Shortwave infrared imaging
Nov 14, 2022
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For the December/January issue of Imaging & Machine Vision Europe magazine an article about shortwave infrared imaging, a sector which is going to
High-tech glass inspection
Mar 24, 2022
Science
For the April/May issue of Imaging & Machine Vision Europe magazine, an article about high-tech optical inspection methods for glass, which was
Photonics West 2021
Feb 5, 2021
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No one will be in San Francisco for this year’s Photonics West exhibition and conference in March as it will be held online instead, although with
Photonics West 2020
Jan 21, 2020
Science
If you happen to be near San Francisco next February 1st to 6th 2020, there will be articles by me once again in the daily in-house magazine of the
Photonics West 2019
Feb 1, 2019
Science
If you happen to be near San Francisco, there are a couple of articles by me appearing in the daily in-house magazine of the Photonics West
Adaptations
Oct 1, 2018
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Mention of some science stories I had a hand in recently: Taking a bad picture of someone’s retina isn’t difficult, but taking a sharp one at
Clear margins
Aug 10, 2018
science
A few science stories I had a hand in recently: There’s a method called laser scanning fluorescence lifetime microscopy (FLIM) that looks good for
Soft touch
Jun 10, 2018
science
A mention for some science stories I had a hand in recently. Managing chronic pain with light rather than drugs has obvious advantages, if we can
Vision things
Mar 10, 2018
science
A mention for some science stories I had a hand in recently. Implants to aid people with eye diseases come in different varieties, but clinical
Photonics West 2018
Jan 27, 2018
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If you happen to be in San Francisco this week and close to the Moscone Center, there’s an article by me in the in-house magazine of the Photonics
Chemistry World odour masking
Mar 29, 2017
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In the April issue of Chemistry World magazine I wrote about how the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation wants to improve sanitation in the developing
Critical seconds
Mar 8, 2017
Science
Two strong projects brewing at Michigan Medicine, written about recently by me: Speeding up brain cancer surgery, by creating virtual stained
Photonics West 2017
Feb 1, 2017
Science
If you happen to be in San Francisco, there are two articles by me in this year’s in-house magazine of the annual Photonics West conference going on
Chemistry World climbing chalk
Nov 5, 2016
Science
Gymnasts and rock climbers both use chalk, for similar reasons but at some distinctly different altitudes. In the November issue of Chemistry World
Soundings
Aug 25, 2016
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A couple of technology stories I had a hand in reporting lately: The clever way that optoacoustics can “listen” to biological cells — picking up the
Growth potential
Jul 16, 2016
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Some recent technology news stories I had a hand in: The United States wants to double the pace of research into tackling cancer, and do in the next
Light farms
May 13, 2016
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Some tech topics I wrote about recently: Laser cinema projection grabs the headlines, but smaller-scale boardroom and classroom projectors will be a
Photonics West 2016
Feb 18, 2016
Science
Drug-resistant bacteria are such a problem that even the scientists working on the issue call it an arms race that we are not winning. So if a
Space swarms
Nov 9, 2015
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Usual selection of recent technology stories I’ve had a hand in: Space telescopes are huge, heavy, and vastly expensive, so a fairly radical
Living laser
Sep 5, 2015
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An intermittent pick of technology stories I’ve written about lately: Making solid-state semiconductors emit laser light is ingenious enough;
Eyeballs
Jun 3, 2015
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A trio of recent science articles that I had a hand in: Fans of 3D television yearn for the day they can throw the glasses away; which won’t be
New resolutions
Oct 9, 2014
Science
So both the chemistry and physics Nobel prizes this year went to photonics technologies, and to applied ones at that. I wrote something about the
Sensor snapshot
Aug 6, 2014
Science
Returning to an old topic, I wrote a piece about recent progress in smartphone camera technology for the fourth issue of the digital magazine
Freeform technology
Sep 4, 2013
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Links to some recent technology stories written by me. An interview with the head of a new US research center about freeform optics, which is a new
Onion layers wait for you
Jul 6, 2013
Science
Filtering the hype from the hope is tricky where 3D-printing is concerned. I first saw the technology up close nearly two decades ago, back when all
Invest In Photonics conference 2013
Jan 17, 2013
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Two days in Bordeaux at an investment conference duly produced two published pieces, one on the current state of biophotonics markets and one doing