Optics & Photonics News

RSS

Cities of UTOPIA Bid to Bring Google Fiber to Utah

West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder, backed by mayors and city representatives from other UTOPIA cities, today announced that the cities of UTOPIA are officially bidding to participate in the RFI for Google’s Fiber Communities program.

18 Feb 2010

New Advertising Campaign for Array LED Replacement Lamps

Nexxus Lighting, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEXS) today announced that it has launched a national advertising campaign around its new Array™ Lighting LED replacement light bulb product line.

18 Feb 2010

SEMATECH to Demonstrate Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Advancement at SPIE

Critical issues and potential solutions in preparing extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) for high-volume manufacturing will be explored by SEMATECH technologists at the SPIE Advanced Lithography 2010 conferences Feb. 21-25 in San Jose, CA.

18 Feb 2010

New docomo PRIME Series F-01B Mobile Phone to Implement TrueTouch Touchscreen Solution

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today announced that Fujitsu Limited has selected the TrueTouch™ solution from Cypress to implement the water-resistant touchscreen in NTT DOCOMO’s new handset, the docomo PRIME series F-01B mobile phone. The flexible TrueTouch solution, based on the PSoC® programmable system-on-chip architecture, offered proven performance, durability and programmability from the docomo PRIME series F-01A phone.

18 Feb 2010

Atomic Public Relations to Provide Marketing Assistance for Polaroid Brand

Atomic Public Relations has been appointed to assist in the re-introduction of the iconic Polaroid brand. Atomic’s Los Angeles and New York teams are working with PLR IP Holdings, the owner of the Polaroid brand, on the brand's overall media strategy including social media, video and search activities.

18 Feb 2010

LED Illumination Launches New Green Lighting Store in Waco, Texas

LED Illumination Direct opens its one-of-a-kind, green showroom in the Waco area. This 2,500-square-foot showroom hosts LED Illumination Direct’s 200 different varieties of LED products. LED Illumination Direct’s showroom demonstrates LED lighting capabilities by comparing its LED lights to incandescent, CFLs, and Fluorescent lighting and showing various light spectrums and colors available in the LED light.

18 Feb 2010

Cooper Lighting's LED Luminaires Awarded in Solid-State Lighting Design Competition

Four innovative products awarded for superior performance show diversity of vast company offering

18 Feb 2010

Tanner Creek Energy Completes Solar Array Installation at Northwoods Nursery

Tanner Creek Energy, a renewable energy project development and consulting firm, announced the completion of a 12.6 kW solar system at Northwoods Nursery's 66-acre operation in Molalla, OR. Northwoods Nursery is a grower of unique fruiting edibles and unusual ornamentals for wholesale and retail, via its One Green World retail operation.

18 Feb 2010

Schools in Lebanon Powered by Suntech Solar Panels

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest producer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules, recently supplied solar panels for 19 remote schools in Lebanon working with local partner and Lebanese integrator Asaco General Trade & Contracting. Sponsored and facilitated by the Country Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Demonstration Project for the Recovery of Lebanon (CEDRO), established through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the combined systems represent the largest solar initiative in Lebanon.

18 Feb 2010

Images from WISE Show Diverse Range of Cosmic Characters

A diverse cast of cosmic characters is showcased in the first survey images NASA released Wednesday from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE

18 Feb 2010

Wacom Introduces New DTU Series Pen Displays for Medical Sector

Providing streamlined and intuitive digital workflows within the medical industry, Wacom® has amplified the opportunity to increase production rates and comfort with the introduction of the DTU-2231 and DTU-1631 interactive pen displays. Offering the ultimate in control, the new DTU models' direct pen-on-screen input is designed to optimize efficiency and productivity by allowing healthcare professionals to draw diagrams, write notes or annotate directly on digital images.

18 Feb 2010

LUMEDX Deploys CardioPACS Imaging System at Ten IHS Affiliate Hospitals

LUMEDX Corporation, a leading provider of vendor-agnostic, integrated medical imaging and information systems, announced the completion of an extensive cardiovascular PACS deployment at Iowa Health Systems (IHS).

18 Feb 2010

Cosmologists Confirm Presence of Primitive Stars in Dwarf Galaxies Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope

“We have, in effect, found a flaw in the forensic methods used until now,” says Else Starkenburg, lead author of the paper reporting the study. “Our improved approach allows us to uncover the primitive stars hidden among all the other, more common stars.”

18 Feb 2010

LuxuryTec Unveils 40" Digital Display and Digital Network

North Carolina based LuxuryTec announces the launch of the Mirror Image and The Mirror Image Digital Network.

18 Feb 2010

Christie to Meet Customers Demand for Series 2 DLP Cinema Projectors

Christie®, the leader in digital cinema projection technologies, is pleased to confirm full production, shipping and installation of the latest generation of 4K-ready DLP Cinema® projectors, the Christie Solaria™ series, beginning with the Christie CP2220.

17 Feb 2010