By combining machine vision technology, innovations in computing, marine biology and undersea robotics, a team of multi-disciplinary scientists aim to build robots that will autonomously repair coral reefs.

Teledyne Technologies announced on May 13 that its subsidiary, Teledyne DALSA, has acquired Axion IC, a fabless semiconductor company that develops CMOS mixed-signal integrated circuits.

Midwest Engineering Systems Inc, a provider of custom machines and integrated systems, has won Fanuc Robotics America’s 2012 Excellence in Intelligent Robotics Award.

The latest development that pushes imaging technology to the periphery of medical advancements is the “Smartphone Physical,” which aims to provide a comprehensive patient checkup using only smartphone-based devices.

Using a microcontroller and a color sensor, electrical engineer Brian Egenriether has created a machine that sorts Skittles and other candy by color.

The Society for Imaging Science and Technology’s (IS&T) 21st annual Color and Imaging Conference (CIC) will take place from November 4-8 in Albuquerque, N.M., United States.

A medical education software company has partnered with a 3D technology provider to create 3D images that give medical students the virtual sense of operating on a patient.