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LEDEL International Allowed to Use UL Certification for High-Power LED Bulb

It was with tremendous pride that, this morning, the President of LEDEL International and the firm's Vice-President and General Manager, Normand Poliquin, announced that the Quebec firm had just received the authorization to use UL (Underwriters Laboratories) certification for its high-power LED bulb.

6 Jan 2010

DynaVox Purchases Eye Response Technologies to Strengthen Market

DynaVox, the leading provider of speech generating devices and symbol-adapted special education software used to assist individuals in overcoming speech, language and learning challenges, today announced that the company has acquired Eye Response Technologies.

6 Jan 2010

PixelOptics and Panasonic Shikoku Join for Development of Electronic Eyeglasses

PixelOptics, Inc. ("Pixel") of Roanoke, Virginia announced today that Pixel and Panasonic Shikoku Electronics Co., Ltd ("Panasonic Shikoku Electronics") of Matsuyama, Japan have been collaborating in the development of PixelOptics' electronic eyeglasses. Pixel, the world's first composite ophthalmic lens company, is developing, and plans to market and sell both static (fixed focus) and electronic dynamic (changeable focus) lenses.

6 Jan 2010

VIZIO Unleashes New High-Performance TruLED Full HD3D HDTVs

VIZIO, America's #1 LCD HDTV Company, has unveiled their new high-performance XVT Pro Series of 480Hz SPS(TM) 16x9 TruLED(TM) Full HD3D(TM)HDTVs available in 72", 55" and 47" sizes, as well as a 58" Cinema Wide HDTV that displays content in 21 x 9 aspect ratio.

6 Jan 2010

Canon Launches New Digital Camera Models Featuring New Creative Effects

Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today unveiled four new PowerShot A-Series digital cameras

6 Jan 2010

Fun Electronics Adds Residential LED Lighting to Emerson Brand

Fun Electronics, Inc., the exclusive licensee in North America for Emerson Radio Corp., for MP players, personal computers, portable TVs, and digital cameras/camcorders, announces the launch of two more product categories to their license agreement.

6 Jan 2010

MediaTile Introduces HD Interactive Display for Brand-to-Consumer Communications

4G Video Presence will put brands face-to-face with consumers in retail stores using live high-definition digital promotions and instant 2-way video assistance

6 Jan 2010

Hubble Space Telescope Provides Image of 12 Billion Years of Cosmic History

More than 12 billion years of cosmic history are shown in this full-color view of thousands of galaxies in various stages of morphology

6 Jan 2010

Klipsch Unveils LightSpeaker That Combines LED Lighting and Wireless Sound

Energy-Saving Product Uniquely Combines Brilliant LED Lighting and Wireless Ambient Sound

6 Jan 2010

SunWize Commercial Power Systems Wins Solar Installation Projects from Department of VA

SunWize Commercial Power Systems, the nationwide commercial installation division of SunWize Technologies, Inc., was recently awarded solar power contracts exceeding $7.8 million by the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). The contracts consist of 10 solar hospital projects that call for more than 1.1 MW of photovoltaic (PV) systems to be installed in locations across the country.

6 Jan 2010

NASA Deep Impact Spacecraft Videos Show Sun Glints Signaling Water on Earth

In two new videos from NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft, bright flashes of light known as sun glints act as beacons signaling large bodies of water on Earth

6 Jan 2010

Fermi Gamma-Ray Telescope Helps Astronomers Discover 17 Millisecond Pulsars in Galaxy

Radio astronomers have uncovered 17 millisecond pulsars in our galaxy by studying unknown high-energy sources detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The astronomers made the discovery in less than three months. Such a jump in the pace of locating these hard-to-find objects holds the promise of using them as a kind of "galactic GPS" to detect gravitational waves passing near Earth.

6 Jan 2010

Clear-Lite Announces Enhanced Corporate Website Featuring Additional Product Information

Clear-Lite Holdings, Inc. (“ClearLite”) (OTCBB: CLRH), a leading innovator of eco-friendly lighting and the appreciably safer ArmorLite™ CFL, today announced the launch of its new and improved corporate ebsite, www.clearlite.com, designed to be more streamlined and user-friendly.

6 Jan 2010

Vista Broadband Networks Launches New Fiber Optic Business Internet Service Package

Vista Broadband Networks, Inc., Northern California's largest pure, fixed wireless and fiber Internet Service Provider (ISP) for business, is proud to introduce VistaHD, a Highly Diverse economical business Internet service package that creates true diverse transport media and multiple geographically diverse paths from your facility through their infrastructure and into the Internet backbone at speeds and reliability second to none.

6 Jan 2010

Volcano's OCT Imaging System and Catheter Obtains CE Mark

Volcano Corporation (Nasdaq: VOLC), a leader in the development, manufacture and sales of products for the diagnosis and treatment of coronary and peripheral artery disease, announced today receipt of CE mark for their OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) imaging system and catheter. Volcano's OCT product line is expected to complement its existing line of IVUS imaging catheters and pressure guide wires used for coronary imaging and lesion assessment.

6 Jan 2010