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23 May 18
Display Week showcases AR breakthroughs and more

55th edition of LA’s screen-fest also celebrates the half-century of liquid crystal displays.

22 May 18
International Space Station to take delivery of laser atom-cooling kit

7.4-ton payload of research equipment, cargo and supplies due to arrive at the ISS May 24.

18 May 18
Researchers use lidar to find invasive fish

Scanning Yellowstone Lake with green light enables protection of native trout that are vital to food chain.

15 May 18
3D Systems and Huntington Ingalls to develop metal printing for US Navy

Partners say they intend to transform US Navy shipbuilding methods, saving time, materials and money.

15 May 18
Latest Sentinel returns first images

'3B' satellite completes first batch of orbiting Earth observation units launched by the European Space Agency.

11 May 18
Fiber optics key to optimised hearing aids

Austria-based Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences move closer to developing fully implantable hearing aid.

07 May 18
LED-driven Li-Fi-system from Fraunhofer HHI launched in Japan

Telecoms company Sangikyo launches "LED Backhaul" onto Japanese market, with plans for further developments together.

02 May 18
Optics firms partner to support University of Michigan's self-drive shuttle

Osram, Vergence, Phantom and Jungo gift $100,000-worth of support towards driverless campus bus development.

02 May 18
Controlling neuropathic pain with light

Project from EMBL Rome uses phototherapy on specific nerves to reduce pain transmission.

27 Apr 18
Magna and Innoviz win lidar deal with BMW

Early "serial production" contract for solid-state lidar to enable L4 and L5 self-drive systems for multiple models; BMW to implement in 2021.

25 Apr 18
SPIE Photonics Europe: wavefront shaping promises all-in-one laser cataract procedure

Robotic clinical tool expected to overcome a major limitation of current laser equipment used in cataract surgery.

25 Apr 18
Glowforge launches ‘crowdfunded’ 3D laser printer

Home laser system can create diverse “beautiful and useful products” from a range of craft materials – even chocolate.

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