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Healthy Growth Seen in APAC Biometrics Industry

The beginning of 2009 had many worried about how the biometrics industry was going to perform in the wake of the economic recession.

3 Mar 2010

NxGen LED Elevator Lamp Saves 85 Percent Energy Compared to Incandescent Bulbs

NxGen Technologies has developed an LED elevator lamp, the LED 1383, that casts a warm, white light and is designed to last 50,000 hours instead of the normal 300 hour lifespan of traditional 1383 incandescent bulbs.

3 Mar 2010

Novel Hybrid Sensor System for Detection of Explosive Materials

Using a novel hybrid sensor system, which relies on Shamrock spectrometers and high performance intensified CCD detectors supplied by Andor Technology (Andor), Spanish scientists have been able to use both Raman and Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) simultaneously for the instant, remote standoff analysis of explosive materials.

3 Mar 2010

Enablence's Optical Network Terminals Support FTTH Deployment in South Texas

Enablence Technologies Inc. ("Enablence" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ENA), a leading supplier of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) equipment for triple-play residential and business services and optical components and subsystems for access, metro and long-haul markets, continues to support the expansion of FTTH services in South Texas with new products and a new order from existing customer Valley Telephone Cooperative Inc. (VTCI).

3 Mar 2010

Omnyx Licences Patents in Virtual Microscopy and Digital Pathology Field

Olympus America Inc. has signed a nonexclusive worldwide licensing agreement with Omnyx, LLC, a joint venture of GE Healthcare and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, allowing Omnyx to access an extensive portfolio of Olympus America patents in the field of virtual microscopy and digital pathology, to help develop solutions in the digital pathology field.

3 Mar 2010

Wascom's New Pen Display Available for Creative Professionals

Today, Wacom® introduces the much anticipated Cintiq®21UX, its newly-redesigned interactive pen display delivering state-of-the-art pen performance and innovative ergonomics in a color-accurate LCD display.

3 Mar 2010

LG Introduces HDTVs, Network Monitors and Digital Signage Solutions for Healthcare Providers

Providing patients with the comforts of home, LG Electronics is introducing a wide array of products – healthcare HDTVs, network monitors, network attached storage and digital signage solutions – at the 2010 HIMSS.

3 Mar 2010

Demand for LCD TVs Surges in China

Himfr.com, one of China's leading B2B search platforms with more than 30 B2B industry websites to its name, analyzes China's 2010 LCD TV market.

3 Mar 2010

Session on Benefits of Automated FTIR Spectroscopy at PITTCON 2010

Airgas, Inc. (NYSE:ARG) will host a session on the benefits of automated FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared) spectroscopy and process analysis systems for testing calibration gases at the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON) in Orlando today at 2:40 p.m.

From Pittcon 3 Mar 2010