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OSRAM SYLVANIA Unveils U DESIGN Lighting Experience Center

Lighting can play a crucial role in winning over savvy consumers beyond just illuminating product for sale.

10 Dec 2012

Key Patent Analysis on Remote Phosphor in LED Lighting Systems

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "LED Lighting - Key Patent Analysis: Remote Phosphor" report to their offering.

10 Dec 2012

Menicon Commences Construction of New Multipurpose Contact Lens Facility in Emmen

Contact lens maker Menicon Co., Ltd. (head office: Nagoya, Japan) today announced the latest step in its long-term effort to meet the vision needs of customers across Europe.

10 Dec 2012

ALMA Observatory Accepts 25th 12-m Antenna from General Dynamics

The 25th and final 12-meter (40-foot) antenna manufactured by General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies has been formally accepted by the Joint Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) Observatory. Delivered to the Operations Support Facility in the Chilean Andes, the 115-ton, highly specialized radio-telescope antenna is completing final integration and testing before being moved up to the Array Operations Site which is 16,400 feet above sea level.

7 Dec 2012

Silicon-Based Optical Fiber with Solar-Cell Capabilities

For the first time, a silicon-based optical fiber with solar-cell capabilities has been developed that has been shown to be scalable to many meters in length. The research opens the door to the possibility of weaving together solar-cell silicon wires to create flexible, curved, or twisted solar fabrics.

7 Dec 2012

Hubble’s Image Provides New Insights into Galaxy NGC 922

In Hubble's image, NGC 922 clearly reveals itself not to be a normal spiral galaxy. The spiral arms are disrupted, a stream of stars extends out towards the top of the image, and a bright ring of nebulae encircles the core. Observing with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals more chaos in the form of ultraluminous X-ray sources dotted around the galaxy.

7 Dec 2012

AlwaysOn Selects Luminus Devices as a GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200 Winner

Luminus Devices, Inc. today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200 winners. Inclusion in the GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and green technologies that are likely to disrupt existing and entrenched players in traditional technology.

7 Dec 2012

e2v Expands ELiiXA+ Industrial Line Scan Camera Portfolio

e2v, a leading global provider of high performance imaging solutions, is launching the ELiiXA+ 8k/4k at ITE 2012, in Yokohama, Japan. Based on e2v multi-line CMOS technology, this new camera is the second addition to e2v's successful ELiiXA+ industrial line scan camera family and is aimed at a broad range of applications, providing high performance, ease of use and robustness at a competitive price.

7 Dec 2012

Innovative Lighting Platform Vero LED Array from Bridgelux

Bridgelux, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today unveiled the Vero™ LED array, an innovative lighting platform that simplifies design integration and manufacturing and gives designers a more flexible LED lighting solution.

7 Dec 2012

Gigahertz-Optik’s New Model Integrating Sphere Source ISS-8P-HP

Integrating sphere light sources provide a uniform and variable light output making them useful as calibration light source standards for PRNU Photo-Response Non-Uniformity comparison of imaging systems and sensors.

From Gigahertz-Optik Inc 6 Dec 2012

JK Lasers Launch 3kW Fiber Laser

3kW Fiber Laser Launched by JK Lasers - A powerful 3kW fiber laser has been launched by global industrial laser manufacturer JK Lasers, part of the GSI Group.

6 Dec 2012

New Method to Produce Metal-Organic Frameworks for Optics, Photonics Applications

Researchers of the KIT Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Jacobs University Bremen, and other institutions have developed a new method to produce metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). By means of the so-called liquid-phase epitaxy, the scientists succeeded in producing a new class of MOFs with a pore size never reached before. These frameworks open up interesting applications in medicine, optics, and photonics. The new class of MOFs, called "SURMOF 2", is presented in the "Nature Scientific Reports" journal.

6 Dec 2012

Luminus Devices Commences Shipping of New UV Slim LED Packages

Luminus Devices, Inc., the leader in Big Chip LEDs™, has announced that their new UV Slim LED packages, which began sampling in May, have begun shipping as production units today.

6 Dec 2012

Volunteers Sought to Examine Thousands of Hubble Space Telescope Images of the Andromeda Galaxy

Astronomers at the University of Utah and elsewhere are seeking volunteers to explore the galaxy next door, Andromeda. The newly launched Andromeda Project will use people power to examine thousands of Hubble Space Telescope images of the galaxy to identify star clusters that hold clues to the evolution of galaxies.

6 Dec 2012

Philips Lumileds Launches LUXEON T Illumination-Grade LED for Directional Applications

Building on the market-leading innovations of hot testing and Freedom from Binning™, Philips Lumileds introduces LUXEON® T, the next generation illumination-grade LED tested and specified at 85°C to ensure in-application performance with tight color control, to within 3-Step MacAdams (SDCM).

From Lumileds 6 Dec 2012