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Flextronics Plans for Solar Module Manufacturing Plant in Malaysia

Flextronics has dedicated one million square feet to create a Clean Tech Super Site at its established facility in Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) Malaysia.

20 Mar 2010

U.S. Vice President Tours Cree's Lighting Facilities

Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden visited Cree (Nasdaq: CREE) to discuss the Obama administration’s commitment to fighting for issues important to America’s middle class families, including creating well-paying manufacturing jobs and building the clean energy economy.

20 Mar 2010

New DragonFly 40G Optical Transceiver from ColorChip

ColorChip, a leading designer and manufacturer of optical sub-systems and components based on Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuits (ASPICs), announced today the availability of the industry's first QSFP 40G pluggable LR transceiver.

20 Mar 2010

Brain Researchers Use Optogenetics Tool to Study Neural Circuits

Recently, brain researchers have gained a powerful new way to troubleshoot neural circuits associated with depression, Parkinson's disease and other conditions in small animals such as rats.

19 Mar 2010

NREL and Alcoa Jointly Test CSP Technology in Colorado

Alcoa announced today that it is jointly testing an advanced solar technology with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), with the goal of making Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technology competitive in the United States by lowering its cost to generate energy.

19 Mar 2010

SolFocus Installs 1 MW Solar Systems at Victor Valley College in California

Victor Valley College and SolFocus announced today that they are installing a 1 megawatt facility of high concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) systems for Victor Valley College in Victorville, California.

19 Mar 2010

Marine Lighting Pioneers Join to Deliver Products Under Single Brand

Marine lighting pioneers Carmanah Technologies Corporation and Sabik Oy announced today that the two organizations have joined forces to deliver a complete range of marine lighting solutions under the Carmanah/Sabik brand.

19 Mar 2010

Optical Biosensors Used for in vitro Analysis

Many illnesses can be reliably diagnosed through laboratory tests, but these in vitro analyses often use up valuable time. A system developed by Fraunhofer research scientists, which can carry out complex analyses on the spot, will soon be ready for the market.

19 Mar 2010

Raman Spectrometer Detects Germ Contaminations in Short Time

Microorganisms are everywhere and most of them are harmless, but they can do a lot of damage in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals or in tissue transplants. With the aid of a new device, germs can be detected in artificial cartilage within a few hours.

19 Mar 2010

GE and PrimeStar Collaborate to Bring New Products to Solar Market

With the race on in earnest to have the most efficient, low-cost solar module on the market, GE (NYSE: GE) announced it is focusing its research and development efforts on thin film photovoltaic (PV) technology in conjunction with PrimeStar Solar Inc., the startup firm in which GE is a majority investor.

19 Mar 2010

New Smartphones Based on InvenSense MotionProcessing Technology

InvenSense, Inc., the leading solution provider for the motion processing market, today announced a series of world’s first solutions based on its proprietary MotionProcessing™ technology for its flagship MPU-3000™.

19 Mar 2010

Optical Exhibitor Profiles to be Featured at OFC/NFOEC 2010 Show

OFC/NFOEC 2010 takes place March 23 - 25, 2010 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA.

19 Mar 2010

Lighting Manufacturer TCP Receives ENERGY STAR Partner Award

For the second year in a row, TCP, Inc. is awarded the ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year for Lighting Product Manufacturers by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE).

19 Mar 2010

U.S. Army and Intevac Partner to Develop Digital Night Vision Camera

Intevac Photonics, a subsidiary of Intevac, Inc., announced today it has received a $3.5M subcontract award from the U.S. Army for the development and evaluation of a two mega-pixel, digital night vision camera to be integrated onto the Apache helicopter.

19 Mar 2010

Nintendo DSi XL Game System Featuring 4.2-Inch Screen to be Launched

From bank balances to IQ scores, there are many things people would love to see increase by 93 percent. Nintendo, for its part, is determined to significantly boost the social fun of portable gaming. Launching March 28, the new, extra-large Nintendo DSi XL™ hand-held system makes it easier for everyone to gather around and have a good time.

19 Mar 2010