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Konarka Launches Solar Curtain Wall Pilot Project in Collaboration with Arch Aluminum & Glass

Konarka and Arch Aluminum & Glass Advance Development of Transparent, Colored Solar Glass

11 Nov 2009

CyberOptics Unleashes Next-Generation AOI System

CyberOptics Corporation (Nasdaq: CYBE) today announced the introduction of its next-generation automated optical inspection (AOI) system at the global Productronica electronics trade show in Germany.

11 Nov 2009

Aptina Adds MT9F001 Camera Image Sensor to its High Performance Image Sensor Line

Aptina announced today the launch of the MT9F001 camera image sensor, the latest addition to its extensive portfolio of high performance image sensor solutions. The sensor’s high resolution, high speed snapshot and HD video modes, flexible interface and pre-processing options reflect the new “must have” features manufacturers are looking for in their premier cameras. The new 14-megapixel camera sensor captures high quality, full HD video (1080p/60fps) while also enabling valuable end-user features manufacturers are seeking for their high performance designs including support for Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS). The MT9F001 image sensor incorporates Aptina’s most advanced 1.4-micron pixel using AptinaTM A-Pix technology and a four-lane HiSPiTM (High Speed Serial Pixel Interface) serial data interface to achieve the combination of still image quality and video performance that set it apart from CCD technology.

11 Nov 2009

Datacard Upgrades MPR5800 Inline Card System with High Speed Laser Engraving Capability

Datacard Group, the world leader in secure ID and card personalization solutions announced a new financial configuration for their MPR5800™ inline card production and personalization system. The system is now capable of running at up to 6000 cards per hour, with magnetic stripe encoding, chip encoding and laser marking of flat financial cards.

11 Nov 2009

CAO Group Launches Dynasty MR16 LED Lamp

The CAO Group (CAO) today extended its growing LED lamp line with the announcement of the Dynasty MR16 LED Lamp. The new LED lamp product offers better performance and significant cost savings over traditional MR16 halogen lamps.

11 Nov 2009

Dell Unveils New Commercial Printers That Help Clients Increase Productivity

Printers to Help Customers Boost Productivity & Lower TCO

11 Nov 2009

Researchers Develop More Efficient 3-D Face Recognition Technology

University of Miami engineer presents novel methods for 3-D face recognition and for ear and face biometric systems at the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing in Cairo, Egypt

11 Nov 2009

Olympus Launches Smallest Gastrointestinal Videoscope for Narrow Band Imaging

New scope's smaller diameter offers advanced insertion capability and enhanced patient comfort

11 Nov 2009

Researchers Develop New Probe for Use in Atomic Force Microscopy

Researchers at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University have developed, characterized, and modeled a new kind of probe used in atomic force microscopy (AFM), which images, measures, and manipulates matter at the nanoscale.

11 Nov 2009

Surface Plasmon Sensors Can Incorporate Multiple Channels if Sculptured Thin Films Used

Sensors, communications devices and imaging equipment that use a prism and a special form of light -- a surface plasmon-polariton -- may incorporate multiple channels or redundant applications if manufacturers use sculptured thin films.

11 Nov 2009

Scientists Observe Rapid Bursts of Star Formation in MS1358arc Galaxy by Using Gravitational Lensing

The Universe's infant galaxies enjoyed rapid growth spurts forming stars like our sun at a rate of up to 50 stars a year, according to scientists at Durham University

11 Nov 2009

DILAS Announces Power Extensions for its COMPACT Diode Laser System Series

DILAS Industrial Laser Systems today announced the power extensions for its COMPACT Diode Laser System Series

10 Nov 2009

Current Issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International Features Discussion on Artificial Lens Implantation

As many as 10 million people around the world suffer from cataracts. Thomas Kohnen of the Goethe University in Frankfurt and his coauthors discuss cataract surgery with the implantation of an artificial lens in the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009; 106[43]: 695�).

10 Nov 2009

ADTRAN Announces New MSAP Solutions to Provide Advanced Video Services

10 Gigabit Ethernet Support and Expanded FTTx Solutions Simplify Video Service Delivery as Part of a Fully Integrated Access Architecture

10 Nov 2009

Cree to Buy New Facility in China to Expand LED Manufacturing

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces an agreement to purchase a 592,000-square-foot facility in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China. The facility will be Cree’s first chip-production facility outside of North America and is targeted to also house future components manufacturing expansion.

10 Nov 2009