06.12.2022 • News
MicroVision acquires Ibeo Automotive Systems
MicroVision announced the signing of an agreement to acquire certain assets from Germany-based Ibeo Automotive Systems for up to 15 million euros.
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05.12.2022 • News
Lascam Systems takes over distribution for Precitec
The 3D metrology manufacturer will leave sales in Eastern Europe to Lascam Systems in future.
05.12.2022 • News
Microscopy on remote
Cloud-controlled microscope brings complex biology education to students worldwide.
05.12.2022 • News
FSG top management is repositioning itself
At the specialist for measuring and sensor technology FSG remote control devices, there is a change at the top management: Klaus-Dieter Schulz is retiring from the management.
05.12.2022 • News
China overtakes US in robot density
China’s massive investment in industrial robotics has put the country in the top ranking of robot density, surpassing the United States for the first time.
02.12.2022 • News
Terahertz enables wireless 6G communication
Sixth-generation mobile communications (6G) will enable new application scenarios in industry, medical technology and everyday life. This will be accompanied by new requirements in terms of latency or the transmittable data rate, which cannot be met by current communication systems.
02.12.2022 • News
App creates time-lapse videos with a smartphone
The freely available app has three capture modes that cover a range of scenarios.
01.12.2022 • News
Programmable laser beams save energy
There is a new quality in laser material processing: With a liquid crystal modulator, the beam profile of a laser can be freely programmed with high temporal resolution, but also split into identical copies. The target is to achieve energy savings of at least 30 percent compared with conventional processes.
01.12.2022 • News
PhotonicsViews issue 6/2022 is out!
Book ads and submit for issue 1/2023, pitch contributions for issue 2/2023.
30.11.2022 • News
Multifocus microscopy with high resolution
A new type of microscope can take 3D images of cells while working in a natural environment.
29.11.2022 • News
European pilot line for tandem solar cell photovoltaics
Pepperoni, a four-year Research and Innovation project co-funded under Horizon Europe and jointly coordinated by Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and Qcells, supports Europe in reaching its renewable energy targets.
29.11.2022 • News
Lidar startup has secured 10 million euros
Scantinel Photonics has secured a ten million euro extended series A. The round was backed by PhotonDelta and current investors Scania Growth Capital and Zeiss Ventures.
28.11.2022 • News
Teaching photonic chips to learn
A novel hardware will speed up the training of machine learning systems.
28.11.2022 • News
Evosys receives Bavaria innovation award
Evosys is winner of the first main prize of this year's Bavarian innovation award. The jury was impressed by the patented AQW laser welding process.
25.11.2022 • News
Li-Fi GigaDock installed on the ISS space station
To ensure a problem-free interface between satellite components, Fraunhofer IPMS has developed a transceiver that was integrated into the iBoss GmbH interface and is on board the ISS for testing since February 2022.
25.11.2022 • News
Alain Rousset is latest advocate of optics
Alain Rousset, President of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France, is recognized by Optica as its latest advocate of optics. For more than twenty years, Rousset has demonstrated enthusiastic support for the optics and photonics industry.
25.11.2022 • News
Zeiss expands location in Dresden
The Digital Innovation division needs more space for a growing team at the Dresden location
25.11.2022 • News
Ximea strengthens top management
Ximea CEO Mike Bode has been joined at the top of the company by Kevin Toerne. The latter is Co-CEO of the camera manufacturer with immediate effect.
25.11.2022 • News
Precise look into human cells
Improved method enables high-resolution chemical and structural imaging of cells at the nanoscale.
25.11.2022 • News
Zebra Technologies appoints new chief supply chain officer
Tami Froese takes over new position
25.11.2022 • News
Kappa Optronics: Procuration for personnel manager, new commercial manager
Human Resources Manager Patricia Glanz has been granted the special statutory authority (Prokuristin) at Kappa Optronics. Franziska Holst takes over as commercial director.
25.11.2022 • News
Proof of Concept Grant by the European Research Council for light sensors
Dr. Mehmet Cengiz Onbasli of the Koç University was awarded a Proof of Concept Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for his project titled “2D Topological Superconducting Single Photon Detector Devices (SuperPhoton)”.
25.11.2022 • News
Visiconsult completes acquisition of CT manufacturer Diondo
Visiconsult officially completed the acquisition of 51 percent of the shares in CT manufacturer Diondo on November 17. Both companies continue to operate independently.
24.11.2022 • News
Advanced Light Source upgrade approved
Berkeley Lab’s biggest project in three decades now moves from planning to execution. The ALS upgrade will make brighter beams for research into new materials, chemical reactions, and biological processes.
23.11.2022 • News
A new laser beam steering device for autonomous cars and more
A Texas professor is leading a project that will explore an optical laser beam steering device for 3D sensing in autonomous driving cars.
23.11.2022 • News
Baumer has a turnover of half a billion euros
With an annual turnover of 500 million euros, the company has reached another milestone in the company's history.
23.11.2022 • News
Spectroscopy with virtual photons
Unique method to measure the electronic structure of the surface of materials selectively.
22.11.2022 • News
Kae Nemoto directs new center for quantum technology in Okinawa
The OIST Center for Quantum Technologies will contribute to the world by driving quantum research and creating innovative technology.
22.11.2022 • News
Rainer Blatt named 2023 Herbert Walther Award recipient
Optica and the DPG have named Rainer Blatt, University of Innsbruck, Austria, the recipient of the 2023 Herbert Walther Award.
21.11.2022 • News
“AM is shaping the future of industrial manufacturing”
For four days, Formnext 2022 turned host city Frankfurt into the global capital of industrial 3D printing.
21.11.2022 • News
Optical imaging technology to evaluate donor kidneys
Optical coherence tomography is tested to evaluate transplant viability of donor organs.
21.11.2022 • News
Igus exceeds one billion in sales
The Cologne industrial company achieved a ten-digit turnover for the first time at the beginning of the carnival
18.11.2022 • News
Call for a European photonics strategy
The new European Chips Act is not enough to cover the needs of the photonics industry. According to Prof Gabriel Crean, who was talking at the PIC Summit Europe 2022, actions must be overlapping and reinforcing.
18.11.2022 • News
New materials for thinner displays
A way to manipulate light at the nanoscale that breaks the Moss rule.
18.11.2022 • News
Fraunhofer Vision: Guide to heat flow thermography published
The Fraunhofer Vision Business Unit has published the 22nd volume of its guide series. This time, the contributions revolve around heat flow thermography.
