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Research Explores Turning Highways and Parking Lots into Solar Collectors

Anyone who has walked barefoot across a parking lot on a hot summer day knows that blacktop is exceptionally good at soaking up the sun's warmth. Now, a research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has found a way to use that heat-soaking property for an alternative energy source.

12 Aug 2008

Sense Technologies's ScopeOut to be Sold at 22 Major Military Bases and Exchanges

Sense Technologies, Inc. announced today that its flagship product ScopeOut® has been purchased by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service and will be sold at approximately 22 major military bases and exchanges in the United States starting this fall.

12 Aug 2008

Reducing Cost of Solar Energy with Materials Derived from Cotton and Castor Beans

BioSolar, Inc. surprised attendees at today's SPIE Symposium on Solar Applications and Energy in San Diego by revealing that materials derived from cotton and castor beans compose the company's proprietary BioBacksheet(TM), a protective covering, traditionally made from expensive petroleum-based film, used in the back of virtually all photovoltaic solar cells.

12 Aug 2008

AMS Technologies Announces Market Launch of MEMS 3D Micro-Mirrors

AMS Technologies announces the market launch of new MEMS 3D micro-mirrors of Sercalo Microtechnology Ltd. The MEMS 3D Micro-Mirrors are characterised by their precision. The mirrors are available in a single configuration or in arrays up to 32x4.

12 Aug 2008

Alloptic Granted Patent for Point-To-Multipoint Passive Optical Network That Utilizes Variable-Length Packets

Alloptic, a global leader in the development of RF over glass (RFoG) and passive optical networking (PON) solutions for CATV, telecom, and private network operators worldwide, today announced that it has been granted a patent by the Japan Patent Office for "Point-To-Multipoint Passive Optical Network That Utilizes Variable-Length Packets" (No. 2002-546329284479).

12 Aug 2008

Lumar Imaging to Offer Nuclear Imaging Services Under Agreement

Bederra Corporation, a medical imaging and diagnostic company, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Lumar Imaging, Inc. has entered into a Joint Venture (JV) agreement with Advanced Nuclear Consultants, LLC, a leading provider of refurbished nuclear gamma cameras with state-of-the-art technology.

12 Aug 2008

LI-COR Expands Line of IRDye Infrared Dye-Labeled Antibodies

LI-COR Biosciences continues to expand its offering of IRDye infrared dye-labeled antibodies for imaging applications. The new IRDye(R) 680 Donkey Anti-Chicken IgG, IRDye 800CW Donkey Anti-Chicken IgG, IRDye 680 Goat Anti-Rat IgG, and IRDye 800CW Goat Anti-Rat IgG antibodies are highly cross-absorbed delivering high specificity for multiplex detection for multiple applications including quantitative Westerns, In-Cell Westerns, and in vivo small animal imaging.

12 Aug 2008

NEC Announces New Family of Commercial-Grade Digital Signage Displays

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial and residential LCD and plasma displays and projectors, announced today a new family of commercial-grade digital signage displays with a new mechanical design, comprehensive input panels and robust functionality - for organizations that are deploying large-screen panels on a modest budget.

12 Aug 2008

LSG Announces Global Availability of LED-Based Retail Display Product

Lighting Science Group, a global developer and integrator of intelligent and efficient light-emitting diode (LED) solutions, today announced the global availability of its LED-based retail display product line. Following the release of LSG's Eyeleds(R) and Replacement Lamp product lines earlier this year, the new line of retail display luminaires will enhance the company's global product portfolio and increase its presence in the retail lighting industry.

12 Aug 2008

The Imaging Source Now Offering Astro-Photographers Chance to Win Telescope Cameras

The Imaging Source, a multi-national manufacturer of imaging hardware and software for astronomy, is now offering amateur astro-photographers a fantastic chance to win one of their renowned telescope cameras (DMK 21AU04.AS).

12 Aug 2008

Network Simulation Tests Confirming Superior Optical Performance of ODQPSK Modulation

Bookham, Inc. has completed tier 1 customer demonstrations of its 40Gb/s ODQPSK tunable transmitter capability. The tunable transmitter assembly (TTA) is designed to meet price points that will enable cost-effective deployment of 40Gb/s transmission in Metro networks.

12 Aug 2008

Refractive Error Accounts for Nearly 80 Percent of Vision Impairment in U.S.

About half of U.S. adults age 20 and older have refractive errors, or eye problems that result in less than 20/20 vision, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

11 Aug 2008

$First 3-D Metamaterial Achieving Negative Refractive Index at Optical Frequencies$

First 3-D Metamaterial Achieving Negative Refractive Index at Optical Frequencies

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time engineered 3-D materials that can reverse the natural direction of visible and near-infrared light, a development that could help form the basis for higher resolution optical imaging, nanocircuits for high-powered computers, and, to the delight of science-fiction and fantasy buffs, cloaking devices that could render objects invisible to the human eye.

11 Aug 2008

First Medical Imaging Product to be Recognized as an Ecomagination Product

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, today announced its Signa HDe 1.5T Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system as the first medical imaging product from GE Healthcare to be recognized as an ecomagination offering after completing the company's rigorous internal environmental and operational evaluation, recognizing it as one of the most energy efficient 1.5T MRI systems commercially available.

11 Aug 2008

Airtel Selects Oracle to Help Optimize National Fiber-Optic Network

Bharti Airtel Limited (Airtel), one of India's leading integrated communications service providers, has selected Oracle(R) Communications Network Integrity to help optimize the use of its extensive national fiber-optic network.

11 Aug 2008