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DocuMate® 5445 and 5460 Xerox Scanners Include On-Board Acuity Chip

Xerox announced today that the DocuMate® 5445 and 5460 Xerox document scanners now include On-Board Acuity, a chip built-in to the scanner, that makes it faster for office workers to create clean, black and white images of their original documents. Functions such as cropping and removing blank pages are controlled by the chip rather than a connected PC, nearly doubling the scanning efficiency.

30 Jun 2014

MarketsandMarkets Report on Multi-Functional Display Market

According to a new market research report "Multi-Function Display (MFD) Market by Platforms (Land, Airborne, Naval), by Systems (Electronic Flight Displays, Head-up Displays, Helmet-Mounted Displays, Portable Multi-function Displays), by Technology (LED, LCD/AMLCD, TFT, OLED, Synthetic Vision), by Size (<5", 5"-10", 10"-15"), by Geography (North America, APAC, Europe, the Middle East, ROW) - Global Forecasts, Trends & Analysis to 2014 - 2020" published by MarketsandMarkets, the multi-function display (MFD) market is estimated to be $8.92 Billion in 2014 and is expected to register a CAGR of 9.12% to reach $15.06 Billion by 2020.

30 Jun 2014

Explosion Proof LED String Lights from Larson Electronics

Larson Electronics lighting equipment heads back to the big screen for another grand appearance in the new “Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice” film.

28 Jun 2014

GE Unveils Affordable Connected LED Bulb That Allows Remote Control of Home Lighting

GE today unveiled Link, a new and affordable connected LED bulb that lets consumers remotely control their home lighting from anywhere in the world and sync with other connected devices.

28 Jun 2014

4DSP Offers RTS125 Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing Solution

The RTS125 is an off-the-shelf, distributed Fiber Optic Sensing solution. With tens of thousands of strain or temperature sensors simultaneously monitored up to 100 times per second, the RTS125 offers the same sensing capabilities on up to eight channels as its predecessor the RTS150 but in a lighter and ruggedized enclosure.

28 Jun 2014

NUWC Awards Advanced Photonix Contract to Develop Terahertz Imaging for Detection of Defects under Hull Coatings

Advanced Photonix® announced that it has been awarded an advanced development contract for Phase II Terahertz Imaging for Detection of Corrosion and Defects Under Hull Coatings.

From Advanced Photonix, Inc. 28 Jun 2014

Optical Surfaces Offers Custom High Precision Optical Mounts for Challenging Applications

Optical Surfaces Ltd. has been supplying custom modified versions of its high precision optical mounts for challenging applications for over 20 years.

28 Jun 2014

Forecast Report on Global Silicon Photonics Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Silicon Photonics 2014 report" report to their offering.

28 Jun 2014

CCD Camera Provides Quadruple the Resolution of Other Available ICCD Camera Systems from Princeton Instruments

Princeton Instruments is pleased to introduce a new member of the PI-MAX®4 family of scientific ICCD cameras: PI-MAX4:2048f, the world’s first 2k x 2k resolution fiber-optically coupled, intensified camera. In addition to the proven technological advancements of the remarkably precise and intelligent PI-MAX4 platform, the PI-MAX4:2048f provides an impressive four times the resolution of any other available intensified CCD camera.

From Teledyne Princeton Instruments 27 Jun 2014

IDS Introduces 3D Stereo Camera for 3D Robot Vision Applications

The latest 3D stereo camera in the Ensenso range from IDS features a gigabit Ethernet interface and integrated texture projection. Equipped with two high resolution 1.3 megapixel CMOS sensors, the new Ensenso N20 camera provides a wider field of view allowing imaging of larger volumes and for working distances of up to 3 metres.

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 27 Jun 2014

FLEXPOINT® LR series - Long range affordable alignment

Ask any engineer about antenna alignment, security tower alignment, long range camera pointing, or large scale machinery adjustment. These are common applications an engineer has to tackle and over large distances the smallest adjustment can throw an entire system out of alignment; a nightmare situation.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 27 Jun 2014

STEMMER IMAGING Offers Compact HDTV USB3.0 Video Capture Interface for Sony Block Cameras

The Thunder Link TL6031 is a compact, easy to use HDTV USB3.0 video capture interface for the Sony FCB-EH/SE/EV block camera series and the FCB H11. The module enables the design of small camera systems that need only a single connection between camera and PC. Excellent output image quality is guaranteed as no analogue to digital conversion is performed on the module.

From STEMMER IMAGING AG 27 Jun 2014