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OmniVision Introduces OV13860 13-MP Sensor with Large 1.3-Micron Pixels

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced the OV13860, a new 13-megapixel camera solution that brings best-in-class image quality to the next generation of premium smartphones.

From OmniVision Technologies, Inc. 7 Oct 2014

SEMICON Europa: CyberOptics to Showcase Wireless Measurement Devices for Airborne Particle Measurement

CyberOptics® Corporation, a world leader in intelligent inspection and sensing solutions for electronics assembly and semiconductor process equipment, will showcase its most efficient and effective wireless measurement devices for chamber gapping, leveling, wafer handoff teaching, vibration and airborne particle measurement, at the upcoming SEMICON Europa, Oct. 7-9, 2014 in Booth #930 at the Alpexpo.

7 Oct 2014

Leica Geosystems Introduces RCD30 Penta Oblique System with New 80 MP CCD Sensor

Leica Geosystems’ RCD30 Penta Oblique system is now available with new optics. Compared to the previous configuration, consisting of lenses with 50 mm focal length for nadir and 80 mm for oblique images, the camera is now available with 80 mm and 150 mm focal length respectively.

From Leica Geosystems AG 6 Oct 2014

Raytheon to Provide Real-Time Electro-Optical/Infrared Surveillance System to Republic of Moldova

Raytheon Company received a border security contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) on Sept. 10, 2014 potentially valued at $12.9 million. The base contract award is $6.3 million with options for an additional $6.6 million.

From Raytheon Company 6 Oct 2014

New Transverse Field Detector Sensors Can Obtain 12 Times More Information

Researchers at the University of Granada have designed a new imaging system capable of obtaining up to twelve times more colour information than the human eye and conventional cameras, which implies a total of 36 colour channels.

6 Oct 2014

Label-Free Optical Biosensors for Rotavirus Detection

Researchers at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have found a way to enhance detection capacity of small concentrations of rotavirus. All this thanks to a new way to assess the biosensing response applied to an interferometric device.

3 Oct 2014

PG&E Tests Advanced Leak Detection Technology Adapted from NASA’s Mars Rover Program

In collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that it is testing state-of-the-art technology adapted from NASA's Mars rover program.

3 Oct 2014

Researchers Develop Sensor Network to Detect Illegal Bomb Production

Terrorists can manufacture bombs with relative ease, few aids and easily accessible materials such as synthetic fertilizer. Not always do security forces succeed in preventing the attacks and tracking down illegal workshops in time.

3 Oct 2014

Global Optical Fiber Sensor Sales Reaches $1.89 Billion in 2013

Optical fiber sensor (OFS) is a new type of sensor with light wave as a carrier and optical fiber as a medium, possessing high sensitivity, interference immunity, anti-corrosion, high-pressure resistance and other merits, thus being widely used in national defense, petrochemical, electric power, infrastructure, medical, etc..

1 Oct 2014

Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors Hold Potential for Monitoring Areas at Risk of Landslides

Optical fiber sensors are used around the world to monitor the condition of difficult-to-access segments of infrastructure—such as the underbellies of bridges, the exterior walls of tunnels, the feet of dams, long pipelines and railways in remote rural areas.

30 Sep 2014

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