Imec says the new production method promises an order of magnitude gain in fabrication throughput and cost compared to processing conventional infrared imagers
Jeffrey Chew, CEO of ADE, and Jean-François Delepau, chairman of Lynred
Taiwan-based ADE Technology has announced it will integrate infrared detectors from Lynred into a system ADE is developing for monitoring elderly people
Hamamatsu Photonics claims it is the first company to mass produce a mid-infrared detector that doesn’t use mercury and cadmium, which are restricted under the European Commission’s RoHS directive
Lynred has provided an infrared detector for the Indian Space Research Organisation's Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, recently launched to explore the Moon’s south polar region
NIT has launched a new SWIR camera, the WiDy SenS GigE for industrial applications with a proven standard interface
A short introduction to shortwave infrared (SWIR) imaging: An overview of SWIR technology and principals. Contains examples and suggestions for practical implementation of SWIR imaging in machine vision systems.
Keely Portway looks at new terahertz and infrared technologies being developed to inspect aircraft
Graphene Flagship partner, Emberion, is launching a VIS-SWIR graphene photodetector at Laser World of Photonics. The technology has been shortlisted for an innovation award at the Munich trade fair
Sofradir and its subsidiary Ulis have merged to become one company called Lynred to shorten time-to-market of new products
Test image at 940nm
Imec is working to industrialise thin-film photodetector stacks on CMOS in order to fabricate low-cost infrared image sensors, as the Belgian institute’s Dr Paweł Malinowski explains
Danny Reed, head of education and skills, PPMA Best, on the charity’s work to increase the number of female engineers
Dominique Bonnisseau and Corinne Tsamba from Tematys advise on the questions technology firms should ask in order to grow their business
AMRC's Integrated Manufacturing Group's work spans robotics and automation, integrated large volume metrology, digital assisted assembly and manufacturing informatics
Greg Blackman visits the University of Sheffield’s Factory 2050 where Rolls-Royce, McLaren and Siemens, among others, are investing in research on digital manufacturing
Greg Blackman asks machine vision firms what strategies they employ when hiring staff
GenDC modular model decoupling data encoding or decoding from its transmission
Stéphane Maurice, GenICam vice chair and director of software development at Matrox Imaging, describes the benefits of GenDC, the latest member of the GenICam standard family
Wolfgang Pomrehn, collaborative robotics product manager at Bosch Rexroth, says deep learning could reduce the engineering effort of introducing new products to a manufacturing line by three quarters
