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New Case Helps Photographers Overcome Fear of Flying

CaseCruzer is pleased to introduce a Pelican case that will ease the air travel nightmare experienced by most photographers. The new camera case, the Photo StudioCruzer 1510, is the toughest airline-legal carry-on case available today. Now photographers can roll on and off an aircraft without fear of baggage handlers and accidents.

6 Feb 2008

First Electric Cooktops with Infrared Sensor Technology

Furthering its seven decades heritage of fulfilling culinary passions, Thermador arrives at the 2008 International Builders’ Show (2/13-16/08) with two exciting industry firsts. Thermador’s sleek new electric cooktops boast infrared sensor technology to accurately monitor the cooking temperature for precise results and time savings.

6 Feb 2008

Racing a Charged Particle at Light Speed

RHICs 2.4 mile ring has six intersection points where its two rings of accelerating magnets cross, allowing the particle beams to collide. The collisions produce the fleeting signals that, when captured by one of RHICs experimental detectors, provide physicists with information about the most fundamental workings of nature.

6 Feb 2008

New Fluorogen Activating Proteins Become Key Component for Biosensor Technology

Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University’s Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center have developed new “fluorogen activating proteins” (FAPs) that will become a key component of novel molecular biosensor technology being created at Carnegie Mellon.

6 Feb 2008

Simultaneous Optical and Electronic Measurements on Same Molecule

In a study that could lay the foundation for mass-produced single-molecule sensors, physicists and engineers at Rice University have demonstrated a means of simultaneously making optical and electronic measurements of the same molecule.

6 Feb 2008

Low-Frequency Active Sonar System Will Help Protect Whales

Leadership for the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) praised the decision today by a U.S. District Court to grant a preliminary injunction against the U.S. Navy that will restrict the use of Low Frequency Active (LFA) sonar during testing and training operations.

6 Feb 2008

3D Holographic Displays That Can Be Erased and Rewritten in Minutes

University of Arizona optical scientists have broken a technological barrier by making three-dimensional holographic displays that can be erased and rewritten in a matter of minutes.

6 Feb 2008

Transparent Electrodes from Carbon Nanotubes

One of the immediate applications of carbon nanotubes (CNT) is as an additive to polymers to create electrically conducting plastics-a relatively low CNT concentration can dramatically change the polymer's electrical conductivity by orders of magnitude, from an insulator to a conductor.

6 Feb 2008

Motorised and Remote Controlled Stereo Microscopes from Nikon Make Life Easier

The new AZ100 Multizoom microscopes from Nikon feature remote controlled operation using either a hand or foot control.

6 Feb 2008

Mars in 3D

Mars is about to come into 3D focus as never before, thanks to the data from the Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC). A new high-resolution Digital Terrain Model data set that has just been released onto the Internet, will allow researchers to obtain new information about the Red Planet in 3D.

6 Feb 2008

Two Endoscopes Together is Better Than One

Using two different endoscopes together is better than using one to stage lung cancer, and is also much more precise and less invasive than the surgical method now most commonly used, researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., report in the Feb. 6 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

6 Feb 2008

Anti-Vibration Pads Reduce Noise on Counter Tops

Created by Martinson-Nicholls in conjunction with the 3M Company, the new ViSpa Anti Vibration Pad is specifically designed to control noise and vibration caused by all types of instrumentation operating on counter tops.

5 Feb 2008

New LSI Expects to Contribute to Future 100Gbps Optical Transmission Systems

NEC Corporation today announced that it has succeeded in the development of a new data-recovering large scale integrated circuit (LSI), which will enable substantial improvement in data-receiving performance of 40 gigabits per second (Gbps) and beyond optical fiber transmission systems.

5 Feb 2008

ILT Offers Laser Devices as well as Ongoing Training

Integrated Laser Therapies (ILT) today announced the launch of the company, and the availability of professional-grade therapeutic laser devices and accessories for manual therapists (massage, physical, occupational, and hand therapists, and more) as well as consumer-grade therapeutic laser devices for home use.

5 Feb 2008

Advancing the Use of Light

Light pipes are becoming increasingly popular as a means of homogenizing, conducting and reshaping light for use in a wide range of optical equipment and assemblies.

5 Feb 2008