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New Rectilinear Lens from Sigma Employs Company’s FLD Glass

Sigma Corporation of America, a leading researcher, developer, manufacturer and service provider of some of the world's most impressive lines of lenses, cameras and flashes, has announced that its new, 8-16mm F4.5-5.6 DC HSM lens, which incorporates the company's new "F" Low Dispersion (FLD) lens glass, is now available.

24 Apr 2010

Hubble Space Telescope’s 20th Anniversary Celebration

Hubble's unprecedented capabilities have made it one of the most powerful science instruments ever conceived by humans, and certainly the one most embraced by the public.

24 Apr 2010

IBM Scientists Develop Breakthrough 3D-Nanopatterning Technique

IBM (IBM) scientists have created a 3D map of the earth so small that 1,000 of them could fit on one grain of salt.

24 Apr 2010

New Light Beam Localisation Technology for Robotic Systems

Getting robotic systems to accurately detect both moving and static objects remains an obstacle to building more autonomous robots and more advanced surveillance systems. Innovative technology that uses light beams for localisation and mapping may offer a solution.

24 Apr 2010

Xilinx’s Virtex-5 FPGAs Chosen for NEC’s DLP Cinema Projectors

Xilinx®, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX), today announced that NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. has adopted the Xilinx Virtex®-5 FPGA family for three models of its DLP Cinema® Projectors.

24 Apr 2010

Precise Biometrics Introduces Biometric Logon Application for Windows 7

Use your fingerprint to personalize logon to your computer. With Microsoft’s Windows 7 there is an increased focus on fingerprint recognition and usability.

23 Apr 2010

Hubble Space Telescope Marks 20 Years of Scientific Achievements

Twenty years ago, on the 24 April 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery launched the Hubble Space Telescope, a joint NASA-ESA mission.

23 Apr 2010

Pyramidal Technologies Introduces its ALIAS 3D Imaging System in Mexico, Latin America

Led by President and CEO Mike Barrett, the automated forensic ballistics pioneer, Pyramidal Technologies Ltd. is proud to announce the availability of the ALIAS Advanced Ballistics Analysis System in Mexico and throughout Latin America.

23 Apr 2010

Combination of Telescopes Help Simultaneous Observation of Six Pulsars in Several Wavelengths

A unique combination of telescopes allowed astronomers to simultaneously observe the radio wavelength light from six different pulsars across wavelengths from only 3.5 centimetres up to 7 metres - a difference-factor of 200, providing an unprecedented view of how radio pulsars shine.

23 Apr 2010

Two New LUCIFER Near-Infrared Cameras Mounted at Large Binocular Telescope

The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) partners in Germany, the U.S.A. and Italy are pleased to announce that the first of two new innovative near-infrared cameras/spectrographs for the LBT is now available to astronomers for scientific observations at the telescope on Mt. Graham in south-eastern Arizona.

23 Apr 2010