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Denver and Detroit Airports Win Lighting Energy Efficient Awards with Eaton’s LED Lighting Solution

Power management company Eaton announced that the U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Alliance’s Lighting Energy Efficient in Parking (LEEP) Campaign recognized the Denver International Airport (DIA) and Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) for upgrading its parking garage lighting with Eaton’s light-emitting diode (LED) luminaires.

10 Aug 2015

RIT Professor to Co-Chair Ultrafast Optics UFO X International Conference in China

Rochester Institute of Technology professor Jie Qiao is the general co-chair of the international conference on Ultrafast Optics UFO X taking place in Beijing, China, from Aug. 16 to 21.

10 Aug 2015

Alera Lighting Launches New Linear Lighting Solutions, Plank 7” LED and Curv Radial Lens LED

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced today that Alera Lighting has launched two new linear lighting solutions—the Plank 7” LED (LP7) and the Curv Radial Lens LED, a new addition to the Curv Radial family.

7 Aug 2015

Vytran Expands GPX-3000 Family of Optical Fiber Glass Processors with New GPX-3800 and GPX-3850 Models

Vytran, a leading supplier of innovative optical fiber splicing and processing solutions, has enhanced its GPX-3000 Series family of optical fiber glass processors with the new GPX-3800 and GPX-3850. These new models offer all fiber processing capabilities typical of Vytran's GPX-3000 systems, with the added functionality of an on-board fiber cleaver, real-time process viewing, and advanced fiber measurement.

7 Aug 2015

EPFL Scientists Develop New Method for Counting Cycles of Light Waves

EPFL scientists have developed a new method for counting the cycles of light waves, which can be used in a multitude of applications.

7 Aug 2015

NASA Camera Captures Unique View of the Moon Crossing the Sunlit Side of Earth

A NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a unique view of the moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. The series of test images shows the fully illuminated "dark side" of the moon that is never visible from Earth.

7 Aug 2015

Consortium of Major European Laser Research Organisations Secures Funding for Horizon 2020 Projects

LASERLAB-EUROPE, the consortium of major European laser research organisations, enters a new phase of collaboration from 2015 until 2019. In a very competitive call the consortium has been successful in securing EC funding of 10 million euros in Horizon 2020.

7 Aug 2015

Energy Source Acquired by Revolution Lighting Technologies

Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc. (“Revolution Lighting”), a global provider of advanced LED lighting solutions, today announced it has acquired Energy Source, LLC, a turnkey provider of LED lighting based energy savings projects within the commercial, industrial, hospitality, retail, education and municipal sectors.

7 Aug 2015

EVT Introduces Compact EyeVBox IV with Intel Core i3 Machine Vision Processor

EVT introduces the compact EyeVBox IV. Together with the EyeVision image processing software, this combination is unbeatable at application areas such as e.g. measurement technology, pattern of comparative, object detection, code reading, clear writing reading etc. Wherever place needs to be saved, the EyeVBox IV. is a compact solution. Especially with the VESA-compatible holding device, a mounting at the attachment, the monitor or the wall is possible.

From EVT Eye Vision Technology 7 Aug 2015

STEMMER IMAGING Offers High Resolution Lenses from Ricoh, Kowa and Tamron

The resolution of machine vision cameras is steadily increasing, so there´s also a growing need for high resolution lenses in order to be able to take full advantage from these developments. STEMMER IMAGING´s lens partners Ricoh, Kowa and Tamron have introduced new products that have been developed for high resolution machine vision solutions.

From STEMMER IMAGING AG 7 Aug 2015

Sierra Olympic Announces New High-Value LWIR Thermography Camera System

Sierra-Olympic Technologies, manufacturers and distributors of advanced thermal imaging systems, announces the new, longwave infrared (LWIR) CX640 Thermography Camera.

From Sierra-Olympic Technologies Inc. 6 Aug 2015

Lighting Science Group Introduces Lighter, More Efficient A19 Energy Star Rated LED Lamp

Lighting Science Group Corporation® continues to change the LED game with the introduction of our new A19 4-pack, delivering the superior LED experience customers expect from our innovative LED collection.

6 Aug 2015

Kyocera Completes Brazil's Largest Highway Solar LED Lighting Project

Kyocera Corporation and Kyocera Solar, Inc. announced today that Kyocera is completing Brazil’s largest highway solar-lighting project on the Arco Metropolitano do Rio de Janeiro, a highway project connecting the five main highways crossing Rio de Janeiro.

6 Aug 2015

NSF Awards $25,000 Grant to Develop Cost-Efficient Optics System for Concentrating Sunlight

The University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute and Dallas-based Skyven Technologies have been awarded a National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovation Research program grant to build and test a Phase 1 prototype of a novel optics system for concentrating sunlight more than 1,000 times the usual amplification.

6 Aug 2015

NEC Display Debuts V332X and V332W Projectors for Education, Business Markets

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, today announced the V332X and V332W, affordable projectors for the education and business markets.

6 Aug 2015