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EPSRC Hosts New National Web Portal for Photonics

A new national web portal for photonics is being launched today with the aim of mapping the UK’s activity in the sector so that industry and academia can discover resources and collaborators.

12 Dec 2013

New ‘Wide-Angle Virtual Environment’ Display Shaped Like an Ocean Wave

The next phase in the evolution of high-tech displays is here, and this time, the term ‘leading edge’ isn’t just a catchy slogan, but an evocative description of the technology’s look and feel.

12 Dec 2013

LED Pioneer Ventures into ‘Grand Challenges’ - Energy and Water

You might not know what "lattice-matched heterojunctions" are, but if you stopped at a new stoplight, played a DVD or used a laser pointer, you've made use of technology pioneered by Jerry Woodall, distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Davis.

12 Dec 2013

Quicker Way to Characterize Laser Beams to Optimize Performance

The Arden Photonics BQM-50 Beam Propagation Analyser Compact, based on a prototype developed by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), offers customers a quicker and easier way of characterising laser beams to optimise their performance.

12 Dec 2013

New Stimulated X-ray Raman Scattering Technique to Probe Molecules and Atoms

Researchers have found a new way to probe molecules and atoms with an X-ray laser, setting off cascading bursts of light that reveal precise details of what is going on inside.

12 Dec 2013

Paper on Novel Photoacoustic Imaging Technique for Detecting Thyroid Cancer Wins IEEE Award

A novel technique for detecting thyroid cancer was the topic of the Best Student Paper award at the 2013 IEEE Western New York Image Processing Workshop held on Nov. 22 at Rochester Institute of Technology.

12 Dec 2013

EcoNet’s Fiber-to-the-Distribution Point Platform Delivers 310 Mbps Aggregate Data Rate

EcoNet (HK) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MediaTek Inc. and a leader in semiconductor solutions for fixed line broadband communications, today announced a high performance FTTdp (Fiber-to-the-Distribution Point) platform to allow up to 310Mbps aggregate data rate up to a distance of 200 meters by leveraging EcoNet's superior performance of VDSL2 and PON access technologies.

12 Dec 2013

Xeleum Lighting Announces Availability of Cobalt Series High-Efficiency LED Luminaires

XeleumLighting today announced the availability of its Cobalt Series high efficiency LED light fixtures.

11 Dec 2013

Vuzix Announces Innovative Waveguide Optics Engine for Smart Glasses

Wearable Technology Expo -- Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Video Eyewear and Smart Glasses products in the enterprise and consumer markets, today announced a major optical breakthrough that will dramatically improve glasses-based wearable technology.

11 Dec 2013

New Report Analyzes Chinese LED Lighting Market

China's light-emitted diode (LED) lighting market will more than double to $7.4 billion in 2017 from $3.1 billion, as ongoing urbanization, local energy savings targets, and price cuts make the technology more appealing, according to Lux Research.

11 Dec 2013

TowerJazz, Silicon Works Develop PMIC with Embedded LED Driver IC for Laptops

TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, and Silicon Works Co., Ltd., a leading Korean fabless company, announced today a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) with an embedded LED driver IC was developed utilizing TowerJazz’s 0.18um Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) process.

11 Dec 2013

NASA's IRIS Helps Study Explosive Phenomena in Sun’s Interface Region in Detail

The region located between the surface of the sun and its atmosphere has been revealed as a more violent place than previously understood, according to images and data from NASA's newest solar observatory, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS.

11 Dec 2013

Nuke Optics Unveils VENOM Screwless Modular Eyewear Design System

Nuke Optics today introduced VENOM, its patent-pending modular eyewear design system. Built around a completely screwless hinge, the Nuke VENOM Modular System allows full interchangeability and cross compatibility between lenses, frames and side arms, regardless of shape, size, design, color or application.

11 Dec 2013

Saint Peter's University Hospital Deploys Innovative NICVIEW Webcam System

On Nov. 1, Saint Peter's University Hospital installed a pilot program of NICVIEW, an innovative webcam system to connect babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to their families through live 24/7 video streaming.

11 Dec 2013

Full Product Line of Ultraviolet LED Light Engines From Innovations in Optics

Innovations in Optics, Inc. introduces a full product line of LumiBright UV LE™ Ultraviolet LED light engines. The versatile and powerful solid-state sources are ideal for UV applications in life science, medical and industrial equipment.

From Innovations In Optics, Inc. 11 Dec 2013