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New Transverse Field Detector Sensors Can Obtain 12 Times More Information

Researchers at the University of Granada have designed a new imaging system capable of obtaining up to twelve times more colour information than the human eye and conventional cameras, which implies a total of 36 colour channels.

6 Oct 2014

Label-Free Optical Biosensors for Rotavirus Detection

Researchers at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have found a way to enhance detection capacity of small concentrations of rotavirus. All this thanks to a new way to assess the biosensing response applied to an interferometric device.

3 Oct 2014

PG&E Tests Advanced Leak Detection Technology Adapted from NASA’s Mars Rover Program

In collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that it is testing state-of-the-art technology adapted from NASA's Mars rover program.

3 Oct 2014

Researchers Develop Sensor Network to Detect Illegal Bomb Production

Terrorists can manufacture bombs with relative ease, few aids and easily accessible materials such as synthetic fertilizer. Not always do security forces succeed in preventing the attacks and tracking down illegal workshops in time.

3 Oct 2014

Global Optical Fiber Sensor Sales Reaches $1.89 Billion in 2013

Optical fiber sensor (OFS) is a new type of sensor with light wave as a carrier and optical fiber as a medium, possessing high sensitivity, interference immunity, anti-corrosion, high-pressure resistance and other merits, thus being widely used in national defense, petrochemical, electric power, infrastructure, medical, etc..

1 Oct 2014

Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors Hold Potential for Monitoring Areas at Risk of Landslides

Optical fiber sensors are used around the world to monitor the condition of difficult-to-access segments of infrastructure—such as the underbellies of bridges, the exterior walls of tunnels, the feet of dams, long pipelines and railways in remote rural areas.

30 Sep 2014

Chinese Mobile Image Sensor Market Forecast to Grow at 15.35% CAGR over the Period 2013-2018

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Mobile Image Sensor Market in China 2014-2018" report to their offering.

30 Sep 2014

Michael Baker Acquires Optech’s Lynx SG1 Mobile Mapper Lidar Solutions

Optech and Michael Baker International are pleased to announce that they have signed an agreement for the delivery of two new Lynx SG1 Mobile Mapper™ Systems, the latest model of Optech’s industry-leading line of mobile lidar solutions.

29 Sep 2014

CASIS, National Geographic Partner to Include Multiple Next-Generation Sensors in ‘Good Earth’ Imaging Suite

The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) today announced a partnership with the National Geographic Society to utilize data produced on board the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory capable of developing images to inspire and educate from humankind's greatest learning platform.

26 Sep 2014

Pentagon Row Provides Greener Parking Experience with Installation of 1,946 Parking Space Sensors

With the installation of 1,946 parking space sensors, Pentagon Row now boasts one of the nation’s most advanced, customer-friendly, and sustainable parking facilities. The sensors, which are located in each of the facility’s parking spaces, record whether a space is occupied, forwarding that information to illuminated signs and the Pentagon Row mobile parking app which direct parkers to the closest available spaces to their final shopping destination.

26 Sep 2014

Light / Image Sensor News

New Transverse Field Detector Sensors Can Obtain 12 Times More Information

Label-Free Optical Biosensors for Rotavirus Detection

PG&E Tests Advanced Leak Detection Technology Adapted from NASA’s Mars Rover Program

Researchers Develop Sensor Network to Detect Illegal Bomb Production

Global Optical Fiber Sensor Sales Reaches $1.89 Billion in 2013

Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors Hold Potential for Monitoring Areas at Risk of Landslides

Chinese Mobile Image Sensor Market Forecast to Grow at 15.35% CAGR over the Period 2013-2018

Michael Baker Acquires Optech’s Lynx SG1 Mobile Mapper Lidar Solutions

CASIS, National Geographic Partner to Include Multiple Next-Generation Sensors in ‘Good Earth’ Imaging Suite

Pentagon Row Provides Greener Parking Experience with Installation of 1,946 Parking Space Sensors

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