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Architectural SSL Magazine Honors Hubbell Lighting with four 2014 Product Innovation Awards

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced today that the company has been named Technology Brand of the Year by Architectural SSL Magazine and received four 2014 Product Innovation Awards (PIA) from the publication. Since 2011, Hubbell Lighting has won 110 industry awards for its new product innovations, including 33 Architectural SSL Magazine PIA.

21 Feb 2014

Antarctic Telescope Identifies Giant Gas Cloud in an Early Stage of Formation

Using a telescope installed at the driest place on earth - Ridge A in Antarctica – a UNSW-led team of researchers has identified a giant gas cloud which appears to be in an early stage of formation.

21 Feb 2014

MIT Technology Review Lists Cree Among 2014’s 50 Smartest Companies

Cree, Inc. has been identified as one of 2014’s 50 Smartest Companies in MIT Technology Review’s annual list of the world’s most innovative technology companies. The honorees are nominated by MIT Technology Review’s editors, who look for companies that have demonstrated original and valuable technology over the last year, are bringing that technology to market at significant scale and are clearly influencing their competitors. The companies on the list represent the disruptive innovations most likely to change our lives.

From WOLFSPEED, INC. 21 Feb 2014

Resolve Optics’ Model 192 Zoom Lens Designed for Operation in Areas Subject to Radiation

Compact in design, the Model 192 Non Browning 6x Zoom Lens from Resolve Optics Ltd. has been designed to operate in areas subject to radiation.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 21 Feb 2014

INSTEON Introduces Remote Controlled LED Bulb for Recessed Lights

INSTEON, creators of the best-selling home automation and control technology, today announced the INSTEON® LED Bulb for Recessed Lights, the latest addition in a line of award-winning, energy-efficient LED bulbs. Designed with the energy-conscious, connected home enthusiast in mind, the PAR38 recessed can light easily connects to the full range of INSTEON products, allowing consumers to create a customized wireless network that doesn’t require replacing a light switch.

20 Feb 2014

Larson Electronics Introduces Quadpod Mini Light Tower

Serving the utilities, industrial and commercial business communities for over 40 years, leading manufacturer and distributor of high grade lighting equipment Larson Electronics has released a new 6000 watt extendable light tower. This portable light tower is equipped with four 1,500 watt metal halide lamps that produce 575,000 lumens of light.

20 Feb 2014

NEC and MGM Properties Awarded 2014 APEX Award’s Silver Medal for Massive Video Walls

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, and MGM Properties have been awarded the 2014 APEX Award’s Silver Medal in the hospitality category for massive video walls at several of MGM’s Las Vegas hotels. Winners were announced February 12 at this year’s Digital Signage Expo Awards banquet in Las Vegas.

20 Feb 2014

Commercial Li-Fi System to be Demonstrated at Mobile World Congress

As covered on the BBC earlier today, pureLiFi, the light communications technology company, will demonstrate the first commercially available Li-Fi system - Li-1st - at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona between 24th and 27th February.

20 Feb 2014

Heraeus Celcion Materials System Demonstrates Benefits for LED Lighting Applications

Heraeus Precious Metals, world leader in industrial precious and specialty metals, is pleased to announce the continuing performance growth and reliability of Celcion™.

20 Feb 2014

Giant Magellan Telescope Project Enters Construction Phase

The international consortium of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) project has passed two major reviews and is positioned to enter the construction phase. When completed, the 25-meter GMT will have more than six times the collecting area of the largest telescopes today and ten times the resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope.

20 Feb 2014

Philips Introduces LUXEON Lime LEDs

Lime, the newest addition to the widely renowned LUXEON color portfolio of LEDs from Philips Lumileds, enables lighting designers to take the next step in delivering the highest quality, tunable white light in bulbs and fixtures.

From Lumileds 19 Feb 2014

Fibertech Networks Completes Aggressive Network Expansion Project

As one of the fastest growing fiber optic broadband providers in the Northeast, Fibertech Networks today announced it has completed its most aggressive network expansion project. The company recently finished building more than 1,000 new route miles of new fiber networks in Akron, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo, OH.

19 Feb 2014

GSI Reaches Agreement to Acquire Optical Data Collection and Machine Vision Technologies Provider, JADAK

GSI Group Inc. (the "Company", "we", "our", or "GSI"), a global leader and supplier of precision photonics and motion control components and subsystems to the medical, industrial, electronics and scientific markets, today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire JADAK Technologies Inc. and JADAK LLC (together, "JADAK"), a North Syracuse, New York-based provider of optical data collection and machine vision technologies to OEM medical device manufacturers, for $93.5 million in cash.

From GSI Group, Inc 19 Feb 2014

KAIST Develops Wearable, Hands-Free Head-Mounted Display with Built-in Augmented Reality Processor

Walking around the streets searching for a place to eat will be no hassle when a head-mounted display (HMD) becomes affordable and ubiquitous. Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) developed K-Glass, a wearable, hands-free HMD that enables users to find restaurants while checking out their menus.

19 Feb 2014

Spending for Optical Hardware Flattens in 4Q13

Market research firm Infonetics Research released vendor market share and preliminary analysis from its 4th quarter 2013 (4Q13) and year-end Optical Network Hardware report. (Full report published by February 24.)

19 Feb 2014