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Large-Scale Solar Panels Expected to Lower the Cost of Solar Power

Solar energy is moving into a new phase in Taiwan with the start-up of the country's first, large-scale thin film solar cell manufacturing plant. BOC Lien Hwa, Taiwan's leading electronic gases supplier, has been selected to supply NexPower in Taichung, central Taiwan, with a wide range of high purity gases used in the manufacturing process.

4 Mar 2008

SPD-Smart Armored Vehicle Glazings Provide Greater Security and Comfort

GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems Inc. has acquired a license from Research Frontiers Inc., the developer and licensor of SPD-Smart™ light-control film technology.

4 Mar 2008

First-Ever Demonstration of Manufacturing Solar Cells by Inkjet Printing

Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in development and commercialization of Power Plastic®, a material that converts light to energy, today announced the company successfully conducted the first-ever demonstration of manufacturing solar cells by highly efficient inkjet printing.

4 Mar 2008

Pillar Reselling Complete Cisco MDS Family of Fibre Channel Switches and Directors

Pillar Data Systems, the leading provider of Application-Aware Storage systems, today announced it has completed an agreement to resell the Cisco® MDS 9000 Series of Fibre Channel storage networking fabric switches and multilayer directors.

4 Mar 2008

Latest Laser-Based Technology for Law Enforcement Applications

Laser Atlanta and MPH Industries (MPH) today announced that MPH will market Laser Atlanta’s SpeedLaser® LIDAR speed detection products to law enforcement in the U.S. Laser Atlanta is the developer of the original SpeedLaser technology, and MPH is among the largest manufacturers of police RADAR and mobile video systems, supplying law enforcement agencies worldwide.

4 Mar 2008

Reflect Scientific Awarded Contract to Provide Imaging Systems to a Major Customer

Reflect Scientific, Inc., announces Image Labs International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reflect Scientific, has been awarded a contract totaling over $1,000,000 to provide the Company's proprietary imaging systems to a major customer.

4 Mar 2008

State-of-the-Art HD-X Light Emitting Diode Video Display

Daktronics Inc of Brookings, S.D., announced today that the University of Minnesota has chosen the company to design, manufacture and install state-of-the-art HD-X light emitting diode (LED) video display technology in the new home of Gopher football, TCF Bank Stadium

4 Mar 2008

Combining Imaging Modalities Provides Excellent Clinical Outcomes

Using a combination of positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography for radiation therapy treatment planning in head and neck carcinoma patients provides for excellent, local and regional disease control when compared to CT alone.

4 Mar 2008

Medical University of South Carolina Team Reports Initial CT Findings

In the current issue of the journal Circulation, a research team from the Medical University of South Carolina’s (MUSC) Heart & Vascular Center report their initial experience with a novel imaging technique that enables comprehensive diagnosis of heart disease based on a single computerized tomographic (CT) scan.

4 Mar 2008

Groundbreaking Levels of Performance and Scalability

Visage Imaging, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercury Computer Systems, Inc., will reveal the latest innovations to its Visage Thin Client solutions portfolio, and demonstrate groundbreaking levels of performance and scalability for integrated 2D, 3D, and 4D advanced visualization, at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna, Austria, March 7 - 10.

4 Mar 2008

Micron Launches CMOS Image Sensor Division

Micron Technology, Inc., today launched Aptina Imaging, creating a separate division and new identity for its CMOS imaging business. Operating as an independent division within Micron allows Aptina to better focus on delivering high-quality imaging solutions to its global customer base.

4 Mar 2008

New Imaging Technology Initiatives Enabling High Quality Picture Taking Experiences

It doesn't stop with a new name. Aptina Imaging, a division of Micron Technology, Inc., today unveiled some new imaging technology initiatives enabling high quality picture taking experiences across the entire spectrum of applications, from the most cost-sensitive mobile phones to high-performance point-and-shoot digital cameras.

4 Mar 2008

Study Indicates Excimer Laser is Effective in Treating Psoriasis

PhotoMedex, Inc. a leader in the development of proprietary excimer laser and fiber optic systems as well as techniques directed toward dermatological applications, today announced the results of a pilot study indicating that the use of the company’s XTRAC Excimer Laser is effective in treating patients with moderate to severe cases of psoriasis.

4 Mar 2008

Using Explosives to Impress Holograms in Steel

People who handle explosives usually have heavy-duty tasks to perform – dislodging rocks, demolishing old buildings, or triggering an avalanche. But explosives can be used for delicate tasks, too: They make it possible to emboss holograms in steel.

4 Mar 2008

Palomar Medical Enters Agreement to Exploit Light-Based Hair Removal Devices

Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., a leading researcher and developer of light-based systems for cosmetic treatments, earlier today announced that it has entered into a non-exclusive License Agreement with The Procter & Gamble Company to exploit home-use light-based hair removal devices for women.

4 Mar 2008