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Tamron's Vari-Focal Lenses Delivers Enhanced Resolution Performance

Tamron Co., Ltd. (headquarters: Saitama City; President: Morio Ono) today announced the development of two 1/3"-format 3.0-8mm F/1.0 Vari-Focal lenses that are fast and IR-Corrected while supporting 650 TV-lines resolution performance.

9 Mar 2010

Ricoh's New Digital Imaging System Ideal for High-Volume Environments

Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced the introduction of the new Aficio® MP C6501SP/C7501SP digital imaging system.

9 Mar 2010

Mindspeed Releases Optical PMD Chipset for Network Infrastructure Applications

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, today announced a high-performance, low-power physical media device (PMD) chipset that includes all necessary components required for CPRI-based optical transceivers that economically connect 3G/4G wireless base station servers to one or more remote radio heads (RRHs) over optical fiber.

9 Mar 2010

Magor Launches Advanced Video Conferencing and Collaboration System for Improved Productivity

Magor Communications today announced HDSolo, the latest addition to the Magor TeleCollaboration™ HDWorkPlace family.

9 Mar 2010

Market Analysis of Global Web Camera Industry

This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Web Cameras in US$ Million and Thousand Units.

9 Mar 2010

Agilent Offers Advanced Optical Modulation Analyzer for Transmission System Characterization

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the industry’s first system impairments analysis for chromatic dispersion (CD) and first-order polarization mode dispersion (PMD) with the N4391A optical modulation analyzer.

9 Mar 2010

Microvision Introduces Laser-Based Pico Projectors for U.S. Customers

Microvision, Inc. (NASDAQ: MVIS), a leading developer of ultra-miniature projection display products announced today the opening of its web store for U.S. customers for the SHOWWX™ laser pico projector.

9 Mar 2010

GUNNAR and Carl Zeiss to Develop Prescription Lens Technology

GUNNAR Optiks, the leading manufacturer of digital performance eyewear, announced today that they have partnered with Carl Zeiss Vision to co-develop, co-market and co-brand the next iteration of i-AMP® prescription lens technology.

9 Mar 2010

Tamron's New Vari-Focal Lenses Delivers High-Definition Images

Tamron Co., Ltd. (headquarters: Saitama City; President: Morio Ono) today announced the development of two 1/3"-format 2.8-8mm F/1.2 Vari-Focal lenses (Models M13VM288IR/M13VG288IR) that are compatible with 3-Mega-pixel-Day/Night cameras.

9 Mar 2010

Vistec Lithography System Selected for Nanotechnology Research Programs

Vistec Lithography, Inc. announced today that Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, selected Vistec’s EBPG5000plus electron-beam lithography system for its future nanotechnology research programs.

9 Mar 2010

Essilor Launches Varilux Physio Lens with WAVE 2.0 Technology

Essilor is launching Varilux Physio 2.0, the latest addition to the Varilux lineup. The new generation Varilux Physio lens featuring WAVE 2.0™ (Wavefront Advanced Vision Enhancement) technology.

9 Mar 2010

New Technique Allows Physicists to See Through Opaque Substances

Materials such as paper, paint, and biological tissue are opaque because the light that passes through them is scattered in complicated and seemingly random ways.

9 Mar 2010

Canon Launches Advanced Multimedia Projector for Classroom Environment

Canon U.S.A., Inc, a leader in digital imaging, today announced the launch of the REALiS SX7 Mark II Multimedia LCOS Projector.

9 Mar 2010

Pitt Study Concludes LED Lamps as Cost-Effective and Energy-Efficient Products

University of Pittsburgh researchers have conducted the first cradle-to-grave assessment of light-emitting diode (LED) streetlights and determined that the increasingly popular lamps strike the best balance between brightness, affordability, and energy and environmental conservation when their life span—from production to disposal—is considered.

9 Mar 2010