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Non-Contact Industrial Beam Monitoring System from Ophir Photonics Enhances Camera and Optics for BeamWatch®

Ophir Photonics, global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, today announced BeamWatch® 1.2, the next version of the industry's first non-contact, focus spot size and position monitor for very high power YAG and fiber lasers.

From Ophir Photonics Group 18 Nov 2014

New 5 Megapixel SC50 Microscope Camera from Olympus

Designed for the convenience of everyday use and ideal under low light conditions, the new 5 megapixel SC50 microscope camera from Olympus is built on the latest CMOS chip technology to deliver improved speed, sensitivity and resolution at a truly affordable price.

18 Nov 2014

Laser Spine Institute Opens New Facility in Cleveland

Laser Spine Institute, the leader in minimally invasive spine surgery, opened the doors today to its new facility in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The Cleveland region contains more than one million people with neck and back pain, according to the National Institutes of Health, The Burden of Musculoskeletal Diseases in the United States. The new center will address this need by providing greater access to minimally invasive spine care procedures throughout the surrounding region.

18 Nov 2014

Mellanox to Demonstrate100Gb/s DAC and Active Optical Cables at Supercomputing 2014 Conference

Mellanox® Technologies, Ltd., a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems, today announced sample availability for 100Gb/s Direct Attach Copper (DAC) and Active Optical Cables (AOCs) for both EDR 100Gb/s InfiniBand and 100 Gigabit Ethernet data center networks. Mellanox will demonstrate 100Gb/s DAC cables of 2, 4, 6 and 8 meter lengths and 100 and 200 meter Active Optical Cables at the Supercomputing 2014 Conference.

18 Nov 2014

Fluke Introduces Infrared Camera with HD Resolution

Fluke Corporation launches its highest resolution infrared camera ever: the Fluke® TiX Series Infrared Cameras. The TiX1000 (with 1024 x 768 resolution), TiX660, and TiX640 (both 640 x 480) feature up to ten times the on-camera pixels as are available on standard 320 x 240 cameras and a large 5.6-inch articulating display to help quickly identify issues while still in the field.

18 Nov 2014

Lighting Science Ranked Once Again on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500

Lighting Science Group Corporation today announced that it has ranked once again on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Award winners for 2014 are selected based on revenue growth from 2009 to 2013. Lighting Science grew 165% during this period.

18 Nov 2014

Key Technological Trends in the Global Military Electro Optical Infrared Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Global Military Electro Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Market 2014-2024 - Country Analysis: Market Profile" report to their offering.

18 Nov 2014

RetroSense Licenses Worldwide Rights to Massachusetts General Hospital’s Optogenetics Intellectual Property

RetroSense Therapeutics, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company, today announced the signing of a license agreement for exclusive, worldwide rights to Massachusetts General Hospital’s patent application entitled "Method for Augmenting Vision in Persons Suffering from Photoreceptor Cell Degeneration".

18 Nov 2014

Optex Systems Announce Acquisition of Applied Optics Center

Applied Optics Center (AOC), formerly a division of L-3 Communications’ Warrior Systems Sector, (Dallas, Texas) has been acquired by Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:OPXS).

17 Nov 2014

New Fluorescence Imaging Technique Accurately Identifies Receptors for Targeted Cancer Therapies

Dartmouth researchers have developed a fluorescence imaging technique that can more accurately identify receptors for targeted cancer therapies without a tissue biopsy. They report on their findings in "Quantitative in vivo immunohistochemistry of epidermal growth factor receptor using a receptor concentration imaging approach," which was recently published in Cancer Research.

17 Nov 2014

Smartphone Scans QR Codes to Display 3-D Images

Quick Response (QR) codes -- the box-shaped symbols that appear on signs, posters, and even business cards -- are a convenient and efficient way of accessing specific web pages with a smartphone or other mobile device. However, new research published today in The Optical Society's (OSA) new high-impact journal Optica, explains how QR codes can do much more.

17 Nov 2014

Super Computing Conference: Samtec to Demonstrate Remote PCI Express Gen 3 Switching Over Fiber

Samtec, Inc., today announced that it will demonstrate remote PCI Express® (PCIe®) Gen 3 switching over fiber at the SC14 (Super Computing) Conference, November 17-20, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

17 Nov 2014

New Software Automatically Outlines Bones in Radiograph Images

Research into disorders such as arthritis is to be helped by new software developed at the University of Manchester which automatically outlines bones – saving thousands of hours of manual work.

17 Nov 2014

EyeVision 3.0 with VisualApplets – A Speedboost for Smart Cameras

A new development for a faster FPGA programming for cameras and boards with FPGA such as e.g. the RazerCam and cameras by Tattile.

From EVT Eye Vision Technology 14 Nov 2014

Fairchild Introduces New Low-Power LED Lighting Driver

Fairchild, a leading global supplier of high- performance power semiconductor solutions for making the world a cleaner and smarter place, today announced the FL7733A Single Stage Primary-Side-Regulated (PSR) Flyback LED Driver for delivering constant brightness and instant flicker-free turn-on of LED lighting.

14 Nov 2014