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Multicrystalline PV Cells from Kyocera Achieve 16.6% Module Efficiency

Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) today announced that it has achieved a new world record of 16.6% module efficiency (aperture-area efficiency of 17.3%) for multicrystalline silicon solar modules using 54 cells in the development stage. To achieve this record, Kyocera further improved its proprietary "Back Contact" technology and module design to optimize the performance of each cell, thus increasing overall energy conversion efficiency. Kyocera, which possesses a fully-integrated production system — from processing raw silicon material to manufacturing cells and modules — continually advances its technology to yield higher energy efficiency from its solar cells and modules.

15 Feb 2010

Lemnis' LED Retrofit Lamps to Undergo ENERGY STAR Qualification Tests

Lemnis Lighting announced today at the Strategies in Light conference in Santa Clara, CA that it has started submitting the first products of a broad portfolio of LED replacements for incandescent and halogen light bulbs for ENERGY STAR® qualification as of August 2010.

15 Feb 2010

Samsung Introduces New CMOS Image Sensors for Mobile Phones

Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that it has developed two new CMOS image sensors – the S5K4E2 and the S5K5CA – for the mobile phone market. Designers and manufacturers of high-end smart phones and slim mobile handsets can now integrate one of these high-performance, cost efficient, small form factor imagers into their next generation design.

15 Feb 2010

Ultra-Narrow Linewidth Fibre Lasers Now on Offer Through Elliot Scientific

Elliot Scientific will be offering the Orbits Lightwave "Ethernal SlowLight" ultra-narrow (200 Hz) linewidth 1064 nm and 1550 nm fibre lasers, in powers up to 200 mW, to OEMs and researchers in the UK and Ireland. Powers of 2 W, 5 W and 10 W are coming soon.

14 Feb 2010

Using Laser Optical Trap, Researchers Observe Chemical Reactions Near Zero

Physicists at JILA have for the first time observed chemical reactions near absolute zero, demonstrating that chemistry is possible at ultralow temperatures and that reaction rates can be controlled using quantum mechanics, the peculiar rules of submicroscopic physics.

12 Feb 2010

ZYBRID Touch Sensor Selected for HMI of Bladelius Design’s Flagship Audio Playback System

A 6.1-inch version of Zytronic’s Projected Capacitive Technology-based ZYBRID touch sensor has been selected for use in the human-machine interface (HMI) of Bladelius Design Group AB’s flagship Embla product, a high-performance audio playback system that offers quick and simple operation at its user’s fingertips.

12 Feb 2010

With 180-Mile Open-Access Fiber Ring, Axcess Ontario Applies for Google Test Site

A day after Google's blog that rocked the blogosphere, Axcess Ontario is announcing it wants Ontario County, N.Y., to serve as a Google test site.

12 Feb 2010

Atmospheric Imaging Assembly Built by Lockheed Martin Launched on NASA's SDO

Two state-of-the art solar instruments built at the Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory of the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto, were launched this morning at 10:23 a.m. EST aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA), a suite of four telescopes, will provide an unprecedented view of the solar corona, taking images that span at least 1.3 solar diameters in multiple wavelengths nearly simultaneously, at a resolution of about one arc-second and at a cadence of ten seconds or better. The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI), designed in collaboration with Professor Philip Scherrer, HMI Principal Investigator, and other scientists at Stanford University, will study the origin of solar variability and attempt to characterize and understand the Sun's interior and magnetic activity.

12 Feb 2010

Sony Announces Acquisition to Offer Optic Solution to Health Care Market

Biotech company to stay and grow in the park, CEO remains in place

12 Feb 2010

AB SCIEX's Mass Spectrometry Solution to be Used for 2010 Winter Games Anti-Doping Testing

Officials Increase Efforts to Enforce Zero-Tolerance Policy

12 Feb 2010

Brüel + Kjær Ships Large LDS Vibration-Test System for Testing Durability of Hybrid Battery

Hybrid power technology development is ramping up globally. In today‘s ultra-competitive automotive industry, these technologies of the future demand vibration test solutions that can efficiently perform highly accelerated lifetime testing (HALT), even on large and fully operational assemblies.

12 Feb 2010

Advanced Photonix Receives Follow-On Order for Photodiode Assembly and Optical Sensor

Advanced Photonix, Inc. (R) (NYSE Amex: API) announced today that it has received a $2.4 million follow-on order from a major defense prime contractor to deliver products within a 26-month time frame beginning May 2010. The Company expects most of the revenue to be recognized evenly over the next two fiscal years. The products to be supplied for this order include a custom photodiode assembly and optical sensor used for the Navy's Guided Missile Systems. The Guided Missile Weapon System is the world's most modern ship self-defense weapon, and has been specifically designed to provide exceptional protection for multiple ship platforms.

12 Feb 2010

LASER COMPONENTS Expands Production Capacity at Pulsed Laser Diode Facility in Canada

The pulsed laser diode production facility in Canada has followed in the proverbial footsteps of the LASER COMPONENTS headquarters and added 30% more space to expand its production capacity. “This was a necessary measure to take in order to meet the increasing demands placed on our business,” said the managing director, Patrick Paul, of the expansion.

12 Feb 2010

Fastec Imaging Rolls Out New HiSpec Camera

Fastec Imaging Corporation has announced a new HiSpec camera model, the HiSpec 2. The HiSpec 2 has an optional Hi-G configuration which has been certified to 100 “G” accelerations and vibration to 10g’s. And its standard 4GB memory is expandable to 8GB. The choice of Hi-G format and increased memory combined with its small size make the HiSpec 2 ideal for on-board automotive impact testing, military ordinance testing and other harsh environments.

12 Feb 2010

Enablence Provides Service for Honduras-Based Grupo Cable Sula's Fiber Broadband Network

Enablence Technologies Inc. ("Enablence" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ENA), 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 helping Grupo Cable Sula of Honduras maintain its leadership position in the Central American region with a new fiber-based broadband network for its business customers.

12 Feb 2010