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LightLab Receives FDA Clearance for C7-XR Imaging System

LightLab Imaging, Inc., the pioneer and leader in the development of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) technology for vascular and other imaging applications, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the C7-XR Imaging System and companion C7 Dragonfly Imaging Catheter.

6 May 2010

Leica Partners with Sensofar to Offer New Solution for Advanced Optical Profiling

Sensofar-Tech, Terrassa, Spain and Leica Microsystems (Schweiz AG) have agreed to expand their cooperation whereby Sensofar is to supply technology and components for an optical system that complements Leica’s line of products for industrial applications.

6 May 2010

Gentex Supplies Advanced Auto-Dimming Rearview Mirrors for Toyota's Sienna Minivan

Gentex Corporation, the leading supplier of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors to the worldwide automotive industry, has announced that it is supplying auto-dimming mirrors with advanced electronic features, including the Company's proprietary SmartBeam® High-Beam Headlamp Assist system, for the 2011 Sienna, Toyota's flagship minivan.

From Gentex Corporation 5 May 2010

New 10 MBd Digital Optocoupler Released by Avago Technologies

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced the release of a 10 MBd Digital Optocoupler with high Insulation Voltage ratings for power supply and high-power motor control application.

5 May 2010

Tessera Signs Acquisition Agreement with MEMS-Based Camera Solution Provider Siimpel

Tessera Technologies, Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Siimpel Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) based camera solutions for mobile imaging applications.

5 May 2010

ATEN Introduces New Compact LCD Console for Network Administrators

ATEN today announced a new compact, PS/2/USB console with an integrated 19" LCD monitor that features a dual rail 1U housing.

5 May 2010

New LED-Based Imaging Device for Night Vision

A University of Florida engineering researcher has crafted a nickel-sized imaging device that uses organic light-emitting diode technology similar to that found in cell phone or laptop screens for night vision.

5 May 2010

Olympus Partners with Siemens Healthcare to Develop Magnetically Guided Capsule Endoscope

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation and Siemens Healthcare are collaborating on the development of a technology for a magnetically guided capsule endoscope (MGCE) system.

4 May 2010

New HALOS-Based Adaptive Optics for Military Applications

Air Force Office of Scientific Research-supported holographic, adaptive, optics research may help transform software into computer-free, electronics for unmanned aerial vehicles, high energy lasers and free-space optical communications that will enable each to run faster and more efficiently than before.

4 May 2010

New Plastic-Based Technology Helps to Develop Smaller, Flexible Optical Communication Devices

It looks like a piece of gel that slips into the sole of your sneaker, but it's a new nano-based technology that can make computers and the Internet hundreds of times faster ¯ a communications technology "enabler" that may be in use only five or ten years in the future, currently being created by Dr. Koby Scheuer of Tel Aviv University's School of Electrical Engineering.

4 May 2010