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Avago Technologies Announces New Line of FieldBus Optical Fiber Transmitter and Receiver Modules

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced a new line of FieldBus optical fiber transmitter and receiver modules.

12 Nov 2008

New Competitively Priced Single- and Dual-Digit Displays Ideal for Height Constrained Applications

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced a full series of single- and dual-digit seven segment surface mount displays for use in applications where height is constrained.

12 Nov 2008

UT Purchases Three Rigaku XRD Instruments to Establish Cyber-Enabled Teaching/Research XRD Facility

Rigaku Americas Corporation today announced that the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) has purchased three Rigaku X-ray Diffraction (XRD) instruments to establish a Cyber-Enabled Teaching/Research X-ray Diffraction Facility, which was funded by a Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Departmental Multi-User Instrumentation (CRIF:MU) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

12 Nov 2008

University of Notre Dame Joins the LED University Program

Cree, Inc., a leader in LED lighting, announces that the University of Notre Dame is joining the LED University(tm) program, an international community of universities working to accelerate the adoption of energy-efficient LEDs across their campuses.

11 Nov 2008

New Step in the Development of Optical Probes in Chemistry

Prof David Parker from Durham University's Chemistry Department was working with experts from Glasgow University, and a team of international researchers, when they discovered dramatic changes in the way that light was emitted by optical probes during a series of experiments.

11 Nov 2008

Standardized Global Solutions Increase Productivity in Solar Module Manufacturing

From high-speed FlexPicker(TM) robots to larger industrial robots for glass and ingot handling applications, ABB Robotics, a leading robotics manufacturer, provides a diverse robot range for customers in the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry.

11 Nov 2008

ON Semiconductor Introduces Two New High-Brightness RGB LED Pixel Drivers

ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a leading global supplier of high-performance, energy-efficient silicon solutions has expanded its line of constant-current, LDD(TM) (low dropout driver) products recently acquired from Catalyst Semiconductor, to include two new high-brightness RGB LED pixel drivers. The CAT4103 and CAT4109 are three-channel, linear-based constant-current LED drivers for RGB LED pixel control in emerging high-brightness, high-visual impact LED architectural lighting.

11 Nov 2008

Firstsight Vision Changes Name to Stemmer Imaging

From January 1st, 2009, FIRSTSIGHT VISION will be renamed 'STEMMER IMAGING' as part of a rationalization of the STEMMER IMAGING Group's activities throughout Europe, which will also see IMASYS in France adopt the STEMMER IMAGING name. The STEMMER IMAGING Group has a total revenue approaching â‚¬43 million, making it Europe's largest supplier of machine vision technology and services.

11 Nov 2008

ASD Named as 2008 Colorado Photonics Company of the Year

The Colorado Photonics Industry Association (CPIA) announced today that it has named ASD Inc. (formerly Analytical Spectral Devices) of Boulder as the 2008 Colorado Photonics Company of the Year. The award will be presented at the CPIA Annual Meeting Wednesday, November 19, 2008, in UMC 235 of CU-Boulder from 3-6 PM, and is open and free to the public.

11 Nov 2008

Team Developing Imaging System Limiting Spread of Cancer Wins CIMIT's Kennedy Award

The Cancer Advanced-Technology Team that is developing an imaging system to limit the spread and/or reccurrence of that disease has been named the winner of CIMIT's annual Edward M. Kennedy Award for Healthcare Innovation.

11 Nov 2008

Protein Patterning Reproduction of Johannes Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' using New Laser Method

Canadian researchers have created a new protein patterning technique that's enabled them to reproduce complex cellular environments and a miniature version of a masterpiece painting.

11 Nov 2008

JDA Focuses on Developing Advanced Deposition Tools Targeting Thin Film PV Market

NanoGram Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced products and solutions for optical, electronic and energy applications, announced today that it has extended its relationship with Tokyo Electron, Ltd. from strategic investor to technology and market development partner by entering into a joint development agreement.

11 Nov 2008

OASYS Selected by United States Army for Thermal Weapon Sight Remote Viewer Program

OASYS Technology, a leading electro-optical solutions provider, and eMagin Corporation (OTC:EMAN), a leader in OLED technology, announced that OASYS has been selected by the United States Army to provide 20,000 units of the Remote Eyepiece Display-Imager (RED-I) head mounted display system for the Thermal Weapon Sight (TWS) Remote Viewer program. The RED-I system is equipped with eMagin OLED-XL™ microdisplays.

11 Nov 2008

Innovative New Microscopy Tool Combines High-Res Digital Imaging with Laser-Cutting Capabilities

SUSS MicroTec Test Systems, the premier supplier of wafer-level test solutions for semiconductor devices, today announced the iVista(TM) LC High-Resolution Digital Microscope. Its introduction is timed to meet the increasing need in failure-analysis labs for an advanced microscopy tool capable of delivering high-resolution digital images in conjunction with laser-cutting capabilities.

11 Nov 2008

Donation Helps Kick Start a New Core Microscopy Facility

Nikon Instruments Inc. has provided an in-kind donation of microscopy equipment to help Clemson University's College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences biological sciences department start a new core microscopy facility. The facility will be the first of its kind in the Southeast, equipped with one of the most technologically advanced system Nikon Instruments Inc. has installed anywhere in the United States.

11 Nov 2008