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SWIR Raises $5M to Develop Next-Gen High Resolution Infrared Sensor Solutions
Oct 26, 2021 SWIR Vision Systems, a company pioneering the next generation of image sensor solutions for industrial automation, autonomous vehicles and other applications, announced that it has closed a $5 million Series A financing round. SWIR Vision plans to...Read More
Researchers Create Nanostructures of Glass and Crystal for Electronics and Photonics
Oct 25, 2021 Weaving intricate, microscopic patterns of crystal or glass is now possible thanks to engineers at Rice University.
TriLite Raises €8 million to Enable Augmented Vision for Consumer Eyewear
Oct 22, 2021 TriLite, the developer of the world’s smallest projection display, announced that it has raised €8 million in a new round of funding, enabling its customers to bring mass-market augmented reality eyewear to the consumer market.
Porotech Produces World’s First Native Red InGaN Microdisplay
Oct 21, 2021 A microdisplay breakthrough from the University of Cambridge spin-out Porotech is set to accelerate the long-awaited commercialization of augmented reality (AR) glasses. The micro-LED pioneer has created the world’s first microdisplay based on nat...Read More
Mitsubishi Electric Releases 'CV Series' of 3D CO2 Laser Processing Systems for Cutting CFRP
Oct 20, 2021 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced launch of two new CV Series models of 3D CO2 laser processing systems for cutting carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP), which are lightweight, high strength materials used in automobiles. The new models...Read More
Mynaric and H3 HATS Announce World’s First Optical Communications Terminal for Airborne Applications
Oct 19, 2021 Mynaric and H3 HATS announced the successful start of a joint demonstration campaign to showcase laser communication capabilities for high-altitude long-endurance aircraft using industrialized optical communications terminals. Initial flights of t...Read More
Working Group Created to Increase Bandwidth and Reduce Power Consumption for PCB Interconnect Systems
Oct 18, 2021 The Consortium for On-Board Optics (COBO) has announced the creation of the Multi-Mode Waveguide Interconnect System (MWIS) Working Group, formed to advance the increase of bandwidth and reduce power consumption for printed circuit board interconn...Read More
DARPA to Develop Safe Obscurants with Passive Asymmetry to Enhance Visibility
Oct 15, 2021 DARPA announced the Coded Visibility program, which aims to develop tailorable, tunable, safe obscurants that provide warfighters with an asymmetric advantage, enhancing their visibility while suppressing adversary vision and detection systems. A ...Read More
Researchers Create Microscopic Metavehicles Powered Entirely by Light
Oct 14, 2021 Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in creating tiny vehicles powered by nothing but light. By layering an optical metasurface onto a microscopic particle, and then using a light source to control it, they su...Read More
Lockheed Successfully Delivers High Energy Laser To U.S. Air Force
Oct 13, 2021 Lockheed Martin has successfully completed factory acceptance testing for the Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL), in preparation for U.S. military ground and flight testing of the system.