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Home-Use IPL Systems Minimise Optical Hazard

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the University of Dundee recently assessed the light emitted by a home-use intense-pulsed light (IPL) hair reduction system and confirmed that it is safe. This confirmation is important, as IPL devices must meet the necessary safety guidelines, to ensure users are protected in the case of accidental exposure to the human eye.

2 Mar 2010

Astronomers Use Gravitational Lens to Estimate Hubble Constant

Astronomers from the United States and Europe have used a gravitational lens -- a distant, light-bending clump of dark matter -- to make a new estimate of the Hubble constant, which determines the size and age of the universe

2 Mar 2010

MRV’s WDM Optical Transport System Meets TEEER Standard

MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC., today announced that its LambdaDriver® wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical transport system surpassed the Telecommunications Equipment Energy Efficiency Ratings (TEEER) standard for energy efficient optical networking. MRV is a leading networking company with a full line of packet-optical transport (P-OTS), carrier Ethernet, 40G networking and out-of-band networking products.

2 Mar 2010

LightPath to Showcase Infrared Aspheric Optics at SPIE Defense and Security Symposium

LightPath Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPTH) will be presenting the latest developments in Molded Infrared Aspheric optics at the SPIE Defense and Security Symposium Navy Opportunity Forum in Orlando, FL from April 5th - 9th in Booth 530.

2 Mar 2010

Fujitsu Launches PalmSecure LT Biometric Technology for SSO Solution

Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including peripherals and biometric security solutions, today announced the PalmSecure™ LT for SSO device, a compact, cost-effective version of the company's award-winning palm vein recognition technology.

2 Mar 2010

Poland's New Biometric Passport System Now Employs VeriFinger Technology

VeriFinger is Now Used in All Polish Passport Offices for Biometric Passport Application, Generation and Issuance Processes

2 Mar 2010

TriCipher Releases Hosted Version of Digital Signing Solution for Business Processes

TriCipher, a leading provider of Internet identity services, today announced a hosted, on-demand version of its powerful digital signature solution. myOneLogin SignatureBook is an on-demand service that accelerates and streamlines business processes requiring non-repudiable signatures across different groups, organizations or geographic locations. It supports a number of different online credentials, including a clientless credential and the SAFE-BioPharma digital signature widely adopted in healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.

1 Mar 2010

New TECHSPEC Near UV Achromatic Lenses Ideal for Fluorescence Applications

Edmund Optics’ TECHSPEC Near UV Achromatic Lenses are perfect for use in fluorescence applications

27 Feb 2010

Tamron to Demonstrate Mega-Pixel Compatible Lenses at SECURITY SHOW 2010

At Tamron booth you will find demonstrations of live images from our new mega-pixel compatible surveillance camera lenses. We will also showcase the complete lineup of our mega-pixel compatible lenses designed for a variety of applications.

27 Feb 2010

Free Workshop on Electron Backscatter Diffraction Offered by College of Microscopy

The College of Microscopy, in partnership with electron microscope equipment companies JEOL and EDAX, provided a free workshop on electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). Experts in the fields of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and EBSD sponsored the one-day event, providing information about the applications of these technologies for materials research and analysis. The College of Microscopy is the education division of The McCrone Group, Inc, a leader in materials analysis.

27 Feb 2010

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