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Vision on the Upswing

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Machine vision and image processing strongly depend on the success of the applications they serve, such as automotive and other manufacturing technolo

Show Plans Laser Tribute

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Special events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the invention of the laser, including a "Cirque du Lasaire" reception, will mark SPIE Photonics Wes

Machine Vision Standards Set

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Three machine vision trade associations signed an agreement today at the Vision 2009 show in Stuttgart to jointly develop machine vision standards. In

Neuroscience Show a Big Draw

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Neuroscience 2009, the Society for Neuroscience's 39th annual meeting, provides the world's largest forum for neuroscientists to debut research and ne

Road to Exascale Computers

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Exascale computers, which would be 1000 times more powerful than today's fastest supercomputers, will need to have optics playing a bigger role, said

Silicon Chips May Go 'Green'

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Harvesting optical energy currently lost through heat dissipation in optoelectronic devices could allow them to actually generate more power than they

FiO: Notes from the Crucible

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

‘Whoa, whoa, whoa,’ I thought. ‘Whoa.’ I had just stumbled across a page on the Frontiers in Optics website

The Power of Spectra

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

“I have contributed all my knowledge to laser research, yet, I still get no RESPECT! But that’s going to change, after I get my hands on that girl and

Small (and Big) Talk at FiO

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The superbig and the supersmall were the subjects of two plenary sessions Monday at Frontiers in Optics 2009.

In the first session, Andrea

Medal Winner Talks Lasers

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

2009 has been a special year of advancements for lasers, and by October 2010 the power of the sun could be ever-so-briefly generated in the laboratory