To much anticipation, Microsoft has released the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) from Microsoft Research, a free beta release for noncommercial applications....
In Europe and North America, Ford has begun a project to install robotic plant laser inspection technology in 17 assembly plants for a planned investment of approximately $100...
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering have created a very small, handheld microscope that can capture high-quality images in less...
Iwao Hosako at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology and Naoki Oda at the Guidance and Electro-Optics Division of NEC Corp. have developed a terahertz...
Engineers at Ohio State University (Columbus, OH, USA) have invented an optical lens that enables microscopic objects to be seen from nine different angles at once to create a...
In finance, the concept of a protective “moat” around your castle (investment) has been a central tenet of famed investor Warren Buffett and others. In an interview in Fortune...
By designing and integrating their own unique, low-cost components for machine-vision systems, system integrators may not necessarily best serve their customers.