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Infinera Announces Test Report Validating Infinera-Arista Joint Datacenter Interconnect Solution

Infinera, provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, announced an independent test report validating an Infinera-Arista joint datacenter interconnect (DCI) solution. The Lippis Report, which provides independent testing of datacenter and enterprise networking solutions, issued a performance test report on the end-to-end DCI solution using Infinera's Cloud Xpress optical DCI transport platform and Arista's 7280 programmable switching platform.

From Infinera 6 Nov 2015

Xerox DocuMate 4799 Scanner Receives 2015 Product of the Year Award

Document Manager Magazine, Europe’s leading trade publication on imaging technology, has awarded its 2015 Product of the Year Award to the Xerox DocuMate® 4799 scanner at the annual DM Awards ceremony held in London.

6 Nov 2015

Visaris Americas to Exhibit Digital X-ray Imaging System Portfolio at RSNA 2015

Visaris Americas, an innovative provider of digital imaging technology and PACS workflow solutions for the medical diagnostics market is pleased to announce the Company will exhibit its comprehensive digital X-ray imaging portfolio at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA®) North Building – Booth 7761. The RSNA is an annual conference that hosts approximately 55,000 international radiologists, medical physicists, and professionals in the medical field.

6 Nov 2015

Journal of Biomedical Optics Honors Nobel Laureate Shimomura with Special Section on Protein Photonics

A special section on Protein Photonics in the Journal of Biomedical Optics celebrates the accomplishments and influence of Nobel Laureate Osamu Shimomura. His work in isolating green fluorescent protein (GFP) from jellyfish paved the way for numerous applications of fluorescent proteins in imaging of living tissue and in biological microscopy.

5 Nov 2015

Applied Minds Selects Infrared LED Light Bars for Incredible KiraVan Road Vehicle

Larson Electronics’ LED light bars meet the demands of a small company that invents, designs, and prototypes breakthrough products and services for both industry and government.

5 Nov 2015

Resonetics Announces Acquisition of Mound Laser and Photonics Center

Resonetics announced today its acquisition of Mound Laser and Photonics Center, Inc., a leader in laser micro manufacturing of precise metal components for the medical device and defense industry.

5 Nov 2015

Ekinops to Provide 4Tbps Submarine Optical Ring Equipment to Linxtelecom

Linxtelecom, a Netherlands-based international service provider, has chosen Ekinops to provide equipment for a 4 Tbps (terabits per second) submarine optical ring linking the three major cities in the Baltic Sea.

5 Nov 2015

CTR and Airbus Safran Launchers Awarded Contract to Develop Laser Ignition System

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded the Carinthian research centre CTR in cooperation with the German-French company Airbus Safran Launchers GmbH the contract to further develop CTR's HiPoLas® laser ignition technology for launcher drive systems.

5 Nov 2015

IET Honors Rensselaer Professor for Pioneering Contributions to Deep UV LED Technology

Michael Shur, the Patricia W. and C. Sheldon Roberts Professor of Solid State Electronics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has received an Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) Achievement award for pioneering contributions to deep ultraviolet light emitting diode technology.

5 Nov 2015

Polaroid Now Shipping Polaroid Cube+ Wi-Fi-Enabled Lifestyle Action Camera

Proving to be a leader in the POV camera space, Polaroid is now shipping the new Polaroid Cube+ Wi-Fi-enabled lifestyle action camera, just in time for holiday shopping.

4 Nov 2015

Light-Controlled On/Off Switch Allows Scientists to Control Brain Cells

Gero Miesenböck was the first to insert a light-controlled on/off switch into brain cells. His pioneering method allows scientists to switch nerve cells on and off selectively and observe how the behaviour of, for example, fruit flies or mice changes as a result.

4 Nov 2015

New Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory Achieves its First Image

After several years and a massive team effort, one of the world’s largest telescopes, the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) at The University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald Observatory, has opened its giant eye again, achieving “first light” as the world’s third-largest optical telescope.

4 Nov 2015

Soft X-ray Focusing Telescope Onboard Astrosat Sees First Light from Astronomical Source

The Soft X-ray focusing Telescope (SXT) onboard Astrosat, India's first satellite dedicated to astronomical observations, saw its first light from an astronomical source on Oct. 26, 2015, after the camera door was opened at 06:30UT. The telescope door covering the optics had already been opened 10 days earlier.

4 Nov 2015

ViewSonic Introduces LightStream 7 Full HD 1080p Projectors for HD Presentations, Multimedia Entertainment

ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solution products, announces its new LightStream™ 7 Full HD 1080p projectors for high definition presentations and vibrant multimedia entertainment is now available.

4 Nov 2015

Prior Scientific Offers High-Performance ProScan III Control System that Automates Complex Microscopy Applications

The ProScan® III from Prior Scientific is designed to be versatile and simple to use, yet capable of automating complex microscopy applications that demand the very best in precision and accuracy.

From Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd. 4 Nov 2015