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Installation of Photovoltaic Panels on Bus Kiosk at Emmet Garage

University of Virginia students who converted a Honda to run on electricity will now try to power it – at least partly – with solar energy.

10 May 2010

New Cell Sorter from BD Biosciences Features Seven-Pinhole Optical Collection System

BD Biosciences announced today the launch of the new BD Influx™ Cell Sorting System that researchers can configure with up to seven lasers to support two-way, four-way and six-way sorting, giving them flexibility to meet specific application or environmental requirements.

10 May 2010

SolarFrameWorks’ Founders Share JM's Acceptance of CoolPly BIPV Roofing Product

Flying high from this past weekend’s Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Patrina & Annett Eiffert, founders of Colorado-based SolarFrameWorks Co. returned to the mountains, “To think, one year ago, as Berkshire shareholders, we simply approached the Johns Manville booth in search of a good deal.

10 May 2010

Global Flat Panel TV Market Report Includes Industry's Major Manufacturer Profiles

With a shipment approximate to 161 million units in 2009, the flat-panel television (FPTV) has surpassed the CRT to become the absolute mainstream. The market of the panel, a component accounting for 75% of the cost of FPTV, is still monopolized, with four major manufacturers holding 80% market share. Chimei Innolux backed by Hon Hai Precision Industry should not be underestimated in the future, and AUO is under tremendous pressure.

10 May 2010

Global Laser Market Expected to Reach $8.8 Billion in 2014

On the 50th anniversary of the laser, the global market for lasers is expected to grow by $2.6 billion to $8.8 billion in 2014, a compound annual growth rate of 9%.

10 May 2010

DRS to Utilize Elsag’s Cameras for CBP Project

DRS Technical Services Inc., a DRS Defense Solutions company, announced today that its Maritime & Security Solutions business unit was awarded a fixed price, indefinite- delivery indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $100 million to enhance and expand the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency’s license plate reader (LPR) program.

7 May 2010

Lambda Chosen as New Representative for Schmitt’s SMS Laser Light Measurement Services

Schmitt Industries Inc., a leading developer and supplier of laser based surface measurement metrology equipment, today announced Lambda Research Corporation as its newest worldwide representative for its SMS line of laser light scatter surface measurement services, the MicroScan™ portable surface measurement system and the CASI® laser light scatterometer.

7 May 2010

Coherent and SiOnyx Collaborate to Gain New Opportunities in the Solar Industry

Coherent, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) and SiOnyx, Inc. (Beverly, MA) announced they have entered into a joint development agreement for solar cell capital equipment (tools) manufacturing utilizing SiOnyx’s Black Silicon processing that is based upon the interaction of ultrafast laser light and silicon in a controlled environment.

7 May 2010

Olympus Launches New Endoscope Reprocessor

Olympus, a precision technology leader, designing and delivering innovative solutions in medical and surgical products, today announced the launch of the OER-Pro, the fastest technology in automated endoscope reprocessing and the only reprocessor on the market designed by an endoscope manufacturer.

7 May 2010

Tamron Designs Two New Zoom Lenses for True Far-Infra Red Imaging

Tamron Co., Ltd., Saitama, Japan announces two prototype zoom lens models designed for true Far-Infra Red Imaging with its proprietary VC (Vibration Compensation) system built in, the very first in the industry.

7 May 2010

Market Trends and Developments of High Efficiency Lighting Technologies

LED Solid State Lighting and Other High Efficiency Lighting Technologies for Commercial, Industrial, and Outdoor Stationary Applications

7 May 2010

New eBook Light Launched by Belkin for Kindle

Belkin introduces the new eBook Light to brighten your Kindle in any reading environment, and several new cases to protect it while you are on the go.

7 May 2010

SteelSeries, GUNNAR Optiks to Co-Brand New Line of Advanced Gaming Eyewear

Today SteelSeries, a global leader of gaming peripherals and accessories proudly announced a strategic partnership with GUNNAR Optiks, the leading manufacturer of digital performance eyewear. SteelSeries and the GUNNAR team are working together, along with Carl Zeiss Optics, to co-brand a new line of products for PC and console gamers to be released over the coming months.

7 May 2010

Tamron Introduces Prototype of New Surveillance Camera Unit

Tamron Co., Ltd., Saitama, Japan announces a concept model of a totally new security/surveillance camera unit which renders normal flat-field images, while enabling to capture an entire 180°field of view with no blind spot in any orientation all the way across.

From Tamron Co., Ltd. 7 May 2010