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XsunX Reaches Significant Milestone with Hybrid Chamber Design

XsunX, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: XSNX), the developer of advanced, thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar cell technologies and manufacturing processes, today announced the company has reached a significant milestone in its development process: the completion of a co-evaporation processing chamber design that combines several thermal evaporation techniques in one unified process to produce the CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide) solar cell's absorber layer.

9 Mar 2010

Axis Surgical Receive FDA Approval to Market Visualization Device for Diagnostic Arthroscopy and Endoscopicy

Axis Surgical Technologies, Inc., announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to market their C-MOR(TM) Visualization Device for use in diagnostic and operative arthroscopic and endoscopic procedures. The self-contained portable direct-imaging tool provides illumination and visualization of an interior cavity through either a natural or surgical opening.

8 Mar 2010

New High Brightness, Conduction-Cooled Fiber-Coupled Diode Laser Module from DILAS

DILAS, the diode laser company, has developed a high brightness, conduction-cooled fiber-coupled diode laser module based on diode laser bars that provides up to 40 watts output power from a 100-micron fiber core at a wavelength of 976nm with a numerical aperture of <0.22.

8 Mar 2010

Princeton Instruments Introduces Lightfield Software for Use with Cameras and Spectrometers

Princeton Instruments, the world leader in optical spectroscopy and CCD, EMCCD, and ICCD camera technology, is pleased to introduce LightField™, an all-new 64-bit data acquisition software platform designed for use in spectroscopy and scientific imaging applications.

8 Mar 2010

Global Joint Licensing Program for Blu-Ray and DVD Patents

Four leading companies — Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Thomson Licensing, Toshiba Corporation and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (collectively, the "BD4C Licensing Group") — today announced that they have commenced a worldwide joint licensing program beginning on March 1, 2010 for Blu-ray ("BD") and DVD patents essential for BD decoders, BD encoders, BD players, BD read-only discs, BD recordable discs, BD drives, BD/DVD hybrid discs and BD recorders ("BD Products"), including BD Products that incorporate DVD functionality.

8 Mar 2010

Asahi Spectra Launches Optical and NIR Filters at 2010 SPIE Exhibition

Asahi Spectra launches to produce optical and NIR filters for the purpose of defense, security or sensing by using sputtering technology. The interference film coated by sputtering has excellent durability against the cryogenic, heat or humidity. Spectral performance is quite stable and reliable in a tough environment. Large size of filter is available.

8 Mar 2010

Enovos, Avelar Energy Announce Joint Venture Agreement to Develop PV Plants

On 3 March 2010, Enovos Luxembourg SA and Avelar Energy Ltd. (based in Zurich), signed a contract to form a joint venture under the name 'Aveleos S.A.'.

8 Mar 2010

GBI Set to Change Telecom Landscape in Bahrain

Gulf Bridge International (GBI), the Middle East’s first privately owned submarine cable operator.

8 Mar 2010

New Panasonic LUMIX G2 Digital Camera Comes with Intuitive Touch-Screen Operation

Panasonic today announces the LUMIX DMC-G2, the world's first digital interchangeable lens system camera with a movable LCD that allows for touch-control, and the successor to the award-winning and revolutionary LUMIX G1, which was the world's first Micro Four Thirds digital camera.

8 Mar 2010

Panasonic Introduces Advanced Digital Camera with HD Video Recording

Panasonic today introduces an addition to its Panasonic LUMIX G Series, the LUMIX DMC-G10, the world's lightest digital interchangeable lens camera with a viewfinder, which packs a host of advanced digital camera functions designed to be easy-to-use for users new to system cameras. The new compact and portable LUMIX G10, which can record High Definition (HD) video in addition to high-quality still images, joins the LUMIX DMC-G2, also introduced today, as part of the Panasonic LUMIX G Series.

8 Mar 2010

Vitronic to Present Machine Vision Solutions for the Medical Industry at MEDTEC

At this year’s MEDTEC, which takes place from 23th until 25th March 2009 in Stuttgart, VITRONIC presents turn-key machine vision solutions for the medical technology industry alongside the 360° inspection system VINSPEC. The roundabout inspection and reading of sealing caps is now reality- Eliminate time- and cost consuming mechanical rotation of the containers.

7 Mar 2010

Level 3 Communications Extends Fiber-Optic Portfolio in Northern California

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:LVLT) today announced that it has expanded its operations and is enhancing its local presence in Northern California, which includes San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland and Sacramento. This initiative reflects Level 3’s continuing pledge to enhance its presence in local markets throughout the country, designed to provide mid-market enterprises with a world-class customer experience.

6 Mar 2010

Low-Cost MPX-90 Desktop Impact Printer for Marking Applications

Roland DGA Corp. has introduced the MPX-90 desktop impact printer, a powerful, affordable imprinting device for industrial marking applications.

6 Mar 2010

Market Research Report on 3D TSV Technologies

The continuation of Moore's law by conventional CMOS scaling is becoming more and more challenging, requiring huge capital investments. 3D Packaging with 3D TSV interconnects provides another path towards the "More than Moore", with relatively smaller capital investments. Despite the impact of the economic downturn, 3D integration investments are strategic innovations and have continued.

6 Mar 2010

Varian Introduces Advanced Dissolution Apparatus for Drug Testing Laboratories

Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI) announced today the availability of its next generation dissolution apparatus designed for testing tablets, capsules and other dosage forms.

6 Mar 2010