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Taking the Guesswork Out of Brilliant In-Focus Pictures

Eastman Kodak Company today announced the latest addition to its Z-Series line of digital cameras, bringing consumers greater control when taking pictures under various lighting conditions and distances. The KODAK EASYSHARE Z1015 IS Digital Camera offers maximum versatility for serious photographers to easily handle both long-distance and wide-angle shots, while also incorporating Kodak's innovative Smart Capture feature, which adjusts the camera's settings for a great picture in virtually any environment -- automatically.

10 Jul 2008

ATK and Elbit Systems to Develop Laser-Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket

Elbit Systems Ltd. and Alliant Techsystems announced today that they have signed a teaming agreement to develop the Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket - Laser (GATR-L).

9 Jul 2008

Semiconductor Industry's Quest to Make Faster and Cheaper Chips

A breakthrough discovery at UC San Diego may help aid the semiconductor industry's quest to squeeze more information on chips to accelerate the performance of electronic devices. So far, the semiconductor industry has been successful in its consistent efforts to reduce feature size on a chip. Smaller features mean denser packing of transistors, which leads to more powerful computers, more memory, and hopefully lower costs.

9 Jul 2008

Delivering Razor-Sharp, True-to-Life High-Definition Video and Still Images

TRUMPF Medical Systems, Inc. has introduced the world's first in-light high definition (HD) operating room camera. The TruVidia HD captures and transmits razor sharp, true-to-life images with 1080 lines horizontal resolution and 2 million pixels. The images are more than twice as clear as those available from standard definition (SD) cameras.

9 Jul 2008

HumanWare Announces Addition of Four New Video Magnifiers at Vision 2008

HumanWare expands its low vision product line with the announcement of four new video magnifiers at Vision 2008, an international conference on low vision being held in Montreal this week. With these new products, HumanWare is better able to serve the needs of the growing number of people with low vision - those whose vision cannot be completely corrected even with the most powerful prescription glasses.

9 Jul 2008

Scalpel is Giving Way to a New Generation of Lasers

Laser technology has revolutionised the world of medicine in ways never before thought of. More and more often the scalpel is giving way to a new generation of lasers. Now the FAST-DOT project, backed by the EU with EUR 10.1 million in financing, is underway to develop a new line of lasers for biomedical applications.

8 Jul 2008

UV Light Therapy More Beneficial for Darker-Skinned Patients

An analysis of more than 100 patients has confirmed for the first time that darker-skinned patients benefit as those with lighter skin when given light therapy for morphea and related diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers show.

8 Jul 2008

Even Contact Lenses are Going Green

Even contact lenses are joining the trend to go green. Chemical engineering researchers at McMaster University have shown that a common fluid found in our bodies can be used as a natural moisturizing agent in contact ...

8 Jul 2008

Advance Could Lead to Next-Generation Solar Cells

MIT researchers have achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and other electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger areas than have been possible with other methods.

8 Jul 2008

TFPV Market will Generate Well over $20 Billion by 2015

According to NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm based here, the thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV) market will produce the equivalent of 26 gigawatts (GW) by 2015 and will generate well over $20 billion in revenues in that same time frame.

8 Jul 2008

JDSU Announces Availability of All-in-One Fiber Optic Test Kits

Based on its recognized best practice to "Inspect Before You Connect," JDSU provides all of the tools necessary to inspect, clean and perform power or attenuation measurements on fiber optic connections in easy-to-use kits to prevent costly network damage during installation, qualification and troubleshooting.

8 Jul 2008

New Breakthrough in the Field of Nanophotonics

Led by Sri Sridhar, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Physics at Northeastern University, a team of researchers from the university's Electronic Materials Research Institute has published research that has resulted in a new breakthrough in the field of nanophotonics, the study of light at the nanoscale level. Utilizing nanomanufacturing processes, the researchers were able to develop an optical microlens with a step-like surface, instead of a smooth surface, that has the capacity to operate at infrared frequencies using the novel phenomenon of negative index refraction.

7 Jul 2008

QPC Lasers Demonstrates Prototype High Brightness RGB Lasers for Next Generation Laser TV

QPC Lasers, Inc., successfully met the laser performance milestones for all three colors (red, green and blue) in connection with its recently announced $12 Million Laser TV contract, thereby completing the technology development phase of the contract.

7 Jul 2008

Changing the Face of Corneal Eye Transplant Surgery

Faster recovery times and better visual outcomes are among the early results of a corneal transplant pilot study underway at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center.

7 Jul 2008