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Drama Unfolding Everyday in the Microscopic World of Astronauts

A stray bullet rips through the command center, blowing holes in vital equipment and damaging the data archives. Repair teams spring into action. The damage must be patched up quickly or the control systems could go haywire. It's literally a matter of life or death, and a decision must be made: try to fix the damage in place, or move the broken parts to the repair shop.

7 Nov 2007

Radar Technology: Key to Innovative Driver Assistance Systems That Avoid Car Accidents

Around 1.7 million people are injured and 40,000 killed on Europe’s roads each year. The European Union aims to cut in half this large number by 2010, and innovative safety systems in cars can help make this happen. For instance, long- and medium-range radar can lower road accident risk despite visibility. Equipped with such a safety system, vehicles can identify other road users and obstacles ahead at distances of between 20 and 200 meters.

7 Nov 2007

SCHOTT to Create More Jobs at its Jena Site

SCHOTT, the technology group based in Mainz, Germany, inaugurated industrial mass production of thin-film solar modules in Jena by its subsidiary, SCHOTT Solar. By investing a total of 75 million euros towards a state-of-the art manufacturing facility with a module capacity of 33 megawatts (MW) per year, SCHOTT will be creating an additional 180 jobs at its Jena site.

7 Nov 2007

Network extension provides more transport options for customers

AGL Networks announced today that it has completed a network extension into the Chandler/South Tempe area. This extension includes providing dark fiber connectivity into a data center owned and operated by 365 Main Inc, located at 2121 S. Price Rd, Chandler, AZ.

7 Nov 2007

Indium Phosphide-Based Optical Component Maker Acquired Inplane Photonics

Indium phosphide-based optical chip and component maker CyOptics Inc of Lehigh Valley, PA, USA has acquired Inplane Photonics of South Plainfield, NJ, USA, which was founded in 2001 and designs and manufactures planar lightwave circuits (PLCs) for optical networks in both commercial and defense markets, including telecoms, LAN/WAN networks, avionics and shipboard systems.

7 Nov 2007

Road Signs with Variable Reflectivity Based on Weather Conditions

Imagine paint that adheres to a surface, but releases on command or road signs that change their reflectivity with changing weather conditions. These are two potential uses of a novel, responsive material designed by researchers in the University of Massachusetts Amherst polymer science and engineering department. The research was published online this week in the journal Advanced Materials.

7 Nov 2007

Imaging Diagnostic Systems Expands Key Patent Coverage

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., a pioneer in laser optical breast cancer imaging systems, announced that a patent, "Laser Imaging Apparatus Using Biomedical Markers That Bind to Cancer Cells" was issued to IMDS by the Chinese government.

6 Nov 2007

Non-Contact Image Control

As if by magic, the three-dimensional CAT scan image rotates before the physician’s eyes – merely by pointing a finger. This form of non-contact control is ideal in an operating room, where it can deliver useful information without compromising the sterile work environment.

6 Nov 2007

Laser Joining Technique Increases Life of Rimless Eyewear

How annoying – my glasses need repairing again! A new process assures a longer life for rimless spectacles: A laser is used to form the perfect join between the metal arm and plastic lens. The new engineering solution is being presented at the Productronica trade show.

6 Nov 2007

Hot Embossing - An Alternative to Precision Molding for Glass Lens Production

Up to 10 times faster, a good 70 percent cheaper, yet still of comparable quality: It is worthwhile to manufacture glass lenses by hot embossing rather than precision molding. Researchers have optimized this technology.

6 Nov 2007

Leader in Test and Measurement Solutions Introduces First Handheld Fibre Channel Testing

Sunrise Telecom(R) Incorporated, a leader in test and measurement solutions for today's telecom, wireless and cable networks, introduced the SunSet(R) MTT-30Z Fibre Channel Module, the first handheld solution to support 1, 2 and 4 Gigabit fibre channel testing with full port login of switch fabric. This new test set is an essential tool for service providers provisioning or diagnosing high-performance Storage Area Networks (SAN) in fibre channel, ESCON and FICON.

6 Nov 2007

Specialised Imaging Takes Ultra High Speed Imaging to Next Level of Flexibility

Incorporating ultra-high resolution image intensifiers with double pulsing techniques and no-compromise optical design, the new SIM-02 Multi-Channel Framing Camera from Specialised Imaging Ltd. takes ultra high speed imaging to the next level of flexibility.

6 Nov 2007

MGB Endoscopy Announces World's First CMOS HD Endoscopic Camera

After depending on merely adequate standard video camera support for the past 30 years, the field of minimally-invasive endoscopy now has a realtime visual tool to meet all of its demanding requirements.

6 Nov 2007

Sophisticated CT Scans to Test for Clogged Arteries

A study by an international team of cardiac imaging specialists, led by researchers at Johns Hopkins, concludes that sophisticated computed tomography (CT) scans of the heart and its surrounding arteries are almost as reliable and accurate as more invasive procedures to check for blockages.

6 Nov 2007

Imaging Diagnostic Systems Unleashed Revolutionary Device for Detection of Breast Cancer.

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., a pioneer in laser optical breast cancer imaging systems, announced that CT Laser Mammography (CTLM(R)) results were exhibited at the 4th Congress of the World Society for Breast Health in Tianjin, China, October 18th - 21st.

6 Nov 2007