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Astronomers Link Three Antennas of ALMA Observatory to Obtain Precise Images of Universe

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has passed a key milestone crucial for the high quality images that will be the trademark of this revolutionary new tool for astronomy

5 Jan 2010

Global Traffic Launches LED Emitter and Remote Coding Unit

Global Traffic Technologies (GTT) announces the availability of the Opticom™ Infrared System Model 794 LED Emitter and Model RC790 Remote Coding Unit for emergency vehicle preemption and transit signal priority applications.

5 Jan 2010

Cogent to Replace Automated Finger Imaging System for New York State OTDA

Cogent Systems (Nasdaq:COGT) today announced that it has been awarded a contract to replace the Automated Finger Imaging System (AFIS) for the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA).

5 Jan 2010

Winegard to Unveil Cio Mobile Digital TV at Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show

Winegard Company, innovator and leader in television antenna and mobile satellite television systems, will reveal the Cio Mobile Digital TV, an LCD monitor that can receive live mobile digital TV signals, at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jan. 7 through 10.

5 Jan 2010

Tioga Energy, SunDurance Energy to Install and Operate Solar Systems in New Jersey

Tioga Energy and SunDurance Energy today announced they have been selected as a team by the Morris County Improvement Authority (MCIA) to develop, install, own, and operate 3.2 MW of solar power systems on 19 Morris County school buildings and county government facilities in 2010.

5 Jan 2010

QuickLogic to Showcase Visual Enhancement Engine, Display Power Optimizer at CES

Demonstrating its continued commitment to the mobile consumer electronics market, QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) is showcasing a host of next-generation handheld and mobile consumer electronics (CE) devices based on QuickLogic’s Customer Specific Standard Product (CSSP) solutions during the CES show in Las Vegas, January 7-10, 2010.

5 Jan 2010

VIZIO Chooses WirelessHD Technology for New LCD HDTVs

VIZIO, America’s #1 LCD HDTV Company, today announced that it has chosen to add WirelessHD technology and SiBEAM 60 GHz chipsets, based on the globally available WirelessHD standard, for a new line of LCD HDTVs and wireless HDMI adapters. VIZIO is also in the process of joining WirelessHD as an Adopter with the intent of incorporating WirelessHD technology into a wide range of product offerings for the consumer.

5 Jan 2010

New Infrared Hardware That Turns iPhone/iPod Touch into Remote Control

L5 Remote Debuts at CES 2010

5 Jan 2010

Testronic Labs to Open New 3D Test Lab in California

Testronic Laboratories, the global leader in quality assurance and testing services to the Blu-ray and Broadcast industries, has announced the opening of its new 3D Test Lab. Set to launch in the first quarter of 2010, the Testronic 3D Test Lab will be housed in the company’s 1st Street Facility, located in Burbank, CA.

5 Jan 2010

Smart GeoMetrics Uses its 3D Laser Technology to Scan USS Missouri Ship in Dry Dock

Smart GeoMetrics, a division of Smart MultiMedia, Inc. is on its second day of digital documentation of one of the world’s largest battleships in Hawaii. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to scan the ship’s entire hull while it is in dry dock in the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.

5 Jan 2010

New Market Research Report on MEMS Technology

Definitions of industry terms and milestones in the development of MEMS. Global MEMS market trends, including data for 2008, estimates for 2009, and projections through 2014, with 5-year compound annual growth rates (CAGRs)

5 Jan 2010

New MP3 Players Featuring AMOLED Touch-Screen Display from Samsung

Samsung Electronics America, Inc., a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, today unveiled two MP3 players designed for the media savvy and those concerned with managing their personal well-being.

5 Jan 2010

Interead to Release New ereader Models at Las Vegas International CES

Interead, makers of the COOL-ER line of ereaders, today announced new models that will be introduced at the 2010 International CES® in Las Vegas.

5 Jan 2010

Scientists Used Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope to Study Gaseous Intergalactic Streamer

A giant stream of gas flowing from neighbor galaxies around our own Milky Way is much longer and older than previously thought, astronomers have discovered. The new revelations provide a fresh insight on what started the gaseous intergalactic streamer.

5 Jan 2010

NOAO Blanco Telescope Helps Astronomers Spot Most Powerful Star Explosion

University of Notre Dame astronomer Peter Garnavich and a team of collaborators have discovered a distant star that exploded when its center became so hot that matter and anti-matter particle pairs were created. The star, dubbed Y-155, began its life around 200 times the mass of our Sun but probably became "pair-unstable" and triggered a runaway thermonuclear reaction that made it visible nearly halfway across the universe.

5 Jan 2010