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NEC Display Introduces MultiSync Wide-Screen Desktop Monitor with LED Backlighting

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, today announced the MultiSync® E203Wi-BK wide-screen desktop monitor with LED backlighting. This feature-rich display gives corporate and small-to-medium-sized business users a key tool to enhance productivity.

23 Oct 2015

Light Corporation Introduces Economically Priced Under-Bin LED Light

Light Corporation, a leader in high-tech lighting products for office and industrial environments, has launched CLIQUE, the newest and most economically priced linear LED (light-emitting diode) fixture in the company’s under-bin lighting family.

22 Oct 2015

Astronomers Compile Largest Astronomical Image

Astronomers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have compiled the largest astronomical image to date. The picture of the Milky Way contains 46 billion pixels. In order to view it, researchers headed by Prof Dr Rolf Chini from the Chair of Astrophysics have provided an online tool. The image contains data gathered in astronomical observations over a period of five years.

22 Oct 2015

New Movie Shows Evolution of Stellar Spots on a Star

Astronomers from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), present for the first time a movie that shows the evolution of stellar spots on a star other than our Sun.

22 Oct 2015

New Way to Display Full-Color Images

A team of researchers at Disney Research and Dartmouth College has developed a new way to display full-color images using only two black patterns printed on transparencies affixed to two sides of a prism.

22 Oct 2015

Berkeley Lab Part of Consortium to Build World's First Total-Body PET Scanner

Scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have set out to help build the world's first total-body positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, a medical imaging device that could change the way cancers and other diseases are diagnosed and treated.

22 Oct 2015

Carestream Introduces New Lower-Priced Portable Mobile X-Ray Imaging System

Carestream unveiled a new lower-priced mobile X-ray imaging system that can be purchased as a CR system and easily upgraded to wireless DR technology to gain faster image access and automated features.

22 Oct 2015

Laser Components IR Reflecting Mirrors are too Hot to Handle

By adding a transparent conducting oxide layer to the rear surface of a standard hot mirror, the reflected wavelength range can be extended far into the infrared region to give superior results.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 22 Oct 2015

LandMark Optoelectronics expands capacity with AIXTRON technology

Taiwanese epitaxial wafer supplier placed repeat order for AIX 2800G4-TM System

22 Oct 2015

Resolve Optics Announce Focus Corrected SWIR Lenses

Resolve Optics announces focus corrected SWIR lenses that benefit from a novel design that maintains maximum performance throughout the Short Wavelength Infrared spectral range (900 – 1700 nm) without the need for refocusing.

22 Oct 2015

Bright Light Systems’ Plasma Lighting Selected for Port of Melbourne's New International Container Terminal

Bright Light Systems, a leading manufacturer of Light Emitting Plasma (LEP) luminaires and wireless lighting controls, has been selected by Victoria International Container Terminal to provide high-mast plasma lighting along with the Bright Light Management System for the Port of Melbourne's new international container terminal at Webb Dock.

20 Oct 2015

New 18W Handheld LED Spotlight for Industrial Lighting from Larson Electronics

Industrial lighting specialist Larson Electronics has announced the release of a new 18 watt handheld LED spotlight constructed for industrial use and approved for outdoor environments.

20 Oct 2015

PSI Develops Cost-Effective Detector for Robust X-Ray Machine for Developing Countries

The Paul Scherrer Institute PSI is involved in a project conducted by several research institutes (spearheaded by EPFL) to devise an X-ray machine especially for developing countries. The device should be able to cope with tropical climes and be easy and cheap to repair. PSI researchers are focusing on producing a cost-effective detector that is necessary for the imaging. The detector registers the X-ray light much like a chip in a digital camera.

20 Oct 2015

Nikon to Showcase Latest Cutting-Edge Imaging Solutions at Neuroscience 2015

Nikon Instruments Inc., innovator of advanced optical instruments, is today introducing a collection of the latest cutting-edge imaging solutions at the Society for Neuroscience’s annual Neuroscience 2015 meeting in Chicago. All new solutions will be on display along with a number of favored, flagship products at Nikon’s booth #1033.

From Nikon Instruments Inc. 20 Oct 2015

Lite Access Successfully Completes Trial Fiber-to-the-Home Deployment for TELUS in Powell River

LITE ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed a trial Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) deployment for TELUS Corporation for 97 units in Powell River, British Columbia. The Company's wholly owned subsidiary, DSG Communications, utilized its best-in-class air-blown fibre, microduct and micro-trenching solutions to ensure seamless connectivity from the backbone direct to customer premises with minimum disruption to the surroundings and residents of Powell River during the project.

20 Oct 2015