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Carl Zeiss Meditec Debuts Cataract Suite Featuring CALLISTO Eye at 2013 ASCRS

Carl Zeiss Meditec is introducing the ZEISS Cataract Suite featuring the new CALLISTO eye® OR management system, which recently received US FDA 510k clearance, at the 2013 American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Symposium and Congress in San Francisco.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 22 Apr 2013

Deetectee’s Single Burst Optical Recognition Technology Enables Secure, Digital Identification

Deetectee Microsystems Inc. has invented the first and only technology that enables secure, digital identification of a person in a mobile environment. The invention of Single Burst Optical Recognition™ means that mobile technologies will soon be able to securely and instantly share personal information between people, organizations and businesses.

20 Apr 2013

e-con Systems Launches UVCi Compliant USB 3.0 Camera

e-con Systems Inc. announces the launch of the world’s first UVC compliant USB 3.0 camera as part of its new See3CAM series. Being UVC compliant means that See3CAM cameras are ‘plug and play’ on Windows and Linux - no additional device driver software is required and the cameras work with standard Windows (DirectShow) and Linux (V4L2) software.

19 Apr 2013

Sigma Introduces 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM Art Wide Aperture Standard Zoom Lens

Sigma Corporation of America, a leading researcher, developer, manufacturer and service provider for some of the world's most impressive lines of lenses, cameras and flashes, today announced the Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM Art lens, the market’s first zoom lens to achieve a maximum aperture F1.8 throughout the entire zoom range.

From Sigma Corporation of America 19 Apr 2013

Kepler Space Telescope Helps Discover Five New Planets

A NASA-led team of astronomers has discovered five new planets, two of which are a habitable distance from their star.

19 Apr 2013

Unique Bathymetric LIDAR to Help Unlock Mysteries off Nova Scotia's Shores

Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) will become the only college in Canada with a research device that can unlock the mysteries off Nova Scotia's shores thanks to the support of a national innovation award and industry partners.

17 Apr 2013

Two Satellites Moving as One Object Will Enable Creation of Enormous Space Telescopes

Spanish industry is leading the Proba-3 mission, a world first in precise formation flying. This European Space Agency (ESA) project aims to demonstrate that two satellites can move as one single object with sub-millimetre precision. This configuration will enable the creation of enormous space telescopes with the lens and detector hundreds of metres apart.

17 Apr 2013

Global Electron Microscope Market Forecast to Grow at 9.9% CAGR over the Period 2012-2016

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Electron Microscope Market 2012-2016

17 Apr 2013

New Test Assesses Performance of Near Earth Object Camera

An infrared sensor that could improve NASA's future detecting and tracking of asteroids and comets has passed a critical design test.

16 Apr 2013

Princeton emICCD Camera Provides Single-Photon Sensitivity for Scientific Imaging and Spectroscopy

Princeton Instruments is pleased to announce the launch of an innovative new emICCD technology, available exclusively in their renowned PI-MAX® 4 camera platform. For the first time ever, one camera combines the advantages of intensifiers (i.e., ultrashort, subnanosecond exposure times) and the benefits of EMCCDs (i.e., linear gain and high quantum efficiency) to provide single-photon sensitivity and quantitative performance for scientific imaging and spectroscopy applications.

From Teledyne Princeton Instruments 16 Apr 2013

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