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6-D Pictures Can Look Just Like the Real Thing

By producing "6-D" images, an MIT professor and colleagues are creating unusually realistic pictures that not only have a full three-dimensional appearance, but also respond to their environment, producing natural shadows and highlights depending on the direction and intensity of the illumination around them.

8 Aug 2008

Market Perspective on Thin-Film Photovoltaics

The analysis is clear, concise and focused on the key aspects of the market and technology issues facing thin-film PV. The report is for technology savvy investors, corporate planners investigating potential opportunities for their companies in thin-film photovoltaics, technologists who would like to receive a market perspective on thin-film photovoltaics or financial analysts who need the bottom line to what the tf-pv market offers.

8 Aug 2008

A New Type of Scanning Electron Microscope Developed by Hitichi

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation has developed the SU8000, a new type of Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) that features a newly developed top detector. The SU8000 was introduced on August 1.

7 Aug 2008

Scientists Developed Biologically Active and Biodegradable Optical Devices

Imagine an edible optical sensor that could be placed in produce bags to detect harmful levels of bacteria and consumed right along with the veggies. Or an implantable device that would monitor glucose in your blood for a year, then dissolve.

7 Aug 2008

New Camera Offers Perfect Photographic Tool for Enthusiasts

Nikon Inc. today introduced its newest flagship COOLPIX compact camera, the COOLPIX P6000. Featuring 13.5 megapixels, a new, built-in global positioning system (GPS) unit, my Picturetown connectivity and the power of Nikon's exclusive EXPEED(TM) image processing concept, the P6000 offers the perfect photographic tool for photo and camera enthusiasts seeking the creative control of a D-SLR in the compact body of a COOLPIX camera.

7 Aug 2008

New Wi-Fi Camera Allows Users To Share Photos Anytime, Anywhere

For fast and easy photo sharing on the go, Nikon is pleased to introduce its sixth generation of Wi-Fi enabled cameras, the new COOLPIX S610c. From the introduction of its first wireless cameras in 2005 to the current COOLPIX S610c digital camera, Nikon has been the worldwide leader in Wi-Fi integration and innovative ways to share memories.

7 Aug 2008

New Compact Digital Camera Offers Intuitive Touch-Screen Control

Nikon Inc. is pleased to announce the COOLPIX S60. Representing the cutting edge of elegant design and intuitive operation, this stylish compact camera introduces an entirely new, amazingly innovative, 3.5-inch TOUCH-SCREEN LCD and a new graphic user interface that places shooting and playback controls at the user's fingertips.

7 Aug 2008

Sony Cyber-Shot Taking the Lead in Developing Intelligent Cameras

Sony is making the grade with the introduction of the stylish Cyber-shot(R) DSC-T700 and DSC-T77 digital cameras with "intelligent" shooting functions.

7 Aug 2008

New Moonstone Low-Profile Power LED Offers Improved Lumens Per Watt Efficiency

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced the addition of a new 1-Watt warm white Moonstone(TM) power LED emitter for use in a variety of architectural, commercial, spot light, task, backlighting, and decorative lighting applications.

6 Aug 2008

First LED Streetlight from BetaLED Rolled Off Production Line

The first production run of the revolutionary LEDway Streetlight from BetaLED, using the latest in light-emitting diode (LED) technology, rolled off Beta Lighting’s manufacturing line Tuesday, August 5.

6 Aug 2008

Office Depot Introduces New Line of Energy Efficient CFLs

Office Depot®, a leading global provider of office products and services, today announced the launch of the office products industry's first exclusive brand of Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs (CFLs) in Office Depot retail stores nationwide and online at www.officedepot.com/buygreen.

6 Aug 2008

New Technology Inspired by the Human Eye Could Push Photographic Image Forward

Digital cameras have transformed the world of photography. Now new technology inspired by the human eye could push the photographic image forward even more by producing improved images with a wider field of view.

6 Aug 2008

Scientists Created Imaging Device with Layout Based on the Human Eye

By combining stretchable optoelectronics and biologically inspired design, scientists have created a remarkable imaging device, with a layout based on the human eye.

6 Aug 2008

New Photoemission Spectroscopy Technique to Study Atoms in Ultracold Gas

Physicists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder, have demonstrated a powerful new technique that reveals hidden properties of ultracold atomic gases.

6 Aug 2008

GlacialTech Announces Availability of BR40 LED Light

GlacialTech Inc today announces the availability of BR40 Light Emitting Diode (LED) light - the LED-BR40 Globes come in three model which range in brightness from low, to medium to high. The LED BR40 bulbs are designed to replace the equivalent 80W BR40 globes and lamps available in markets today.

6 Aug 2008