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OIDA formed Community of Interest Group to Focus on Silicon Photonics Activities

The Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) has formed the Silicon Photonics Alliance (SPA), a Community of Interest (COI) group within OIDA to focus on market and business issues for its members engaged in silicon photonics activities.

3 Oct 2007

19 Individual Mirrors to Function as One Very Sensitive Telescope

Scientists and engineers have created and successfully tested a set of algorithms and software programs which are designed to enable the 19 individual mirrors comprising NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope to function as one very sensitive telescope.

3 Oct 2007

PLT can Propel Spacecraft to Unprecedented Speeds Greater than 100 km/sec

The aerospace industry has taken notice of a California researcher who, using off-the-shelf components, built and successfully demonstrated the world's first successful amplified photon thruster.

3 Oct 2007

NOAA GOES-R Set to Launch in 2014

NASA, in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites Program, has awarded an instrument contract to Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, Md. The contract is for one instrument, with three options for additional instruments. The total estimated value including options is $178 million.

3 Oct 2007

MJ Harden Purchased LiDAR Imaging Unit to Enhance Large-Scale Mapping Projects

GeoEye, Inc. , a leading producer of satellite and aerial imagery and geospatial information, today announced MJ Harden's acceptance of Optech's Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper (ALTM) Gemini 167 LiDAR imaging unit.

3 Oct 2007

Scientists Discovered Ways to Make QDs Brighter

U.S. scientists have developed a method of increasing the fluorescence intensity of quantum dots by a factor of at least 108.

2 Oct 2007

Photonics Offers Superior Performance and Reliability for the Automotive Industry

The high performance capabilities of photonics technology meets the automotive industry's need for safety and entertainment solutions that offer superior performance, reliability, robustness, and cost effectiveness, reports Frost & Sullivan.

2 Oct 2007

World's First TV with an OLED Display

Tokyo Sony displayed Monday the first television for the commercial market with an organic light-emitting diode display it said symbolized the revival of the faltering Japanese electronics maker.

2 Oct 2007

Kodak Announces the incorporaion of Image Sensor Technology in Digital Cameras

Eastman Kodak Company announced today the first digital camera in its successful EASYSHARE line to incorporate the company's new, innovative CMOS image sensor technology.

2 Oct 2007

PerkinElmer to Expand Fabrication Facility

PerkinElmer, a company providing health sciences and photonics solutions, announced the expansion of its Santa Clara, California, digital x-ray detector fabrication facility.

2 Oct 2007

Fluorescence Microscopy May Be Used to Detect Tumours in Cancer Patients

Scientists have used near-infrared fluorescence microscopy to image carbon nanotubes inside a living organism for the first time.

2 Oct 2007

Wavefield Inseis Purchased Remaining Shares of Norwegian Optical Sensor Specialist

Wavefield Inseis exercised its option to purchase the remaining shares of Norwegian optical sensor specialist Optoplan AS from former owner Weatherford. The option was available until the end of 2008 and was part of the original deal when the company purchased an initial 35 percent of Optoplan in December 2006.

2 Oct 2007

Sea-Based Radar System Installed in Alaska by Boeing

The Boeing Company today announced that the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) mooring system has been installed at SBX's homeport in Alaska, completing a key piece of infrastructure for the missile defense sensor.

1 Oct 2007

NTPC Plans to Manufacture LED Lamps

NTPC Ltd plans to get into manufacturing Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps, widely considered the future of lighting technology. It has tied up with the Bangalore-based Society for Integrated Circuit Technology and Applied Research for making the lamps as they have frugal power consumption, considerably lower than even compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs).

1 Oct 2007

Advanced Photonix Received Purchase Order from U.S. Military for Night Vision Systems

Advanced Photonix, Inc. announced today that it has received a purchase order worth approximately $1,000,000 for Light Emitting Diode (LED) Arrays used for night vision displays employed by the U.S. Military. The order is expected to ship within the next nine months.

1 Oct 2007