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Large Output Laser Beam Expanders Transmit Entire Beam with Excellent Quality

Special Optics, Inc., a vertically integrated supplier of precision optical components and assemblies for high-technology applications, introduced today a new family of high performance large output laser beam expanders.

21 Apr 2008

VISTA Will Form Part of ESO's Very Large Telescope Facility

A 4.1-metre diameter primary mirror, a vital part of the world's newest and fastest survey telescope, VISTA (the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) has been delivered to its new mountaintop home at Cerro Paranal, Chile. The mirror will now be coupled with a small camera for initial testing prior to installing the main camera in June. Full scientific operations are due to start early next year. VISTA will form part of ESO's Very Large Telescope facility.

17 Apr 2008

Cyberlux Corporation to Participate in Disaster Response Exercise

Today, Cyberlux Corporation announced that the Company has been requested by the National Guard to participate in the Vigilant Guard 2008 Disaster Response Exercise in Beaufort, South Carolina from April 21st through April 24th.

17 Apr 2008

Silicon Photonics - A Very Active and Progressive Area of Research

Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Silicon Photonics: The State of the Art" to their offering.

17 Apr 2008

GMT Enables Breakthroughs Such As Gaining Visual Images of Distant Planets

Though known as fierce rivals in the sporting arena, Texas' flagship universities are uniting in a goal as big as the Universe thanks to a cosmic initiative by Houston businessman and philanthropist George P. Mitchell, founder of Mitchell Energy + Development Corp.

16 Apr 2008

An Easier Way of Taking 3D Images

The car tires have left deep tracks in the muddy forest floor at the scene of the crime. The forensic experts make a plaster cast of the print, so that it can later be compared with the tire profiles of suspects' cars.

16 Apr 2008

New Measuring System for Expensive Lenses

"The lenses used in many optical components today - for instance in car headlamps, or in digital projectors or cameras - are no longer spherical, but have free-form geometries," says Dr. Gunther Notni of the IOF.

16 Apr 2008

LMI Technologies Recognized for Laser Based 3D Vision Sensor Models and Configurations

Based on its recent analysis in the field of laser based three-dimensional (3D) vision sensors for industrial process monitoring and control, Frost + Sullivan recognizes LMI Technologies, Inc. with the 2007 North American Frost + Sullivan Award for Technology Leadership for its wide range of laser based 3D vision sensor models and configurations.

15 Apr 2008

Contract Calls for the Development and Fabrication of High-Res X-ray Calorimeters

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. and EPIR Technologies, Inc. (EPIR) are pleased to announce the award of a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to EPIR from NASA which continues to advance the companies strategy to commercialize synergistic cadmium-telluride based technologies and manufacturing processes for solar, infrared and X-ray within the renewable energy, night vision, medical and scientific markets.

14 Apr 2008

EVS Wins Orders Worth $1.3 Million for Automated Surface Inspection Products

Elbit Vision Systems today announced that it has a won a number of orders worth a total of $1.3 million for automated surface inspection products, all with leading manufacturers. Revenues from these are expected to be recognized in the first half of 2008.

14 Apr 2008