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3DIcon's Breakthrough 3D Imaging Technology Wins Technology of the Week Award

3DIcon Corporation, a development-stage technology company, announced today its breakthrough 3D imaging technology, CSpace® has received the Technology of the Week(TM), or Voter's Choice Award, from JumpIntoTomorrow.com.

30 Oct 2008

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Back in Business

Just a couple of days after the orbiting observatory was brought back online, Hubble aimed its prime working camera, the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), at a particularly intriguing target, a pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies called Arp 147.

30 Oct 2008

Save Energy This Holiday Season with dotstrand Energy-Efficient LED Lights

As the winter Holidays approach, thousands of students are faced with a decorating dilemma. Many dorms ban traditional strands of Holiday lights as they use too much electricity, and also often get too hot, raisi...

30 Oct 2008

Custom Imagers Power Designs in Industrial, Medical and Cinematography Applications

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced that it has completed its 100th custom CMOS image sensor design. Cypress's diverse portfolio addresses a broad array of applications such as industrial and medical x-ray imaging, endoscopy, machine vision, star tracking and remote sensing for space, barcode readers, biometrics, high-speed line sensors and high-speed motion analysis sensors.

30 Oct 2008

Researchers Develop New Way of Looking at Molecules

In the quest to slow down and ultimately understand chemistry at the level of atoms and electrons, University of Colorado at Boulder and Canadian scientists have found a new way to peer into a molecule that allows them to see how its electrons rearrange as the molecule changes shape.

30 Oct 2008

New Report Examines the Global Digital Signage Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Network Digital Signage: Infrastructure, Displays, Technology" report to their offering.

30 Oct 2008

New Systems Capable of Precision Polishing Optics up to Two Meters in Size

QED Technologies (QED), the pioneer and unique provider of revolutionary optical manufacturing solutions, Magnetorheological Finishing (MRF®) and Subaperture Stitching Interferometry (SSI®), expands its line of standard MRF polishing systems with the introduction of its Q22-2000F. The Q22-2000F is capable of precision polishing large monolithic or light-weighted optics up to two meters in size and can polish a wide range of geometries including planos, spheres, aspheres, freeforms, prisms and cylinders.

30 Oct 2008

COMEDD Unifies Two Fields of Innovation: Microsystems Technology and Optics Technology

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft opened its "Center for Organic Materials and Electronic Devices Dresden"(COMEDD). The purpose of the center is the development of processes for organic semiconductor devices such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic solar cells.

30 Oct 2008

OmniVision's HDR CameraChip Key Component of VIVOTEK's New Outdoor IP Security Camera

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading independent supplier of CMOS image sensors, today announced that its OV10620 high dynamic range (HDR) CameraChip has been selected by VIVOTEK Inc., a leading global IP surveillance provider, for use in the company's first all-in-one outdoor day/night HDR security camera, IP7142. The design win marks the first time that a commercial security product is being built using a single-chip CMOS HDR solution.

29 Oct 2008

Aco Eyeleds System Merges Sustainable Function with Stylish Design

Lighting Science (LSG), a global developer and integrator of intelligent and efficient light-emitting diode (LED) solutions, and the ACO Group, the worldwide leader in water drain systems and intelligent water drainage, today announced the global availability of the ACO Eyeleds solution for illuminating outdoor spaces. The new drainage solution will incorporate attractive and sustainable LED lighting technology as a permanent part of track drainage grates, which provide natural locations for pathway illumination.

29 Oct 2008

Optics and Computer Vision Make Key Copying Easy

UC San Diego computer scientists have built a software program that can perform key duplication without having the key. Instead, the computer scientists only need a photograph of the key.

29 Oct 2008

Dual Line Scan Provides Ease-of-Use and Affordability for Color Imaging

DALSA Corporation, a global leader in machine vision technology, is pleased to introduce the Spyder3 Color camera to provide high color fidelity, ease of use, and affordable solutions for the fast growing color imaging market. The Spyder3 Color camera is based on DALSA's successful Spyder3 monochrome models using dual line sensor technology.

29 Oct 2008

Genie Cameras Feature New Sensor Enables Superior Image Capture

DALSA Corporation today announced two new models of its Genie(TM) GigE Vision-compliant camera family. The Genie C1600 and Genie M1600 cameras feature a new high quality, 2 Megapixel, high resolution sensor ideal for industrial imaging applications in the semiconductor, robotics and traffic control industries.

29 Oct 2008

The Best Hope for Making the Sun a Mainstay Source of Energy in the Future

Researchers in China and Switzerland are reporting the highest efficiency ever for a promising new genre of solar cells, which many scientists think offer the best hope for making the sun a mainstay source of energy in the future. The photovoltaic cells, called dye-sensitized solar cells or Grätzel cells, could expand the use of solar energy for homes, businesses, and other practical applications, the scientists say

29 Oct 2008

Spire Corp. Awarded Contract from Hanwha Chemical Corporation

Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing turnkey production lines and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules worldwide, today announced that Spire has been awarded a contract to provide a Spi-Line 30C complete turnkey factory to produce up to 30 megawatts (MW) per year of high efficiency solar cells for Hanwha Chemical Corporation (Hanwha). This is Hanwha's entrance into the solar market and they made the decision to work with Spire as a partner after extensive research and investigation. This will become one of the most modern cell factories in Korea.

29 Oct 2008