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Strategies in Biophotonics Conference & Expo Scheduled to be Held in September 2014 in Boston

Strategies in Biophotonics Conference & Expo, a newly developed PennWell event, is scheduled for September 9-11, 2014, in Boston, MA at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. This event will center on advancing the development and successful commercialization of optics and photonics technologies for the life sciences.

16 Aug 2013

EISA Honors FUJIFILM X100S with Best Advanced Compact Camera Award

FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO: Shigehiro Nakajima) is delighted to announce that the X100S has been crowned "European Advanced Compact Camera 2013-2014" by judges at the esteemed European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) awards.

16 Aug 2013

New Method to Put a Speed Bump in Light’s Path

Light traveling in a vacuum is the Universe’s ultimate speed demon, racing along at approximately 300,000 kilometers per second. Now scientists have found an effective new way to put a speed bump in light’s path.

From Optical Society Of America 14 Aug 2013

Point Grey Introduces High Resolution Global Shutter CCD Grasshopper3 Camera

Point Grey, a world-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative, high-performance digital cameras, today announced a new addition to the Grasshopper3 camera family, which features the highest resolution, global shutter CCD sensors with a USB 3.0 interface currently available.

12 Aug 2013

Full Motion Video Spectral Imaging System (FMV-SI) From Surface Optics Corp.

Conventional hyperspectral imaging systems simultaneously capture two of the three dimensions (x, y, λ) of a hyperspectral cube, but require the third dimension to be captured over time.

From Surface Optics Corporation 12 Aug 2013

New Outdoor Megapixel PoE Day / Night Internet Camera from TRENDnet

TRENDnet, a best-in-class wired and wireless networking hardware brand, today announces the availability of the Outdoor Megapixel PoE Day / Night Internet Camera, model TV-IP302PI, which provides powerful HD 720P night vision in complete darkness for distances up to 15 meters (50 feet).

9 Aug 2013

Zygo to Produce High Precision Assemblies for Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturer

Zygo Corporation, a worldwide supplier of optical metrology instruments and high precision optical systems, today announced that its Optical Systems Division has received an order valued at $2 million from a semiconductor equipment manufacturer to produce high precision assemblies.

From Zygo Corporation 7 Aug 2013

Toshiba Unveils New Line of Low Input Current Type Transistor Output Photocouplers

Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of a new line-up of low input current type transistor output photocouplers that guarantee high CTR (Current Transfer Ratio)1 at low input current. “TLP182” and “TLP183” will be available in SO6 packages and “TLP292” and “TLP293” in small SO4 packages. Mass production is scheduled to start at the end of August, 2013.

5 Aug 2013

New Photodetector Using Auto Lubricant Could Speed Up Medical Imaging

Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have built a device that could speed up medical imaging without breaking the bank. The key ingredient? An engine lubricant called molybdenum disulfide, or MoS2, which has been sold in auto parts shops for decades.

5 Aug 2013

3D Movies Viewable at Different Distances Without Stereo Viewing Glasses

3D movies have become commonplace over the last while. The black plastic stereo viewing glasses are even piling up at home. Good that glasses-free video displays for home use have become available. However, the technology is still not mature or widespread, and televisions of this kind are still too expensive. Researchers are working on solutions to change that.

3 Aug 2013

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