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Digital Camera Makes Capturing Beautiful Pictures Fun and Easy

Nikon, Inc., today introduced the new D60 digital SLR camera, which provides consumers with stunning picture quality and versatility in an easy-to-use, compact camera design.

29 Jan 2008

LEDs Expected to be Commonly Used By End of 2008

Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED solid-state lighting components, announces the results of an independent survey on the adoption, deployment and benefits of LED lighting.

29 Jan 2008

AMI Semiconductor Enters Collaboration Program to Develop Smart Power Technologies

AMI Semiconductor, a leading designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art mixed-signal and digital products for the automotive, medical, industrial, aerospace, and high-voltage communication markets, has entered into a new two-year collaboration program with IMEC - Europe's leading independent research center in the field of nanoelectronics - to develop AMI Semiconductor's future Smart Power Technologies.

28 Jan 2008

Chip Simultaneously Captures Still Pictures While Generating HD Videos

Ambarella, Inc., a leader in low-power, high- definition video compression and image processing semiconductors, has introduced the A390, a system-on-a-chip (SoC) that simultaneously captures 8Mpixels still pictures while generating and compressing high-definition (HD) video in either1080p60 or 1080i60 formats.

28 Jan 2008

Photodiodes Capable of Detecting Single Photons in the UV Range

In a significant breakthrough, researchers at Northwestern University's Center for Quantum Devices (CQD) have demonstrated visible-blind avalanche photodiodes (APDs) capable of detecting single photons in the ultraviolet region (360-200 nm).

28 Jan 2008

Zecotek Receives Solid-State Photo Detector Order from Geneva University

Zecotek Photonics Inc. today announced that it has received an order for its proprietary Micro-pixel Avalanche Photo Diode (MAPD) solid-state photo detectors from the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

27 Jan 2008

Using Lasers to Study Air Flow

Air-source heat pumps typically deliver 1 1/2 to three times more heating energy to a home than the electric energy they consume. This is possible because heat pumps move heat rather than convert it from a fuel.

26 Jan 2008

Intense Releases High Power Fiber-Coupled Laser Modules

Intense Ltd., developer of next generation lasers, has announced the Power Pack 630 high power, fiber-coupled laser modules at Photonics West 2008.

24 Jan 2008

Unique Electron Microscope - The First of Its Kind in the World

A unique electron microscope, the first of its kind in the world, was unveiled yesterday at the STFC Daresbury Laboratory in Warrington.

24 Jan 2008

Camera Designed to Take High-Quality Color Pictures in Confined Spaces

What if swallowing a pill with a camera could detect the earliest signs of cancer? The tiny camera is designed to take high-quality, color pictures in confined spaces. Such a device could find warning signs of esophageal cancer, the fastest growing cancer in the United States.

24 Jan 2008