Bodkin Design & Engineering designed a machine vision solution that helps Durgin and Crowell Lumber Company's quality control staff detect imperfections on the surface of the boards caused by the manufacturing process. Called the Surface Finish Inspector, the solution allows the mill’s quality control staff...
Read MoreBodkin Design & Engineering, LLC has been awarded a $1,250,000 contract by the U.S. Air Force. The two-year Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project will support the Space Threat Assessment Testbed (STAT) at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC)....
Read MoreBodkin Design & Engineering (BD&E) has been awarded a $1.6 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for the research and development of a longwave infrared instrument. The device developed detects the spectral-polarization patterns that spot disturbed...
Read MoreThe Defense and Commercial Sensing Exhibit, run by SPIE, will be in Orlando, FL this year. This is one of the largest conferences on imaging and photonics for defense and security, as well as healthcare and environmental applications. Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) will...
Read MoreBodkin Design & Engineering LLC (BD&E) measures the exhaust plume of missiles using their patented hyperspectral imaging technique Hyperpixel Array™ (HPA™). This snapshot imaging spectrometer designed by BD&E provides the spectral signature of a moving object like the propulsion plume of a rocket for long...
Read MoreBodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) is launching the new SILIOS wide multispectral camera (TOUCAN) into the North American market. The Toucan is a small but efficient device with an expansive SWIR range of 400-900 nm. This range is unmatched in SILIOS technology, covering the range...
Read MoreBodkin Design & Engineering (BD&E) will return to the Moscone Center to exhibit its full line of spectral imaging cameras that provide comprehensive datasets for a range of applications such as biomedical research, precision agriculture, pollution monitoring, geological surveying, chemical analysis, and more. Bodkin Design will...
Read MoreSoldiers and first responders run the risk of encountering chemical warfare agents (CWAs) and toxic industrial chemicals (TICs). Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) is announcing the development of a unique compact instrument that will identify these chemicals through spectral imaging and enable the avoidance...
Read MoreBodkin Design & Engineering (BD&E), developers of sensor technology for the military, have turned their attention to defending the nation against the COVID-19 pandemic. They have just released a new instrument to aid in non-contact infrared thermometry, to spot individuals who are running a fever. The...
Read MoreBodkin Design & Engineering is proud to become a distributor of Corning hyperspectral imagers. The Corning microHSI™ 410 hyperspectral sensor offers the highest sensitivity of all HSIs in the industry. The patented mono-block design immerses the entire optical path in a high index material, allowing...
Read MoreBodkin Design & Engineering will be at AGU Booth 235 demonstrating the Cubert ULTRIS™ camera, a ground-breaking innovation in Hyperspectral Imaging. Producing an unprecedented 400x400x100 snapshot data-cubes at 6Hz. This instrument is a unique addition to our family of Snapshot and Slit- Scan Hyperspectral Imagers from Cubert,...
Read MoreThese Pixelated Filter Array cameras come in three varieties, for Color analysis, Vegetation and Security. View your images using COLOR SHADES® LAB. It is supplied for free with any multispectral CMS camera purchased from Bodkin Spectral Imaging! Applications for: PRECISION FARMING- Aerial field mapping MEDICAL- Surgery, dermatology, endoscopy COSMETICS- Dermal analysis for skincare &...
Read MoreBodkin Design is proud to announce the release of the Cubert ULTRIS™ Snapshot Hyperspectral Imager, the highest resolution Snapshot Hyperspectral Imager available. The camera provides an image resolution of 400x400 spatial pixels with 100 spectral channels, covering a continuous wavelength range from 450nm to 850nm. ...
Read MoreA live demo of Cubert GmbH snapshot hyperspectral imaging will be available at booth #2610, including the unveiling of Cubert’s newest software interface. Visit Bodkin Design & Engineering at the Moscone Center Photonics West exhibition in San Francisco from January 30 through February 1, 2018....
Read MoreBodkin Design develops and manufactures OEM blackbody systems for Marvin Test Solutions test equipment to support the mil/aero industry....
Read MoreBodkin Design & Engineering, LLC is collaborating with Sabra Botch-Jones at Boston University School of Medicine to determine the effectiveness of their small, portable hyperspectral imager for drug analysis in field settings. Laboratory methods for seized drug analysis are time consuming, technically challenging, and cost prohibitive,...
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Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC has been awarded the first round of a $1.5 Million SBIR Phase 2 contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a power-efficient illuminator for nighttime operations of the Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) system. ...
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Bodkin Design & Engineering is offering free hyperspectral imaging demos throughout the month of August....
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[caption id="attachment_3793" align="alignright" width="287"] Example defects identified on a fiber optic connector. Presented at IEEE AVFOP 2014 conference by Doug Wilson.[/caption] Bodkin Design & Engineering has custom-engineered an optical inspection camera for FiberQA, including design, prototype, and manufacturing of pre-production units. BD&E’s camera sub-assembly is part...
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Dr. ZhiQiang Chen and colleagues will use hyperspectral imaging to asses and remediate hydrophobicity in agricultural fields to reduce water consumption....
Read MoreBodkin Design and Engineering, LLC will team with Cubert Gmbh at Photonics West 2017 for a presentation and product demo to showcase their patented snapshot spectral imaging for precision agriculture, medical and biotech, machine vision, and more....
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Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC has been awarded a $100,000 contract from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop a compact hyperspectral imager for UAV platforms. This unique camera will monitor water stress in plants from small remote controlled planes, in addition to measuring...
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Sponsored by Vision Systems Design magazine In this presentation, Andy Bodkin explains camera and optics specifications and why this understanding is key for choosing a camera for your machine vision applications. He discusses resolution, pixel count, and field of view (FOV), among other specs—and describes the...
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Bodkin Design & Engineering’s free Blackbody Calculator is available for download from the company website. March 12, 2015 (Newton, MA) Bodkin Design and Engineering, LLC (BD&E), is pleased to announce that it is distributing a fully functional, blackbody radiometry and photometry calculator free of charge on bodkindesign.com....
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Bodkin Design’s Next-Generation Combustion Diagnostic System Boosts Fuel Efficiency, Pollution Reduction, and Maintenance Cost Savings in Aircraft and Automotive Engines. January 15, 2015 (Newton, Massachusetts) Bodkin Design and Engineering LLC (BD&E), is pleased to announce the award of a Phase 2 SBIR contract with the U.S. Air...
Read MoreBodkin Design Develops Special Purpose Infrared Equipment for Precise Radiometric Calibration. Newton, MA (10/09/2014) BD&E’s Latest Design: Dual-temperature blackbody for two point calibration. Bodkin Design and Engineering LLC (BD&E), an electro-optic systems and solutions design-to-build firm, is pleased to announce a new line of thermo-electrically driven blackbody radiometric...
Read MoreBD&E will show their newest electro-optic instruments, imagers, spectrometers and illuminators. Newton, MA Hyperspectral microscopy system Bodkin Design and Engineering (BD&E) will exhibit at SPIE DSS 2014 from May 6th – 8th in Baltimore, Maryland, booth #956. SPIE DSS 2014 is the year’s largest conference on sensing technology...
Read MoreAdvanced Medical Imaging System from Bodkin Design and Engineering Pinpoints Data and Analyzes Complex Biological Samples in Real Time. Newton, MA (March 14,2014) A new, advanced medical imaging system by Bodkin Design and Engineering enables researchers to pinpoint data and analyze complex microscopic samples in real time. The VNIR-90...
Read MoreCommitted to the advancement of the healthcare industry, Bodkin Design is a leading custom design-to-build solutions provider of next-generation bio-medical products. NEWTON, Mass (February 5, 2014) Bodkin Design and Engineering LLC (BD&E), is an electro-optic systems and solutions design-to-build firm that develops innovative, cost effective optical sensing products...
Read MoreA New Optical Technique to Improve Diagnostic Accuracy of Dehydration in Young Children By Brian Imhausen, Electro-Optics Design Engineer and Project Manager, Bodkin Design and Engineering LLC Bodkin Design is featured in Medical Design Technology (MDT) for designing the non-invasive optical device for measuring Capillary Refill Time (CRT)....
Read MoreFormerly known as the Spectral Reflectance Imaging Biosensor (SRIB), the Interferometric Reflectance Imaging Biosensor is a Multiplex Immunoassay Platform that delivers exceptional Biomarker analysis and quantification Newton, MA (September 3, 2013) Bodkin Design and Engineering LLC (BD&E), is an electro-optic systems and solutions research and design firm...
Read MoreBD&E designs sensing and optical devices for the healthcare industry Newton, MA (August 15, 2013) Capillary Refill Time Instrument from BD&E Bodkin Design and Engineering, LLC (BD&E) is an electro-optic system and solutions research and design firm serving the bio-medical and healthcare industries. Bodkin developed a beta prototype...
Read MoreNewton, MASSACHUSETTS June 28, 2013 Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E), a Massachusetts based technology development company, is pleased to announce the issuance of US patent numbers 8,174,694 and 8,233,148, which outline enhancements to its non-scanning Hyperspectral Imaging product line. These patents support technology implemented for...
Read MoreNewton, MASSACHUSETTS May 30, 2013 Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) has undertaken an instrument development project with Dr. Vassilios Bezzerides at Boston Children's Hospital in Massachusetts. Dr. Bezzerides has invented an electronic device to measure dehydration in infants. Bodkin Design & Engineering was contracted in...
Read MoreNEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS April 24, 2013 Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) has received a $150,000 SBIR award from the U.S. Air Force to develop calibration equipment for airborne nighttime reconnaissance cameras. The technology developed under this program may reduce costs and enhance the Air Force’s...
Read MoreNEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS April 2, 2013 BODKIN DESIGN & ENGINEERING EXHIBITS AT SPIE DSS BALTIMORE Bodkin Design & Engineering Company will be exhibiting at SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing in Baltimore MD from April 30 – May 2, 2013. SPIE DSS is one of the largest unclassified events for the...
Read MoreNEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) has been awarded a $125,000 SBIR contract by NASA to develop a surface temperature mapping system for re-entry vehicle heat shields. The unique system will provide unprecedented temperature accuracy during ground tests. Unlike simple thermal imaging, BD&E’s design...
Read MoreDate: JANUARY 22, 2013 NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a high spatial resolution hyperspectral sensor operating in the longwave infrared (LWIR) spectral band. A prototype system will be demonstrated as part of...
Read MoreBodkin Design & Engineering (BD&E) has been awarded a contract from the US Army to develop a High-Energy Laser (HEL) test capability for non-contact mapping of target surface temperature during HEL engagements. The sensor, based on BD&E’s patented HPA™ hyperspectral imaging technology, is able to...
Read MoreBodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) has developed a portable system that couples an imager with a high-power laser that enables multilayer panels to be viewed and patterned.
Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) has been awarded a Phase I SBIR contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a switchable polarizing camera element. This device has the capability of switching from high-resolution IR imaging mode to a Polarimetric IR imaging mode...
Read MoreNEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS U.S. armed forces, as well as civilians at home, operate under the continual threat of attack from homemade explosives (HME). In response to this threat, the Department of Defense has awarded Bodkin Design & Engineering $890,000 to develop an advanced sensor to detect the...
Read MoreHEADLINE: Bodkin Design Develops Prototype Energy-Harvesting Ocean Wave Power Generator NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS Bodkin Design & Engineering (BD&E) has been awarded a Phase I SBIR contract from the Navy to develop a prototype wave harvesting system capable of generating power from ocean energy found in coastal waters. The...
Read MoreNEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, September 2012 Bodkin Design & Engineering LLC has launched the VNIR-90 snapshot hyperspectral imager. Developed during five years of military research, the company is now offering its patented HyperPixel Array technology to the commercial market. The imager has an optical processor that captures the full...
Read MoreNEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS (September 19, 2012) Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) has been awarded a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a stand-off explosives detector based on photothermal emission. This instrument will allow detection of explosives...
Read MoreNEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS BODKIN DESIGN & ENGINEERING EXHIBITS AT SPIE BALTIMORE Newton, MA (March 6, 2012) Bodkin Design & Engineering Company will be exhibiting at SPIE DSS in Baltimore MD from April 23 – 27, 2012. SPIE DSS is the largest unclassified event for the defense, security, andenvironment...
Read MoreNEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E), a Massachusetts based electro-optics company, has completed manufacture of its next generation 20 spectral band hyperspectral imaging system. The new model, the VNIR-20B, boasts a spatial resolution of 90 X 75 pixels and 20 spectral bands, with a...
Read MoreU.S. Commerce Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement WASHINGTON D.C., August 25, 2009 -- Bodkin Design & Engineering LLC has been selected for the 2009 Best of Newton Award in the Engineering Services category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA). The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award...
Read MoreNEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS Bodkin Design & Engineering LLC, (BD&E) has been awarded a $750,000 Phase II SBIR contract from the Navy for the development of a compact polarimetric imager for infrared and visible wavelengths. The polarimeter will aid in the detection of targets from airborne and ground...
Read MoreNEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) working with Boston University and Zoίray Technologies, Inc (Zoίray) has succeeded in converting their basic research into a commercial instrument. The Spectral Reflectance Imaging Biosensor (SRIB) is a multiplexed immunoassay platform for life science research and clinical diagnostics....
Read MoreNEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) is pleased to announce the launch of a new website to promote its thermal imaging calibration instruments. The site, www.irblackbody.com, caters particularly to the needs of a select market within the wide range of customers that BD&E services. BD&E...
Read MoreNEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) has been awarded a $70,000 SBIR Phase 1 contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a hyperspectral imaging system for integration into Type 18 periscopes and AN/BVS-1 Photonics Masts to perform contact recognition and identification in marine environments. Hyperspectral...
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