Photonics worth £13.5 billion to the UK economy
8 July 2019
The Photonics Leadership Group 2019 update shows the increasing value of light-based technology to UK economy
Research
UK supermarket invests £17m in photonics-enabled vertical farming
11 June 2019
UK supermarket Ocado has invested £17 million in vertical farming, by acquiring a major stake in Europe's largest vertical farm and establishing a joint venture with two vertical farming companies
Innoviz's second funding round secures $170m for solid-state lidar
11 June 2019
Innoviz Technologies, maker of solid-state lidar sensors and perception software, has closed its series c funding round with $170 million, bringing the total raised to $252 million
Fuelling innovation
4 June 2019
Ahead of the Innovation award that will be presented at Laser World of Photonics, Jessica Rowbury talks technology development with Dr Jonathan Blackburn of welding research and technology specialist, TWI
Project seeks to increase uptake of large-scale AM
3 June 2019
An ongoing collaborative project is looking to drive the adoption of large-scale metal additive manufacturing
Laser to melt moon dust for additive manufacturing in space
3 June 2019
A group of scientists are looking to send a laser to the Moon in order to melt moon dust and use it to create structures via additive manufacturing
Photonics in Finland: Meeting the skills shortage with education
30 May 2019
Professor Matthieu Roussey of the European Optical Society details how Finland is addressing the challenge of sourcing skilled workers
The forest illuminated at night. Credit: Albert Porcar-Castell
Illuminating the link between plants and carbon sinks
23 May 2019
Researchers have developed a remote sensing device that provides a more thorough way of monitoring photosynthesis in plants and trees
Fibre-based imaging spectrometer captures record amounts of data
22 May 2019
Designed for remote sensing, the spectrometer can capture 30,000 sampling points each containing more than 60 wavelengths
MicroLED technique overcomes production barriers
20 May 2019
French research institute Leti has developed a new technique for fabricating microLED displays that overcomes existing limitations to commercialisation
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