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Larson Electronics Releases 1600W Skid Mount Five Stage Light Mast

Larson Electronics releases a 1600 watt skid mount five stage light mast that features a rotating boom which allows for 360° of rotation, a removable mast head, and a cube frame with skid pockets and 4-corner pick eyes for easy transportation.

25 Aug 2015

Michael Baker International Purchases Pavemetrics Laser Crack Measurement System

Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, consulting, planning, technical and professional services, is setting a new standard for data collection and analysis as state departments of transportation across the nation seek to prioritize roadway improvements.

25 Aug 2015

Advantech Introduces Multi-Purpose UTC-300P Series POS System Equipped with 16:9 Widescreen Display

Advantech, a leading provider of certified computing systems and services, is pleased to introduce the new UTC-300P series point-of-sale (POS) system, a multi-purpose all-in-one computing system.

25 Aug 2015

Quantitative Analysis of Professional 3D Camera Market

3D camera captures three-dimensional images and renders an enhanced quality of visuals. The significantly growing popularity of photography worldwide, supplements the adoption of the professional 3D camera. The growing demand of 3D content in the entertainment industry and developments in 3D imaging technology largely fuel the market growth.

25 Aug 2015

New Liquid Flatjet System for Solution Phase Soft-X-ray Spectroscopy

A major advance in solution phase soft-x-ray spectroscopy has been achieved utilizing a new liquid flatjet system, paving the way for novel steady-state and time-resolved experiments.

25 Aug 2015

EVT Offers Complete Machine Vision Systems for Quality Inspection of Cables

The industrial machine vision is a technology for all automation tasks. For quality inspection as well as for production optimization. New application possibilities are discovered constantly. The advantage is, that due to the application of machine vision, errors are avoided and the waste of material are diminished.

24 Aug 2015

Rice University Software Enables Faster Classification of Benign and Malignant Human Breast Tissues

New software developed by Rice University bioengineers could speed up the diagnosis of breast cancer with 90 percent accuracy and without the need for a specialist, according to research published this week in the open-access journal Breast Cancer Research.

24 Aug 2015

Spectronics Introduces UV-A LED Flashlight for Nondestructive Testing

The powerful Spectroline® OPTIMAX™ 365 is a cordless, rechargeable UV-A (365 nm) LED flashlight that is ideal for nondestructive testing applications such as MPI, FPI and general fluorescent examination. This reliable unit is engineered with every advantage for the NDT inspector.

24 Aug 2015

High-Resolution X-Ray CT Scanning Helps Find New Bone in Iconic Prehistoric Fish

Dr Laura Porro and colleagues in Bristol’s School of Earth Sciences and at the University of Cambridge applied high-resolution X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanning to several specimens of Eusthenopteron.

24 Aug 2015

Researchers Detect and Identify Observational Signatures of Resonant Absorption in Coronal Heating

Solar physicists have captured the first direct observational signatures of resonant absorption, thought to play an important role in solving the "coronal heating problem" which has defied explanation for over 70 years.

24 Aug 2015

ADTRAN Announces Unlocking of Single-Vendor Access Network

ADTRAN®, Inc.,, a leading provider of next-generation networking solutions, announced it is delivering on its open interface commitment and decoupling the closed equipment “lock-in” from fiber broadband access solutions.

24 Aug 2015

China International Optoelectronic Exposition 2015 to Take Place in Shenzhen, China

The annual festival for the global optoelectronic professionals, the 17th China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE 2015) will be held from 31 August through 3 September at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Shenzhen, China.

24 Aug 2015

Flexible, Efficient White LED Holds Promise for Wearable Display Applications

Researchers from Taiwan's National Chiao Tung University have developed highly flexible, versatile white LEDs with potential applications in wearable displays and non-flat surfaces.

By Beth Ellison 24 Aug 2015

Energy Focus to Supply "Buy American" Tubular LEDs to the Cleveland Clinic

Energy Focus, Inc., a leader in LED lighting technologies, today announced that it has signed an agreement with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (the "Cleveland Clinic") to supply its "Buy American" tubular LEDs ("TLEDs") to replace existing fluorescent lights for all of the Cleveland Clinic's facilities.

21 Aug 2015

Demand for WDM Equipment in Metro Applications Reaches New Levels

In a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center IT industries, the total wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) equipment market grew 23 percent sequentially in the second quarter 2015. During this period, WDM Metro equipment used mainly in metro and regional applications grew at a rate slightly higher than that of DWDM Long Haul, attaining a new record quarterly revenue level of $1.4 billion.

21 Aug 2015