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Lambda Photometrics Now Supply Replacement RGB Lasers for Durst Lambda 130

Lambda Photometrics are pleased to announce that we can now supply replacement red, green and blue lasers for the Durst Lambda 130 digital photo imager system.

22 Jul 2008

Researchers Using Image Processing to help U.S. Military Detect Roadside Explosives

Researchers at UC San Diego are using statistical pattern recognition and image processing to help the U.S. military better detect hidden roadside explosives.

22 Jul 2008

Automatically Detecting Surface Defects in Ceramic Tiles

Surface defects in ceramic tiles, invisible to the naked eye, could be automatically detected by a new system being developed at the University of the West of England. The system would detect imperfections such as pinholes, crazing, rough or dull glazes, even on tiles with a texture or relief pattern, saving the industry time and money and reducing wastage.

22 Jul 2008

Report States BIPV Market to Surpass $8 Billion in 2015

A new report from NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm based here, predicts that the market for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) will reach more than $4.0 billion in revenues ($US) by 2013 and surpassing $8 billion in 2015.

22 Jul 2008

MicronViewer Extremely Useful for Applications Requiring High-Quality Imaging Performance

Electrophysics has introduced a new near-infrared imaging camera for use with spectroscopy, laser beam profiling and infrared analysis in the wavelength range from visible to 2 microns. The new MicronViewer 7292M is extremely useful for R+D applications requiring high-quality imaging performance, flexibility for image analysis and maximum stability.

22 Jul 2008

TU Delft to Present the Minute DelFly Micro Air Vehicle

On Wednesday 23 July, TU Delft will be presenting the minute DelFly Micro air vehicle. This successor to the DelFly I and II weighs barely 3 grams, and with its flapping wings is very similar to a dragonfly. Ultra-small, remote-controlled micro aircraft with cameras, such as this DelFly, may well be used in the future for observation flights in difficult-to-reach or dangerous areas. The DelFly Micro will make a short demonstration flight during the presentation.

22 Jul 2008

PET-CT Scanner as Stand-Alone Tool to Detect Secondary Cancers

For patients with head and neck cancer, accurately determining how advanced the cancer is and detecting secondary cancers usually means undergoing numerous tests - until now. New Saint Louis University research has found that the PET-CT scanner can be used as a stand-alone tool to detect secondary cancers, which occur in 5 to 10 percent of head and neck cancer patients.

22 Jul 2008

LALS Detector Achieving Results Not Possible with Traditional Light Scattering Technologies

Viscotek have announced new technical data that demonstrates how their unique Low Angle Light Scattering (LALS) detector achieves results not possible using traditional light scattering technologies.

21 Jul 2008

New Website Making Life Much Easier for Users to Find What They Are Looking For

Special Optics, a vertically integrated supplier of precision optical components and assemblies for high-technology applications, launched a newly redesigned web site located at http://specialoptics.com.

21 Jul 2008

OSRAM Engineers Achieved New Records for Brightness and Efficiency of White LEDs

By improving all the technologies involved in the manufacture of LEDs, OSRAM development engineers have achieved new records for the brightness and efficiency of white LEDs in the laboratory. Under standard conditions with an operating current of 350 mA, brightness peaked at a value of 155 lm, and efficacy at 136 lm/W.

21 Jul 2008

Light Source Support Offers Lower Cost of Operation and Increases Productivity

Cymer, Inc., the world's leading supplier of light sources used by chipmakers to create advanced semiconductor chips, today announced that chipmaker customers around the world have added its OnPulse(TM) LaserLife Program to more than 900 of Cymer's 3,300 installed light sources.

21 Jul 2008

Aurora 1.5Tesla Breast MRI System Now Available to Patients in West Texas

Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. today announced that the Aurora 1.5Tesla Dedicated Breast MRI System is now available to patients in west Texas and its surrounding areas at Wellness Lubbock, a facility dedicated to women's imaging. This is the fifth installation of the Aurora System in the state of Texas, which leads the nation in the number of health care facilities providing this advanced breast imaging technology. The Aurora System is the only Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared dedicated breast MRI system specifically designed for the detection, diagnosis and management of breast disease.

21 Jul 2008

Video Display Corporation Acquires Display Concepts

Video Display Corporation today announced that it has acquired the business of Display Concepts, LLC of Edgerton, Wisconsin for an undisclosed amount. Display Concepts provides high-quality replacement LCD monitors for automated teller machine (ATM) upgrade and repair and has earned a reputation for rapid turn-around and excellent customer service.

20 Jul 2008

ORION Helium Ion Microscope Wins Awards from Semiconductor International and R+D 100

Carl Zeiss SMT yesterday was presented with a 2008 Editors' Choice Best Product Award from Semiconductor International magazine in recognition of the revolutionary break-through performance of its ORION(TM) Helium Ion Microscope. The Best Product Awards are presented annually to acknowledge those products that deliver the level of excellence needed to succeed in today's and tomorrow's semiconductor industry.

17 Jul 2008

Shedding Light on the Secrets of Semiconductor Devices and Cellular Structures

A novel super-resolution X-ray microscope developed by a team of researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) and EPFL in Switzerland combines the high penetration power of x-rays with high spatial resolution, making it possible for the first time to shed light on the detailed interior composition of semiconductor devices and cellular structures.

17 Jul 2008