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Corning Showcases Scratch-Resistant Glass and Other Technologies

At Corning Incorporated's annual investor meeting today in New York, the "800-pound gorilla" in the room will be a thin and elegant sheet of glass tough enough to withstand daily use and abuse – without scratching.

9 Feb 2008

Smallest Single-Chip Camera Sensor for Mobile Phones

STMicroelectronics, a world leader in CMOS imaging technology, has introduced market's smallest single-chip camera sensor for mobile applications. Coupling low space requirements with advanced image processing capabilities, ST's latest 2-megapixel mobile-phone camera sensor addresses consumers' appetite for full- featured imaging solutions in ever-more popular thin-profiled handsets.

8 Feb 2008

Alps Electric Signs Global Distribution Agreement

Alps Electric Co. Ltd. and Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. have entered into a global distribution agreement.

8 Feb 2008

Printed Electronics Market Will Reach $30 Billion in 2015

Markets for displays, signage, lighting, RFID tags, sensors, solar panels, batteries and other products manufactured using printing technology will reach $30.1 billion by 2015 according to a new report from NanoMarkets.

8 Feb 2008

Dblur Announces Groundbreaking Software Lens Technology

Dblur, the developer of Software Lens(TM) Technology, today announced the availability of a stand-alone chip that integrates Dblur's groundbreaking Software Lens(TM) Technology.

7 Feb 2008

New Fluorogen Activating Proteins Become Key Component for Biosensor Technology

Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University’s Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center have developed new “fluorogen activating proteins” (FAPs) that will become a key component of novel molecular biosensor technology being created at Carnegie Mellon.

6 Feb 2008

Simultaneous Optical and Electronic Measurements on Same Molecule

In a study that could lay the foundation for mass-produced single-molecule sensors, physicists and engineers at Rice University have demonstrated a means of simultaneously making optical and electronic measurements of the same molecule.

6 Feb 2008

Transparent Electrodes from Carbon Nanotubes

One of the immediate applications of carbon nanotubes (CNT) is as an additive to polymers to create electrically conducting plastics-a relatively low CNT concentration can dramatically change the polymer's electrical conductivity by orders of magnitude, from an insulator to a conductor.

6 Feb 2008

Active Array Holds Key to Through-the-Wall Imaging

Two researchers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have created a send/receive chip that functions as an active array, sending out a matrix of 49 simultaneous ultrawideband radar probe beams and picking up the returned beam reflections.

4 Feb 2008