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Lighting Science and Global Good Partner to Develop Light Technologies for Pest Control

Lighting Science Group Corporation and Intellectual Ventures’ Global Good today announced a research agreement to collaborate on the development of next-generation light technologies for pest control.

5 Mar 2015

Canada Foundation for Innovation Awards $1.5 Million Funding to INRS’s Advanced Laser Light Source

INRS's Advanced Laser Light Source (ALLS), the only facility of it's kind in Canada, has obtained $1.5 million of funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). This will allow it to continue its mission as an international center of excellence in ultrafast science. The research facility, which boasts a wide variety of lasers with specific properties, provides ultrafast light sources for exploring fundamental questions in physics and chemistry through the study of matter at the atomic and electronic level.

5 Mar 2015

Sony Expands Popular Mirrorless Camera System with Introduction of New á E-Mount Lenses

Sony Electronics, a worldwide leader in digital imaging, has today announced several new á E-mount lenses and converters, building upon the rapid expansion of their popular mirrorless camera system.

4 Mar 2015

New Report on Laser Scanners / High Resolution LIDARs for Autonomous Driving

Autonomous driving concepts such as the Google Car, often use a large rotating laser scanner that can provide a high resolution image of the vehicle's surroundings. However, this sensor is very costly and is mounted on the roof which detracts from the vehicle's aesthetic looks and aerodynamics.

3 Mar 2015

Google Glass Holds Promise for a Wide Range of Possible Applications in Plastic Surgery

The "wearable technology" Google Glass has a wide range of possible applications in plastic surgery--with the potential to enhance surgical training, medical documentation, and patient safety, according to a special paper in the March 2015 issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

3 Mar 2015

Freescale Semiconductor Debuts S32V Automotive Vision SoC with Ability to ‘Co-Pilot’ Self-Aware Car

Freescale Semiconductor today introduced the groundbreaking S32V vision microprocessor – the first automotive vision system-on-chip (SoC) with the requisite reliability, safety and security measures to automate and ‘co-pilot’ a self-aware car.

2 Mar 2015

Vidyo Mobile Video Conferencing Solution Selected for Samsung Galaxy S6 Smartphone

Vidyo Inc. announced today that its mobile video conferencing solution was selected to be featured for the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S6 smartphone. The VidyoMobileTM app delivers one-touch HD multipoint video conferencing over Wi-Fi, 3G or 4G wireless networks.

2 Mar 2015

ZTE to Launch Grand S3 Smartphone with Eye-Based Biometric Solution

ZTE, a leading global mobile device maker, today announced at the Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona that a new flagship device, the ZTE Grand S3, will be launched with a pioneering eye-based biometric solution from EyeVerify.

2 Mar 2015

LightPath Technologies Invited to Present at 27th Annual ROTH Conference

LightPath Technologies, Inc. ("LightPath," the "Company" or "we"), a leading vertically integrated global manufacturer, distributor and integrator of proprietary optical components and high-level assemblies, today announced today announced that the Company has been invited to present at the 27th Annual ROTH Conference, which is being held on March 9-11, 2015 at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel in Dana Point, California.

28 Feb 2015

Miniter Group Releases Insurance Tracking Software with Optical Character Recognition Technology

Miniter Group today announced a major release of it's Borrower-Centric outsource insurance tracking software. This release supports optical character recognition (OCR) technology which will significantly improve transactional efficiencies within the Insurance Tracking Department.

28 Feb 2015