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James Webb Space Telescope Passes Spacecraft Critical Design Review Milestone

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has passed its first significant mission milestone for 2014 -- a Spacecraft Critical Design Review (SCDR) that examined the telescope's power, communications and pointing control systems.

27 Jan 2014

Grizzly Labs Achieves New Milestone for Android Version of Genius Scan Pocket Scanner

The Grizzly Labs, the company behind the well-known app Genius Scan, today announced a new milestone for its Android version. Launched last August, Genius Scan for Android already reached 250,000+ users after being featured on Google Play as a must-have app in December. It's on track to follow the success of the iOS version, which has already helped more than 10 million users scan and organize their paper documents.

27 Jan 2014

New Explosion Proof LED Aluminum Drop Light from Larson Electronics

Longtime leader in commercial and industrial grade lighting equipment Larson Electronics has announced the release of an Explosion Proof LED Aluminum Drop Light. The EPL-FL1524-LED-120X12-C1D2-100 is equipped with a 15 watt LED bulb that runs off of 120 volts with an inline step down transformer to 12 volts.

27 Jan 2014

EXFO Adds Coherent Pol-Mux 40G/100G OSNR Testing Capabilities to Optical Spectrum Analyzers

EXFO Inc. announced today the addition of the first coherent Pol-Mux 40G/100G optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) testing capabilities, called WDM-Aware Pol-Mux, to its FTB/IQS-5240S-P and FTB/IQS-5240BP Optical Spectrum Analyzers (OSAs).

27 Jan 2014

US Demand for High Efficiency Lighting Forecast to Increase over 10% Annually to $11.7 Billion in 2017

Reportbuyer.com just published a new market research report: US LEDs & High Efficiency Lighting Market

25 Jan 2014

Xerox Adds 1,168 U.S. Patents to its Portfolio

Xerox received 1,168 U.S. patents in 2013, making it one of the world’s top innovative companies and adding to its portfolio of over 12,100 active U.S. patents that help businesses and organizations simplify work.

25 Jan 2014

New Report on Global Market for Military Electro-Optical Infrared Technology

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Top 20 Military Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Technology Companies 2014 : Competitive Landscape Analysis

25 Jan 2014

NetCracker Accelerates Broadband Service Delivery for C Spire Fiber

NetCracker Technology announced today that it is accelerating broadband service delivery for C Spire Fiber, a “carrier’s carrier” offering full-service provider transport, Internet, and broadband network services.

25 Jan 2014

SpiralTrans Awards Rejlers Contract to Develop Optical Waste Sorting System

Rejlers has been awarded a contract to develop an optical waste sorting system by SpiralTrans in Leksand. The contract is worth SEK 3.5 million.

25 Jan 2014

Cree Demonstrates First 200 Lumen-Per-Watt LED Concept Luminaire

Cree, Inc. raises the performance bar again with the demonstration of the first 200 lumen-per-watt (LPW) LED concept luminaire, which is more than twice the efficiency of the best linear fluorescent luminaires. The latest Department of Energy (DoE) projections* had estimated that this level of luminaire efficiency would not occur until after 2020, but Cree’s latest innovation has made this possible six years sooner than projected.

From WOLFSPEED, INC. 25 Jan 2014

GE’s New LightGrid Outdoor Wireless Control System Helps Municipalities Manage Outdoor Lighting

Municipalities can benefit from reduced energy and more efficient management of street lights through GE’s new LightGrid™ Outdoor Wireless Control System.

24 Jan 2014

New 14 W LED Drop Light from Larson Electronics

Industrial Lighting specialists Larson Electronics has announced the release of a new 14 watt LED drop light. These drop lights are suitable for civilian and military shelters, general maintenance, construction, aircraft interiors, emergency shelters and ship yards.

24 Jan 2014

Ground-Based Imagers Track the Aurora as Part of NASA-Funded GREECE Mission

On Jan. 24, 2014, Marilia Samara will be waiting for the perfect aurora. Samara and her science team will be at the Poker Flat Research Range in Poker Flat, Alaska, looking for classic curls in the aurora in the night sky – curls that look like cream swirling in a cup of coffee. When they spot the appropriate conditions, the team will launch a sounding rocket for a 10-minute flight right into the heart of the aurora.

24 Jan 2014

Polish Cable TV Operator Extends Optical Transport Network with Tellabs 7100 Nano Optical Transport System

A leading Polish cable TV operator, Multimedia Polska, has deployed the Tellabs® 7100 Nano™ Optical Transport System to extend its optical transport network.

24 Jan 2014

EPCO and Aleddra Offer Cost-Effective LED Retrofit Solution

Engineering Products Co. (EPCO), a supplier of specialty lighting and wiring consumable products for electrical contractors, and Aleddra LED Lighting, a leading LED tube manufacturer, announced that the two companies will jointly offer a complete retrofit lighting solution that converts older, four- or eight-foot T12 strip light fixtures into an energy-efficient fixtures using linear LED lamps.

24 Jan 2014