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Spectral Imaging System Could Shorten Operating Times for Infants

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are developing a spectral imaging system that could result in shorter operating times for infants undergoing surgery for Hirschsprung’s disease, according to a mouse study reported in the Journal of Biophotonics.

1 Mar 2008

An Invisible Warship

Naval warships might look like all-powerful vessels but they are also highly vulnerable to being spotted by the enemy.

1 Mar 2008

Using Light Instead of Wires to Send Information

IBM Researchers today unveiled a prototype technology that could bring massive amounts of bandwidth in an energy efficient way to all kinds of machines -- from supercomputers to cell phones -- that could revolutionize the way people access, use and share information across many different applications.

29 Feb 2008

New Sensitizers Helping Solar Cells to be More Efficient

In collaboration with Satoshi Uchida at the University of Tokyo, Michael Gratzel and his research group at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne have now developed new sensitizers that should help an inexpensive type of solar cell to be more efficient.

29 Feb 2008

FOX Dental Lasers Receives FDA Clearances

Technology4Medicine, a provider of lasers and other advanced high technology products for the dental, medical, veterinary and physiotherapy markets, and A.R.C. Laser GmbH, a world leader in producing high quality medical lasers, announced the FDA has granted clearances for the FOX (TM) diode dental lasers.

29 Feb 2008

Increasing Demand for Larger Size LCD Glass Substrates

Research and Markets has announced the addition of "LCD Glass Substrates Industry: Growth and Opportunities" to their offering.

28 Feb 2008

Rockwell Automation Acquires Leading Supplier of Light Curtains and Optoelectronics

Rockwell Automation, Inc. announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the Safety and Automation business of CEDES AG.

28 Feb 2008

PureGain Protects Optical Networks From Hazards Associated With Power Transients

Avanex Corporation, a pioneering provider of intelligent photonic solutions enabling next-generation optical networks, today supplemented its OASIS EDFA portfolio by unveiling its compact power transient-suppressed EDFA at OFC/NFOEC 2008 Expo.

28 Feb 2008

Paint with Light

Philips Electronics (PHG) today unveiled their “Imagination Light Canvas,” the first of its kind, during a media tour of the new Mercy Medical Center in Rogers, Ark. The hospital will open its doors on March 16.

28 Feb 2008

Avanex Corporation Announces Shipments of Next-Generation TDC Products

Avanex Corporation, a pioneering provider of intelligent photonic solutions enabling next-generation optical networks, today announced commercial shipments of next-generation tunable dispersion compensation (TDC) products into major OEM customers for 40Gb/s applications.

28 Feb 2008

Designed to Affordably Perform Building Diagnostics

Newark announces that it is among the first distributors to carry Fluke’s new line of thermal imagers with patent-pending IR Fusion technology, designed to affordably perform troubleshooting and maintenance of industrial and electrical equipment or building diagnostics.

28 Feb 2008

The PowerPort XFP Provide Cost-Effective Solutions for Transmission Networks

Avanex Corporation, a pioneering provider of intelligent photonic solutions that enable next-generation optical networks, today announced at OFC/NFOEC 2008 Expo the release of new 10G XFP transceivers suitable for 40km and 80km transmission applications in access and metropolitan networks.

28 Feb 2008