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Grote's New High-Performance LED WhiteLight Lamp Saves on Replacement Costs

Grote Industries, a world leader in high-performance LED lighting technology for the transportation industry, introduced the sixth member of its advanced LED WhiteLight Work Lamps Portfolio today: the revolutionary Trilliant 36 LED WhiteLight With Mounting Bracket.

24 Feb 2010

Data from SphinX Spectrophotometer Determine Sun as Dimmest X-Ray Star

During the recent solar activity minimum, the Sun was the dimmest X-ray star within 23 light years of its neighborhood - this is suggested by measurements collected by scientists at the Space Research Centre (SRC) of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

24 Feb 2010

New BD FACSAria III Optical Flow Cytometer Launched by BD Biosciences

BD Biosciences, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), announced today the launch of the BD FACSAria™ III Cell Sorting System, a next-generation flow cytometer with the ability to run complex multicolor experiments using up to six lasers.

24 Feb 2010

Malvern’s Application Note Suggests NIR-CI for Tablet Deconstruction

Chemical imaging specialists at Malvern Instruments have recently published an application note demonstrating that by reverse engineering pharmaceutical tablets using data from the SyNIRgi near infrared chemical imaging (NIR-CI) system they could determine extensive and detailed information about the formulations and processing techniques used to create each dosage. This has valuable applications in troubleshooting product failures.

24 Feb 2010

Elliot Scientific Showcases Novel Capabilities of New Firefly-IR Laser System

Elliot Scientific showcases the novel remote sensing and imaging capabilities of the new Firefly-IR laser system by real-time visualisation of greenhouse gas plumes.

24 Feb 2010

Epson Imaging Acquires Intelligent Property Rights of Small- and Medium-Sized LCDs

At a meeting of its board of directors, Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson", TSE: 6724) decided that as of March 31, 2010 (planned effective date), its rights and obligations relating to the management of patents and other intellectual property rights of small- and medium-sized LCDs would be acquired by its subsidiary company Epson Imaging Devices Corporation ("Epson Imaging") in an absorption-type split ("split").

24 Feb 2010

Colibrys Releases MS9005 MEMS Accelerometer for AHRS Applications

Colibrys (Switzerland) Ltd. has announced today the release of its new MS9005, a ±5g range MEMS accelerometer, to complement its existing family of +/-2g and +/-10g products targeted primarily at AHRS applications.

24 Feb 2010

Matrox Iris GT Smart Cameras Offer PC-Like Environment for Machine Vision Applications

Today Matrox Imaging announced that the Matrox Iris GT smart camera also comes pre-installed with the Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded operating system.

24 Feb 2010

Gilden's Single Photon Counting Fluoroimeter Allows LEC to Comply with Defra Joint Code of Practice

LEC's inorganic nutrients laboratory, otherwise known as the CSWM laboratory, has recently achieved high acclaim for its compliance with the Defra Joint Code of Practice

24 Feb 2010

ADVA Optical Networking Launches Integrated OTDR Tool

ADVA Optical Networking today introduced to its flagship FSP 3000 platform an integrated Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) capability for end-to-end analysis and monitoring of the fiber transport network. ADVA Optical Networking's OTDR functionality enables enterprises and network operators to more quickly provision new services by easily testing dark fiber for issues or, for the first time, to perform in-service OTDR monitoring and rapidly identify and isolate fiber issues without interruption of existing services.

24 Feb 2010

AFOP Introduces MU SM Fibre Optic Loopback for High Density Adapters

Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. (NASDAQ Small Cap: AFOP) is an innovative supplier of fiber optic components, subsystems, and integrated modules for the optical network equipment market. AFOP’s MU SM loopbacks features a compact housing design that allows multiple Loopbacks to be inserted side by side in 8 and 16 port High Density adapters.

24 Feb 2010

New 532 nm Laser Module for Optical Measurement and Outdoor Applications

This module is only 52 mm in length and 12 mm in diameter. The drive electronics are also already integrated

24 Feb 2010

XOS' HDXRF Technology Detects Toxic Metals in Children’s Jewelry

HDXRF accurately detects the presence of cadmium, lead, and other toxic elements separately in surface coating and in substrates of toys, jewelry, and other consumer products

24 Feb 2010

ADVA Optical Networking Becomes Member of FTTH Council Europe

ADVA Optical Networking today announced its membership in the FTTH Council Europe. The council works to accelerate Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) adoption by informing European governments, regulators, operators, utility companies, investors and broadband end users on the benefits of high-speed fiber connectivity to European households.

24 Feb 2010

New Versions of ScanLife Barcode Scanner for Smartphone Users

Scanbuy, Inc., the global leader in mobile barcode solutions, today announced it has released new versions of its ScanLife barcode scanner for the Android, BlackBerry and iPhone operating systems. ScanLife uses the camera in a mobile phone to scan barcodes that automatically display product information, show videos, dial a phone number and more without needing to type or search for information.

24 Feb 2010