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Dell’Oro Group Releases New Optical Transport Forecast Report

In a newly released Optical Transport forecast report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, total optical packet product revenues are forecast to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19 percent over the next five years, approaching $11 billion by 2017.

19 Jul 2013

Panasonic Unveils LUMIX DMC-FZ70 Camera with Ultra Wide Angle Lens and Super Telephoto Optical Zoom

Panasonic today unveiled the new LUMIX DMC-FZ70 (FZ70) because life is more than just a single moment captured in time. That's why the LUMIX DMC-FZ70 is packed full of the best multimedia technologies Panasonic makes. Optically the FZ70 delivers from its amazing 20mm wide-angle to 1,200mm (60X) long zoom, making it a category class leader.

19 Jul 2013

New Report on Epi-Wafer Market for LED Lighting Applications

As LED lighting becomes an $80 billion industry, the market for the epitaxial wafers (epi-wafers) LEDs are made from will grow to $4 billion in 2020, according to Lux Research.

19 Jul 2013

Teledyne DALSA Introduces New Remote RadEye X-Ray Camera

X-ray camera provides flexibility in design and product options for complex industrial and scientific imaging applications Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and a global leader in digital image sensing t...

19 Jul 2013

Stunningly Varied Color Patterns Created by Subtle Differences in Tiny Crystals of Butterfly Wings

Butterfly wings can do remarkable things with light, and humans are still trying to learn from them. Physicists have now uncovered how subtle differences in the tiny crystals of butterfly wings create stunningly varied patterns of color even among closely related species.

18 Jul 2013

International Space Station Images Benefit Emergency Responders during Natural Disasters

The International Space Station (ISS) partner agencies released a statement Wednesday on the benefits of the space station during natural disasters on Earth.

18 Jul 2013

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