Pictured, right: Block's LaserWarn is an open-path chemical detection system that identifies chemical threats in seconds. Southborough, MA, USA – Smiths Detection Inc. alongside Block MEMS, LLC (Block ...

Block MEMS, the Massachusetts company specializing in photonics-based threat detection technologies, has been awarded $10.7 million under the US Intelligence Advanced Research Programs Activity (IARPA ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced a new program which seeks to enable quantum-level infrared (IR) detection at room temperature. The IR spectrum is a vast information ...

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ — Block Engineering, a leading developer of mid-infrared spectroscopy sensors, announced today the launch of a family of next-generation, revolutionary ...

Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have developed an organic infrared photodiode that achieves record-level sensitivity in devices that are ultrathin and ready to be integrated into ...

An obstacle detection unit is an essential part of a variety of projects, such as robotics and security applications An obstacle detection unit is an essential part of a variety of projects, such as ...

Jülich researchers, together with Italian and German colleagues, have developed a particularly cost-effective infrared detector that can be easily integrated into existing camera chips and smartphones ...