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Velodyne Lidar LIVE! Webinar Series Explores Autonomy in Smarter Cities, Caves, Airports and Disaster Response

Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced a new digital learning series called Velodyne Lidar LIVE! that begins January 28, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. PST.

From Velodyne Lidar, Inc. 27 Jan 2021

Sheaumann Announces New High-Power To-Can Package

Sheaumann has launched a new Transistor Outline (TO) package. Sheaumann’s “Tall” TO-Can provides continuous-wave, single-mode power up to 600mW and multimode power up to 3W in a variety of near-infrared wavelengths 785-1064nm.

From Sheaumann Laser, Inc. 14 Jan 2021

Simple Zoom Lens for Use in Remote or Hazardous Environments

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 15 Dec 2020

New Type of Optical Sensor Closely Mimics the Human Eye

Researchers at Oregon State University are making key advances with a new type of optical sensor that more closely mimics the human eye's ability to perceive changes in its visual field.

9 Dec 2020

Portable Device Enables Rapid Detection of Nutrition Deficiency in Plants

Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research enterprise in Singapore and Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) have designed a portable optical sensor that can monitor whether a plant is under stress. The device offers farmers and plant scientists a new tool for early diagnosis and real-time monitoring of plant health in field conditions.

9 Dec 2020

In-Fiber Multispectral Optical Sensing for Precise Analysis of Liquid Biological Samples

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Russia and Israel have come up with a new, simple and inexpensive method of testing liquid biological samples that can be further developed to work in clinical settings, including real-time testing during surgery. The paper was published in the journal Light: Science & Applications.

4 Dec 2020

With 95 mm of Range and Up to 2 m Separation, this New Compact Laser Micrometer Offers Much Greater Measurement Flexibility

Precision sensor supplier Micro-Epsilon has extended its optoCONTROL 2520 series of optical laser micrometers with the optoCONTROL 2520-95, which provides double the measuring range (95 mm) of the existing optoCONTROL 2520-46.

From Micro-Epsilon UK Ltd. 25 Nov 2020

Ouster and CronAI Partner to Bring Intelligent 3D Perception to Automated Machines

Deep tech 3D perception platform start-up CronAI has partnered with Ouster, the leading supplier of digital lidar technology, to support Ouster’s current spinning lidar sensors and next-generation solid-state lidar. CronAI’s senseEDGE platform - a self-optimising, 3D data, deep learning edge inference perception processing platform – enables innovators to develop intelligent solutions using 3D sensors to accurately perceive the real world.

12 Nov 2020

Researchers Produce Thin-Film Organic Photodiodes with Color Selectivity

Photodiodes are optical sensors that convert the energy of light into electrical energy.

22 Oct 2020

Point-of-Care System Based on Photonic Sensors Could be Deployed to Detect SARS-CoV-2

Detecting SARS-CoV-2 virus and related antibodies is essential to control the COVID-19 pandemic.

21 Oct 2020

Optical Sensors News

Velodyne Lidar LIVE! Webinar Series Explores Autonomy in Smarter Cities, Caves, Airports and Disaster Response

Sheaumann Announces New High-Power To-Can Package

Simple Zoom Lens for Use in Remote or Hazardous Environments

New Type of Optical Sensor Closely Mimics the Human Eye

Portable Device Enables Rapid Detection of Nutrition Deficiency in Plants

In-Fiber Multispectral Optical Sensing for Precise Analysis of Liquid Biological Samples

With 95 mm of Range and Up to 2 m Separation, this New Compact Laser Micrometer Offers Much Greater Measurement Flexibility

Ouster and CronAI Partner to Bring Intelligent 3D Perception to Automated Machines

Researchers Produce Thin-Film Organic Photodiodes with Color Selectivity

Point-of-Care System Based on Photonic Sensors Could be Deployed to Detect SARS-CoV-2

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Cubic TDLAS Methane Gas Sensing Solutions for Oil and Gas Industry

The capaNCDT 6228: A New Standard in Capacitive High Temperature Sensors up to 800 °C

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