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Award-Winning PhlatLight LEDs Powering Two of the Newest Portable LED Based Projectors

Luminus Devices today announced that its award-winning PhlatLight® LEDs are powering two of the newest portable LED based projectors, the Samsung P400 Pocket Imager and LG Electronics' HS-102 Ultra-Mobile Projector. Both projectors are lamp-free, weigh less than two pounds and fit in the palm of a hand.

10 Sep 2008

Nikon Introduces Inverted Materials Microscope with an Innovative Design

Nikon Instruments, Inc. introduces the Eclipse MA200, an inverted materials microscope with an innovative design that has been optimized for digital imaging and ergonomic efficiency. The MA200 uses integrated intelligence to automatically combine captured images with data on their observation settings for more comprehensive documentation.

10 Sep 2008

New CCD Image Sensor Provides Full Support for High Speed HD Video

Eastman Kodak Company is helping to power the growth of High Definition image capture with a new CCD image sensor targeted to industrial and broadcast video markets.

10 Sep 2008

$iXon+ EMCCD Cameras Used to Deliver 'Sub-Diffraction' Resolution at High Speed$

iXon+ EMCCD Cameras Used to Deliver 'Sub-Diffraction' Resolution at High Speed

Andor Technology plc (Andor), a world leader in scientific imaging and spectroscopy solutions, today reported that their performance leading iXon+ EMCCD cameras have been used in the development of a new structured illumination microscopy approach that delivers 'sub-diffraction' resolution at high speed.

10 Sep 2008

Greenlight Initiative Adds Testing and Qualification for all of its LED Products

Greenlight Initiative, a New York City based LED-lighting sales organization and solutions provider, today announced its plans to implement full third party photometric testing and qualification for all of its product lines beginning January 2009. This program, intended to independently verify and extend upon any available manufacturers' test data, is in addition to Greenlight's previously announced qualitative evaluation program.

9 Sep 2008

Daylight Solutions Establishes New World Record for Broadly Tunable Solid State Mid-IR Laser

Daylight Solutions, Inc., a manufacturer of advanced molecular detection and imaging solutions, today announced that it has established a new world record for a broadly tunable solid state mid-infrared laser source in a commercial product. The company integrated a Quantum Cascade semiconductor gain chip from ALPES lasers (Switzerland) into its own patented tunable external-cavity laser (EC-QCL) system. The result was a single frequency source that tuned across 275 wavenumbers, or 24% of the laser's center wavelength at 8.8µm.

9 Sep 2008

Optical Technology Allows Operators Make Rapid Adjustments Preventing Ash Accumulation in Boilers

Quietly, and with little of the fanfare accompanying the relentless surge in gasoline costs, the price of coal has doubled in less than a year.

9 Sep 2008

Killer Dyes that Wipes Out Bacteria Could Help Solve Superbug Problems

Killer dyes that can wipe out bacteria could help solve the superbug problems faced by surgical patients, scientists heard today (Wednesday 10 September 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin.

9 Sep 2008

Syntec Optics Granted Patent for High Refraction Diamond Turning Technology

Syntec Optics, the largest independent manufacturer of custom plastic optics in North America, has been granted a US patent for its HRDT(TM) (High Refraction Diamond Turning) technology, in production use since late 2005. Most Syntec HRDT projects have been defense-related. However, HRDT holds promise for other markets, such as datacom, that require asymmetric, low-cost optics with high wave sensitivity and strong heat resistance, and share with defense an imperative to shave development cycles.

9 Sep 2008

Solar Thin Films Schedules Delivery and Installation Of a-Si Module Manufacturing Plant

Solar Thin Films, Inc., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of manufacturing equipment for the production of "thin-film" amorphous silicon (a-Si) photovoltaic modules, has received $3.6 million from Grupo Unisolar, S.A. ("Grupo Unisolar") against the $12.3 million contract to build a 5MW turn-key amorphous silicon (a-Si) module thin-film photovoltaic manufacturing plant in Spain.

9 Sep 2008

Manufacturers Receive Precise Marking/Etching Results at Greater Speeds

Epilog Laser, the leading producer of CO2 and fiber laser engraving/cutting systems, today announced the launch of the industry's first open-architecture galvo laser system, the FiberMark G1.

9 Sep 2008

Achievement of 'First Light' Onboard ABL Aircraft Key Milestone for ABL Team

The Boeing Company, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency on Sept. 7 achieved a major milestone in the development of the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program by firing a high-energy chemical laser onboard the ABL aircraft for the first time during ground testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

9 Sep 2008

World's First Wafer Bonder Specifically Designed for CMOS Image Sensor Production

At this year’s Semicon Taiwan, from September 9 to 11 in Taipei, SUSS MicroTec, a leading supplier of process and test solutions for the semiconductor industry, introduces the XBC300 Production Wafer Bonder for the CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) market. Visitors will have the opportunity to learn more about the world’s first wafer bonder product family specifically designed for CMOS Image Sensor production.

9 Sep 2008

Using Lasers to Produce Wood Grains in MDF

Wood and Furniture industry specialists are to gather at the University of Warwick on Wednesday 17th September to see new technology developed by researchers at the University of Warwick that uses a laser to transform MDF giving it a surface finish that looks like some of the most expensive wood grains.

8 Sep 2008

150km Test Range Will see 10Gbps Data Rates for Next Generation Optical/RF Wireless Communications System

AOptix Technologies, Inc., (AOptix) a leading edge developer of ultra-high bandwidth laser communication solutions, under contract to Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Information Directorate, Rome, New York, today, announced a program to test and evaluate the performance of a long distance combined optical and RF link system.

8 Sep 2008