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Active Array Holds Key to Through-the-Wall Imaging

Two researchers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have created a send/receive chip that functions as an active array, sending out a matrix of 49 simultaneous ultrawideband radar probe beams and picking up the returned beam reflections.

4 Feb 2008

Industry's First 2Amp LED Driver in a Single Chip Solution

Exar Corporation has released the SP7600 LED driver capable of driving high power LEDs up to 2Amps.

4 Feb 2008

Global Standard for Reliable Long-Term Optical Storage

The Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) and Ecma International announced today that the International Standards Organization (ISO) has approved ISO/IEC 10995, a global standard for optical media archive life testing for recordable and rewritable DVDs.

4 Feb 2008

The Bee Matrix

Dr Beau Lotto (UCL Ophthalmology) has designed a unique exhibit of glass, light and bumblebees - part science experiment, part sculpture - to demonstrate the role of history in shaping visual behaviour.

4 Feb 2008

Better Pictures from a Smaller Sensor

Eastman Kodak Company is enabling a new level of performance in consumer imaging devices by redesigning the basic building blocks used to collect light and is incorporating that technology into a brand-new sensor.

4 Feb 2008

T-Rays to Detect Explosives and Poisons

A new generation of sensors for detecting explosives and poisons could be developed following new research into a type of radiation known as T-rays, published today (3 February) in Nature Photonics.

4 Feb 2008

DRE Releases New Surgical Microscopes as Part of Expansion

DRE Inc., a premier international medical and surgical equipment supplier, announces the addition of two new surgical microscopes to its existing line of medical equipment.

4 Feb 2008

Affordable Clinical Microscopes with Advanced Features

National Microscope introduces a new series of affordable clinical compound microscopes. The VanGuard 1300 series models have features often available only on research-grade microscopes, such as infinity-corrected optics.

4 Feb 2008

Distribution Agreement with Telecommunications Expert

AMS Technologies has entered into a distribution agreement with EXFO, a Tier-1 test and measurement expert in the global telecommunications industry.

4 Feb 2008

Navitar Acquires Manufacturer of Optical Assemblies

Navitar, a global leader in the design, manufacturer and distribution of precision optics and opto-mechanical assemblies for the machine vision and digital projection industries announced today the acquisition of Special Optics.

From Navitar Inc. 3 Feb 2008

Laser Accurately Identify Sizes of Particles

Researchers from St. Petersburg have designed and produced a device that enables to promptly and accurately identify the sizes of micro- and nano-particles. The laser ray illuminates the object in the device so that to judge about the particle sizes by intensity of light diffused by the particles.

3 Feb 2008

Researchers Optimizes the Bonded Layers

A surgeon operating with an endoscope has to rely on the images it displays. For it to deliver reliable images, adhesive bonds must not come apart even under extreme conditions – for instance during sterilization. Researchers have now optimized the bonded layers.

3 Feb 2008

Thin-Film OLED Keypad

Push-buttons on coffee dispensers and large industrial machines are often hard to see unless they are illuminated. A structured flat thin-film keypad based on organic light-emitting diodes provides users with information via illuminated symbols.

3 Feb 2008

Laser Treatments Offer Effective Skin Resurfacing in a Flash

For most people, the significant downtime involved in undergoing an invasive laser resurfacing procedure to reverse the obvious signs of aging skin is not realistic given today's busy, deadline-driven lifestyle. Now, a number of new minimally invasive laser skin resurfacing technologies are delivering noticeable improvements for people looking to freshen up their look without spending weeks under wraps, as is common with their invasive counterparts.

3 Feb 2008

PSO Improves Digital Photos

A new approach to cleaning up digital photos and other images has been developed by researchers in the UK and Jordan. The research, published recently in Inderscience's International Journal of Innovative Computing and Applications uses a computer algorithm known as a PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization) to intelligently boost contrast and detail in an image without distorting the underlying features.

3 Feb 2008

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