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Intelligent Fingerprinting (Norwich, UK) has signed a deal with Smart Start (Irving, Texas, USA) granting it exclusive North American marketing and distribution rights for its fingerprint drug-testing device.

A new white paper that describes the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 communication specification, how it differs from other available interfaces, and how it can be leveraged in vision applications is available for free download from Vision Systems Design.

Smart camera vendors are developing products for niche applications using novel optics, filters, and sensors.

Technabling, a spin-off of the University of Aberdeen (both of Aberdeen, Scotland), has developed software that can translate sign language into text.

Any nostalgic feelings for the past may be better put aside with the understanding that the future will only bring with it more exciting technologies, products, and applications.

Target tracking, traffic monitoring, and security and surveillance applications often require following moving objects at high speeds.

A Markerless Motion Capture (MoCap) system developed at the Leibniz University of Hannover, with the help of IMAGO Technologies, uses multiple visible and infrared (IR) cameras to enable 3-D imaging for motion analysis.

There are many advantages to being a journalist reporting on the latest developments in machine vision and image processing.

Computer scientists at the University of Buffalo (UB; Buffalo, NY, USA) are exploring whether machines can read visual cues that give away deceit.

An Edinburgh University spin-out has developed what it claims is the world’s first visual field analyzer for patient groups whose visual field was previously impossible to test, including young children and vulnerable adults.

A white paper available for download from Vision Systems Design introduces the reader to the CoaXPress (CXP) interface and describes the applications for which it is best suited.

Keeping up with changes in the machine-vision and image-processing industry can be a challenging task, even for the most experienced.

Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors in 2011 continued to push charge coupled device (CCD) sensors into a smaller, isolated section of the market. CMOS image sensors are growing on use in mobile electronics and emerging applications, shows analyst firm IHS.

Edmund Optics (Barrington, NJ, USA) is now accepting applications for their 2012 Higher Education Grant Program, which supports outstanding undergraduate and graduate optics programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at non-profit colleges and universities.

Formerly known as the Image Sensor Solutions (ISS) division of Eastman Kodak, Truesense Imaging was acquired by Platinum Equity through a transaction with Kodak that closed on Nov. 7, 2011 and Truesense is now operating as an independent company under its new name.

Whether you earn just a pittance or a fortune, one of the rewards of any job is a letter of praise from your employer, customers, or suppliers.

Camera maker Point Grey Research (Richmond, BC, Canada) will be hosting the AIA Winter 2012 Vision Standards Meeting in Vancouver, Canada from February 13-17