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PMC-Sierra Announces Scholarships for Research on Optical Transport Network

PMC-Sierra, Inc. (NASDAQ:PMCS), the premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, today announced the winners of its 2009 scholarship program for the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT).

1 Dec 2009

TechnoHouse Exhibits Litefast 360 Display System in Digital Signage Pavilion

TechnoHouse (Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan) has exhibited in the Digital Signage pavilion the "Litefast 360° Display System" (below, the 360° display system) which enables viewing of content from all sides. This uses an illuminated, rapidly rotating LED bar to play video within a transparent cylinder, using persistence of vision. The LED bar rotates approximately 12 times per second, which cannot be perceived by the human eye.

1 Dec 2009

Applied Materials Announces New Laser-Based Millisecond Anneal System

Applied Materials, Inc., the leader in rapid thermal processing (RTP), today announced its new Applied Vantage® Astra™ millisecond anneal system

1 Dec 2009

Totsu International Showcases Miranda Technologies' iControl Multi-Viewer

Exhibits by Totsu International have a focus upon various new products by Canadian company Miranda Technologies Incorporated. Additionally, they are exhibiting Cineflex T14 series hi-definition stabilized camera system products, which are being introduced by terrestrial broadcasters for use in aerial recording.

1 Dec 2009

M/C Venture Partners Lists Fiber Data Offerings in Top 10 Communications Industry Trends

nprecedented bandwidth demand by consumers and enterprises will drive communications services providers to offer more powerful bandwidth solutions in the coming year, according to M/C Venture Partners, which today is releasing its annual list of the Top 10 communications and media industry trends to watch in 2010.

1 Dec 2009

Neurotechnology Launches New Versions of its Core Biometric Products

Neurotechnology Adds Palmprint Identification to MegaMatcher Face, Fingerprint and Iris Capabilities

1 Dec 2009

Struers Releases New Micro/Macro Hardness Testing Products

Struers Inc. introduces its new state-of-the-art micro/macro hardness testing product line, the DuraScan

1 Dec 2009

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Unveils First OLED Light Source for Functional Lighting

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors announced that it is introducing to the market its first OLED light source for premium functional lighting - the light, thin, non-glare, warm white Orbeos. The new energy-efficient surface-emitting panel is especially suited to premium applications in architecture, hotels and catering, offices, private homes and shops.

1 Dec 2009

Scientists Demonstrate Compact, Multibeam, Multi-Wavelength Lasers

Adaptable technology opens the door to a wide range of applications in chemical detection, climate monitoring and communications

1 Dec 2009

Carl Zeiss Commences Application Development for Correlative Microscopy

Together with several pilot customers, Carl Zeiss has started application development for correlative microscopy in materials analysis and performed the initial installations of the platform Shuttle & Find. The focus of attention is the analysis of structures (e.g. polished sections), fractures, and particles.

1 Dec 2009

Agilent Technologies Launches Monolithic Laser Combiner System

Agilent Technologies Inc., (NYSE:A) today introduced its monolithic laser combiner system for confocal and fluorescence microscopy applications.

1 Dec 2009

Carmanah to Provide Solar LED Airfield Lighting to ADB Airfield Solutions

Airfield lighting technology provider ADB Airfield Solutions, LLC and solar technology provider Carmanah Technologies (TSX: CMH) have teamed up to provide a line of solar-based LED airfield lighting for ADB.

1 Dec 2009

Clear-Lite Holdings' ArmorLite CFL Clears Third-Party Test

Clear-Lite Holdings, Inc. (“ClearLite”) (OTCBB: CLRH), a leading innovator of eco-friendly lighting and the appreciably safer ArmorLite™: A Safer CFL™, today announced that its ArmorLite Compact Florescent Lamp (CFL) product, which will be introduced nationally in December, passed the test at an independent accredited third-party testing lab.

1 Dec 2009

Xodtec to Provide Illumination and Artistic Lighting to West Lake Resortopia

Xodtec Group USA, Inc. (OTCBB: XODG) (the “Company”), a market leader in LED lighting, announced today that it has signed an energy service contract with West Lake Resortopia to act as its energy service company (“ESCO”) and provide a broad range of comprehensive energy solutions including illumination and artistic lighting for environmental and architectural decoration.

1 Dec 2009

Research Report Released on Worldwide Photovoltaics Market

In the increasing trend to generate electrical power from renewable sources, solar PV cells were one of the first technologies considered for the conversion of solar energy to usable electrical energy. PV technology initially had to contend with issues such as low conversion efficiency and high initial investment. However, power output has significantly improved through the development of a new technology involving mirrors/reflectors that focus sunlight falling over a huge area onto a small set of PV cells.

1 Dec 2009