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Ophir-Spiricon Unveils PD300-R Line of Circular Photodiode Sensors

Compact, low noise photodiode energy detector provides wide dynamic range, from picoWatts to Watts

28 Jan 2010

Elliot Scientific Offers Range of Laser Products from AKELA Laser

Elliot Scientific is now offering custom multi-mode and single mode pulsed and CW diode lasers, diode laser modules, diode laser bars, arrays and opto-mechanical sub-assemblies in wavelengths ranging from 635nm to greater than 2 microns from AKELA Laser. In addition to custom packages and sub-assemblies, AKELA also offer high power laser diodes in a wide array of standard packages in single emitter, multi-element module and bar configurations.

28 Jan 2010

Canadian Solar Announces PV Modules Sales Contract with Fire Energy

Canadian Solar Inc. ("the Company", "Canadian Solar" or "we") (Nasdaq: CSIQ) today announced that that it has entered into a sales contract with Fire Energy Group ("F.E."). Under terms of the contract, shipments started in January, with Canadian Solar expected to supply 60MW of PV modules to Fire Energy in 2010.

28 Jan 2010

LED Screen from Lighthouse Technologies Installed at Rose Bowl Stadium

The world-renowned Rose Bowl hosted the year's most anticipated college football game this season -- the BCS Championship game, as well as the "granddaddy of them all," the Rose Bowl. For each game, nearly 95,000 college football fans in attendance looked to the spectacular new Lighthouse Jumbovision LED screen for game action replays, sponsor messages and entertainment.

28 Jan 2010

Plant Physiologists Capture Pollen Tube Growth on Camera

Studying pollen tubes, University of Massachusetts Amherst plant cell biologist Peter Hepler and colleagues have captured some of the fastest growing tissues known, on camera for the first time, to advance understanding of fertilization processes critical to development of all fruits, nuts, grains, rice, corn, wheat and other crops we depend on for food.

28 Jan 2010

FORS2 Instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope Finds New Black Hole in NGC 300

The stellar-mass black holes found in the Milky Way weigh up to ten times the mass of the Sun and are certainly not be taken lightly

28 Jan 2010

One of the World's Largest Video Screens Installed at Meydan Racecourse, Dubai

Sojitz Corporation and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation installed a Diamond Vision screen as one of the world's largest and widest video systems at Meydan Racecourse, which opened today in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

28 Jan 2010

FiberLight Constructs New 100-Mile Optical Network Between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

FiberLight, LLC, a leading optical networking provider, announced today they are constructing a new 100-mile fully diverse network linking Baltimore to Washington, D.C.

28 Jan 2010

New EZBoost White LED Backlight Driver for Use in Latest Portable Devices

3x3mm White LED Driver Lights Up to 12 LEDs in Series

28 Jan 2010

Axis Three Launches XS-200 Scanner That Offers Accurate 3D Images to Simulate Facial Surgery Outcomes

Axis Three, the leader and pioneer of 3D surgical simulation tools for aesthetic consultations, today announced the availability of its new XS-200 scanner, designed to capture high quality, anatomically-accurate, 3D images of a patient’s face in order to simulate facial surgery outcomes.

28 Jan 2010

Avago Unveils First Water-Resistant Tricolor Surface Mount HB LEDs

Enhanced Compact Industry Standard PLCC-4/6 Package Provides High Contrast, a Wide Viewing Angle, Better Color Control and Reliability

28 Jan 2010

L-1 Identity Solutions Wins USCIS Contract for Live Scan Biometric Capture Systems

L-1 Identity Solutions (NYSE:ID), a leading provider of identity solutions and services, today announced a contract valued at $9.9 million over three years for advanced live scan biometric capture systems to be used as part of the USCIS immigrant citizenship application process.

28 Jan 2010

Solyndra Reports Umwelt-Sonne-Energie Completes Largest Rooftop Solar Installation in Belgium

Solyndra, Inc., a manufacturer of innovative cylindrical photovoltaic (PV) systems for commercial rooftops, today announced that Umwelt-Sonne-Energie GmbH (USE Projects), an authorized reseller, has completed the largest collective Solyndra project to date. The project consists of 1.9 MWp of generation capability installed on 10 rooftop sites in Belgium owned by a large international food retailer. The power generated by the systems will be sold to local utilities under an agreement with the building owners.

28 Jan 2010

International Reputation for Supply of OEM Quantities of Zoom Lenses Custom Designed for Specific Applications

Resolve Optics Ltd. has established an international reputation for supply of OEM quantities of zoom lenses custom designed for specific applications.

28 Jan 2010

IMS Releases Research Report on HBLED Supply

In a groundbreaking effort, IMS Research has released the first market research report characterizing the supply side of white and RGB LED production used for high brightness (HB) LEDs.

28 Jan 2010