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Cessna Aircraft Company Wins FAA STC for Use of IS&S' AdViz Flat Panel Display

Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. (IS&S) announced today that Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron company, has been granted a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) supplemental type certification (STC) for the IS&S-developed AdViz flat panel display system

20 Oct 2009

Evolution Solar Seeks Location for Thin Film Solar Panels Demonstration

Evolution Solar Corp. (PinkSheets:EVSO) today announced that the Company is currently reviewing potential locations for a demonstration of cutting-edge thin film solar panels. The demonstration is intended to be co-located at a University, with, or without, an existing solar energy department. By co-locating at a University the Company will have access to the site for customer and industry demonstrations, while at the same time providing an opportunity for the solar engineers of tomorrow to have access to cutting edge solar technologies.

20 Oct 2009

Operations in Corning's Taichung Facility Affected Due to Power Disruption

Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced today that its LCD glass manufacturing facility in Taichung, Taiwan, experienced a power disruption over the weekend that affected some of its glass-making operations. The company said that although it will be several days before the full extent is known, the disruption is expected to have a material impact on glass volume in the fourth quarter.

20 Oct 2009

Report on Ultra-fast Material Metrology

This book is the first to describe novel measurement techniques of processes during laser-matter interaction using ultra-fast lasers. Targeted at both engineers and physicists, initial chapters address the working tools, the history of laser ultra-fast metrology, an overview of ultra-fast laser sources, and the fundamentals of laser radiation-matter interaction. Ultra-fast laser radiation is discussed in chapter 4, while further chapters describe the methodology of pump and probe in practice, as well as applications for pump and probe metrology in engineering, including spectroscopy and imaging techniques. Chapter 7 describes the perspectives for this new field of research and predicts the metrology of the future, showing new potential applications of laser sources and new detectors in combination with improved pump and probe methods.

20 Oct 2009

Defense Holdings Reaches 10,000 Milestone in Shipment of AfterGlow Photoluminescent Emergency Egress Lighting Kits

Defense Holdings, Inc.® announced that it has now shipped more than 10,000 of its AfterGlow® Brand Photoluminescent (PL) Emergency Egress LightingTM Kits

20 Oct 2009

Physicists Identify Conditions That Create Optical Giant Waves

Physicists are discovering ways to build rogue waves out of light

20 Oct 2009

UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute Announces Partnership with Photron USA

The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has announced a collaboration with Photron USA Inc., a manufacturer of high-speed imaging systems and image analysis software, to develop specialized instrumentation for the CNSI's core laboratory facilities.

20 Oct 2009

Caltech Scientists Create Remote-Controlled Robot to Help Improve Visual Prostheses Design

A mobile, four-wheeled platform, CYCLOPS may help refine and enhance the design of visual prostheses

20 Oct 2009

Entech Solar Plans to Produce the SolarVolt II Exclusively for Electricity Generation

Entech Solar today announced progress on its ThermaVolt™ II and tubular skylight products, as well as its plans for its SolarVolt™ II product

20 Oct 2009

Regen's New Personal Solar-Powered Electronics Acclaimed in November Issue of Fast Company

Magazine says Regen brings style -- and performance -- to personal solar electronics

20 Oct 2009

Innovative Solutions & Support Selected by Dassault Falcon to Provide Flat-Panel Cockpit Displays

Avionics maker Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. (IS&S) (NASDAQ:ISSC) today announced that it has been selected by Dassault Falcon to provide flat-panel cockpit displays that will be offered as part of an upgrade program for operators of Falcon 2000 and 2000EX aircraft

20 Oct 2009

Kyp and Scanbuy Join Hands to Facilitate Consumer-Brand Interaction

Kyp, a global brand engagement specialist, and Scanbuy, the global leader in mobile barcode solutions, have joined together to do just that by empowering brands with the ability to engage consumers in an interactive way using their mobile camera phones.

20 Oct 2009

First Multi-Modal Finger Vein and Fingerprint Device to be Presented at Biometrics 2009

Sagem Sécurité (Safran group), the world leader in biometrics and Hitachi, the engineering and information technology giant will unveil the first ever multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint device at Biometrics 2009 in London, Finger VP.

20 Oct 2009

Solar Modules from Solarfun to be Presented at SPI 2009

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. ("Solarfun" or "the Company") (Nasdaq: SOLF), a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots and photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules in China, today announced that it will attend the Solar Power International Conference ("SPI"), which will take place from October 27-29, 2009 at the convention center in Anaheim, California.

20 Oct 2009

EZ-Bend Technology Fiber from OFS Matches ITU 5mm Bend Radius Category

OFS, designer, manufacturer and supplier of leading edge fiber optic network products, today announced that its EZ-Bend(® )Technology fiber meets the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) 5mm bend radius fiber category to address the need for efficiently routing optical drop cables inside homes and Multiple Dwelling Units (MDUs).

20 Oct 2009