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DiCon Microscope LED Illuminator Products to be Distributed by Edmund Optics

DiCon LED is excited to announce their new sales distributorship with Edmund Optics, the premier provider of optical and imaging components, as DiCon’s worldwide distributor Microscope LED Illuminator product line.

4 Jan 2010

Images from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Suggest Evidence of Lakes in Mars

Spectacular satellite images suggest that Mars was warm enough to sustain lakes three billion years ago, a period that was previously thought to be too cold and arid to sustain water on the surface, according to research published today in the journal Geology.

4 Jan 2010

NOTE Sells Operations of Skellefteå to Sweden-Based Optronic

As part of the previously announced structural measures in NOTE’s (STO:NOTE) Telecom customer segment, it has reached an agreement regarding the sale of the operations of NOTE Skellefteå. The acquirer is Optronic, a Swedish optoelectronics services provider that focuses on integrated production and development.

4 Jan 2010

Enel Green Power, Sharp, STMicroelectronics Enter Deal to Produce Thin-Film PV Panels in Italy

Today, Enel Green Power, Sharp and STMicroelectronics signed an agreement for the manufacture of triple-junction thin-film photovoltaic panels in Italy. At the same time, Enel Green Power and Sharp signed a further agreement to jointly develop solar farms.

4 Jan 2010

Hoku Materials and Shanghai Alex New Energy Amend Polysilicon Supply Deal

Hoku Materials, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hoku Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOKU) established to manufacture and sell polysilicon for the solar market, and Shanghai Alex New Energy Co., Ltd. (Alex), a manufacturer of crystalline silicon solar cells, modules and photovoltaic (PV) products in China, today announced the amendment of the polysilicon supply agreement in effect between the two companies.

4 Jan 2010

AIS Introduces New Smart Digital Signboard with High Brightness Display

American Industrial Systems, Inc. (AIS) releases a new RISC-based 10.1” Smart Digital Signboard featuring wireless connectivity

4 Jan 2010

Collaborative Project to Reduce Driver Stress with Help of Biometrics

Ford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announce advanced research project that explores automotive technology solutions to reduce driver stress.

4 Jan 2010

Stryker Acquires Medical Devices Remanufacturing Firm

Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK) today announced the closing of its previously announced acquisition of Ascent Healthcare Solutions, the market leader in the reprocessing and remanufacturing of medical devices in the U.S.

4 Jan 2010

LG Unveils First Mobile DTV That Can Receive Rugged Signals

Newly-certified to comply with mobile digital television (DTV) technology now being deployed by American broadcasters, LG Electronics is introducing the industry's first portable, battery-operated mobile DTV in the United States, designed to receive new rugged over-the-air signals being transmitted by local broadcasters. With hundreds of stations expected to sign on the air using the newly-minted technology in 2010 and with demand for truly mobile, portable TV reception on the rise, LG will officially introduce the DP570MH Mobile Digital Television with DVD Playback here next week at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show.

4 Jan 2010

New Research Finds Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Enhances Quality of Life in CRS Patients

Upwards of 76 percent of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) experienced significant quality of life (QOL) improvements after undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS), according to new research in the January 2010 issue of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.

4 Jan 2010

Samsung Launches New Compact Digital Camera Featuring Optimum Image Quality

The Samsung NX10’s Innovative Technology Provides ‘Best in Class’ Features with a Large APS-C Size Sensor, Bright AMOLED Screen and Fast Auto Focus to Give Users Ultimate Performance

4 Jan 2010

Eastman Kodak Completes Divesture of OLED Business to LG companies

Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) announced today that it has completed the previously announced sale of its OLED (organic light-emitting diode) business to an entity set up by a group of LG companies.

31 Dec 2009

TDVision Systems, CyberLink to Exhibit HD 3D Solutions at Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show

TDVision Systems Inc. and CyberLink will showcase their full HD 3D solutions at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. CyberLink’s PowerDVD video player software, integrated with TDVision’s 2D+Delta decoding technology, delivers full HD 3D video decoding capabilities. TDVision is the world’s leading innovator in Full HD 3D (1920x1080 per-view) video encoding and decoding sector and was recently honored as the 3D Innovator of the Year by IMS research.

31 Dec 2009

Frbiz.com Posts List of Popular LCD TVs

Frbiz.com, one of China's leading B2B search platforms with more than 30 B2B industry websites to its name, reveals year end LCD TV hot list.

31 Dec 2009

New Study on Effectiveness of Colonoscopy in Preventing Colorectal Cancer

The prevalence of left-sided advanced colorectal neoplasms was lower in participants in a community setting, but not right-sided advanced neoplams, who had received a colonoscopy in the preceding 10 years, according to a new study published online December 30 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

31 Dec 2009