The company has drawn governments, a major chipmaker, and the Pentagon into an effort to control fragile photons and build a useful quantum machine. It aims to be the first.

Machine vision is the ability of a computer to see; it employs one or more video cameras, analog-to-digital conversion and digital signal processing. The resulting data goes to a computer or robot ...

Most DPReview readers will know Canon from its photographic equipment, such as cameras, lenses, printers, and inks. Some may even know that it's an important player in lithography, making the machines ...