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APC Display Head Assembly Incorporates Incom's Light Columnation Fused Fiber Optic

Incom, the world's largest supplier of fused fiber optic solutions, and American Panel Corporation (APC), the premier supplier of display products for military applications, today unveiled the highest pixel density, full color display currently available for a military cockpit that includes "light spillage" mitigation.

3 Jun 2015

Larson Electronics Unveils 400W Cart Mounted LED Work Area Light

Leading manufacturer and supplier of industrial grade lighting Larson Electronics has announced the release of a 400 watt portable LED work light mounted to a wheel barrow style cart.

2 Jun 2015

DisplayWeek 2015: Kyocera Exhibits Next-Generation LCD Displays

Kyocera announced today that its next-generation LCD displays will be showcased at DisplayWeek 2015 this week. The company’s innovative thin-film transistor (TFT) LCD displays allow bright colors to be seen clearly even in intense sunlight – making them ideal for industrial applications including medical, aerospace, marine, test and measurement, and factory automation equipment.

2 Jun 2015

Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products Announces Receipt of Three New Patents

Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products Inc. announced today that two key patents on their APALS®; All Purpose Adhesive Light Strips, issued and a third on their PISSA®/CAPSS™ perimeter alarm systems. "We are pleased to have these important patents issued, and have others still pending. These patents bring our US issued patents to 12 and registered trademarks to 20. These, along with our international patents and trademarks give our company an IP portfolio that is unheard of for a company our size," Glenn Bushee President and CEO stated.

2 Jun 2015

Fairlight Selects Incom’s Fused Fiber Optics for Next-Generation Human-Machine Interfaces

Incom, the world's largest supplier of fused fiber optic solutions, today announced it has been chosen as the strategic provider of fused fiber optics in an innovative cadre of variable, tactile user-interface technologies for consumer and commercial dynamic digital display systems by Fairlight, a leading supplier of adaptive control surfaces and digital audio/video production equipment.

2 Jun 2015

ADVA Optical Networking Launches New Data Center Interconnect Solution

ADVA Optical Networking today launched its all-new Data Center Interconnect (DCI) solution. The ADVA FSP 3000 CloudConnectTM has been jointly engineered with leading Internet Content Providers (ICPs) and Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) to ensure that it meets stringent density, scalability and energy demands - something it does with ease.

2 Jun 2015

Amerlux Releases Curvano Linear Direct LED with Minimalist Styled Form Factor

Created in a soft curved profile that works well with most architectural spaces, Amerlux introduces Curvano Linear Direct LED with a minimalist styled form factor for a wide range of commercial, retail and supermarket environments. Utilizing an integral driver, the Amerlux Curvano is engineered with an innovative LED board to increase overall efficiencies including superior performance, efficacies and symmetrical and asymmetrical optics.

2 Jun 2015

USPO Grants Patent to Zecotek for Switchable 3D/2D Optical Imaging System

Zecotek Photonics Inc., a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for industrial, healthcare and scientific markets, is pleased to announce that the U.S. Patent office has granted U.S. Patent No. 9,055,288 to Zecotek for technology related to the Company's switchable 3D/2D optical imaging system. This patent adds to the global portfolio of patents, including U.S. patent number 7,944,465 covering Zecotek's glasses-free 3D auto-stereoscopic display system.

From Zecotek Photonics 2 Jun 2015

Fraunhofer Researchers Design Small and Discreet Data Glasses

Data glasses tend to be chunky, unstylish objects, so it’s no wonder they haven’t caught on among general consumers. Fraunhofer researchers have now developed a technology that allows the “specs” to be made in small, unobtrusive designs. The new glasses also correct for farsightedness.

2 Jun 2015

Low-Cost, Portable, Microendoscope Could Eliminate Need for Costly Biopsies

In a clinical study of patients in the United States and China, researchers found that a low-cost, portable, battery-powered microendoscope developed by Rice University bioengineers could eventually eliminate the need for costly biopsies for many patients undergoing standard endoscopic screening for esophageal cancer.

2 Jun 2015

University of Southampton's ORC Announces Availability of Next-Generation Optical Fibres for Purchase

The Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton, is making its next-generation fibre available for purchase (Stand B2 124, Laser Munich, Germany, June 22-25).

1 Jun 2015

New Report Analyzes Worldwide Markets for Laser Systems

This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Laser Systems in US$ Million. The Global market is analyzed by the following Application Segments: Engraving/Marking, High Power Cutting & Welding, and Others, and End-Use Sectors: Metalworking/Processing/Fabrication Job Shops, Electronics & Electrical industry, and Others.

1 Jun 2015

ImaBiotech, GSK to Conduct Pilot Study on Mass Spectrometric Derived Imaging Technology

ImaBiotech will be conducting a pilot study with pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) on mass spectrometric derived imaging technology in the ADME and Toxicology fields.

1 Jun 2015

Scientists Present Research on Process of Laser Pulse Filamentation

A group of scientists from the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Moscow State University recently presented their research into the process of laser pulse filamentation -- the effect produced when a laser beam propagating in air focuses into a filament. The researchers discovered how this process influences the preliminary transition of a beam passing through quartz glass, which has applications in the field of nonlinear optics.

30 May 2015

Shipments of Smart Augmented Reality Glasses to Increase to Nearly 5.4 Million Units Annually by 2020

The smart augmented reality (AR) glasses market is a combination of different technologies, from simple head-up displays (HUDs) like Google Glass that act as a second screen, readily accessible with a glance, displaying text or images, to more complex holographic display technologies like the Microsoft HoloLens or Magic Leap that provide immersive and tangible experiences.

30 May 2015