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New Plug-and-Play LCD Evaluator Kits from Amulet for Shelly Displays

Amulet Technologies, a recognized leader in graphical user interface (GUI) solutions, announced today the availability of two new plug & play LCD Evaluator Kits for popular displays from Shelly Associates Inc. Amulet and Shelly Inc. have signed a partnership agreement as part of Amulet’s LCD Evaluator Program, the industry’s first program to provide plug-and-play GUI reference designs for individual LCD displays from multiple LCD vendors.

17 Apr 2010

GigOptix Submits Funding Request for Development of On-Chip Integrated Photonic Polymer Transceiver

GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) announces that $5 million in government funding for the development its On-Chip Integrated Photonic Polymer Transceiver has been requested by U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) in the Fiscal Year 2011 Defense Appropriations bill.

17 Apr 2010

TRS Series Photocontrols Offer 20 Year Life Expectancy

TRS (The Real Score) Series models are twistlock dusk to dawn photocontrols with a 20 year life expectancy that matches the life expectancy of LED fixtures.

17 Apr 2010

New FieldSmart FDP-xWB1 Enclosure from Clearfield Supports Optical Components

Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLFD) announced its latest innovation in fiber management, the FieldSmart Fiber Delivery Point (FDP) Wall box (xWB1) enclosure for the Clearview xPAK Cassette. Engineered to land small port count fiber terminations and optical components as conveniently as possible, the Clearview xPAK and FieldSmart FDP-xWB1 enclosure are packaged to make landing small count fiber more cost-effective and efficient than previously thought possible.

17 Apr 2010

PureSpectrum Launches its First LED for Indoor and Outdoor Applications

PureSpectrum is launching the company’s first Light Emitting Diode (LED) product, a PAR38 rated for 30,000 hours with light output equivalent to a 75-watt incandescent bulb that can be used indoors or outdoors with equal effectiveness.

17 Apr 2010

Kopin Starts Mass Production of New WVGA and VGA Displays

Kopin® Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN), the leader in mobile display technology for consumer, industrial, commercial and military applications, today announced that it has begun volume production of its new CyberDisplay® VGA LVS and WVGA LVS displays for broad commercial sale.

17 Apr 2010

Solar Power Receives Solar Installation Contract from Twentieth Century Fox

Solar Power, Inc. announced today that the Company has been contracted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (“Fox”) to design and install a 158 kW DC solar photovoltaic system at the Fox Studios Lot located in Century City, California.

17 Apr 2010

Future Lighting Announces Rapid Worldwide Implementation of its simpleLED Light Engines

Future Lighting Solutions today announced rapid worldwide adoption of its new simpleLED® light engine program, which reduces design/prototyping cycles for solid-state lighting applications from as long as a year to as little as four weeks.

17 Apr 2010

New mPower Online Retail Store Accepts Orders for Emergency Illuminator

mPhase Technologies, Inc., the developer of Power On Command™ battery technologies, today launched the online retail store for mPower Technologies, mPhase's wholly owned consumer division.

17 Apr 2010

Two New Series of Digital Color Printers Released by OKI Data Americas

OKI Data Americas, which markets its products under the OKI Printing Solutions brand, announces the addition of two new series of digital color printers designed for medium and large workgroups with the launch of the C610 Series and the C711 Series.

16 Apr 2010

MERIS Captures Image of Volcanic Ash Cloud Sweeping Across the UK

This image, acquired today by ESA's Envisat satellite, shows the vast cloud of volcanic ash sweeping across the UK from the eruption in Iceland, more than 1000 km away.

16 Apr 2010

New Touchpad Tablet PC from Hanvon Features LED Backlight Panel

With rapid advancement in computer technology, the craze of tablet PCs has been running high. The leading manufacturer of consumer electronics in the country, Hanvon, has beaten the market in launching the first and latest Hanvon Touchpad tablet PC nationwide.

16 Apr 2010

SID Market Focus Conferences to Highlight Future of TV, Touch and Lighting Markets

The Society for Information Display (SID), the leading global organization dedicated to the advancement of electronic display technology, in collaboration with IMS Conferences, a division of IMS Research, today unveiled its action-packed program for the inaugural SID Market Focus Conference Series, taking place May 26-27 during Display Week (May 23-28) in Seattle.

From Veeco 16 Apr 2010

Significant Demand for High Precision Actuators for Optical Applications

Without doubt, actuators for precise control of optics were one of the main topics at the SPIE Defense, Security + Sensing 2010 Exhibition in Florida in April. Noliac's distributor Micromechatronics Inc. exhibited and attracted many visitors.

16 Apr 2010

Liteye Develops New HMDs with eMagin SVGA OLED Technology

eMagin Corporation announced today that Liteye Systems has developed two new head mounted display (“HMD”) products equipped with industry-leading OLED microdisplays from eMagin.

16 Apr 2010