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Dage-MTI Introduces HD Scientific Video Camera with Simultaneous Image Capture and Live Viewing

Dage-MTI Introduces True HD Camera with Simultaneous Live Viewing and Image Capture for Microscopy & Industrial Apps. Dual DVI /HDMI and USB 2.0 outputs enable users to view detailed imagery in real-time live mode and capture selected images directly to a computer, simultaneously.

From Dage-MTI 31 Oct 2012

OmniVision Launch OV8835 8-Megapixel CameraChip™ Sensor

OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI), a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced the OV8835, a powerful 8-megapixel CameraChip solution for smartphones and tablets.

From OmniVision Technologies, Inc. 31 Oct 2012

OmniVision Introduces OV5645 SOC 5 MP CameraChip Sensor

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today introduced the OV5645, a system-on-chip (SOC), 5-megapixel CameraChip™ sensor that targets the exploding cost-sensitive segment of the mobile handset market.

From OmniVision Technologies, Inc. 30 Oct 2012

Sandia, EPRI, DERlab Organize Workshop on Utility Experience with High-Penetration PV

Sandia National Laboratories, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and European Distributed Energies Research Laboratories (DERlab) have organized a workshop on utility operating experience with high-penetration levels of solar photovoltaics (PV). The workshop, “Utility Experience with High Penetration PV,” is scheduled Monday, Dec. 3, in Berlin.

30 Oct 2012

High-Contrast Imaging Confirms Extrasolar Planet in Quadruple Star System

Justin Crepp, Freimann Assistant Professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, provided the high-contrast imaging observations that confirmed the first extrasolar planet discovered in a quadruple star system. He is a co-author on a paper about the discovery, “Planet Hunters: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet in a Quadruple Star System,” recently posted to the open-access arXiv.org, and submitted for publication to The Astrophysical Journal.

30 Oct 2012

Photonex Reports a Successful LIGHT Technologies Show

Organisers, Xmark Media reports on the success of this year’s event and announces the dates for 2013.

30 Oct 2012

Philips Introduces Web-Enabled LED Home Lighting System

Continuing its tradition of developing innovative lighting products and solutions, Philips today introduced hue, the world's first Web-enabled LED home lighting system available direct to the consumer. Offered exclusively through Apple stores beginning on October 30, the hue starter kit includes three LED bulbs that fit into any standard light fixture, a bridge that connects to existing wireless routers.

From Lumileds 30 Oct 2012

Optogenetic Interventions May Help Treat Addictive Behavior

Habits are behaviors wired so deeply in our brains that we perform them automatically. This allows you to follow the same route to work every day without thinking about it, liberating your brain to ponder other things, such as what to make for dinner.

30 Oct 2012

IDS Imaging Introduces GigE uEye LE Ultra-Compact Industrial Camera for Limited Space Applications

IDS Imaging Development Systems, a global leader in medical and machine vision, has introduced the GigE uEye LE industrial camera that merges 1.3 megapixel performance with GigE Vision imaging in a small, board-level format.

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 29 Oct 2012

AUO Introduces Narrow Border Cell Phone Touch Panel Integration Technology

AU Optronics Corp., today announced the world's narrowest border (*) on its 4.46-inch cell phone and touch panel integration technology. AUO's proprietary super narrow border technology and low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) method are applied to reduce the border width to just 1mm when touch panel is placed on the module surface, allowing the screen to appear in its largest at the cell phone's display area.

29 Oct 2012

LG’s Ultra-High-Definition 4K Flat-Panel TVs Launched in U.S.

Ushering in a new era in home entertainment, the first “Ultra High Definition” flat-panel TV – with four times the resolution of today’s HDTVs – went on sale today to consumers in the United States.

29 Oct 2012

Capstone Introduces Decorative LED Power Failure Accent Lights

Capstone Companies, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of power failure solutions and innovator of consumer safety and security products for the Hospitality, Retail, and Institutional channels, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Capstone Industries, Inc., has made available for purchase its half-moon and vase style decorative LED power failure accent lights at a national retail office supply chain.

29 Oct 2012

Scientists Watch Biological Clock's Molecular Cogwheels Under the Microscope

Our master circadian clock resides in a small group of about 10'000 neurons in the brain, called the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

29 Oct 2012

Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging Provides Improved Detection of Cancer

Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI), also known as Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI), is a procedure that is able to detect breast cancers missed by mammography and ultrasound, particularly in women with dense breasts.

29 Oct 2012

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Photovoltaic cell efficiency may soon get a big boost, thanks to next-generation antireflection coatings crafted from nanomaterials capable of cutting down on the amount of light reflected away from a cell's surface.

29 Oct 2012