The manufacture of polymer optical components requires fundamental considerations and those include: Designing the molded optical parts Designing and building the molds to produce the components Injection molding Handling of the components that manage the light Understanding the complexity of the surface specifications, material selection and geometry of the [...]
The robots of today can “think” for themselves and many of them can “see.” It’s no longer the realm of science fiction books and movies to see robots operating independently of a human operating a switch or a remote control device. There is a group of scientists who have created [...]
The manufacture of lenses is a precise art and UKA Optics creates custom lenses that encompass all measurements and testing applications for many industries, medical, scientific, and military applications and more. As background to the exacting science of measurements you need to understand how an inch became an inch and [...]
When it comes to lasers, custom lenses are designed for use in applications that range from photography to science. One way that lasers are being used is by researchers that are studying underwater lifeforms that include brine shrimp. If you don’t know what brine shrimp are, think of the Sea Monkeys [...]
To print three-dimensional pieces there is a need for laser-based additive manufacturing (AM); a process that distributes precise amounts of material, layer by layer to make the three dimensional item. 3-D printing works on a model different from traditional printing in that rather than “milling an item from a solid [...]
A Pennsylvania company signed a contract with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps that is worth close to four million dollars. The project will help advance technologies and develop an infrascanner brain hematoma detector. The non-invasive device, which is commercially available, detects the presence of brain hematomas through the use [...]
A mathematical model and optical measurements are helping researchers explain the “stunning colors of Yellowstone National Park’s hot springs.” With the advent of this thermal imaging technology, researchers are able to visually recreate the way they believe these springs looked decades ago, long before the tourist traffic to the park [...]
Standard and custom lens assemblies for scanners, CCTV, CCD, medical imaging, surveillance systems, machine vision and night vision systems.
In 1983, NASCAR installed the first in-car camera during the Daytona 500 and it allowed spectators a more personal view of the racetrack; learn more at universeoptics.com
CMOS versus CCD lenses offer incredible functionality and integration along with power dissipation and overall system size.
