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Researchers Use Quantum-Dot Lasers to Generate Tunable Wavelengths

Researchers at the Technische Universität Darmstadt have found a new method for generating tunable wavelengths, as well as more easily switching back and forth between two wavelengths, employing quantum-dot lasers. Prospective application fields are biomedicine and nanosurgery.

15 Apr 2010

mPhase Begins Shipments of Emergency Illuminator Featuring 180 Lumens LED

mPhase Technologies, Inc., the developer of Power on Command™ battery technologies, has commenced shipments of its mPower Emergency Illuminator.

15 Apr 2010

Two New Surveillance Cameras Built on Panoptes Imaging Technology

Researchers are expanding new miniature camera technology for military and security uses so soldiers can track combatants in dark caves or urban alleys, and security officials can unobtrusively identify a subject from an iris scan.

15 Apr 2010

New Ballasts for High Performance LEDs Launched by Luminus Devices

Luminus Devices, Inc., developer and manufacturer of high light output PhlatLight® LEDs, today launched its new ballast line, which includes four new ballasts specifically designed to interface with its SST-50, SST-90 and CSM-360 high performance LEDs.

15 Apr 2010

FDP Systems from Applied Materials Enable Cost-Effective Touch Panel Designs

Applied Materials, Inc. reports that its flat panel display (FPD) and roll-to-roll coating systems are providing the advanced technology to enable more cost-efficient and scalable touch panel designs.

15 Apr 2010

Xerox’s New Wide Format Printer Delivers Sharp Printing at High Speeds

When printing engineering and architectural renderings or schematics, accurate printing can’t come at the cost of extra time.

15 Apr 2010

Avago Launches Energy Efficient 3W LEDs for Solid-State Lightings

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced one of the industry’s most compact and energy efficient 3-Watt (3W) miniature high power LEDs for use in a wide range of solid-state lighting applications.

15 Apr 2010

Redwood Achieves SBIR Funding for LED Technology Development

Redwood Systems today announced that it has been awarded a Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant.

15 Apr 2010

SANYO’s New HD LCD Street Display Installed at Seattle Mariners' Home Field

SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO) and the Seattle Mariners (Mariners) announce that a new, innovative Full HD 82” LCD Weatherproof “Street Display” has been installed at Safeco Field, home of the major league baseball team, the Seattle Mariners.

15 Apr 2010

Solarmer Develops Decorative Photovoltaic Glass Panels with Joel Berman

Generating solar energy from modular glass panels that are attractive from a design standpoint was the inspiration behind a joint development project involving Solarmer Energy and Joel Berman Glass Studios.

15 Apr 2010

Seoul Semiconductor Begins Production of Acriche AC-Powered Lamp

Seoul Semiconductor, a leading LED manufacturer, today announced that it would begin production in late 2010 on a new lamp capable of 150 lm/w.

15 Apr 2010

Grape Solar Announces Partnership with Patriot Solar Group

Grape Solar, Inc., a leading solar photovoltaic module solution provider, and Patriot Solar Group (PSG), a company engineering and manufacturing solar trackers and mounts, have partnered to provide complete equipment solutions to the solar market and reduce overall customer costs.

15 Apr 2010