Just as self-driving cars navigate traffic without a human behind the wheel, laboratory instruments are now being developed that can design, carry out and repeat experiments independently, 24 hours a ...

Investors are pouring money quickly into a new ETF that invests in companies involved with photonics and photolithography Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is a high-growth specialty within the ...

Nvidia's $6B March investments highlight the critical role of optical connectivity, benefiting Marvell, Lumentum, Coherent, Ciena, and Applied Optoelectronics. MRVL's NVLink integration and 26% TAM ...

The QualityGrader from Flikweert Vision will be available from July in two working widths: 1 and 1.5 metres. Thanks to a second ejection unit, the optical sorting robot can separate rejected potatoes ...

The collaboration combines Girbau’s automated feeding technology, Sortech, with Picvisa’s Ecosort optical sorting solution. Picvisa’s Ecosort technology identifies and classifies used garments by ...

Automation is not only transforming field work. In storage sheds, optical sorting systems are delivering fast returns. User experiences with optical graders from Flikweert Vision show major labour ...

Social media and the internet is full of faked photos. I would say it’s hard to spot what’s a real photo and what’s been given the AI treatment, but often it’s fairly obvious. However, when I posted ...

Founded in 2003, California-based eyewear retailer Zenni Optical offers more than 4,000 glasses and sunglasses designs, along with a range of lenses tailored to meet specialized needs. While some ...

Artificial intelligence programs can create optical illusions that other AIs are unable to recognise, creating a useful CAPTCHA test to differentiate humans from bots. A cat-and-mouse game has played ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Computer scientists often deal with abstract problems that are hard to comprehend, but an exciting new algorithm matters to anyone who ...