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New Miniature Camera System Provides Big Picture View with High-Resolution

A new type of miniature camera system developed by engineers at the University of California, San Diego, promises to give users a big picture view without sacrificing high-resolution.

27 Sep 2013

Toshiba Launches Dual Camera Module for Smartphones, Tablets and Mobile Devices

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has launched the industry's first dual camera module for smartphones, tablets and mobile devices. "TCM9518MD" incorporates twin 1/4 inch optical format 5-megapixel CMOS camera modules (5 megapixels × 2 arrays) and simultaneously outputs recorded images and depth data.

26 Sep 2013

EXFO Debuts Optical Spectrum and Channel Analyzers

EXFO Inc. today announced two new products, the FTB-5230S Optical Spectrum Analyzer (OSA), an entry-level OSA suitable for a variety of field applications, and the FTB-5230S-OCA Optical Channel Analyzer (OCA), optimized for power and wavelength measurements.

From EXFO Inc. 26 Sep 2013

Laser Energetics Awarded Large Scale International Order for Dazer Laser GUARDIAN Optical Distracter

Laser Energetics, Inc. today announced that they received an international order, which will be accompanied by a substantial down payment, for its Dazer Laser® GUARDIAN and accessories worth more than $650,000 USD, with training costs yet to be incurred. This order was received from a customer in Southwest Asia, which will not be specified at this time for security reasons at the request of the foreign military end-user.

26 Sep 2013

Photonex 2013: Rosahl to Showcase Solid-State Micro Dehumidifiers

Rosahl solid-state micro dehumidifiers will be exhibited in the UK for the first time at the Photonex 2013, 16-17 October, Ricoh Arena, Coventry (Coventry City’s football stadium). They can be seen on the Westside International stand, no F21 in the EPIC pavilion.

From Westside International 25 Sep 2013

Green Photon Beams Enable More Precise Optical Manipulation of Macrostructures

Romanian scientists have discovered a novel approach for the optical manipulation of macromolecules and biological cells. Their findings, published in EPJ B, stem from challenging the idea that visible light would induce no physical effect on them since it is not absorbed.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 19 Sep 2013

New Optical Imaging Techniques Reveal Cancer’s Inner Workings

Scientists seeking new ways to fight cancer often try to understand the subtle, often invisible, changes to DNA, proteins, cells, and tissue that alter the body's normal biology and cause disease. Now, to aid in that fight, a team of researchers has developed a sophisticated new optical imaging tool that enables scientists to look deep within tumors and uncover their inner workings.

From Optical Society Of America 18 Sep 2013

Instrument Systems’ Optical Products to be Distributed by KMSA in North America

Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc. (KMSA) announces today that following the acquisition of Instrument Systems GmbH (IS) by Konica Minolta Optics, Inc. (KMOP), the companies will enter into a collaborative arrangement regarding the sale of Instrument Systems portfolio of products in North America.

17 Sep 2013

UCR to Conduct MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field Survey of Galaxies

Astronomers at the University of California, Riverside have received a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct a very large new survey of galaxies using a new instrument — MOSFIRE — on the Keck I telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawai`i’s Big Island.

17 Sep 2013

Camera360 to Provide Software for Sony DSC-QX10 and DSC-QX100 Lens-Style Cameras

Having just completed an $18 million round of Series B funding, Camera360, one of the world's most popular smartphone photography apps, has teamed up with multinational technology giant Sony to include their range of photography software on both the Sony DSC-QX10 and DSC-QX100 lens-style camera when they launch later this month.

16 Sep 2013