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Better Pictures from a Smaller Sensor

Eastman Kodak Company is enabling a new level of performance in consumer imaging devices by redesigning the basic building blocks used to collect light and is incorporating that technology into a brand-new sensor.

4 Feb 2008

T-Rays to Detect Explosives and Poisons

A new generation of sensors for detecting explosives and poisons could be developed following new research into a type of radiation known as T-rays, published today (3 February) in Nature Photonics.

4 Feb 2008

New Device Drives Up to 10 White LEDs

Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., a developer of power management semiconductors for mobile consumer electronic devices, announced today the AAT1239-1, a high frequency, high efficiency constant current boost converter capable of driving up to 10 white LEDs (WLEDs) connected in series.

31 Jan 2008

World Smallest Fiber Optic Pressure Sensor

FISO Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Roctest Ltd and a leading manufacturer of high-quality fiber optic sensors and measurement systems for challenging and demanding applications, announces the introduction of the FOP-F125 pressure sensor at MD&M West, a major exhibition in the medical market.

30 Jan 2008

AMI Semiconductor Enters Collaboration Program to Develop Smart Power Technologies

AMI Semiconductor, a leading designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art mixed-signal and digital products for the automotive, medical, industrial, aerospace, and high-voltage communication markets, has entered into a new two-year collaboration program with IMEC - Europe's leading independent research center in the field of nanoelectronics - to develop AMI Semiconductor's future Smart Power Technologies.

28 Jan 2008

Chip Simultaneously Captures Still Pictures While Generating HD Videos

Ambarella, Inc., a leader in low-power, high- definition video compression and image processing semiconductors, has introduced the A390, a system-on-a-chip (SoC) that simultaneously captures 8Mpixels still pictures while generating and compressing high-definition (HD) video in either1080p60 or 1080i60 formats.

28 Jan 2008

Innovative LaserStream Solution Enables More Precision Tracking

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced two new high-precision small form factor laser navigation sensors for corded and cordless PC mice.

28 Jan 2008

New Camera Destines to Push Boundaries of Creativity

Let your creative juices flow with Canon Australia's new EOS 450D digital SLR camera.

24 Jan 2008

Spire Dedicates 50,000 Square Foot Facility to Manufacture Solar Concentrator Cells

Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules worldwide, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Spire Semiconductor, will provide dedicated, large-scale contract design and manufacturing capabilities to manufacturers of solar concentrator cells within its 50,000 square foot facility in Hudson, New Hampshire.

From Veeco 24 Jan 2008