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Astro Lighting Use GL Optic Mini-Spectrometer and Integrating Sphere from Analytik for High Precision Light Assessment

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation to the UK and Ireland, partner with German company, GL Optic, for the supply of handheld and laboratory based spectroradiometers and integrating spheres for use in both quality control and research applications for the growing lighting marketplace. Here, Analytik reports on how Astro Lighting makes use of this product in their development of new LED lighting.

10 Jan 2013

Digital Lumens Reports Strong Growth in 2012 and a Successful $10M Round of Funding

Digital Lumens has reported 150% growth in its customer base in the past year, now saving its customers a combined 250 million kWh and $25 million in energy bills. The company says that the recently completed round of funding will support continued growth and dominance in the smart LED lighting market.

10 Jan 2013

Olive Medical Introduces HD LED Visualization System for In-Office Procedures

Olive Medical Corporation of Salt Lake City, UT, a growth company, announces 510K clearance and the worldwide sales launch for the OVS1 ALL-IN-ONE HD Visualization system. The OVS1 is a lightweight, compact complete visualization system for in-office procedures.

10 Jan 2013

Near-Real-Time Solar Animation to be Displayed at Chabot Space + Science Center

"Touch the Sun," a new interactive exhibition utilizing stunning near-real-time images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, will open at Chabot Space & Science Center on January 18th launching a four-day weekend full of solar astronomy related activities.

10 Jan 2013

Most Optical Companies Struggle to Increase Revenue and Income, Says Report

Rapidly declining pricing, softening demand and a still uncertain global economy are creating challenges for manufacturers at all stages of the optical industry supply chain. Most of the companies that manufacture equipment, material and devices for LEDs, optoelectronic devices and photovoltaic devices are seeing declining revenue and income, or outright losses.

10 Jan 2013

Kepler Reveals Earth-Size Planets within the Orbit of Mercury

An analysis of the first three years of data from NASA's Kepler mission, which already has discovered thousands of potential exoplanets, contains good news for those searching for habitable worlds outside our solar system.

10 Jan 2013

Lumany Releases Commercial 607nm Orange Laser for Life Science Applications

Lumany LLC, a leading developer of innovative light sources for biomedical and specialty applications, announced today the release of the world’s first commercially available 607nm orange laser for life science applications.

10 Jan 2013

Advanced Adaptive Optics System Will Help Study the Universe with Unprecedented Clarity

A new image released today reveals how Gemini Observatory's most advanced adaptive optics (AO) system will help astronomers study the universe with an unprecedented level of clarity and detail by removing distortions due to the Earth's atmosphere. The photo, featuring an area on the outskirts of the famous Orion Nebula, illustrates the instrument's significant advancements over previous-generation AO systems.

10 Jan 2013

NXP Demonstrates Tunable Dimmable White LED with Sensorless Sensing Technology

When comparing LEDs to incandescent light bulbs, there is a noticeable difference in light quality: LED lamps when dimmed are perceived to be “colder” than incandescents. At CES 2013 this week, NXP Semiconductors is demonstrating a groundbreaking solution that allows LED lamps to closely mimic the traditional incandescent light bulb, to produce a warmer, cozier white light as they are dimmed.

From NXP Semiconductors 10 Jan 2013

Polaroid Introduces New High-Performance Digital Still and Video Cameras

Polaroid today unveiled three new additions to its growing line of high-performance digital still and video cameras to make it fun, easy and affordable for everyone to capture professional-quality images and high-definition video of life's most precious memories.

9 Jan 2013

Ball Aerospace’s Wide Field Camera 3 Onboard Hubble Helps Discover Ancient Galaxy

The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) delivered unprecedented science in 2012 including the discovery of the oldest galaxy to date.

9 Jan 2013

CES 2013: Luminus to Showcase High-Brightness Lamp-Free LED Projectors

Consumer Electronics Show -- Luminus Devices, Inc., the leader in Big Chip LEDs™, is demonstrating the latest advances in LED technology for projection displays during the annual International Consumer Electronics Show. Visitors will get a chance to see demonstrations of the latest LED technology in a variety of projectors from many different manufacturers.

9 Jan 2013

SOFIA Captures Images of Luminous Young Stars Embedded in Dust Cocoons

Researchers using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have captured new images of a ring of gas and dust seven light-years in diameter surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, and of a neighboring cluster of extremely luminous young stars embedded in dust cocoons.

9 Jan 2013

Sharp to Launch 32” LCD Monitor Series with IGZO Technology at CES 2013

This week at CES in Las Vegas, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, is presenting its new 32” class professional LCD monitor series, which features Sharp’s ground-breaking IGZO™ technology and touts 3840 x 2160 pixel resolution.

9 Jan 2013

Large Asteroid Belt Discovered Around the Star Vega

Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the star Vega, the second brightest star in northern night skies. The scientists used data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the European Space Agency's (ESA) Herschel Space Observatory, in which NASA plays an important role.

9 Jan 2013