Luminus Devices recently declared its Certified Solutions Partner Program, through which customers can easily incorporate Luminus LEDs into product designs.
By Will Soutter
11 May 2012
Researchers at three Fraunhofer Institutes have devised key components for EUV lithography.
By Will Soutter
11 May 2012
Nanoco Group, which develops and produces nanomaterials such as cadmium-free quantum dots, has announced the successful production of a batch of 1 kg green cadmium-free quantum dots for a key company based in Japan, generating $2million in revenues for Nanoco.
By Will Soutter
11 May 2012
Sierra Pacific Innovations (SPI), a manufacturer and distributor of thermal imaging solutions, has announced that it has completed testing of its new M1-D Nano-Tech multi sensor thermal pan tilt zoom (PTZ) imaging system.
By Will Soutter
10 May 2012
A research team led by Sandra Rosenthal from the Vanderbilt University has discovered a way to improve white-light quantum dots’ fluorescent efficiency up to 45%, a more than 10-fold increase from an initial level of 3%.
By G.P. Thomas
10 May 2012
SWITCH Lighting has declared the availability of its full family of LED A-lamps. These newly-launched liquid-cooled LED A-lamps are compatible with any fixture, suitable for all orientations both indoor and outdoor. Following the 2011 launch of SWITCH’s innovative technology, the company has developed innovative LED lamps which will be exhibited at LIGHTFAIR.
By G.P. Thomas
10 May 2012
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently declared their intent to create a prototype of solid-state laser weapon. These laser-based weapons will enable the sailors to combat small boat threats and aerial targets without the need for bullets. The prototype will however represent multi-mission capabilities of a Navy ship on board.
By Will Soutter
10 May 2012
FLIR Systems applications report states that NASA Langley Research Center has selected its infrared camera systems for deployment in its shuttle and International Space Station programs.
By Will Soutter
10 May 2012
Cirrus Logic has launched an additional family of digital LED controllers based on digital TruDim dimmer compatibility technology that supports LED retrofit bulbs.
By Will Soutter
10 May 2012
After more than ten years of work by more than 200 scientists and engineers, the MIRI instrument, which will fly on the James Webb Space Telescope (successor to the Hubble Space Telescope) is ready to be shipped to NASA. MIRI, a pioneering camera and spectrograph, is so sensitive it could see a candle on one of Jupiter's moons. Key components of MIRI have been designed and built at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg.
Advanced Scientific Concepts, Inc. (ASC) announces ASC's 3D Flash LIDAR range cameras have been chosen for the OSIRIS-REx planetary science mission that will study and return a sample of the carbonaceous asteroid 1999 RQ36 set for launch in 2016. The 3D Flash LIDAR cameras will be designed for determining the spacecraft range to the asteroid surface, as well as evaluating the approach to potential sample sites.
Princeton Instruments' newest imaging spectrograph, the IsoPlane, features a revolutionary new optical design that eliminates the primary aberrations present in traditional imaging spectrographs.
NASA's Small Business Innovation Research Program has awarded a $750,000 Phase II contract to Boston Micromachines, a company specializing in adaptive optics systems and MEMS-based deformable mirror (DM) products, to assist NASA's Exoplanet Exploration program.
US Seismic Systems (USSI) and Northrop Grumman have entered into fiber-optic technology licensing agreement.
By Will Soutter
9 May 2012
Alacron and its affiliate, FastVision, have announced that their ultra high speed camera, the FC300, is to be highlighted at the Advanced Imaging Association’s (AIA) trade show being held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA. Panavision Imaging (PVI) has provided the CMOS Sensor for the camera. Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s patented delta doping process has been incorporated in the new camera.