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State-of-the-art Optical Transceivers for the New 787 Dreamliner Passenger Aircraft Series

Stratos International, a leading innovator in RF, microwave, and fiberoptic connectivity solutions for military/aerospace, telecom and broadcast markets, has been selected by Boeing and several key suppliers to Boeing for a variety of optoelectronic, electronic and electrical interconnect components for the new 787 Dreamliner passenger aircraft series.

11 Sep 2007

Toronto Switches to LED Lighting Solutions in Pursuit of Energy Efficiency

The Toronto Association of Business Improvement
Areas (TABIA) today announced that Toronto is joining Raleigh, N.C. in a
citywide initiative to install light-emitting diode (LED) lighting throughout
its infrastructure. The "LED City" program, which was launched in February by
City of Raleigh officials and LED manufacturer Cree, Inc., fosters
collaboration among municipalities as they deploy energy- efficient lighting
to deliver cost savings and environmental benefits.

6 Sep 2007

Machine Vision System Allows Monitoring of Conveyor Belt Production Lines via Ethernet

Firstsight Vision has announced the availability of a new machine vision timing controller that allows accurate timing control for a variety of events in production line machine vision systems. These include component sensing, camera triggering and reject gate control.

2 Sep 2007

Additives Enhanced Laser Marking and Laser Welding of Clear Plastics

The marking and transmission welding of transparent plastics is an interesting subject which is of increasing importance for many plastic products.

29 Aug 2007

Agilent Implements Complex Monolithic Optics Development Program for OEM Clients

Technologies Inc. today announced its Complex Monolithic Optics (CMO) Development Program for OEM customers. The program offers customers the opportunity to incorporate the latest high-precision optics design technology into their optical system designs. CMOs are stand-alone optical assemblies that are created when multiple discrete optics are bonded together into a single, pre-aligned optical structure.

28 Aug 2007

Restoring Sight, One Pixel at a Time

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) are developing a tiny camera for prosthetic systems that can be implanted directly into the human eye and connected to the retina, the part of the eye that converts visual information into electric signals that travel to the brain. Such an implantable camera would represent an important milestone in the ultimate goal of providing limited vision to those rendered blind by certain diseases, via a fully implantable retinal prosthetic device.

26 Aug 2007