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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

Green Lasers are Key Components for Micro-projectors

Corning Incorporated will introduce the Corning® Green Laser G-1000 at the Display Week 2008 conference held by the Society for Information Display (SID) in Los Angeles, Calif., May 18-23. The high efficiency, high speed and small size of the Corning Green Laser G-1000 device were designed for integration into laser-based micro-projectors for embedded handsets and other mobile devices.

14 May 2008

ReneSola to Supply Solar Wafers to Gintech Energy Corporation

ReneSola Ltd, a leading Chinese manufacturer of solar wafers, today announced that it has signed a six-year 525 megawatt wafer supply agreement with Gintech Energy Corporation.

14 May 2008

Collaborative Agreement Focusing on Optical Packet Switching Technologies

Alcatel-Lucent and NTT today announced that they have signed a collaborative agreement focusing on optical packet switching technologies. The collaborative agreement was signed yesterday between Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Labs research organization and NTT's Photonics Labs in a private signing ceremony.

14 May 2008

New 5th Generation Laser Essential Part of iLASIK Technology Suite

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., a global leader in ophthalmic surgical devices and eye care products, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the iFS Advanced Femtosecond Laser.

14 May 2008

Technique Could Revolutionize Human Protein Imaging

Protein crystallographers have only scratched the surface of the human proteins important for drug interactions because of difficulties crystallizing the molecules for synchrotron x-ray diffraction.

13 May 2008

PhotoMedex Receives FDA Clearance to Market New Excimer Laser

PhotoMedex, Inc., a leader in the development of proprietary excimer laser and fiber optic systems as well as techniques directed toward dermatological applications, today announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510k clearance to market the new, more powerful, faster XTRAC® Velocity(TM) excimer laser system to treat psoriasis, vitiligo, atopic dermatitis and leukoderma.

13 May 2008

Significantly Reduce Development Period of Image Interface and Processing Algorithm

Tokyo Electron Device Limited (TED) has today announced the inrevium "TB-3S-1400AN-IMG/TB-3S-3400DSP-IMG", an imaging application evaluation platform equipped with Xilinx Spartan-3 AN/A-DSP FPGA.

13 May 2008