Imaging projects recognised by Edmund Optics prize
High resolution optical imaging technology to image neuronal activation patterns, mid- infrared sensors for unmanned aerial vehicles, and a fluorescence imaging system used to observe cancer cells, are three of the winning projects as part of Edmund Optics’ 2014 Educational Award programme. More than $85,000 in Edmund Optics
products will be awarded to the gold, silver, and bronze winners in the Americas, Asia, and Europe, in support of their research. Te EO award team evaluated over 880 applications to select 45 global finalists with applications ranging from developing a compact NIR- visible dual-channel fluorescence imaging system for image-guided cancer surgery to designing solutions to assess water quality
using high resolution microscopy. In addition, Shahid Haider, from the
University of Waterloo in Canada, has won the Norman Edmund Inspiration Award for developing a medical device that eases diabetes monitoring in children. Te medical device is a non-contact,
handheld imaging system that simultaneously captures multiple polarisation states of the eye to infer a patient’s blood glucose concentration. Tis avoids having to prick a finger to get an estimate of blood glucose levels. Haider will receive $5,000 in product donation to further his research. For more about the Educational Award
recipients and their applications, visit
www.edmundoptics.eu/award.
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Visitors to the recent Vision show in Stuttgart and readers of this magazine alike will be well aware that the show was a resounding success on its first outing in the new biennial cycle. Visitor numbers are reported as being 25 per cent higher than the last show in 2012 and there were plenty of new products to catch the eye. UKIVA, as usual, had its own stand at the show and we were delighted with the number of visitors who took an interest in the association and the benefits of joining. Leading on from this, we are now in detailed discussions with several companies with a view to them becoming members. 3D vision and high-speed imaging featured prominently at the show, both of which were chosen as the main features for association’s ‘Vision in Action’ newsletters that we published during 2014. The spring issue featured 3D vision, while the autumn issue concentrated on high speed imaging. We took plenty of copies of these
newsletters to Vision and were delighted to see that around 600 of them had been taken by visitors during the course of the show. The Vision in Action
newsletters contain a mixture of members’ and association news, with an increasing emphasis on real-life applications. The spring issue featured 10 applications, while there were 11 applications in the autumn issue. 3D topics covered included a review of the laser profiling, stereo imaging, fringe projection and time of flight techniques, together with a look at how measurements are made and calibration methods. The high-speed imaging issue looked at high-speed cameras from the viewpoint of exposure time, frame rates and line scan imaging.
Both of these newsletters are
available for download from:
www.ukiva.org/vision-in-action. html. Many of the products launched at the Vision show will be available for sale in the UK
through UKIVA members, and no doubt we will soon be seeing some of them featured in future issues of the newsletter! So the Vision show seems to
have very successfully made the transition to a biennial event, but that, of course means that the event will not take place in 2015. In the UK, the Photonex show continues to be the main showcase for vision technology itself, but vision companies are frequently turning to exhibitions in particular market sectors. For example, the 2014 PPMA (Processing and Packaging Machinery Association) show featured 34 exhibitors showing some sort of vision system – nearly twice as many as at the Total exhibition the previous year. With the PPMA show now controlled entirely by the PPMA itself, visitor numbers are also rising, and with an independent vision seminar planned as an extra bonus for 2015, there is every chance that the next PPMA show will attract an even larger vision contingent.
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