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AOA Emphasizes Importance of Comprehensive Eye Exams

Early detection is critical to maintain healthy vision. With almost two-thirds of adult Americans, who do not wear corrective lenses, not receiving regular comprehensive eye exams, millions of people are putting their vision and their quality of life at risk, according to the American Optometric Association.

3 Jan 2008

Goodrich Selected to Develop Next-Generation Night Vision Sensor Technology

The Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Goodrich Corporation to develop next-generation night vision sensor technology for helmet-mounted and micro vehicle applications.

3 Jan 2008

Stimulated Emission Depletion Microscopes Sheds Light into a Smaller World

There are natural limits to resolution: spots that are less than about 300 nanometers apart cannot be displayed separately using a conventional light-optical microscope.

3 Jan 2008

Photovoltaics Expects to be Worth $32.3 billion by 2012

According to a new technical market research report, PHOTOVOLTAICS: GLOBAL MARKETS & TECHNOLOGIES (EGY014F) from BCC Research, the global market for photovoltaics (PV) is expected to be worth $12.9 billion in 2007. This is expected to increase to over $32.3 billion by 2012, a compound average annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.9%.

2 Jan 2008

Varian Medical Systems Receives FDA Clearance for Radiotherapy Technology

Varian Medical Systems has received FDA 510(k) clearances for its RapidArc(TM) radiotherapy technology, a revolutionary advance that makes it possible to deliver image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) two to eight times faster and more precisely than is possible with conventional IMRT or helical tomotherapy.

2 Jan 2008

Cepid Infrared Systems Releases Dual FoV Thermal Imaging Module for Long Range Surveillance

Cedip Infrared Systems has announced the PROTON MW-IR Dual FoV Thermal Imaging Module for researchers and integrators looking to develop and build their own long range surveillance system. Incorporating a sensiti...

2 Jan 2008

Moritex Announces New Software Assisting Cosmeticians

Moritex has announced new software, for its popular Triplesense skin counselling monitor, to assist cosmeticians maximise the effectiveness of their advanced skin counselling sessions.

2 Jan 2008

Scientists Explains the Glue at the Core of Superconductivity

A team of Boston College researchers led by Asst. Prof. Vidya Madhavan (Physics) has identified an alternative explanation for the microscopic origins of the “glue” that binds electrons during high-temperature superconductivity, according to results published in the December 13 edition of the scientific journal Nature.

1 Jan 2008

Leading IC Manufacturer Places Order for ESI TFOS Laser-Trimming Systems

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., a leading provider of world-class photonic and laser systems for microengineering applications, today announced that it has received a substantial order from a leading North American analog integrated circuit (IC) manufacturer for its Model 2100 thin-film-on-silicon (TFOS) laser-trimming system.

1 Jan 2008

QPC Lasers Wins Contract to Develop Lasers for Televisions

QPC Lasers, a company in the development and commercialization of high brightness, high power semiconductor lasers for the consumer, industrial, defense, and medical markets, announced that it has won a major contract to develop and deliver lasers to be used in rear projection televisions based on DLP and LCOS technologies.

1 Jan 2008

HelioVolt Selects Eyelit Software for Photovoltaic Solar Panel Manufacturing Facility

Eyelit, Inc., a manufacturing software provider for visibility, control and coordination of manufacturing operations for the aerospace & defense, electronics, life sciences, semiconductor and solar industries announced today that HelioVolt, a producer of highly-efficient thin film solar products, has selected Eyelit’s Enterprise Manufacturing Execution Suite (MES) to provide a cost-effective manufacturing software infrastructure for its global manufacturing network.

30 Dec 2007

ASML and Carl Zeiss Signs Agreement with Canon

ASML Holding NV (ASML) and Carl Zeiss SMT (Zeiss) today announce that each has signed an agreement with Canon Inc. (Canon) for the global cross-license of patents in their respective fields of semiconductor lithography and optical components, used to manufacture integrated circuits, or chips.

30 Dec 2007

NeuroMetrix Acquires EyeTel Imaging

NeuroMetrix, Inc., a medical device company advancing patient care through the development and marketing of innovative products used to diagnose and treat diseases of the nervous system, neurovascular disorders, and pain, announced today that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of EyeTel Imaging, Inc. and has assumed certain specified liabilities in connection with the acquisition.

28 Dec 2007

Cone-Beam CT Reduces Examination Time Compared to Conventional 2D Mammography

Cone-beam breast CT provides exceptional tissue contrast and can potentially reduce examination time with comparable radiation dose to conventional 2D mammography, according to a new study by a team of researchers from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

27 Dec 2007

Energy Focus Launches Three New LED Products

Energy Focus, Inc. the global leader in energy-efficient lighting technologies, announces three new EFO-LED products for use in commercial and industrial applications. These products will be sold through Energy Focus's distribution channels and private labeled through its alliance with TCP, Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of compact fluorescent light bulbs.

27 Dec 2007