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G24 Innovations Signs Deal with Chinese Institutes to Boost Development of Dye-Sensitive Solar Cell Technology

Just three weeks after G24 Innovations (G24i) successfully launched the world’s first commercial application of Dye-Sensitive Solar Cells (DSSC), the global pioneer of DSSC announced that it has signed a formal agreement with three of China’s most prestigious institutes to accelerate industrial development of the technology. Continuing its expansion, G24i has signed an agreement with the China National Academy of Nanotechnology & Engineering (CNANE) in Tianjin, together with the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC), which is part of the China Academy of Sciences, and the Nanotechnology Industrialization Base of China (NIBC).

5 Nov 2009

Grote Industries Unveils First Commercial LightForm Flexible LED Lighting Film Technology

Grote Industries introduced the first commercially available versions of its new LightForm flexible LED lighting film technology during a press conference at the 2009 SEMA Show today.

5 Nov 2009

Clearfield to Deploy FTTH for Garden Valley Telephone Company in Minnesota

Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLFD) products and services have been selected by Garden Valley Telephone Company for a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) deployment in northwestern Minnesota. Based in Erskine, Minn., Garden Valley Telephone Company (GVTEL) is one of the largest telephone cooperatives in the state, serving 24 exchanges. The new deployment will encompass almost 500 route miles in and around Erskine, McIntosh, Winger, Gatzke, and St. Hilaire, Minnesota.

5 Nov 2009

Walmart Selects Cree LED Lighting for its New Stores and Renovations

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, has been selected to provide energy-efficient LED lighting to Walmart for new stores and renovations. Walmart plans to install Cree LRP-38 LED light bulbs in 650 stores during the first year, replacing ceramic metal halide in the produce and electronics departments. Cree’s industry-leading LR6 recessed LED downlights are also being used in new construction applications.

5 Nov 2009

New Optical Tool to Help Surgeons Diagnose Cancer Tissue in Brain

As a Johns Hopkins electrical engineer, Jin U. Kang has spent years tinkering with lasers and optical fiber, studying what happens when light strikes matter

5 Nov 2009

NIST and University of Colorado to Develop Laser-Based Device to Search for Extrasolar Planets

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will collaborate with the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) to build and apply a custom laser-based instrument—a frequency comb—to help search for extrasolar Earth-like planets. The National Science Foundation has awarded CU a $495,000 grant for the joint project.

5 Nov 2009

New Report Illustrates Accurate Iris Recognition Algorithms Can be Achieved with Compact Images

The eyes may be the mirror to the soul, but the iris reveals a person's true identity—its intricate structure constitutes a powerful biometric

5 Nov 2009

Scientists Preserve 110 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprint with Portable 3D Laser Technology

Data for 110-million-year old track will be available for download

5 Nov 2009

University of Utah to Celebrate Initial Observations of New Research Telescope

New observatory opens at 9,600 feet elevation on Frisco Peak in southern Utah

5 Nov 2009

Report to be Released on Inexpensive Way to Store Solar Energy

New scientific discoveries are moving society toward the era of "personalized solar energy," in which the focus of electricity production shifts from huge central generating stations to individuals in their own homes and communities

5 Nov 2009

Researchers Create Quantum Gas Microscope to Observe Single Atoms at Low Temperatures

Physicists at Harvard University have created a quantum gas microscope that can be used to observe single atoms at temperatures so low the particles follow the rules of quantum mechanics, behaving in bizarre ways.

5 Nov 2009

SmartTCP Unveils New Welding Solution Featuring Laser Seam Tracking

SmartTCP, a leading supplier of automatic welding solutions for small batch production, today announced it now offers the SmartTCP welding solution with laser seam tracking capability. The company will be demonstrating the newly enhanced SmartTCP solution at the FABTECH 2009 show booth #34065 November 15-18 in Chicago, Illinois. The new product offering consists of hardware and software that includes off-the-shelf components, easy-to-use programming and integrated laser seam tracking. SmartTCP has customized a laser vision system from Meta Vision of the UK, and integrated it into its automatic offline programming software for small batch production.

5 Nov 2009

SANYO Energy Opens Monterrey HIT Solar Modules Assembly Plant in Mexico

SANYO Energy, S.A. de C.V. (SANYO Energy), a subsidiary of SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO), has officially opened and started production in Monterrey. The plant, located in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, will be assembling SANYO’s patented HIT (Heterjunction with Intrinsic Thin-layer) solar modules. SANYO’s HIT solar cells and modules have the world’s highest solar light to electric energy conversion efficiency per installed square foot. SANYO Energy will be producing at a capacity of 50-Megawatts annually, with the assembled panels to be used in installations in North America, including the United States.

5 Nov 2009

Orange County Choppers Uses LED Lighting Throughout Bike

Fans of the popular TLC show American Chopper will witness a first when they tune in this Thursday, November 5 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The Orange County Choppers (OCC) crew -- founder Paul Sr., -- forges new territory with the creation of their first electric-powered chopper.

5 Nov 2009

GE Announces New Energy Efficient LED That Offers Easy Changing

Simple clockwise twist mates the LED module to the fixture housing for necessary thermal, electrical and mechanical connectivity; GE commercializing through luminaire manufacturers

5 Nov 2009