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Q-MED AB to Distribute Palomar Products Outside North America

Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., a leading researcher and developer of light-based systems for cosmetic treatments, today announced the execution of an international distribution agreement with the Swedish company Q-MED AB.

9 Jan 2008

New Mobile Video Assistance Technology Improves Life of Older People

We are not getting any younger. As Europe’s population grows older, the need for care is growing and we are spending more and more money to get it. A new mobile video assistance technology promises to put off the need for carers, improve the life of older people and cut the cost of assistance.

8 Jan 2008

Atria Networks Extends Fibre-Optic Infrastructure in Acquisition

Atria Networks LP today announced that it has acquired the assets of FibreWired Hamilton from Hamilton Utilities Corporation.

8 Jan 2008

New Company Unites Leading Players in the Photonics Industry

Gooch & Housego PLC today announced the launch of a new company that brings together five leading players in the photonics industry under the Gooch & Housego brand name. The new offering, launched at Photonics West 2008 (stand #1013), will deliver a comprehensive portfolio of customised optical components to the global industrial laser, bio-medical, defense and metrology market places.

8 Jan 2008

Revolutionary Skincare Treatment Now Available

Steiner Ranch Dermatology today announced the addition of Isolaz(TM), a revolutionary light-based treatment for eliminating acne, removing unwanted hair and rejuvenating aging and sun-damaged skin.

8 Jan 2008

Bosch Acquires Assets of Specialized Leveling-Laser Business

Bosch has acquired the assets of RoboToolz Ltd., headquartered in Hong Kong. In purchasing this specialized leveling-laser business, Bosch is boosting its Power Tools division.

8 Jan 2008

MTI Announces Addition of New Stand-Alone Laser

MTI Instruments, Inc., a worldwide leader in precision measurement solutions and a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology Incorporated (MTI) (NASDAQ: MKTY), announces the expansion of their Microtrak II laser triangulation product family with the addition of a Stand Alone Laser ("SAL") system.

8 Jan 2008

Verizon Upgrades to Next-Generation Electronics to Increase Speed

Verizon technicians are upgrading FiOS with next-generation electronics to dramatically enhance the speeds, and thus the capabilities, of Verizon's all-fiber-optic FiOS broadband, video and voice network.

8 Jan 2008

Scientific American 50 Awards for Bristol University

Research looking at the field of quantum metrology in which quantum mechanics is used to obtain highly precise measurements has been named at No 15 in Scientific American’s Top 50 outstanding technological leaderships of 2006-2007. The work was carried out by an international team of scientists, including Dr Jeremy O’Brien of Bristol University.

8 Jan 2008

OWLink Demonstrates Award Winning HD Digital Light Link at Electronics Show

OWLink Technology, a leading provider of innovative technology that transmits high definition digital video, audio and control signals over a single transparent DLI™ Fiber Optic link, will be demonstrating the company’s award winning HD Digital Light Link FO2850 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Booth Innovations POD IP232 and the ShowStoppers Event, January 7-10 in Las Vegas. OWLink’s HD Digital Light Link FO2850 was selected as the Best of Innovations, Design and Engineering Award winner for CES 2008.

8 Jan 2008

Largest Solar Electric System to be Installed for a Manufacturing Company

Gloria Spire Solar, LLC, a joint venture company formed by solar industry leaders Spire Corporation and Gloria Solar Co., Ltd., today announced that it has won a contract to design and install a 308-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) solar electric system at The Lee Company's manufacturing facility in Westbrook, Connecticut. This is the largest solar electric system to be installed for a manufacturing company in Connecticut, and one of the largest in New England.

8 Jan 2008

World's First DisplayPort Optical Interconnect

At the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, Luxtera Inc. today announced its demonstration of the world’s first DisplayPort optical interconnect based on its breakthrough Silicon Photonics technology. As part of the Video Electronics Standards Association’s (VESA) DisplayPort™ TechZone, Luxtera is showcasing its long reach optical solution for digital home and digital signage applications.

8 Jan 2008

Smallest Color Display in the LCD Industry

Kopin Corporation announces smallest color SVGA display (800 x 600 resolution) in the LCD industry. The CyberDisplay SVGA LVS microdisplay has the same size (0.44' diagonal) as Kopin’s current CyberDisplay VGA display (640 x 480 resolution), allowing it to utilize the same optics and housing developed for the VGA display.

8 Jan 2008

Providing Extraordinary Vision to Facilitate Quality Healthcare

Vision-Sciences, Inc., announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") to market its new advanced digital, video-based flexible Cystoscope, which is used in conjunction with an integrated “built-in” light source, eliminating the need for a separate camera head, light guide cable and optical coupler.

7 Jan 2008

Flexure-Based Piezo Actuators Provide Virtually Unlimited Resolution and Lifetime

Scientists have used magnetic fields and tiny iron-bearing particles to drive healthy cells to targeted sites in blood vessels. The research, done in animals, may lead to a new method of delivering
cells and genes to repair injured or diseased organs in people.

7 Jan 2008