In both medical and industrial settings, those involved may be faced with a challenge of being able to see and manipulate “small objects.” Choosing the correct lens and camera can help overcome these challenges, especially in inspection application settings in which a small object needs to be identified, measured and [...]
A Pennsylvania company signed a contract with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps that is worth close to four million dollars. The project will help advance technologies and develop an infrascanner brain hematoma detector. The non-invasive device, which is commercially available, detects the presence of brain hematomas through the use [...]
Nanotechnology continues to be on a booming upswing in the medical field. Nanotechnologies, however, have drawbacks because it is more difficult to achieve effective imaging. A way to address that has been the incorporation of quantum dots and by using enhanced optical filters in the nanotech field. Quantum dots and [...]
Gold nanoparticles and laser light technologies have come together as a result of research by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This technology allows physicians the ability to “measure the stickiness of the mucus that lines a patients’ airways.” This technology is a breakthrough for doctors [...]
Researchers in London have found that violet-blue LED lights can work with a particular type of Type 2 diabetes medication to help more effectively release insulin. It was discovered that the new medication, “when exposed to violet-blue light, changes shape to release a proper amount of insulin from pancreatic cells.” [...]
At its core, a machine vision system has one task and that is to “collect and process optical information so measurements, observations or decisions can be made.” All of this happens without human intervention, other than at the beginning of the process when the specifications are input. The benefit of [...]
The ability to predict crop yield is beneficial and one being studied to provide added insight for farmers and researchers. In a study conducted by the University of Florida, an off-the-shelf Canon 10 MPixel camera with a 1/2.3" CCD image sensor and USB interface captured images of citrus under different [...]
If you’ve ever received a ticket in the mail that comes with a photo of you behind the wheel violating some traffic law – speeding, running a red light, etc. – you may be wondering, “How did they do that?” Traffic cameras are abundant in cities across the country and [...]
People use their smartphones for everything from reading email to managing their Facebook and Instagram accounts to snapping photos and videos. When the new iPhone 5S surfaced, it allowed users to take slow-motion recordings, identifying a new market in smartphone usage. Toshiba recently announced a new 8MP CMOS BSI sensor [...]
Have you ever wanted to detect the amount of interstellar cosmic radiation hitting the earth? It’s probably not top of mind for most people but a professor of physics from the University of Wisconsin thought that would be cool so he created an app to do just that! Cosmic rays [...]
