Cory Haggart
Writing Portfolio
Industry stories and thought leadership
Pharma / Biotech
Aerospace & Defense
Semiconductors
Industrial Imaging
Pharma
A Pharma 4.0 Future for Brownfield Challenges [ISPE / Pharmaceutical Engineering]
Pharmaceutical companies can use digital maturity assessments to address the challenges of upgrading brownfield facilities and implementing digital transformation improvements.
Combustible dust in pharma: An elusive but very real risk [Cleanroom Technology]
Controlling contamination and controlling hazards simultaneously in today's cleanrooms is difficult, sometimes even oppositional. Many operations have serious gaps that are difficult to reconcile without the proper expertise.
Horizons Life Sciences 2025 Industry Report [CRB]
This report offers a focused look at the evolving life sciences sector, using industry survey data to uncover shifts in therapeutic modalities, emerging technologies, advanced equipment, and process innovation.
Your guide to pharma and biotech digital maturity assessments [CRB]
Digital transformation can boast significant production and efficiency gains, but is complex and multi-faceted, with different industries facing their own opportunities and challenges. Pharmaceutical companies are grappling with regulation and risk management, culture, security, and acquiring or creating the necessary skill sets.
Q2 2025 Market Conditions: Life Sciences and Food + Beverage Industries [CRB]
This report delivers a clear snapshot of the construction landscape, tracking trends in supply chain disruptions, cost escalation, labor availability, and more. Whether you’re planning a facility in the life sciences or food and beverage sector, Horizons: Market Conditions equips you with the timely insights you need to make confident, informed decisions in a rapidly evolving market.
Capital Investments: Greenfield vs Brownfield Developments [CRB]
It’s the best business problem in the world: handling growth and meeting new demand. Scaling up successfully means a new capital investment project, a production strategy and plan for your next site. Site planning and facility design are crucial initial steps in new development. At the beginning of the project, it’s important to define priorities, goals, and objectives.
Semiconductors
Microfluidics: Putting Biological Research on a Chip [Teledyne MEMS]
It’s been a huge two years for Microfluidics. Now MEMS-based Organs-on-a-chip and other biological simulations are showing huge promise in medical applications. Humans like to use metaphors. At minimum, it’s more fun. And in the best of times, it can help us understand things that are quite complicated on their own. The challenge is that these metaphors are often wrong.
Micromachines of Guiding Light : Automotive LIDAR [Teledyne MEMS]
The advancement of autonomous vehicles, especially unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has fueled demand for lidar that is higher performance, cheaper, and more efficient. According to McKinsey, the global ADAS and AD system sensor market will be worth US$43 billion by 2030. The fastest growing segment—and biggest bottleneck—remains to be the lidar systems.
Measuring Movement with Inertial MEMS [Teledyne MEMS]
To find their place in phones and IoT devices, the devices’ increasing sophistication and complexity can't increase their size. So MEMS production today needs to involve highly precise processes: growing crystalline structures like the silicon wafers that form a MEMS’ base layer, etching or depositing its subsequent layers, and even designing around the physics of gaseous friction a microscopic level.
3D-Stacked CMOS: Sparking Imaging's Innovation Era [Photonic Spectra]
The ascent of stacked CMOS image sensors is permeating the imaging sector, giving rise to a host of applications previously unsupported by conventional and 2D sensor performance.
CMOS Imaging: From Industry to Consumer and Back Again [Photonic Spectra]
Ongoing advancements in CMOS sensor design are creating new possibilities for all sides of the imaging industry.
Industrial Imaging
Multifield Imaging Enhances Detectability at Speed
[Photonic Spectra]
Multiarray CMOS sensors combined with wafer-level coated dichroic filters enable simultaneous capturing of bright-field, dark-field, and backlight images in a single scan.
Why SWIR Imaging? Insights on Its Practical Implementations [Photonic Spectra]
Image sensor advancements and a groundswell of emerging applications are unveiling valuable new inspection capabilities hidden in the shortwave infrared band.
Emerging Trends in 3D Imaging Applications [Quality Magazine]
3D imaging is here and growing fast.
Multispectral Imaging Extends Vision Technology Capability [Photonic Spectra]
Multispectral imaging takes the detection capability of machine vision beyond just color inspection. With wafer-level coating of multispectral filters, advanced multispectral cameras now can be designed in a compact form factor. The result: many new opportunities in high-speed line-scan imaging.
Automating Solar Production with Robotics and Advanced Imaging [Novus Light]
The sun is shining on solar in the 2020s. Despite the supply chain disruptions in the underlying components caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it represents the second-largest absolute generation growth of all renewable technologies, slightly behind wind and ahead of hydropower.
An introduction to multitrack spectroscopy and its applications [Laser Focus World]
Multitrack spectroscopy collects and analyzes data from several input sources with just one spectrometer and detector.
Has 3D Imaging Finally Come of Age?
[Teledyne Vision Solutions]
If you looked only at the movie industry, you could be forgiven for thinking that 3D was a failure. Repeatedly, 3D has been promoted as the next big thing in movies, only for it to fade within months of its last showing. In the perhaps less glamourous world of machine vision, where 3D imaging remains several years behind 2D in terms of image quality, rendering, and ease-of-use (despite the hype and financial successes to date) it is seeing a resurgence for a growing number of applications. In this post, we will provide some background for four popular techniques for 3D imaging.
Hot Wheels: Can thermal imaging and better hotboxes improve rail safety?
[Teledyne Vision Solutions]
On February 3rd, 2023 at approximately 8:54 pm, eastbound Norfolk Southern Railway freight train 32N derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. 38 cars in total derailed and a fire ensued, damaging an additional twelve cars. An explosion and fire followed the derailment, and a "state of emergency" was declared by city council on February 4th, and an evacuation area was extended by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on February 6th.
As Fast As You Can: Hot Box Detectors Across China
[Teledyne Vision Solutions]
By almost any measure, the rail industry in China is simply massive. The country maintains the second-largest total rail network in the world (more than 96,000 miles / 155,000 km) and the largest high-speed rail system (more than 26,000 miles / 42,000 km). Almost all rail operations are handled by the China Railway Corporation (CRC), overseeing multiple subsidiaries that handle regional traffic. Together, they operate the busiest railways in the world, delivering 3.6 billion passenger trips and 4.4 billion tons of freight with thousands of trains every year. Managing the most important mode of long-distance transportation in the country carries a long list of priorities. Each railway operator pursues safer, smoother rail operations while balancing efficient asset management.
Layer It Up: Studying Renaissance Paintings with Multispectral Spectroscopy
[Teledyne Vision Solutions]
With custom hardware and software, the National Gallery uses three different methods of imaging spectroscopy in order to optimize the preservation of paintings for coming generations.
Clever Spectroscopy Reveals the Elusive Art of Lucio Fontana
[Teledyne Vision Solutions]
Researchers use spectroscopic analysis to study the works of a quixotic artist who slashed his paintings with a knife.
Medical
Under the skin: diabetes monitoring is using imaging to go new places
[Teledyne Vision Solutions]
Tackling one of the world’s most common diseases with better technologies. Detecting glucose in the blood, within a living human body, in real-time is not easy - changes in temperature and contact pressure can affect imaging, especially since the reflected glucose signals suffer from strong absorption and weak intensity, affecting accuracy. One approach in an implantable device is NIR imaging sensor assisted by fluorescent dye.
Lock And Load: Shotgun Metagenomics and SARS-CoV-2
[Web Archive]
How Imaging-Based Genomics is Helping Us to Identify and Track the Virus Behind the COVID-19 Pandemic
Super Resolution Microscopy
[Teledyne Vision Solutions]
New techniques use a variety of methods to break the diffraction limit of light.
A Hyperspectral Sight on the Stain
[Teledyne / Web Archive]
How advanced imaging technologies are reinventing century-old medical technology
Outsmarting global killers: COVID-19 fuels new research on artificial intelligence in healthcare [Teledyne / Web Archive]
New AI approaches can lead to better understanding – and treatment – of serious diseases
Taking some heat: Thermal imaging for elevated body temperature in 2020
[Teledyne / Web Archive]
As government and business leaders start to talk about “returning to normal,” and looking to thermal cameras to help, questions remain about “how,” and whether the latest technology can help.
Genomics takes its place in the race against COVID-19
[Teledyne / Web Archive]
Using genomic technology on the trail of the latest coronavirus – where it came from and where it’s going next
Imaging-Based DNA Sequencing: Past, Present & Future
[Web Archive]
How image analysis and computational tools have taken genome sequencing from years to minutes; from population to personal.
Advancing genome sequencing at the speed of light
[Teledyne / Web Archive]
New technologies, lower costs improve health protection—from both inside and out
Aerospace & Defense
The time is now: We need innovative new training methods to rebuild Canada’s force generation cycle
[Vanguard Canada / Kognitiv Spark]
The tragedy of events in Ukraine continues to unfold. As high value Russian equipment is abandoned in a wholesale fashion, it is clear that the well-worn maxim that amateurs focus on tactics whilst professionals focus on logistics seems to have been forgotten. It would appear that the Russians have failed to prioritize creating a robust equipment support framework for frontline commands. It’s a negligent mistake, and one that we should all pay attention to.
Visibility as a Virtue: Imaging, Trust, and the Digital Future of the Open Skies Treaty [Teledyne / Web Archive]
Technological developments and political tensions make the future of a landmark agreement increasingly uncertain
COTS+ brings better components to market, faster [Teledyne / Web Archive]
A rising tide lifts all boats: Twenty-five years after the off-the-shelf revolution, a new approach to creating high-quality products is emerging.
The TRUTHS Satellite Will Help Provide the Most Accurate Climate Data in History [Teledyne / Web Archive]
Projected to launch in 2026, the satellite will become a “standards laboratory in space.”
Perseverance Looks For Past Life on Mars, and Prepares for the Future [Teledyne / Web Archive]
Through powerful imaging instruments, the rover Perseverance will prepare for a future when human life travels to Mars
OSIRIS-REx: Asteroid Acquisition [Teledyne / Web Archive]
This latest asteroid-hunting spacecraft will use three cameras and a robotic arm to get a complete picture of an important asteroid.
Space Archaeology [Teledyne / Web Archive]
Satellite imagery is changing the way we see our past and revolutionizing the study of archaeology as we know it.
Keeping an eye on our galaxy: an overview of satellites [Teledyne / Web Archive]
Environmental Imaging
How Researchers Use Lidar To Monitor Rockslides
Aerial and terrestrial laser scanning have become the go-to methods for researchers to monitor unstable ground.
How Lidar and Sonar Can Help Manage Icebergs
A tool called the Smart Ice Management Systems (SIMS) uses lidar and sonar to profile icebergs for oil and gas companies working on the open ocean.
Take it from the bees: Visual guidance in contradictory pathfinding scenarios
Research on understanding how bees navigate is helping us build better autonomous robots
Progression of Precision Agriculture
Even though it could be considered our oldest industry, agriculture has probably changed more in the last 100 years than in the previous 10,000.
Discovering Cities: Lidar Past, Present & Future
Looking at the role of lidar in our cities. In these instances, lidar is instrumental in digging up the past, working in the present and planning for our future.
Planet Earth or Planet Plastic?
The Problems and Importance of Plastics Recycling
How LIDAR is helping to clean up our oceans
The Ocean Cleanup’s aerial expedition is using a combined LIDAR-Hyperspectral-RGB imaging solution to gain a greater understanding of the depth and width of the debris polluting our oceans
Dolines and Roman roads show new uses for old lidar data
Part of the rising popularity of lidar technology is its sheer flexibility. The incredibly detailed 3D maps that it enables are useful for tasks as diverse as geological monitoring, civil engineering, disaster response, forestry and archaeology. Indeed, a single dataset can find use in new applications that weren’t even considered when it was originally collected.
Improving Solar Panel Inspection with Infrared Imaging
Infrared and electroluminescence imaging cameras are being used on tripods and aerial drones to inspect massive fields of photovoltaic modules. International Energy Agency
How Thermal Imaging Can Help Prevent Wind Turbine Failures
Thermal imaging via aerial drones can be used for preventative maintenance on wind turbines, detecting failing components before they break.
Food & Beverage
Horizons Food + Beverage 2025 Industry Report [CRB]
Timely trends and guidance to support efficiency, growth, and long-term success in food and beverage production. This report captures trends in the industry, leveraging broad survey data to highlight developments in automation, digital tools, facility upgrades, and production agility.
Imaging Inside Out: SWIR for Apples
Changing markets drive new investment in a broader spectrum of machine vision for food production
SWIR Imaging for Apples, part II: The Multispectral Future of Food Inspection
The limitations of any one spectrum mean that the future may lie in image fusion and AI-powered algorithms. Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) imaging reveals extraordinarily valuable information on the status and value of complex fresh foods, like apples – information that the visible spectrum cannot provide.
Online Education
MIT Horizon
A modular platform for enterprise-scale workforce education.
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Blockchain
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Internet of Things
Global Affairs Canada
A modular platform for learning how to apply trade treaties
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Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA)
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