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Novel Project Enables Visually Impaired to Explore Dust-Enshrouded Stars through Touch

A project at the University of Chicago’s Yerkes Observatory, which enables the visually impaired to almost literally touch the stars, will take flight May 5 and 7 aboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy.

5 May 2014

Global Industry Analysis Report on Passive Optical Network Equipment

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Passive Optical Network (PON) Equipment Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019," global passive optical network equipment market was valued at USD 3.97 billion in 2013, growing at a CAGR of 22.7% from 2014 to 2019 to account for USD 13.57 billion in 2019.

2 May 2014

Reportlinker Adds Global Military Electro Optical Infrared Market Report

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: The Global Military Electro Optical Infrared(EO/IR)Market 2014-2024

30 Apr 2014

Researcher Develops 3nm Long Bipolar Magnetic Chromophores

Fiber optics increased the speed and quantity of information that can be transmitted through the Internet by transforming electrical signals into pulsating light.

29 Apr 2014

Folio Photonics is Developing Optical Data Storage Disc with Terabyte Scale Capacity

Folio Photonics LLC, a start-up company spun off from research in the Center for Layered Polymer Systems at Case Western Reserve University, has received an exclusive license from the university to commercialize products for a large and evolving archival optical data storage market.

29 Apr 2014

Tessera Enters Definitive Agreement with Shenzhen O-Film for MEMS Auto-Focus IP

Tessera Technologies, Inc. announced that the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary DigitalOptics Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement with Shenzhen O-Film Tech Co., LTD. whereby O-Film will pay DOC $50 million, consisting of a $20.5 million prepaid royalty and support fee for a non-exclusive license to specific FotoNation product features, $7.5 million for a non-exclusive license for core MEMS auto-focus and other related intellectual property, an undisclosed future per unit royalty for MEMS-based camera modules, $22 million for certain manufacturing equipment and supplies, and certain non-core patents and patent applications.

25 Apr 2014