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ClearLite Announces OPTICOLOR Technology-Based Make-Up Mirror

Clear-Lite Holdings, Inc. (“ClearLite”), a leading innovator of eco-friendly lighting and the appreciably safer ArmorLite™ CFL, today announced that it is introducing a patent-pending Full Spectrum Natural Daylight Hi-Rez Make-Up Mirror, True Reflections™, available for retail in the 4th quarter, with HI-REZ OPTICOLOR Technology™ inside; an industry first.

1 Apr 2010

Scientists Used Raman Spectroscopy to Examine Ferroelectric Nanowires

Researchers at the University of Arkansas and their colleagues have discovered a new phase in ferroelectric nanowires that could be controlled to optimize important properties for future electronic devices.

1 Apr 2010

Enablence and CTC Bring Optical Communications Services to Nebraska

Enablence Technologies Inc. ("Enablence" or the "Company"), a leading supplier of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) equipment for triple-play residential and business services and optical components and subsystems for access, metro and long-haul markets, is bringing advanced communications services to rural Nebraska with Cambridge Telephone Co.

1 Apr 2010

New Shortwave Infrared Video Camera for Military Applications

Sensors Unlimited - Goodrich ISR Systems announces a new mil-hardened, uncooled, InGaAs (indium gallium arsenide) SWIR (shortwave infrared) video camera for military applications.

1 Apr 2010

Matrox Imaging Offers Two MIL Training Courses

Matrox Imaging is offering two classroom training courses on the Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) processing tools and the MIL/MIL-Lite environment.

1 Apr 2010

Banner Engineering Introduces WORLD-BEAM QS18 Adjustable-Field Sensors

Banner Engineering introduces the WORLD-BEAM® QS18 Adjustable-Field Foreground Suppression Sensors, designed to reliably detect objects regardless of color, reflectivity, surface irregularities or background conditions.

1 Apr 2010

New Image of Gum 19 Captured by SOFI Infrared Instrument

Gum 19 is located in the direction of the constellation Vela (the Sail) at a distance of approximately 22 000 light years.

1 Apr 2010

ASU Teams Up with University of Tokyo to Advance Research on Solar Cells

Arizona State University has established a partnership with the University of Tokyo, Japan, aimed at strengthening research and educational endeavors at both institutions to advance solar energy technology.

31 Mar 2010

James Webb Space Telescope Uses NIRSpec Spectrograph to Study Cosmos

The cosmos is filled with color, and color is a key in determining age, chemical composition and how far objects are from Earth.

31 Mar 2010

Inovateus Selects Scheuten Solar Panels for its Solar Project in Michigan

Inovateus Solar is pleased to announce its plans for the installation of a 150kW solar power array project at the Torresen Marine facility in Muskegon, Michigan, representing the largest solar power project to date in the State of Michigan.

31 Mar 2010

Intematix Unveils New DL6 Solid State Retrofit Downlight

Intematix Corp., a leading innovator in phosphors, LED components and solid state lighting solutions, today announced the introduction of the DL6 solid state retrofit downlight, designed for installation in standard 6-inch recessed can fixtures.

31 Mar 2010

Single-Atom Laser Posseses Quantum Mechanical, Classical Laser Properties

Rainer Blatt‘s and Piet Schmidt’s research team from the University of Innsbruck have successfully realized a single-atom laser, which shows the properties of a classical laser as well as quantum mechanical properties of the atom-photon interaction.

31 Mar 2010

Aria Demonstrates Surveillance System Featuring Axsys V-14 MSII Cameras

Aria International Incorporated, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Aria International Holdings, Inc. (Symbol: ARAH, "Aria"), a company focused on providing specialized surveillance and communications solutions to a global customer base, is pleased to announce that it successfully demonstrated an airship-based surveillance system to the Royal Thai Army (RTA).

31 Mar 2010

Comcast Completes 300-Mile Fiber-Optic Network Expansion in Vermont

Comcast, Vermont's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications, today announced that it has completed a 300-mile network expansion in Vermont, bringing more than 6,000 additional homes and businesses in 25 communities access to the cost savings, innovative features and reliability of Comcast's digital TV, high-speed Internet and voice services.

31 Mar 2010

AU Optronics to Acquire Singapore-Based LCD Panel Manufacturer AFPD

AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) announced today that AUO has signed an MOU with Toshiba Mobile Display Co., Ltd. ("TMD") to purchase 100% shares of AFPD Pte., Ltd. ("AFPD"), a subsidiary of TMD in Singapore and a leading manufacturer of LCD panels based on low temperature polysilicon (LTPS) technology.

31 Mar 2010