Microplastics get into our wastewater and the environment every day. But sewage treatment plants have so far hardly been able to sufficiently filter out the tiny plastic parts in the wastewater. Now a remedy is to be found: The BMBF has been funding the SimConDrill research project since 2019, in which five project partners from industry and research are jointly developing a water filter for microplastics. Its tiny holes are...

A laser with a magnet employed by Amos Danielli´s Team for quick analyses of salivas samples testing for Coronavirus. (Photo credit: Bar Ilan University) According to Dr. Amos Danielli, of the Alexander Kofkin Faculty of Engineering at Bar-Ilan University, 15 minutes may be all it takes to diagnose cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), thanks to a new diagnostic technology. While existing methods of diagnosing COVID-19 take around one hour,...

With the increasing level of automation and acceleration of manufacturing processes and the simultaneous demand for higher standards of quality, optical 3D measuring systems are increasingly coming into focus. As soon as the geometry of an object is relevant for a measurement, laser triangulation has become one of the optical standard measurement principles and offers great advantages over other inspection methods. Since an end user usually prefers not to deal...

Z-LASER offers an innovative and time-saving solution with laser projectors for precast concrete parts. The process is very simple, how the whole thing works is explained in the following video:  

Keep Alexa away from all windows: Turns out hackers can shine lasers at your Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa-enabled devices and gain control of them, sending commands to the smart assistants or obtaining your valuable account information. Researchers proved this by using lasers to inject malicious commands into voice-controlled devices like smart speakers, tablets, and phones across long distances through glass windowpanes. In a new paper, “Light Commands: Laser-Based Audio Injection Attacks...

In aircraft manufacturing, lasers have already been used successfully for material alignment and tool positioning during assembly. In the future, however, more and more components made of composite materials will be used. As a result, supporting the manual laying process of fiber mats (CFK layers) with the aid of laser projectors  is becoming increasingly important. Special Uses: Precise displays of target positions of the CFK layers on large work spaces...