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Sony's New BRAVIA LCD HD TV to be Displayed at Future Shop Stores in Canada

Consumers are invited to step into Sony's 3D world at select Future Shop stores across Canada to experience 3D sports, movie and gaming demos with Sony's new 3D-capable HX800 series BRAVIA(R) LCD HD TV.

24 May 2010

Hot Solar Offers Effective Solar Paneling Using State-of-the-Art Materials

With each passing day the planet's natural resources are dwindling, with some speculating a complete exhaustion of fossil fuels in the span of fifty years.

24 May 2010

Advanced 25.6kW Solar Array Powers Craig Elementary School in New Orleans

An advanced solar panel array was unveiled Friday at Joseph A. Craig Elementary School, the second project of a partnership between Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR), Nike Corporation, Winrock International, the Louisiana Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council and the city of New Orleans.

24 May 2010

Trina Solar Teams Up with CGC, TUV Rheinland and UL

Trina Solar Limited (TSL) has declared that at the 2010 global customer conference, its subsidiary Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd., have entered into a strategic partnership with China General Certification Centre (CGC), Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) and TUV Rheinland Group (TUV Rheinland).

24 May 2010

Innovative OCT System from LightLab Featured on Popular TV Show

LightLab Imaging announced that the demonstration of its new Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) system by a leading interventional cardiologist was featured on the TV show Good Morning America.

24 May 2010

Dialight Joins Veolia to Offer Traditional Light Fixtures Recycling Services

Dialight reported that it has entered into a partnership with Veolia Environmental Services to offer recycling services for street light fixtures and high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps.

24 May 2010

New White Top Emitting OLED from Novaled Offers High Performance

The OLED company Novaled has demonstrated a white OLED that emits light at top.

24 May 2010

Mobius Photonics to Present on UV Fiber Laser Technology Applications

Mobius Photonics announced that its Business Management Vice President, Kiyomi Monro will give a presentation at the 2010 CMOS Emerging Technologies Workshop.

24 May 2010

PXL 2000 Toy Camcorder Continues to be Used by the Film Industry

The PXL 2000 toy camera, created by James Wickstead Design Associates (JWDA) over 20 years ago and sold during 1987–1989 by Fisher-Price, still continues to be used by movie buffs and filmmakers.

21 May 2010

Ingram Micro U.S. Receives "Fastest Growing Distributor of the Year" Award

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. has named the U.S. region of Ingram Micro Inc. as the "Fastest Growing Distributor of the Year" in the area of document scanning solutions.

21 May 2010

Solar Power to Design and Construct 397 kW PV System for BLT

Solar Power, Inc. announced today that it has been contracted by BLT Enterprises to design and construct a 397 kW photovoltaic (“PV”) solar system to provide power for BLT Enterprises’ Fremont Recycling and Transfer Station (“FRTS”) located in Fremont, California.

21 May 2010

Ocimum Announces Mass Spectrometry Services Using MALDI-TOF System

Ocimum Biosolutions has introduced mass spectrometry services in India by using its (Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight) MALDI-TOF system.

21 May 2010

FusionSolar from Custom-Bilt Metals

Custom-Bilt Metals and Unique Concepts Inc. declared that a 5.7kw solar system has been built on the recently renovated St. Bartholomew’s Chapel, which is located on the Rincon Reservation, Valley Center, CA. The system is incorporated with standing seam metal roofing. Custom-Bilt Metals has been the environmental leader, which it has achieved by the novelty in its products. Unique Concepts Inc. is a contractor of metal roofing.

21 May 2010

Unidym Joins Guardian Industries to Develop Glass Products for Touch Screen Devices

Arrowhead Research’s subsidiary, Unidym reported that it has signed an agreement with Guardian Industries for the development and commercialization of carbon coated glass products for application in touch screen devices.

21 May 2010

Artificial Corneal Prosthesis from Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Dr. Joachim Storsberg from Potsdam-Golm’s Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP devised the material and manufacturing methodology for a corneal prosthesis, which is made up of plastic.

21 May 2010