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LED Light Fixture Renovation that Saves More Than 80 Percent in Electrical Costs

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has completed the lighting renovation at the Oaks Country Club tennis facility in Sarasota, Fla. The renovation required that Sunovia replace the existing incandescent light fixtures at the facility with Sunovia's proprietary LED light fixtures, sold under the brand name EvoLucia(TM).

16 May 2008

RIT Effort Could Extend NASA Science Capabilities for Planetary Applications

Technology that could someday "MapQuest" Mars and other bodies in the solar system is under development at Rochester Institute of Technology's Rochester Imaging Detector Laboratory (RIDL), in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory.

15 May 2008

Richardson Electronics Adds to its Multi-Modality Display Portfolio

The FP2202CHBP (2MP) and FP2080CHBP (3MP) offer exceptionally high brightness and contrast ratios, making them ideal for diagnostic imaging and clinical applications requiring a fusion of grayscale and color imaging, such as PET, 3D, Cardiology and Nuclear Medicine.

15 May 2008

Automatic Corrective Lenses Prescription for the Patient

For the first time, a study combines measurements of abnormalities in the eye with models for assessing how well an individual can see, meaning it may be possible to program a machine to automatically produce prescriptions for corrective lenses.

15 May 2008

Trina Solar Signs Long-Term Polysilicon Supply Agreement with DTK Industries

Trina Solar Limited, a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, founded in 1997, today announced that the Company has signed a long-term polysilicon supply agreement with Jupiter Corporation Ltd., an affiliate of DTK Industries (Qingdao) Co., Ltd.

15 May 2008

What Sets Gorilla Glass Apart is its Enhanced Durability

Corning Incorporated announced today that it will be featuring its recently introduced Gorilla(TM) glass at SID Display Week 2008, May 19-23 in Los Angeles. This new thin-sheet glass was designed such that, upon chem-strengthening, it provides device manufacturers with a highly durable, scratch-resistant liquid crystal display (LCD) display cover.

15 May 2008

OLED Market Revenues will Reach the Billion Dollar Mark by 2009

The Electronic Components Group at Frost + Sullivan is pleased to announce its 2008 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the OLED display market to be held on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 10:00 am PDT.

15 May 2008

Diguang Launches Citywide LED Lighting Project

Diguang International Development Co., Ltd., an emerging, China-based leader in CCFL and LED backlights and LED general lighting technology, today announced launch of a citywide LED lighting project in Xiangfan, Hubei Province, a city of 6.5 million.

15 May 2008

New Highly Efficient and Compact Gas Laser Line Allows IPG to Enter Additional Markets and Applications

IPG Photonics, the world leader in high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers, announced today that it has developed an advanced new family of CO2 gas lasers that will allow the Company to enter new markets and applications.

15 May 2008

Widescreen Display Brings Enhanced Color/Grayscale to Hospitals

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading stand-alone provider of commercial and residential LCD, plasma displays and projectors, today announced the 30-inch MultiSync® MD304MC widescreen display, designed exclusively for the demanding needs of medical diagnostic professionals.

15 May 2008

Revolutionary All-in-One Advanced Microlaser System Provides Doctors Unprecedented Freedom

Today, dental laser industry leader Zap Lasers unveiled a breakthrough in soft-tissue management, the Styla MicroLaser(TM). The world's first microlaser for soft-tissue applications, the 1.9 ounce Styla combines revolutionary design and proven diode laser technology in a self-contained unit measuring only 6.9 inches long.

15 May 2008

Company to Showcase New Light Source for Street and Area Lighting

LUXIM Corp., a pioneer and volume manufacturer of solid-state high-intensity lighting, today announced the introduction of a new light source for street and area lighting. The LIFI(TM) STA-40-01 product delivers 22,000 lumens with 120 Lumens per Watt source efficiency and 30,000 hours life.

14 May 2008

Converting 23 Percent of Sunlight to Electricity

The efficiency improvement is achieved by the use of an ultra-thin aluminum oxide layer at the front of the cell, and it brings a breakthrough in the use of solar energy a step closer.

14 May 2008

First Multi-Contrast System Introduced for Computed Tomography

Following the introduction of the first-ever dual-source CT system, Somatom Definition, with two X-ray tubes that simultaneously generate different energies, Siemens Healthcare has developed ten dual-energy applications. At the 10th Annual International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT in Las Vegas to be held from May 13 to 16, 2008, Siemens will present its Optimum Contrast software, which brings new levels of contrast to sectional images created with dual-energy applications.

14 May 2008

Eficient Thin-Film Solar Cells of the Future

University of California, San Diego electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly efficient thin-film solar cells of the future.

14 May 2008