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Turning Windows into Display with Just One Click

Just one click and the window turns into a display. At the Hannover Messe from April 20 to 24, Fraunhofer research scientists will be demonstrating light-permeable conductive coatings as the basis for transparent displays (Hall 6, Stand F48).

15 Apr 2009

GE Project Plant-a-Bulb Helps Consumers Consider Environmental and Financial Benefits of Energy Efficient Lighting

GE Consumer + Industrial's month-long Earth Day initiative, GE Project Plant-a-Bulb, helps consumers consider the environmental and financial benefits of energy efficient lighting, while bringing the lasting beauty and positive effects of perennial flower bulbs to selected Midwestern landscapes in cities such as Cleveland and Chicago.

15 Apr 2009

New Versatile Colour Camera for Material and Life Science

Olympus has introduced the new SC30 easy-to-use colour camera for high quality microscopy imaging. With superior resolution and quality, outstanding colour reproduction is ensured.

15 Apr 2009

European Organization for Nuclear Research Places Order for Zecotek's MAPD Solid-State Photo Detectors

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMS)(FRANKFURT:W1I), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, is pleased to announce that the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland, has placed initial purchase orders for Zecotek's proprietary MAPD-3N Micro-pixel Avalanche Photo Diodes.

15 Apr 2009

New Technology Transforms the Utility of an Established Technique

Andor Technology plc (Andor), a world leader in scientific imaging and spectroscopy solutions, has applied Electron Multiplying (EM) technology for the first time to dramatically improve both the speed and sensitivity of Scanning Tunnelling Luminescent spectroscopy (STL) by replacing the standard CCD camera, used to detect photons, with one of its Electron Multiplying CCD (EMCCD) cameras.

15 Apr 2009

Bookham Launches New High Power 808nm Laser Diode Bar

Bookham, Inc. (NASDAQ:BKHM), a provider of optical components for industrial applications, has launched a new high power 808nm laser diode bar that can enable direct energy laser systems and range guided imaging for defense and security applications.

15 Apr 2009

Carl Zeiss Extends Successful Collaboration with Sony Corporation

Carl Zeiss today announced that its Camera Lens Division will extend their successful collaboration with Sony Corporation for a further 5 years. Taking full advantages of their competence both companies agreed to cooperate even closer in developing and commercializing new imaging devices in the future.

15 Apr 2009

Toshiba Launches New Lighting Business in Europe and US

Toshiba Corporation today announced that the company will start a major initiative to launch its new lighting business in Europe and the U.S.A..

15 Apr 2009

Indiana University and Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center Recognizes Success of Ongoing Partnership

Indiana University and Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center recognized the success of an ongoing partnership to enhance national security and advance research opportunities in life sciences, physics and other fields during a ceremony Monday (April 13) at IU's Cyclotron Facility.

15 Apr 2009

Coherent Launches New Product Catalog

A new product catalog from Coherent Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) (Nasdaq: COHR) provides detailed specifications for the company's expanded offering of laser power and energy measurement tools.

15 Apr 2009

Lite-Inside Wardrobe Rails Honored as One of Building Products Top 100 products

Hettich America's innovative Lite-Inside wardrobe rails has been honored as one of Building Products Top 100 products. The 2009 Top 100 award is an editorial award recognizing products that generated the most editorial inquiries in 2008.

14 Apr 2009

Novaled Introduces Novel Defect Tolerant OLED Structure at Finetech Japan

Novaled's Defect Tolerant OLEDs maintain the appearance of a homogeneously lighted-up surface even in the case of electrical shorts, thanks to the use of its proprietary electrode design. One OLED element consists of two comb-shaped interlocked electrodes, which give a uniform light emission.

14 Apr 2009

Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers Market Expect to Reach $3.3 Billion by 2015

Laser technologies are increasingly providing solutions that replace as well as complement traditional production technologies. Increasing competitiveness of laser technology provides benefits such as enhanced automation of work processes, increased product quality and flexibility, as well as progressive miniaturization.

14 Apr 2009

First Experimental Proof of All-Optical Silicon-Based Integrated Circuits

The paper results from the collaboration between University of Karlsruhe, Germany; IMEC, Leuven, Belgium; Lehigh University, USA and ETH Zürich, Switzerland. The achievements are a key step towards the development of complex silicon-based photonic integrated circuits.

14 Apr 2009

Singular Software Releases PluralEyes

Singular Software Inc. has released PluralEyes™, a new product that automatically synchronizes audio and video clips without the need for timecode. Targeted at the independent video professional, PluralEyes™ drastically simplifies multicamera productions, both during filming and in post-production.

13 Apr 2009