New, Ultrathin Optical Sensors Shape Light in Exotic Ways

New, Ultrathin Optical Sensors Shape Light in Exotic Ways

Researchers have developed innovative flat, optical lenses as part of a collaboration between NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology. These optical components are capable of manipulating light in ways that are difficult or impossible to achieve with conventional optical devices.

Harnessing Data to Streamline GEOINT Analysis

By Rosemary Heiss, Office of Corporate Communications, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (www.nga.mil), Springfield, Va.   More than 90 percent of the stored data in the world has been created in the last two years, according to a recent Financial Times...

Parrot and High Lander enhance drone fleet automation

Parrot drones professional users benefit from an advanced control during complex fleet operations   Paris and Tel Aviv : Parrot, the leading European drone group, announced today its partnership with High Lander— a company providing drone fleets with autonomous...

Oroville Lake Water Elevation Seen from Space

Toulouse – Due to recent and heavy rainfall, the water level of Lake Oroville has drastically increased, reaching a dangerous peak which led to the evacuation of over 100,000 people as a precaution, in case there was a dam failure. The Airbus SPOT 6 and SPOT 7...