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'Tis the Season for Brighter Living Solutions

Today, lighting innovator OSRAM SYLVANIA debuted the newest products in its extensive lighting portfolio with the help of actress Kelly Rutherford, star of the hit TV-show, "Gossip Girl." Rutherford unveiled SYLVANIA Living Spaces(TM), the brand's next generation of compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) with instant-on, warm light and a new line of LED innovations designed to take light beyond the socket.

4 Dec 2008

Researchers Use Optical Lattices as a Construction Kit for Electronic Materials

The investigation of complex materials such as high-temperature superconductors is problematic because of the presence of disorder and many competing interactions in real crystalline materials.

4 Dec 2008

Kopin Awarded a 3-Year Program to Develop World's Highest-Resolution Microdisplays

Kopin® Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN) today announced that the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), the U.S. Army's RDECOM CERDEC Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), and the U.S. Army's Product Manager Soldier Sensors and Lasers (PM-SSL) have jointly awarded a 3-year, $3.1 million program to Kopin for the development of the world's highest-resolution microdisplays for use in future vision systems, including integrated day-night weapon sights and solid state image intensifiers.

4 Dec 2008

Insight into the Turbulent Atmosphere of Our Neighbouring Planet

A pale yellow-green dot to the human eye, Earth's twin planet comes to life in the ultraviolet and the infrared. New images taken by instruments on board ESA's Venus Express provide insight into the turbulent atmosphere of our neighbouring planet.

3 Dec 2008

Technologies Corporation Introduces New Benchmark in Solar-Powered Obstruction Lighting

Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) today introduced a new benchmark in solar-powered obstruction lighting: the solar-powered A810 Obstruction Lighting System. Suitable for marking towers and other fixed obstructions up to 150 feet (46 meters) in height, this stand-alone lighting system installs quickly to produce a bright, steady red signal wherever it's needed.

3 Dec 2008

Solarc NGX Ideal for Precision Industrial, Medical, Analytical Applications

Welch Allyn Lighting Products, a premier manufacturer of high-performance lighting and technology, introduces Solarc® NGX, a new generation of portable, low-wattage, high-intensity discharge (HID), metal halide light sources.

3 Dec 2008

Kyocera Mass-Producing New Transflective 5.7" VGA TFT LCD Module

Kyocera is now mass-producing a new transflective 5.7" VGA thin-film transistor (TFT) LCD module. The display produces images by reflecting ambient light or using the onboard backlight system in low ambient light conditions. Reflecting ambient light reduces power consumption and offers excellent viewability, especially in direct sunlight.

3 Dec 2008

$2.4 Million Towards Gene Therapy for Human Degenerative Retinal Diseases

A Canadian and American research group including the team of Dr. Robert Koenekoop from the Research Institute at the Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC has just been awarded $2.4 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Foundation Fighting Blindness Canada (FFB). This five-year grant will fund an ambitious research project to develop innovative gene therapies for a number of human degenerative retinal diseases.

3 Dec 2008

Using Lasers to Measure Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere

A recent ESA campaign has demonstrated how a technique using lasers could be employed to measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The campaign supports one of the main objectives of the candidate Earth Explorer A-SCOPE mission.

3 Dec 2008

3-D Laser Scanning can Provide a More Thorough Analysis of a Soil's Quality

Soil researchers pay close attention to bulk density, as it is one of the most common soil measurements and it is often used as a measure of soil quality. A soil's bulk density can be indicative of the ease of root penetration, water movement, and soil strength. Measuring this value with traditional methods has been difficult in the past, but researchers have developed a new method using laser scanning technology.

3 Dec 2008

Joint Company to Manufacture New Generation Lighting Products

The establishing documents have been signed by Anatoly Chubais, Director General of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO), Mikhail Prokhorov, President of "ONEXIM Group" Ltd. and Sergey Maksin, Director General of the Ural Optical and Mechanical Plant (UOMP).

3 Dec 2008

TEL Venture Plans Collaboration in LCD and Solar Industries

Unidym, a majority owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ARWR), announced today that TEL Venture Capital, Inc., the U.S. investment arm of Tokyo Electron, has invested additional capital into the company. Concurrent with the investment, Unidym and Tokyo Electron intend to enter into a program to develop equipment for use in the production and integration of Unidym's films.

3 Dec 2008

Zecotek Announces the MAPD-3N Solid-State Photo Detector

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMS)(FRANKFURT:W1I) today announced that it has initiated delivery of its most advanced Micro-pixel Avalanche Photo Diodes (MAPD) solid-state photo detectors to research centers and key customers in both medical imaging and high-energy physics for immediate use.

3 Dec 2008

Coherent Introduces LaserCam-HR Laser Beam Profiling Cameras for IR and UV

Coherent Inc. has extended the spectral coverage of its LaserCam™-HR laser beam profiling cameras into both the ultraviolet and infrared with the addition of two new models.

2 Dec 2008

Medical-Grade MultiSync MD205MG LCD Display Delivers Clear, Consistent Images for Diagnostic Professionals

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading stand-alone provider of commercial LCD displays and projectors, today announced mammography usage clearance from the Food & Drug Administration for the 20-inch, 5-megapixel MultiSync MD205MG flat-panel monitor.

2 Dec 2008