Optics and Photonics News

Industrial machine vision: lessons and challenges

A review of critical technologies that have contributed to the success of industrial machine vision applications and potentially significant trends.

by Steven W. Holland and Robert B. Tilove

Planck's radiation law

Editor's note: This is the second of 11 monthly installments of lecture demonstrations on radiation exchange, by J. H. Taylor of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. Next month's topic: Kirchhoff's law.

by J. H. Taylor

Problems with polished surfaces

In our previous columns we have talked about the organization of ISO/TC 172, for standards for optics and optical instruments. This month we will discuss a very real standards problem and solicit suggestions.

by Robert E. Parks