blackman explores quality control measures taken to make the glass bottles filled with vaccines
With logistics experiencing huge growth, Keely Portway considers business opportunities for vision companies in warehouse automation
Using drones could enable visual aircraft inspections in under an hour. Credit: Mainblades
Matthew Dale takes a bird’s eye view of aircraft inspection, where drones equipped with vision are replacing manual checks
A tunable LED light source offers spectral reproduction. Credit: Pro-Lite Technology
Leslie Lyons, business development manager for light metrology at Pro-Lite Technology, says spectral camera calibration needs a spectrally tunable light source
Greg Blackman reports from the Association for Advancing Automation's latest digital show on the advances being made using AI for industrial inspection
