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EverLast Lighting Honors Director of California Lighting Technology Center

Wednesday morning, EverLast® Lighting hosted over 100 local professionals from the Jackson community at its LEED qualified facility for breakfast and networking. In addition to honoring a special guest, Dr. Michael Siminovitch of the California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC), Michael Nevins, President of EverLast® Lighting, spoke about the effects of sustainable energy, 'green' building practices, and its economic impact.

15 Jun 2013

Backplane Support Frame Added to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

Assembly of the backbone of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the primary mirror backplane support structure, is a step closer to completion with the recent addition of the backplane support frame, a fixture that will be used to connect all the pieces of the telescope together.

15 Jun 2013

FBPI Optical Fiber and Hollow Silica Fiber Products to be Showcased at CLEO 2013

Polymicro Technologies, a subsidiary of Molex Incorporated, will exhibit FBPI optical fiber and hollow silica fiber products at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), sponsored by the American Physical Society/Division of Laser Science, IEEE Photonics Society and the Optical Society.

14 Jun 2013

NEC Introduces PH1400U WUXGA Resolution Digital Projector with 3-Chip DLP System

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today the new PH1400U digital projector with unique 3-chip DLP system. This professional installation model can operate 24/7 and is designed for higher education, house of worship, corporate and retail environments by providing 14,000 center screen lumens (13,500 ANSI lumens).

From NEC 14 Jun 2013

Xilinx to Demonstrate 400G OTN Single-Chip Applications at WDM Conference 2013

Xilinx, Inc. will demonstrate 400G (4x100G) OTN single-chip applications based on its All Programmable Virtex®-7 FPGAs and SmartCORE™ IP portfolio. These demonstrations highlight Xilinx's commitment to helping customers scale their networks and deliver significant end-product differentiation.

14 Jun 2013

New Professional LCD Display for Outdoor Digital Signage Applications from Panasonic

Panasonic, a provider of professional display and digital signage solutions, today announced the new professional LCD display LFX6 for outdoor digital signage applications. The 47-inch (46.9 diagonal) Panasonic TH-47LFX6U professional LCD display, with a full 1,000 cd/m2 of brightness – for high visibility even in direct sunlight – and IP44-level dust and water resistance, is ideal for a number of outdoor uses including:

14 Jun 2013

Interactive Multi-Touch 32 Mega Pixel Display to be Showcased at InfoComm 2013

BOI Solutions, a leading innovator in the display and collaboration market, Sony Electronics, a leading developer of video and audio technologies for professional applications, and Scalable Display Technologies, a leading provider of software for automatic edge-blending, have teamed to deliver a first of its kind "big data display".

14 Jun 2013

Panasonic Introduces Short-Throw Lamp-Free LED/Laser Projectors

Panasonic System Communications Company of North America, a provider of professional projector solutions, today announced the addition of a short-throw model to its SOLID SHINE™ Series line of lamp-free (LED/Laser) projectors.

13 Jun 2013

Planar Adds Multi-Touch Technology to UltraRes 4K LCD Displays

Planar announced at InfoComm that it is adding multi-touch, multi-user capabilities to its breakthrough Planar® UltraRes™ Series 4K LCD display product line.

13 Jun 2013

Sustainia100 Guide Selects Digital Lumens Intelligent LED Lighting System as Leading Solution

Digital Lumens today announced that its Intelligent LED Lighting System was selected as a leading solution in the Sustainia100 guide, which identifies the most innovative sustainable products around the world. Digital Lumens’ Intelligent LED Lighting System was selected for its positive environmental, economic and social impact on local communities.

13 Jun 2013

Proximion Launches Ultra-Long Customized Fiber Bragg Gratings

Proximion AB, a world-class provider of optical modules and sub-systems based on FBG-technology, today announced the launch of Customized FBGs. Proximion’s new product release allows companies to add the benefits of state-of-the-art FBGs to their product offerings, quickly and efficiently, with a minimum investment and without extensive fiber optic knowledge.

From PROXIMION 13 Jun 2013

Scalable Display Introduces Custom Plug-in for NEC Projectors

Scalable Display Technologies, a leading provider of software for automatic edge-blending announces the immediate availability of a custom NEC plug-in for the industry leading ScalableDesktop application. The new Plug-in for NEC projectors brings high resolution automatic edge blending to PA, PH and PX series NEC projectors.

13 Jun 2013

Novel Network Video Camera Method to Track Multiple Individuals in Complex Settings

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a method for tracking the locations of multiple individuals in complex, indoor settings using a network of video cameras, creating something similar to the fictional Marauder’s Map used by Harry Potter to track comings and goings at the Hogwarts School.

13 Jun 2013

New Professional Full HD LED LCDs Series for Digital Signage from Panasonic

Panasonic, a provider of professional display and digital signage solutions, today announced the expansion of its line of digital signage solutions with three new professional Full HD LED LCDs series for digital signage.

13 Jun 2013

Biophotonics Journal - Optoacoustic Imaging and Spectroscopy for Biomedical Diagnosis

A new setup for hybrid photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging with optical ultrasound detection provides perfectly co-registered dual-modality section images.

From John Wiley and Sons - Scientific Publishers 12 Jun 2013