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tED Magazine Honors Hubbell Lighting with Four Best of the Best Awards

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced today that it received four Best of the Best Awards from tED Magazine—a tie for the most awards of any supplier. Hubbell Lighting brand's Alera Lighting, Columbia Lighting, Hubbell Outdoor Lighting, and Progress Lighting received awards in various categories, including the coveted Judges Choice Award.

9 Aug 2013

New Series of Compact Surface-Mount LED Displays Released by Vishay

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today released two new series of 10 mm standard surface-mount 7-segment LED displays in compact, low-profile packages. Utilizing AllnGaP on GaAs chip technology for high luminous intensity to 2750 microcandelas typical, the VDMx10x0 and VDMx10A1 series displays are offered in super red, soft orange, yellow, and green for a wide range of applications.

9 Aug 2013

E4D NEVO Scanner to be Highlighted at Henry Schein Business of Dentistry Conference

E4D Technologies, LLC, the award-winning developer of digital technologies for dentistry, and Henry Schein, Inc., will showcase the E4D NEVO Scanner and Design Center at the Henry Schein Business of Dentistry Conference in Las Vegas, NV from August 8 – August 10, 2013.

9 Aug 2013

New DLC Qualified LED Lighting Fixture for Commercial Parking Garages From Metro

Metro LED Lighting has begun marketing a new LED lighting fixture for commercial parking garages that is now DesignLights Consortium (DLC) qualified. The GL-40SV, from IntenCity Lighting, is designed for effective lighting, with low glare for user comfort, and high efficiency to lower electric costs. It is engineered as a one-to-one replacement for High Intensity Discharge (HID) fixtures and fluorescent garage lights.

8 Aug 2013

Collaborative Project Develops Image-Guided Oncology Therapy System

The Centre for Imaging Technology Commercialization (CIMTEC), Western University and Claron Technology Inc. are developing hardware and novel software modules to be integrated into an image-guided oncology therapy system for wide distribution abroad by Perfint Healthcare, based in India.

8 Aug 2013

Powerful New LED High Bay Light Fixture from Larson Electronics

Larson Electronics has released a powerful new LED high bay fixture designed to provide a more efficient and reliable alternative to metal halide fixtures. The GAU-HB-30X5W-1227 LED High Bay Light produces light output comparable to 400 watt metal halide lamps yet is lighter, uses half as much power, and is more reliable, making it ideal for industrial applications where reliable lighting is critical to maintaining smooth operations.

8 Aug 2013

Gene Therapy Delivered Utilizing Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guidance

Neurosurgeons at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center are among the first in the world to utilize real-time magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guidance for delivery of gene therapy as a potential treatment for brain tumors.

8 Aug 2013

Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy May Help Combat Textile Counterfeiting

The UK fashion industry is famous all over the world and worth around £37 billion to the economy. However, it is estimated that counterfeit clothing and footwear costs designer brands and retailers around £3.5 billion each year.

8 Aug 2013

Larson Electronics Releases Low Profile High Intensity LED Light Bar for Rugged Use

Longtime leader in industrial lighting Larson Electronics has announced the release of a powerful and compact LED light bar designed for rugged use. The LEDP3W-3-M Low Profile High Intensity LED Light Bar produces an intense 684 lumens of light output while consuming less than 1 amp of power and includes a 200 lbs grip magnetic base for easy yet secure mounting capabilities.

7 Aug 2013

Comprehensive Analytic Report on Worldwide Markets for Medical Fiber Optics

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Medical Fiber Optics Industry

7 Aug 2013

New Solar Telescope Reveals Ultrafine Magnetic Loops Rooted on Sun’s Photosphere

Researchers at NJIT’s Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) in Big Bear, CA have obtained new and remarkably detailed photos of the Sun with the New Solar Telescope (NST). The photographs reveal never-before-seen details of solar magnetism revealed in photospheric and chromospheric features.

7 Aug 2013

Strathclyde Team Achieves Major World Firsts in Diamond-Based Raman Laser Technology

Once a James Bond fantasy, diamond-based lasers are now becoming a reality. Ground-breaking research is harnessing the unique properties of diamonds to develop a new generation of lasers that could lead to many benefits, from better treatment of skin complaints and diabetes-related eye conditions to improved pollution monitoring and aeronautical engineering.

7 Aug 2013

Zygo to Produce High Precision Assemblies for Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturer

Zygo Corporation, a worldwide supplier of optical metrology instruments and high precision optical systems, today announced that its Optical Systems Division has received an order valued at $2 million from a semiconductor equipment manufacturer to produce high precision assemblies.

From Zygo Corporation 7 Aug 2013

NEC Launches LED-Backlit Desktop Monitor with IPS Panel

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today its new 19-inch, AccuSync™ AS193i desktop monitor. This LED-backlit model with IPS panel is suited for small-to-medium-sized businesses and school classrooms looking for outstanding image performance with environmentally conscious features.

6 Aug 2013

Researchers Develop Fourier Transform Infrared Spectro-Microtomography

An iconic moment in the history of Hollywood movie magic was born in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz when Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale stepped out of the black and white world of Kansas into the rainbow colored world of Oz. An iconic moment in the history of infrared imaging may have been born with the announcement of the first technique to offer full color IR tomography.

6 Aug 2013