Creaform invests in service centers
Creaform has inaugurated several new local service centers and is already planning to open more by the end of the year.
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United Robotics receives usage rights to laboratory robot Kevin
The United Robotics Group (URG) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Engineering and Automation IPA have signed a license agreement as part of their newly concluded technological partnership.
Ewit Roos leaves PhotonDelta
Consortium CEO becomes a general partner in the deep-tech venture capital firm PhotonVentures effective January 1, 2024.
University of Rochester awarded $18 million for new laser facility
The NSF has provided funding to design and prototype key technologies for EP-Opal.
Navigation in 3D space using 2D images
Artificial intelligence extracts 3D information from 2D images.
The 2023 winners of Applied Photonics Award
Fraunhofer IOF Young Scientists Award for Innovative Theses presented
Making a femtosecond laser out of glass
New method for manufacturing complex miniaturized free-space optical systems.
Performance and temperature stability for datacom VCSELs and photodiodes
Demonstration of 100G datacom VCSELs for high-speed optical data communication by Trumpf at ECOC.
Industry Awards at ECOC 2023
This year’s awards have been announced live at the ECOC Exhibition in the Product Focus theater.
A linear path to efficient quantum technologies
Bell-state measurements open up new perspectives for photonic quantum technologies.
Neura Robotics introduces new CGO
Dr. Bernd Heinrichs is the new Chief Growth Officer (CGO) at Neura Robotics
Rewarding Quantum Effects
Award presentation ceremony is highlight on first exhibition day, five winners announced in four categories.
Wenglor acquires AI Startup
Wenglor sensoric group Acquires Berlin-Based AI and Image Processing Start-Up Deevio
Hamamatsu Photonics celebrates its birthday
Hamamatsu Photonics is celebrating its 70th anniversary
AI model speeds up high-resolution computer vision
New system could improve image quality or help autonomous vehicles identify road hazards in real-time.
€ 300 M to drive next-generation optoelectronic semiconductor technologies
The German federal government and the Free State of Bavaria intend to provide IPCEI funding to AMS Osram.
Quantum device generates single photons and encodes information
A step toward using single photons in quantum communication and information processing.
New collaborative center of excellence for cutting-edge microscopy
Leica Microsystems has launched a joint venture with the University of Oxford, UK, in the fields of optical and super-resolution microscopy, artificial intelligence, correlative microscopy, and EM specimen preparation.
BitFlow to be acquired by Advantech
BitFlow announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Advantech in an all-cash transaction representing a 100 % equity stake in the company.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023
Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, and Alexei Ekimov are awarded “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots”.
Robust computer vision systems for autonomous vehicles
Three teams have been selected to compete in “The Robust AI Grand Challenge”.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier are awarded “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter”.
A simpler way to connect quantum computers
A new atomic device sends high-fidelity quantum information over fiber optic networks.
Lights out!
The Swiss Light Source will shut down temporarily as part of a major upgrade project. It will come back online in 2025.
New material concept for cheaper OLEDs
Smart approach for more cost-effective production of blue organic light-emitting diodes.
Vision Engineering purchases third lathe
Vision Engineering purchased a third fixed head lathe, a Biglia B620YS. It is used in the English factory in Send, Woking.
Ray-Ban and Meta launch next generation smart glasses
At the annual Meta Connect event Meta Platforms Inc and EssilorLuxottica introduced their upcoming smart glasses featuring Meta AI, advanced audio and camera capabilities, and design customization opportunities.
Lithuania and Taiwan deepen their collaboration
Marking a significant milestone in the advancement of laser technology and the emergence of new technologies, a Lithuanian laser laboratory was inaugurated in Taiwan on 11 September.
Smart Vision Lights and Leimac announce strategic global partnership
Smart Vision Lights is joining forces with Leimac, a player in the Asian markets specializing in precision machine vision/image processing illumination and a total solution for factory automation inspection equipment.
New quantum emitters for a quantum internet
New understanding of how light-emitting defects form and behave.
Underwater laser cutting
The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden has found a technological approach to use lasers as particularly efficient, environmentally friendly, and energy-saving cutting tools in water.
VDMA and Spectaris against PFAS ban
According to the associations, the EU's planned general ban on the PFAS group of substances would be an enormous threat to high-tech industries.
PI wants to work more closely with scientists
Physics Instruments (PI) relocates areas of research and development as innovation hubs in the immediate vicinity of universities and colleges.
Civan Lasers breaks green power world record
The laser manufacturer from Jerusalem has completed the development of a 500-W single-mode cw laser at 532 nm, marking a world record for such a laser type.
