Experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), have recently found record levels of microplastic in arctic sea ice. However, the majority of particles were microscopically small. The ice ...
Tags: AWI
Sacmi Automation & Inspection Systems Division’s new cap inspection system has been tested by an undisclosed can manufacturer at its facility in Asturias, Spain. The new DECOCAP 360-3D cap inspection system is claimed to be the ...
Tokyo-based Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has expanded its product lineup of infrared light-emitting diode (IR-LED) chips, which are mainly used as parts of photo-couplers for gate drivers in power semiconductor modules and parts of sensors for ...
Japanese start-up company FOVE is offering a virtual reality (VR) headset that integrates eye tracking as a novel means of interaction. ChipLEDs made by Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany provide the infrared illumination ...
Osram of Munich, Germany has made an investment (in the mid double-digit million euros range) to acquire a strategic 25.1% stake in LeddarTech Inc of Québec, Canada, which was founded in 2007 and has developed patented Leddar LiDAR ...
Tags: Osram, LiDAR sensing technology
Keysight Technologies Inc of Santa Rosa, CA, USA (which provides electronic measurement instruments, systems and related software used in the design, development, manufacture, installation, deployment and operation of electronic equipment) ...
Tags: Keysight, Virginia Diodes, Chalmers
The firm has designed a system that shoots a beam of light from a hilt, echoing the weapons favoured by Jedi and Sith within the Star Wars universe. Disney has taken the first steps to making every Star Wars fan’s dream a reality ...
Tags: Disney, Star Wars, lightsaber
By optimizing the material growth and manufacturing process, researchers at the China Academy of Engineering Physics' Research Center of Laser Fusion and the Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics in Beijing have nearly ...
Tags: Cascade Laser, ceramics
Researchers in the UK have claimed the first demonstration of laser diodes grown directly on silicon that perform up to 75°C and 120°C under continuous wave (cw) and pulsed operation, respectively [Siming Chen et al, Nature ...
Tags: Quantum dot lasers, GaAs, Silicon substrate, MBE
Lasers and infrared LEDs for self-driving cars More than ten years ago, Osram Opto Semiconductors supplied infrared laser diodes for the first laser sensors in cars. As one of the first suppliers of powerful infrared LEDs (IREDs), Osram ...
Tags: Lasers, self-driving cars, LEDs
Using infrared light-emitting diodes (IREDs) from Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany as the light source, Fujitsu Ltd's ARROWS NX F-04G (marketed by telecoms firm NTT DOCOMO Inc, currently only in Japan) is said to be the ...
Tags: Osram IR LED, LED light, electric components, LED lamp, LED panel
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany says that it has increased the output of its IR Oslon Black family for the second time in six months, making the new SFH 4715AS and SFH 4716AS the most powerful infrared light-emitting ...
The US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is awarding the 2015 Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering to Isamu Akasaki, M. George Craford, Russell Dupuis, Nick Holonyak Jr and Shuji Nakamura for “the invention, development, and ...
Tags: LED Lighting, diode applications, Electrical
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany says that the principal application of its new IR Oslux SFH 4780S (its first infrared emitter with a wavelength of 810nm) is biometric unlocking of cell phones and tablet computers. With ...
Tags: cell phones, tablet computers, Electrical
The toy head set can determine whether a player is hiding the truth by monitoring their emotional state. Japanese firm, Tomy Co. has revealed a world’s first in mind reading toys. The Tokyo-based toy company has announced its ...
Tags: Mind Scanner Toy, 'Read Your Mind', Toys