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University of Glasgow scientists create 3D images with single-pixel detector

University of Glasgow scientists create 3D images with single-pixel detector

05/17/2013

Glasgow, Scotland--A group at the University of Glasgow has created a single-pixel imaging setup that captures 3D images.

Silicon/CNT substrate from NASA JPL improves photocatalytic hydrogen production

05/16/2013

Pasadena, CA--NASA JPL is developing a device for hydrogen gas production based on water-splitting redox reactions facilitated by catalysts stacked on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) grown on silicon substrates.

Sony to commercialize its own form of digital paper

Sony to commercialize its own form of digital paper

05/15/2013 Tokyo, Japan--Sony has developed a digital-paper device based on electrophoretic technology (the same basic approach as found in the Amazon Kindle reader, whose display is made by E-Ink of Cambridge, MA, the company that first ...

Doped quantum dots yield amazing dye colors

05/13/2013

Chicago, IL--UIC researchers have developed a way to introduce precisely four copper "guest" ions into each and every quantum dot to produce spectacular colors.

Plasmonics could lead to paint-on organic photovoltaics

Plasmonics could lead to paint-on organic photovoltaics

05/13/2013

Buffalo, NY--Qiaoqiang Gan, University at Buffalo assistant professor of electrical engineering, and his team are developing photovoltaic (PV) cells that cost less to manufacture than existing devices.

Insect eyes inspire hemispherical digital camera

05/08/2013

Evanston, IL--An interdisciplinary team led by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University has developed a hemispherical digital camera inspired by the complex fly eye.

ExOne opens materials development laboratory for 3D printing

05/08/2013

Facility will provide support for developing and qualifying of new 3D printing materials and machines.


Study supports tissue fluorescence visualization technology for oral cancer detection

05/07/2013 Tissue fluorescence visualization technology developer LED Medical Diagnostics is part of a recent clinical study documenting the ability of the company's VELscope Vx Enhanced Oral Assessment adjunctive technology to detect can...

Robots need vision

05/06/2013

We may think robotics is all about machines, but attending the IEEE Technologies for Practical Robot Applications (TEPRA) conference on April 22–23, 2013, reminded me that vision and sensing also are crucial.

Photonics21 releases roadmap to photonics research and innovation priorities

05/03/2013 Brussels, Belgium--At the Photonics21 Annual Meeting the group presented the Photonics Multiannual Strategic Roadmap Towards 2020 – Photonics Driving Economic Growth in Europe to Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Co...

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