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OWIS Announce New Universal Position Control Unit

The new OWIS® universal position control unit PS 90 with new functionality will be available from August 2014, along with the new OWISoft version 2.8.

From OWIS GmbH 15 May 2014

Orange County Public Schools Honor Northrop Grumman Laser Systems Unit with Special Judge's Award

Northrop Grumman Corporation's Laser Systems business unit has received the Partners in Education Special Judge's Award from Orange County Public Schools in Orlando.

14 May 2014

New IDS Industrial Cameras Feature GigE Interface, CMOS Sensors and Power-over-Ethernet Capability

IDS Imaging Development has extended its GigE uEye™ CP family with two new industrial camera models with GigE interface and Power-over-Ethernet capability. Both the new UI-5360CP and UI-5370CP models feature Revision 3 CMV2000 and CMV4000 CMOS sensors from CMOSIS, and combine an outstanding resolution of up to 2048 x 2048 pixels with excellent light sensitivity and rapid frame rates.

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 14 May 2014

Canon Introduces New Wide-Angle Zoom Lenses for Digital SLR Cameras

Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is proud to announce two new wide-angle lenses and a new white color model of the EOS Rebel SL1 Digital SLR camera, just in time for summer.

13 May 2014

New Report on Global Optical Coatings Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Optical Coatings (Anti-Reflective Coatings, Filter coatings, Transparent Electrodes, Reflective Coatings and Others) Market 2013-2019" report to their offering.

13 May 2014

Neonode Enters Into Definitive Purchase Agreement

Neonode Inc., the optical touch technology company, announced today that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement with an institutional investor in a private placement of common stock for $10 million in gross proceeds. Under the Purchase Agreement, Neonode will issue 2.5 million shares of common stock at a price of $4.00 per share.

12 May 2014

OneSight Partners to Develop Full Surface Optical Manufacturing Lab in Banjul, Gambia

OneSight, an independent nonprofit providing access to quality vision care and eyewear in underserved communities worldwide, is expanding its sustainable development work in The Gambia, a country in West Africa which previously had one optometrist to serve a population of 1.8 million.

12 May 2014

University of Rochester’s CEIS to Lead Development of National Roadmap for Photonics

The National Institute of Standards and Technology through its Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia Program (AMTech) has awarded $500,000 to the University of Rochester's Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences (CEIS) to lead the development of a national roadmap for photonics.

9 May 2014

UB Professor Named Fellow of SPIE

Since arriving at UB nearly 20 years ago, Alexander N. Cartwright has spent countless hours studying everything from optical-based sensors to solar cells.

9 May 2014

Two New Optical Circuit Switching Subsystems from CALIENT

CALIENT Technologies, Inc., the global leader for Optical Circuit Switching technology, today announced two new optical circuit switch subsystems that allow data center, telecom or media networking vendors to integrate optical circuit switching into their routing and switching systems.

8 May 2014