Expo in Frankfurt, Germany, reveals photonic innovations from big name suppliers.

Tiny locally controllable pixels on a chip allow light stimulation to be precisely directed.

French laser firm attributes lower earnings partly to reorganization of its lidar systems business.

Industrial software giant forced to sell its Optical Solutions Group to obtain regulatory approval for pending Ansys merger.

…and Universal Display launches $75,000 Sherwin I. Seligsohn Award in Organic Electronics.

Atmospheric lidar instrument has now commenced operations, measuring clouds and aerosols.

Osaka Met University develops sensitive method using the “weak light” of a laser pointer.

Harvard spin-off HyperLight and Swiss startup Lightium land a combined $44M for photonic chip technologies.

…and Heriot-Watt funded by Europe to develop new attosecond laser system.

Plus a memory effect in the OLEDs promises vision systems that “sense incoming images”.

Austrian developer of ultra-compact projection displays says it has extended series A funding beyond €20M.

Modelling rates of travel from lidar data can also help plan evacuations or locate walkers.