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Omnyx to Access Olympus Patents for Future Imaging and Data Handling Technologies

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.

2 Mar 2010

Bruker Launches Q2 ION Ultra-Compact Optical Emission Spectrometer for Metals Analysis

Bruker Elemental today announces the launch of the all-new Q2 ION™, an ultra-compact spark optical emission spectrometer (OES) for metals analysis

2 Mar 2010

Motorola Launches New Advanced Data Capture Solution for Healthcare Organizations

The Enterprise Mobility Solutions division of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced its newest advanced data capture solution for healthcare – the DS6878-HC cordless 2D imager

2 Mar 2010

Visian Implantable Collamer Lens Enables U.S. Bobsled Pilot to Win Olympic Gold Medal

STAAR Surgical Company (Nasdaq: STAA) a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive ophthalmic products, including the Visian Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL), today congratulated Steve Holcomb for leading the United States Bobsled team on Saturday evening to its first gold medal win in 62 years.

2 Mar 2010

Canon to Display Document Scanners and Check Transport Solutions at HIMSS Annual Conference

Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in advanced image capture and workflow solutions, will showcase the precision, versatility and benefits of its digital document scanners and check transports at the 10th annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference and Exhibition, beginning today at the Georgia World Congress Center, Booth # 8112

2 Mar 2010

Mammoth Networks Delivers Cost-Effective, High-Speed Connectivity to Rural Market

Today from the ChannelPartners Conference & EXPO in Las Vegas, Mammoth Networks announced its continued nationwide expansion as a facilities-based reseller with the completion of its most recent fiber deployment, in Denver CO. Using Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) equipment, this installation was ‘lit’ on February 28, 2010, and can carry a signal of up to 10 Gigabits per second.

2 Mar 2010

SunPower to Supply 32 MW Solar Panels to Toshiba

SunPower Corp. ( SPWRA, SPWRB) announced today that, under a strategic supply agreement, Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) will order 32 megawatts of high-efficiency solar panels from SunPower in 2010. The SunPower panels will form the cornerstone of Toshiba's new residential solar offering in Japan, to be launched on April 1.

2 Mar 2010

Topcon’s New Laser Scanner Saves Time and Labor Costs

The GLS-1500 is designed to provide quick and hassle-free setups to save time and improve productivity

2 Mar 2010

Samsung Begins Mass Productions of Super-Wide LCD Panels for Advertising and Informational Displays

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and display technologies, today announced it has begun mass producing a super-wide LCD panel for out-of-home advertising and informational displays

2 Mar 2010

New KODAK i4000 Series Scanners Reduce Costs and Improve Productivity

The i4000 Series Scanners’ compact, ergonomic design makes it easier for average end users to effectively integrate document capture into new and existing information-driven business processes

2 Mar 2010

Researchers Develop New Device for LiDAR and High-Speed Communications

A new device invented by engineers at UC Davis could make it much faster to convert pulses of light into electronic signals and back again

2 Mar 2010

Fluorescence Spectroscopy Could Provide a Valuable Diagnostic Tool to Predict PDT Outcomes

It is known that fluctuations in the treatment outcome of photodynamic therapy (PDT) between patients are related to the concentration of photosensitizer in target tissue.

2 Mar 2010

Home-Use IPL Systems Minimise Optical Hazard

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the University of Dundee recently assessed the light emitted by a home-use intense-pulsed light (IPL) hair reduction system and confirmed that it is safe. This confirmation is important, as IPL devices must meet the necessary safety guidelines, to ensure users are protected in the case of accidental exposure to the human eye.

2 Mar 2010

Westover School Completes 158.60kW Solar System Installation

Westover School, a private girls’ high school in Middlebury, has completed a nation-wide Green Cup Challenge, aided by a 158.60 kW solar energy system on two campus rooftops.

2 Mar 2010

Astronomers Use Gravitational Lens to Estimate Hubble Constant

Astronomers from the United States and Europe have used a gravitational lens -- a distant, light-bending clump of dark matter -- to make a new estimate of the Hubble constant, which determines the size and age of the universe

2 Mar 2010