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IRIDEX Begins Shipping High-Power IQ 532 Laser Systems

IRIDEX Corporation, today announced the commencement of commercial shipment of the IQ 532 laser systems.

3 May 2010

Boston Scientific to Present Study Results on its Endoscopy Products at DDW Event

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced that multiple clinical abstracts examining the diagnostic and therapeutic utility of its SpyGlass® Direct Visualization System, Radial Jaw® 4 Biopsy Forceps and WallFlex® Duodenal Stent will be presented at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW®), May 1 – 5 in New Orleans.

3 May 2010

AUO to Establish Joint Venture with TCL for TFT-LCD TV Panel Module Production

AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) held a meeting of the Board of Directors on April 29, 2010, at which the Board approved a resolution establishing a joint venture of TFT-LCD TV panel module production with TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Limited's subsidiary, TCL King Electrical Appliances (Hui Zhou) Co. LTD ("TCL"), in Zhong Kai Hi-Tech Development Zone, Huizhou, Guangdong.

3 May 2010

In Store Solutions Announces New High-Definition Webcam for Skype Users

In Store Solutions today announced the availability of the FREETALK® Everyman HD Webcam (TALK-7140), the new high-definition (HD) webcam that empowers Skype(TM) users with true 720p HD video calling.

3 May 2010

Missouri-Based Healthcare Firm Installs Axis Network Cameras for Safety

Axis Communications, the global leader in the network video market, today announced that Missouri-based CoxHealth has deployed more than 100 Axis network cameras and encoders at its ambulatory surgery center and parking garages to ensure safety and reduce crime.

3 May 2010

Snapshots 2009 Report Provides Overview on Australian Digital Camera Market

Snapshot Australia Digital Cameras 2009 provides 2008 year-end market size data, with 2009 estimates, 5 years of historical data and five-year forecasts. The Snapshots report gives an instant overview of the Australian digital camera market and covers compact cameras and DSLR cameras. Market volume is based on number of units sold.

3 May 2010

Shipment Volume in Taiwanese Digital Still Camera Industry to Increase Sequentially

This research report presents shipment volume and value forecast and recent quarter review of shipment volume, value, price trends, manufacturer volume rankings, manufacturer tier position, and shipment by maker.

3 May 2010

STR Continues Expansion of its Solar Encapsulant Facility in Malaysia

STR Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: STRI) today announced it has commenced work on Phase II of its expansion plan at the Company’s solar encapsulant facility in Johor, Malaysia to service its growing customer base in Asia.

3 May 2010

Clearfield Launches New Broadband Product Development and Marketing Initiatives

Clearfield, Inc., a specialist in the delivery of fiber management solutions for the FTTp (Fiber To The Premise) marketplace, is launching two new product development and marketing initiatives in which broadband infrastructure providers can enhance their product offerings by easily integrating the Clearview Cassette and the Clearview xPAK Cassette into their own product lines.

3 May 2010

Optical Satellite Produces New Image of Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

In this latest image acquired by ESA’s Envisat on Thursday at 16:23 UTC, oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico can be seen as a dark blue swirl advancing toward the Louisiana coast.

3 May 2010

Technology Insights Issues Report on OptiSol Solar Concentrator Applications

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. (“Shrink”) (OTCBB:INKN) (OTCBB:INKND), an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy production, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today that Frost & Sullivan's Technology Insights has issued an independent report entitled “Nanotech Technology Alert” on the OptiSol™ Solar Concentrator technology, a proprietary and disruptive nanotechnology-based solar energy concentrator that is being commercialized by wholly-owned subsidiary Shrink Solar LLC, an operating subsidiary of Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc.

3 May 2010

Shrink Files Additional Patent Applications on Solar Concentrator Technology

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. (“Shrink”), an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy production, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today that in addition to the solar concentrator application which was filed by its major California public university licensor, Shrink has filed new additional patent applications on its landmark solar concentrator technology.

3 May 2010

Motionless Positronium Atoms Can Lead to Development of Gamma Ray Laser

Positronium is a short-lived system in which an electron and its anti-particle are bound together. In 2007, physicists at the University of California, Riverside created molecular positronium, a brand-new substance, in the laboratory.

3 May 2010

Researchers Study Mechanism of Artificial Muscles Using Atomic-Force Microscopes

Using neutron beams and atomic-force microscopes, a team of university researchers working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may have resolved a 10-year-old question about an exotic class of "artificial muscles"—how do they work? Their results could influence the design of future specialized robotic tools.

30 Apr 2010

Nuclear Physicist Discovers New Attribute in Electron Cryogenic Emission Using Photomultipliers

Science is detective work so it was not unexpected that new questions would follow old ones as Indiana University Bloomington nuclear physicist Hans-Otto Meyer's work progressed on testing a fundamental symmetry of nature that could lead to understanding the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe.

30 Apr 2010