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NASA Utilizes Crowd-Sourced Digital Imagery for 3.2-Billion-Pixel Sized Earth Day Global Selfie Mosaic

For Earth Day this year, NASA invited people around the world to step outside to take a "selfie" and share it with the world on social media. NASA released Thursday a new view of our home planet created entirely from those photos.

23 May 2014

Comprehensive Overview of Laser-Based Moon-Earth Communication Uplink to be Presented at CLEO: 2014

If future generations were to live and work on the moon or on a distant asteroid, they would probably want a broadband connection to communicate with home bases back on Earth. They may even want to watch their favorite Earth-based TV show.

From Optical Society Of America 23 May 2014

Competitive Landscape Report of the Military Electro Optical Infrared Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: The Global Military Electro Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Market 2014-2024 - Competitive Landscape and Strategic Insights: Market Profile

23 May 2014

Photonex Scotland Roadshow to Take Place 4 June, 2014 at Heriot-Watt University

Photonex Scotland Roadshow includes an in-depth conference on the latest techniques and instrumentation available in subjects such as: the application of super-resolution microscopy to observe single molecule organisation and dynamics; Progress in CMOS single photon sensors for the life sciences; and Fast fluorescence lifetime imaging techniques for solid-state single-photon imagers.

22 May 2014

New Ultra-Thin Lens May Pave Way for Smaller, Cheaper Heat-Sensing Imagers

Dark alleys might not feel so dangerous someday thanks to a new ultra-thin type of lens, which could pave the way to making smaller and cheaper heat-sensing imagers. A team of French researchers has found a way to make a thermal infrared (IR) camera with a lens made of silicon, a much less expensive material than is commonly used today.

22 May 2014

Larson Electronics Introduces New Explosion Proof String Lights Suitable for Hazardous Locations

Industrial lighting specialist Larson Electronics reveals their newly designed Class 1 Division 1 explosion proof string lights. These string lights are ideal for general close work and inspection activities in hazardous locations requiring explosion proof protection.

22 May 2014

Lockheed Martin Wins Contracts from U.S. Navy and Canadian Air Force for Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds

Lockheed Martin recently received two contracts totaling $34.3 million from the U.S. Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force for Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds (ELGTR) production.

22 May 2014

Head Mounted Display Market Expected to Reach $12.28 Billion by 2020

According to a new market research report "Head Mounted Display (HMD) Market by Products (Helmet Mounted, Wearable Glass), Components (Micro display, Camera, control unit, Tracker, Accessories), Applications (Defense, industrial, Video Gaming) & Geography - Global Analysis and Forecast to 2020", published by MarketsandMarkets, is expected to reach up to $12.28 Billion by 2020, at an estimated CAGR of 57% from 2014 to 2020.

22 May 2014

Sharp's New Generation of AQUOS BOARD Interactive Display Systems Boost Communication

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation announces its new generation of AQUOS BOARD™ interactive display systems, which further enables smooth and effortless communication between colleagues, classmates, and others in a wide variety of settings.

22 May 2014

New Report on Global Smart Lighting Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Smart Lighting Market Report: 2014 V1 & V2" report to their offering.

22 May 2014

STEMMER IMAGING Announce New VTR6 LED Traffic Strobe Light from Gardasoft

It delivers up to 4.5kW pulses making it ideally suited to a number of traffic applications such as ANPR (automatic number plate recognition), red light violation, open road tolling, speed enforcement and weight-in motion systems with increased illumination distances.

From STEMMER IMAGING AG 21 May 2014

Power Integrations Launches its LYTSwitch-2 Family of Isolated LED Drivers

Power Integrations, the leader in high-efficiency, high-reliability LED-driver ICs, today announced its LYTSwitch™-2 family of isolated LED drivers. The new IC family, which delivers up to 12 watts of accurately controlled output power, substantially reduces component count, resulting in simpler, smaller, more reliable LED lighting designs.

21 May 2014

Vtesse Uses ADVA FSP 3000 with Advanced Encryption Technology in New Enterprise Service

ADVA Optical Networking announced today that Vtesse is using the ADVA FSP 3000 with advanced encryption technology in a new enterprise service. Called Optical Secure, the new service is focused upon enterprises with specific needs to ensure the integrity and privacy of mission-critical data.

21 May 2014

Tektronix Introduces the BSA286CL BERTScope Bit Error Rate Tester

Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, today introduced the BSA286CL BERTScope Bit Error Rate Tester. The BSA286CL is designed for the low intrinsic jitter and precision impairments required for testing a broad set of 100G communications standards including OIF-CEI, CAUI, and InfiniBand Standards.

21 May 2014