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Himfr.com Provides Review on Hitachi, Lenovo Projectors

The Hitachi HCP-8000X uses a streamlined design, while the shape presents a concise, competent style. The projector weighs about 3.5 kilograms, which is more suitable for fixed installation. In performance terms, it is applied 3LCD projection technology, with mainstream XGA resolution, and its brightness is up to 5,000 lumens, making it suitable for all kinds of teaching, conferences, exhibitions, and museums, etc.

23 Jan 2010

Frbiz.com's Evaluation of LCD TVs

The Sony 46Z5588 came on the market at last year, with Sony's exclusive Motionflow 200Hz four-speed processing technology, which enables a more smoothly-flowing motion picture. At the same time, the product also comes with a built-in terrestrial digital signal tuner, which is the current LCD TV market's most popular feature.

23 Jan 2010

MODIS Instrument Captures Storm Magda in Northern Australia

When Cyclone Magda made landfall from Collier Bay at around 5 a.m. local time on January 22 in northern Australia, NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of the storm.

23 Jan 2010

Imaging Technology Used by RIT Aids Reconstruction of Haiti

In the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake that struck Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, scientists from Rochester Institute of Technology are sweeping the leveled city with high-tech imaging integrated into a small aircraft.

23 Jan 2010

New Microscopic Technique Shows Neurons Connection

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, in Germany, led by the Spanish physicist Rubén Fernández-Busnadiego, has managed to obtain 3D images of the vesicles and filaments involved in communication between neurons.

23 Jan 2010

Images Captured by AATSR Reveals UK Covered in Snow

Researchers from the Earth Observation Science (EOS) group based in the Space Research Centre at the University of Leicester have released satellite images of the UK during a week in which most areas were blanketed by snow.

22 Jan 2010

Market Research Report Added on Touch Screens

Touch screens were first used in computer-assisted learning systems in the 1970s and then went on to find applications in kiosks, point-of-sales systems, ATMs, etc. Today they are also been used in PDAs, smart phones, game consoles, GPS systems, and industrial information and control devices of various kinds.

22 Jan 2010

Market Outlook on Organic Light Emitting Diode Materials

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ee4e1d/markets_for_oled_m) has announced the addition of the "Markets for OLED Materials: 2010-2017" report to their offering.

22 Jan 2010

Market Analysis on Mobile Video Surveillance Devices

Improvements in technologies for recording and transmission have opened up several revenue opportunities for mobile video surveillance devices, especially in the transit bus, police vehicles and rail markets across the world. These technology developments have extended the scope of mobile video surveillance to include monitoring and training drivers to improve performance.

22 Jan 2010

Radiant Communications Signs Broadband Service Deal with MTS Allstream

MTS Allstream Inc. ("MTS Allstream"), a subsidiary of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (TSX: MBT) and Radiant Communications Corp. (TSX-V: RCN) today announced that the two companies have entered into a Broadband Network Investment Agreement. The agreement enables both companies to provide reliable, next generation, high capacity broadband services to Canadian businesses.

22 Jan 2010

Scientists to Develop Molecular Image Guided System for Lung Cancer Treatment

Scientists at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston received a research grant from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) today to develop the first molecular image guided system to diagnose and treat small-cell peripheral lung cancer in one sitting.

22 Jan 2010

JDSU Introduces New Optical Light Sources and Power Meters

JDSU today introduced a new family of cost-effective optical test instruments and kits, the JDSU Optical SmartPocket™ handhelds, to support enterprise and broadband service providers. The JDSU Optical SmartPocket handhelds are designed to deliver an easy to use interface, accurate performance and other key features that make them the most suitable optical test tools for any field technician dealing with optical fiber.

22 Jan 2010

LightPath Introduces 10.6mm Focal Length LWIR Lens for Uncooled IR Sensors

LightPath Technologies is pleased to introduce an f/1.0, 10.6 mm focal length Long Wave Infrared (LWIR) lens assembly designed for uncooled infrared sensors. These lenses are designed as the primary optics for thermal imagers in a wide variety of applications including homeland security, firefighting, predictive maintenance and driver’s vision enhancement systems in automobiles. These thermal imaging markets have a combined current estimated value of over $2.5 billion.

22 Jan 2010

Nextreme Demonstrated Laser Cooling in TO-8 Package Using Thin-Film OptoCooler

Nextreme Thermal Solutions, the leader in microscale thermal and power management products for the electronics industry, today announced the cooling of a laser diode in a TO-8 package using an embedded thin-film thermoelectric OptoCooler HV14 module. Cooling the laser improves the output performance and reliability of the device.

22 Jan 2010

Intense and CST Enter Deal to Consolidate Business Operations

Intense Ltd, developer of next generation semiconductor lasers, systems and solutions, and Compound Semiconductor Technologies (CST) have announced that the two companies have completed a deal to consolidate their business operations in the UK. CST has acquired the UK fabrication assets of Intense Ltd. in Hamilton, Scotland. As part of the deal Intense has taken a minority stake in the enlarged CST business and will complete the process of consolidating all of its product development and manufacturing activities into its New Jersey, USA facility in the first half of 2010.

22 Jan 2010