Photonics Hot List: May 1, 2026

In this episode: An AI and IR imaging approach could thwart whale/cargo ship collisions, the latest photonics business news, and a biohybrid sensor processes light like retinas.

In this episode of Photonics Hot List:

A new collaboration between WhaleSpotter and Teledyne FLIR OEM, and their combined technologies, aims to keep whales safer in their ocean habitats.

Business news roundup: Montana-based precision and infrared optics manufacturer Lattice Materials has broken ground on a new facility. And Molex is acquiring Teramount to boost the realm of copackaged optics.

Researchers at Tor Vergata University of Rome in Italy have developed a retina-inspired biohybrid image sensor they say could potentially revolutionize the biomedical realm.

About the Author

Justine Murphy

Multimedia Director, Digital Infrastructure

Justine Murphy is the multimedia director for Endeavor Business Media's Digital Infrastructure Group. She is a multiple award-winning writer and editor with more 20 years of experience in newspaper publishing as well as public relations, marketing, and communications. For nearly 10 years, she has covered all facets of the optics and photonics industry as an editor, writer, web news anchor, and podcast host for an internationally reaching magazine publishing company. Her work has earned accolades from the New England Press Association as well as the SIIA/Jesse H. Neal Awards. She received a B.A. from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

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