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Navitar Introduces 50 mm Large Format Machine Vision Lens

Navitar Inc., a manufacturer of precision optical and opto-electronic systems, introduced today their new 50 mm large format machine vision lens ideal for use with full frame 11 and 16 mega pixel sensors.

From Navitar Inc. 5 Aug 2009

Dongwoon Anatech Selects Tower Semiconductor as Sole Manufacturing Partner for High Volume, Energy Saving LED Lighting Devices

Dongwoon Anatech, a fast growing analog semiconductor provider, today announced it has selected Tower Semiconductor, Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM) (TASE: TSEM), a leading global specialty foundry, as its sole manufacturing partner for high volume, energy saving LED lighting devices used in both home and industrial applications.

5 Aug 2009

Converting Light to Electricity using Plastics

A research team headed by David Ginger, a University of Washington associate professor of chemistry, has found a way to make images of tiny bubbles and channels, roughly 10,000 times smaller than a human hair, inside plastic solar cells. These bubbles and channels form within the polymers as they are being created in a baking process, called annealing, that is used to improve the materials' performance.

4 Aug 2009

Shin-Etsu Chemical Introduces New Materials for Both Cell Processing and Installation Modules

Shin-Etsu Chemical, one of the world's largest suppliers of semiconductor materials, has introduced a range of products specifically designed for the PV (photovoltaic) and solar marketplace.

4 Aug 2009

Reliable Path for Sculpting an Intricate X-Ray Focusing Lens Out of Diamond

A team of Brookhaven and Argonne National Laboratory researchers has demonstrated a reliable path for sculpting an intricate x-ray focusing lens out of diamond. Their technique, could prove extremely valuable in the study of nanomaterials at future synchrotron light sources.

3 Aug 2009

World's Smallest Medical Video Camera Based on Advanced CMOS Image Sensor

Medigus Ltd. (TASE: MDGS) and Tower Semiconductor, Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM, TASE: TASE: TSEM), today announced successful sampling of a new CMOS imager that will serve in Medigus' line of disposable miniature cameras and its new medical devices camera.

3 Aug 2009

Boston College Discovery Bends Light Around Corners, Along Eastern Seaboard

Using a composite metamaterial to deliver a complex set of instructions to a beam of light, Boston College physicists have created a device to guide electromagnetic waves around objects such as the corner of a building or the profile of the eastern seaboard.

31 Jul 2009

Innovative Laser Imaging Technique Aims to Save Millions and Cut More Than 7,700 Man Hours from Submarine Manufacturing Cycle

An innovative laser imaging technique, developed with funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), could cut more than 7,700 man hours from the manufacturing cycle of the VIRGINA-Class Submarine (VCS).

30 Jul 2009

New Lighting to Utilize Energy Focus' Proprietary Solid State Optical Delivery Technology

Energy Focus, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFOI), a global leader in energy-efficient lighting technologies, announced today that it has been selected to receive a $1.4 million contract by the Naval Research Warfare Center to develop and produce solid state lighting fixtures for use specifically on Virginia Class attack submarines.

30 Jul 2009

Litepanels Wins Prime Time EMMY Award and Statue

Litepanels, Inc., the worldwide leader in LED (light emitting diode) television and motion picture lighting equipment, will be awarded a Technology + Engineering Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts + Sciences for its proprietary lighting systems.

29 Jul 2009

Jet-propelled Imaging for an Ultrafast Light Source

John Spence, a physicist at Arizona State University, is a longtime user of the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he has contributed to major advances in lensless imaging. It's a particularly apt propensity for someone who works with x-rays, since they can't be focused with ordinary lenses.

29 Jul 2009

SenovvA Partners with Rockwell Group to Bring New LED Technology to New Musical

Los Angeles based production company SenovvA has partnered with Tony Award nominated designer and architect David Rockwell to bring new LED technology to the world premiere of the new musical "Catch Me if You Can" at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre. The two entities first collaborated on designs for this year's 81st Annual Academy Awards.

29 Jul 2009

Awards Reinforce Blazar's Ability to Enable Direct Fiber-to-the-Chip Connectivity for the HPC Market

Luxtera, the worldwide leader in Silicon CMOS Photonics, today announced that as a winner of the 2008 Prism Award, it will participate in the Prism Innovations Product Lab at this year's SPIE Optics and Photonics conference in San Diego, California.

29 Jul 2009

Physicists Develop Multifunctional Storage Device for Light

Light is intangible and, in addition, it travels at great velocity. Nevertheless, it can be confined to a very small space by controllably inserting light into a microscopic container surrounded by reflective walls.

29 Jul 2009

Axio Imager 2 Research Microscopes from Carl Zeiss

With Axio Imager 2, Carl Zeiss is presenting the new generation of its proven microscope system for biomedical research and materials applications. The customized configurability of the ten stand versions meets user requirements for a solution that combines outstanding flexibility and maximum ease of use with the highest performance and functionality.

28 Jul 2009