Spin-out firm SWIR Vision Systems is to commercialise colloidal quantum dot infrared sensors, which, the company says, could displace InGaAs technology. Dr Ethan Klem, Allan Hilton, and George Wildeman from the company discuss the performance, fabrication, and cost trade-offs of CQD sensors versus InGaAs
Matthew Dale explores new algorithms, processing boards and interfaces for viewing images, all for improving airborne surveillance
OmniVision Technologies has announced the OS08A20, the latest addition to its family of image sensors equipped with the company’s Nyxel near-infrared technology
Sofradir EC has introduced the Atom T320 uncooled IR camera core
RTI International, a US non-profit research institute, has spun out a venture company, SWIR Vision Systems, to commercialise RTI’s infrared camera technology
Greg Blackman looks at novel imaging devices based on quantum science, and finds that the technology is closer to commercialisation than first expected
Sebastien Frasse-Sombet, product line manager at Sofradir, on new, more affordable SWIR detectors
A new technique using infrared imaging has been developed that could make grading tumour biopsies – and therefore cancer diagnosis – more accurate and reliable
Thermal camera manufacturer Flir Systems recorded $1.8 billion in yearly revenue for 2017, an 8 per cent increase over 2016
Ahead of his presentation at the Embedded World conference in Nuremberg, Germany on 28 February, Adam Taylor from Adiuvo Engineering and Training specifies what engineers need to consider when building an embedded infrared vision system for IoT and IIoT
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
