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New Marine PC with Fully-Integrated Sunlight Readable Display from AIS

American Industrial Systems Inc. AIS, an ISO 9001:2008 is a certified supplier and manufacturer of cost-effective marine PCs with rugged touch screen interface comply with marine equipment standards to meet the demands of IEC 60945, DNV 2.4, and IACS-E10 (international standard for maritime navigation and radio communications equipment and systems) needed to withstand the harsh maritime environment requiring low EMI or long-term vibration resilience.

7 May 2013

Legends Seeks to Develop Ultra Efficient LED Light Bulbs

Legends Business Group, today announced the company's new Executive Energy Consultant, Jeff Wilson, as part of Legends research and development team, which has designed a circuit that consumes about 3.7-watts and is capable of powering multiple light-emitting diodes (LEDs) at a 60 Watt output equivalent.

7 May 2013

Teachers Fly Aboard NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747 Jet

Constance Gartner first heard about NASA’s SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) from her students at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf in Delavan, Wis.

7 May 2013

Larson Electronics Magnalight Introduces Rechargeable, Explosion Proof LED Light Cart for Hazardous Locations

Larson Electronics Magnalight made public the EPL-RPS-1MLED rechargeable, explosion proof LED light cart. Designed to run 11 hours on a single charge, the Class 1 and Class 2 Division 1 LED light can illuminate a work area of more than 5000 feet.

7 May 2013

Ophir Photonics Announce New Addition to their BeamTrack Thermal Detector Series

Ophir Photonics, global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, has announced the newest member of the BeamTrack family, the FL250A-BB-50-PPS.

From Ophir Optronics Group 7 May 2013

BiTec-Light Sensor Compact Measurement Device by Gigahertz-Optik

Due to its innovative BiTec-Light sensor, the new BTS256-E light meter is tailored to the particularities of LED.

7 May 2013

Leica Geosystems Laser Products Win red dot design awards

The laser distance meters Leica DISTO™ D210 and X310 as well as the Leica Rugby 840 rotating laser, were awarded the internationally recognized red dot award 2013. Here, creativity and innovation together with the high quality of design played a prominent role. The three products were selected from 4662 contenders in 19 different categories.

6 May 2013

AFRL Awards Primordial SBIR Contract to Develop Multi-Camera Immersive Surveillance System

Primordial today announced that it has received $848,791 in Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts to develop a multi-camera immersive surveillance system called Tentacle.

6 May 2013

Affordability a Barrier to Usage of Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography for Wet AMD Treatment

The Angiogenesis Foundation released a new white paper, "Advocating for Improved Treatment and Outcomes for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration" (AMD). Wet AMD is the most common form of blindness in people 50 years or older in developed nations.

6 May 2013

TIPA Honors Sigma’s DSLR Art Lens

Sigma Corporation of America, a leading researcher, developer, manufacturer and service provider of some of the world's most impressive lines of lenses, cameras and flashes, is pleased to announce that the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) has honored Sigma’s 17-70 F2.8-4 DC MACRO OS HSM Contemporary and 35 F1.4 DG HSM Art lenses with its Best Entry Level DSLR Lens and Best Expert DSLR Lens awards, respectively.

From Sigma Corporation of America 6 May 2013

DLC Includes Xeleum’s LED High Bay Fixtures on Qualified Products List

Xeleum Lighting today announced that its family of LED high bay fixtures has met the performance requirements of the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) and are now included on the DLC Qualified Products List (QPL).

6 May 2013

Invisible Thread Produces Specific Optical Spectrum Visible Under Polarized Light

There is now a way to differentiate between designer clothing and knockoffs. Chalmers researcher Christian Müller has produced a thread with unique optical properties, which can be used to create invisible patterns in fabrics that are only visible under polarized light.

6 May 2013

SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging may be Reduced for Low Risk Patients

A new stress test protocol that investigates reducing the use of perfusion imaging in low risk patients undergoing SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging for possible angina symptoms was found to be diagnostically safe, revealed a US retrospective analysis.

6 May 2013

Larson Electronics Introduces Explosion Proof Portable Metal Halide Work Light for Hazardous Location Applications

Leader in industrial lighting Larson Electronics has announced the release of a portable metal halide work light designed for versatile mounting capabilities and compliance with hazardous location regulations. The EPL-BS-70-220V-100-3XMB Explosion Proof Metal Halide Light is compact and portable yet provides the stability of magnetic mounting combined with the power of a metal halide lamp to produce 32,000 lumens of light output capable of illuminating 13,000 square feet of work space.

4 May 2013

New Report on Organic Photovoltaics Markets

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Organic Photovoltaics (OPV) 2013-2023: Technologies, Markets, Players" report to their offering.

4 May 2013