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New Report on Visible Light Communication, Li-Fi Technology & Free Space Optics Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Visible Light Communication (VLC)/Li-Fi Technology & Free Space Optics (FSO) Market (2013-2018) - By Component (LED, Image Sensor, Opto-couplers), Application (Indoor Networking, Underwater Communication, Location Based Service, ITS) & Geography" report to their offering.

18 Jul 2013

HiRISE Images Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity Crossing Botany Bay

An image from Mars orbit taken 10 years after the launch of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the long-lived rover on its trek to a new destination on Mars.

18 Jul 2013

Three Ball Aerospace Ultra-Wide-Field Flight Cameras Installed on Orion Interplanetary Spacecraft

Three Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. flight cameras have been installed on the Orion Exploration Flight Test (EFT-1) crew module by prime contractor Lockheed Martin. Ball’s cameras are the first avionics hardware completed for the EFT-1, which is scheduled to launch in September 2014.

From BAE Systems 18 Jul 2013

Solar3D’s New 3-Dimensional Solar Cell Prototype Delivers 10% More Power

Solar3D, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough 3-dimensional solar cell technology to maximize the conversion of sunlight into electricity, today announced that its newest prototype is producing almost 10% more power than the earlier version of its advanced solar cell.

17 Jul 2013

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Launches Advanced V-Groove Fusion Splicer

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave, a major leader in the design and manufacturing of optical fiber and connectivity solutions, today announced the introduction of the Quantum Type-Q101-VS™ V-Groove Fusion Splicer, the third splicer launched in its Quantum Splicer product line.

17 Jul 2013

Raytheon Utilizes Innovative Optical Processing in Stand-Off IED Detection Technology

Raytheon UK has launched a new Stand-Off Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Detection and Confirmation Technology, known as Soteria, as a vehicle mounted system. The underlying technology has been developed in the UK alongside Laser Optical Engineering Ltd, a spin out company of Loughborough University.

17 Jul 2013

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Captures Image of Earth-Directed Coronal Mass Ejection

On July 16, 2013, at 12:09 a.m. EDT, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection or CME, a solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of particles into space that can reach Earth one to three days later. These particles cannot travel through the atmosphere to harm humans on Earth, but they can affect electronic systems in satellites and on the ground.

17 Jul 2013

Spectral Imaging Data Used to Improve Berkeley Emission Estimation System

Environmental and remote sensing scientists at UC Berkeley are utilizing airborne and satellite spectral imaging data in a geospatial context for revising and improving the Berkeley Emission Estimation System (EES).

From Surface Optics Corporation 17 Jul 2013

Full-Scale Operations Begin at FUJIFILM Optics Philippines

FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Shigehiro Nakajima) today started full-scale operation of FUJIFILM Optics Philippines Inc. (President: Akinori Harada). The new company will become the core production base for high-performance lenses used for digital cameras, projectors and surveillance cameras.

16 Jul 2013

New COTS Marine and Naval Multifunction Displays from AIS

American Industrial Systems Inc. AIS, an ISO 9001:2008 is a certified supplier and manufacturer of COTS multifunction displays for marine's integrated platform management system (IPMS) and integrated bridge system (IBS) applications.

16 Jul 2013

Research to Develop Functional Imaging Technologies for Photoreceptor Diseases Receives Career Development Award

UC Davis Health System’s Eye Center has received a $250,000 Career Development Award from Research to Prevent Blindness to support the research of Ala Moshiri, an assistant professor of ophthalmology and director of electrophysiology services at the Eye Center.

16 Jul 2013

Accurate Control of Random Lasers

The light they emit is as unique as a fingerprint: random lasers are tiny devices with a light emission pattern governed by random scattering of light. Understanding the underlying details of random lasing action has only been achieved recently.

16 Jul 2013

Hubble Discovers New Moon Orbiting Distant Blue-Green Planet

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting the distant blue-green planet Neptune, the 14th known to be circling the giant planet.

16 Jul 2013

Samsung Introduces Consumer Multi-Touch Display and Ergonomic Rotating Display Monitors

Please replace the release dated July 11, 2013 with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions to the "Contrast Ratio" specifications in the "Key Specs" chart.

15 Jul 2013

EyeMed Vision Care Achieves Certified Center of Excellence Distinction

EyeMed Vision Care, the nation’s fastest-growing vision benefits company and part of Luxottica, a leader in vision care and eyewear, announced that their Customer Care Center recently earned the distinction as a Certified Center of Excellence for the fourth consecutive year by BenchmarkPortal, a global leader in contact center benchmarking, certification, training and consulting.

15 Jul 2013