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PresbyLens Clinical Study Commenced by ReVision Optics

ReVision Optics, a leading company in the research, development and manufacture of custom optical products to correct and maintain vision, announced today that it has begun its US clinical trial of the PresbyLens® corneal inlay.

12 Apr 2010

2010 NAB Show to Feature MasterImage’s High-Performance 3D Glasses

MasterImage 3D, LLC, a 3D technology company that provides pioneering stereoscopic and autostereoscopic 3D systems, will introduce premium quality, multi-use glasses for their 3D digital cinema systems at the 2010 NAB Show.

9 Apr 2010

MASTERIMAGE to Display its 3D Technology at C3D World and NAB Exhibitions

MASTERIMAGE 3D, a 3D technology specialist, announced that it will participate in C3D World (China international Forum & Exhibition) from April 8th to 11th in China.

9 Apr 2010

Hubble Space Telescope Images Spiral Galaxy

The unusual spiral galaxy, Messier 66, is located at a distance of about 35 million light-years in the constellation of Leo.

9 Apr 2010

Semtech Introduces Advanced Capacitive Sensor IC Platform with Integrated LED Drivers

Semtech Corp., a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced the SX864x platform of capacitive sensing ICs that come in 8- and 12-channel models and feature integrated LED drivers.

9 Apr 2010

Texas Instruments Presents Supplier Excellence Award to Photronics

Photronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:PLAB), a worldwide leader in supplying innovative imaging technology solutions for the global electronics industry, today announced that Texas Instruments (TI) has singled out Photronics for one of its annual Supplier Excellence Awards, based on outstanding performance.

9 Apr 2010

Navitar Celebrates Connection to the Satellite Industry on 50th Anniversary of TIROS-1 Satellite

Rochester-based Navitar, Inc., a manufacturer of high magnification imaging optics, is proud of their connection to the TIROS-1 satellite - Navitar, known then as Elgeet Optical, produced the 8mm wide angle camera lens used for capturing the historical satellite images.

From Navitar Inc. 8 Apr 2010

Astronomers Discover New Planet-Like Orbiting Object Using Powerful Telescopes

A mysterious planet-like object orbiting a not-quite-starlike "brown dwarf" is the most recent enigma discovered by astronomers with their ever-more powerful telescopes.

8 Apr 2010

Kopin Receives Follow-On Production Order for Thermal Weapon Sight Eyepiece

Kopin Corporation, the largest U.S. manufacturer of display systems for mobile consumer and military applications, today announced it has received a $27M follow-on production order of eyepieces for the U.S. Army’s Thermal Weapon Sight Bridge (TWS-IIB) program.

8 Apr 2010

ICFO Researchers Explain How Disorder Can Lead To New Quantum States of Matter

Researchers from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO, Barcelona) and the Institute of Optics (IO, Palaiseau) describe in Nature Physics the new trends in research on disordered systems using ultracold gases that could have important consequences both for understanding complex physics processes and for building future quantum simulators and computers.

8 Apr 2010