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NREL and Solarmer Energy Sign Pact to Improve Lifetime of Solar Cells

A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) have been signed by Solarmer Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of the US Department of Energy (DOE).

29 Jun 2010

Kalahari Greentech Issues Statement About its Solar Collector

Kalahari Greentech, an energy company that develops solar and wind energy projects has issued a statement, which talks about its high-tech Solar Collector.

29 Jun 2010

Low Latency Solution of Infinera to be Used by Spread Networks

Infinera announced that Spread Networks has approved their low latency solution to be used in a fiber route between New York to Chicago.

29 Jun 2010

University of Sheffield Begins Installation of Solar Farm for Photovoltaic Research

Work on installing a solar farm on the roof of the University of Sheffield has been started. The installation is a part of the £120,000 investment that will aid in improving photovoltaic research.

29 Jun 2010

Fiber Optic Communication Services Deployed in BuccamEent Bay Resort

Fiber optic communication services have been installed in Buccament Bay Resort located in St. Vincent. Grove Networks, AFL Network Services and Tellabs have deployed Fiber-to-the-Cabana (FTTC) system in the resort.

29 Jun 2010

Bosch Supplies Security Equipment for World Expo 2010

Bosch Security Systems has provided security equipment for the World Expo 2010 taking place in Shanghai, China.

29 Jun 2010

Mitsubishi Electric Releases New Wide-XGA Color TFT-LCD Module

Mitsubishi Electric has announced the release of its 12.1'' wide-XGA color TFT-LCD module that is integrated with a white LED.

From Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics Usa, Inc. - Commercial Media Systems Div. 28 Jun 2010

Leica Microsystems and KaVo Dental Enter into Strategic Alliance

Leica Microsystems announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with KaVo Dental to develop and market its dental products in European countries.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 28 Jun 2010

Researchers Increase Life of Plastic Solar Cells

The operational life of a plastic solar cell has been increased from very few hours to eight months by a group of researchers from the National Institute of Nanotechnology (NINT) and the University of Alberta.

28 Jun 2010

Avago LED Products Complies with European Standard for Variable Message Signs

Provider of analog interface components, Avago Technologies announced that its new LED products support the European EN 12966-1 standard for the requirements of variable message traffic signs.

28 Jun 2010

Universal Solar Technology Receives Order for 20MW Solar Modules

Universal Solar Technology (UNSS) announced that it is in discussions to sign a multi-million dollar contract with a European company.

28 Jun 2010

OSA Student Members to Participate in IONS 2010 in Moscow

IONS-8 is being hosted by the International OSA Network of Students (IONS) in Moscow, Russia.

From Optical Society Of America 28 Jun 2010

NEC Display Solutions Adds New Product to its V Series LCD Displays

NEC Display Solutions of America announced that it has added the 42-inch V421 to its V series LCD displays and projectors.

From NEC 28 Jun 2010

ADTRAN Total Access 5000 Platform Selected by LaWard Telephones

ADTRAN announced that its Total Access 300 Series of ONTs and the Total Access 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform have been selected by LaWard Telephone Exchange for its fiber-based GPON services.

28 Jun 2010

New Portable Coordinate Measuring Machine from Creaform

"NeoMetrix Technologies announced that the new Creaform HandyProbe system has filled the gap between the Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs) and the laser trackers for 3-D measurements.

25 Jun 2010