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Non Yellowing Permanent/Temporary Adhesive Cures Rapidly

Master Bond's UV14-3 is a temporary bonding adhesive that has a fast UV cure ideal for automated, non- permanent adhesive assemblies. Environmentally safe, the temporary adhesive can be easily removed without surface contamination.

29 Dec 2009

BroadLight Integrates its GPON Residential Gateway Device with Ralink Wi-Fi Solution

BroadLight, the leading supplier of GPON Semiconductors and software, today announced the successful integration of BroadLight’s leading BL2348 GPON Residential gateway device and Ralink’s RT3062 300 Mbps 802.11n Wi-Fi solution. The integrated reference design provides a high-performance, cost optimized Residential Gateway solution that enables next generation “triple play” voice, video, and data services to the home over a combined GPON plus Wi-Fi network.

29 Dec 2009

Study Reveals About Half of US Households will Have HDTV by Year End

According to a recent independent study by Leichtman Research Group, nearly 50 percent of U.S. households will own a HDTV by the end of the year, prompting Comcast to remind consumers this holiday season not to forget the HD service when buying a HDTV to ensure they are benefiting from the full HD experience. The independent study also found that just 36 percent of HDTV owners say that they were told how to receive HD programming when they purchased their HDTV.

29 Dec 2009

ON Semiconductor Seeks to Acquire California Micro Devices

ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN) today announced that it has commenced its tender offer for the acquisition of California Micro Devices Corporation (Nasdaq: CAMD).

29 Dec 2009

New Analysis Shows 3-D Technology Will Reach Homes Sooner

3-D interest does not stop in Hollywood. According to an analysis of world patent activity published today by the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters, Coming Soon in 3-D … Everything, consumers will soon be able to experience 3-D technology on their televisions at home.

29 Dec 2009

Alteris Renewables Installs Roof Mounted Solar Panel System at Heritage Aviation Facility

In a first for the renewables and aviation industries, Heritage Aviation, the new General Aviation Facility at the Burlington International Airport, has installed a wind turbine on-site at their new facility. It is a Northwind 100, a 100kW wind turbine manufactured by Northern Power of Barre VT. Heritage Aviation has also installed a 25kW solar electric system and a solar hot water (thermal) system, rounding out its complete on-site renewable energy generation portfolio.

29 Dec 2009

New Molecular Imaging Technology for Use in Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography

A novel molecular imaging technology aimed at rapid diagnosis of cell death in organs such as the brain and heart has been licensed by The Medical College of Wisconsin to GE Healthcare. Under the license GE will further evaluate and develop the technology and will have an option to commercialize the technology. The technology, using imaging probes with a radiopharmaceutical compound, was invented by Ming Zhao, Ph.D., assistant professor of biophysics.

29 Dec 2009

Epoch Management Uses Yardi CHECKscan for Efficient Rent Processing

Yardi Systems announced today that multifamily real estate management company Epoch Management, Inc., has purchased Yardi CHECKscan™, which integrates with Epoch’s Yardi Voyager™ property management and accounting system to sharply reduce the time and labor Epoch spends processing rent payments.

29 Dec 2009

Pure Technologies to Supply its Fibre-Optic Monitoring System for GMRA Pipeline Program

Pure Technologies Ltd., TSX-V:PUR, announced today that it has received a Letter of Intent from the Great Man-Made River Authority (GMRA) for a contract valued at over $30-million to expand the Authority's current pipeline monitoring program. The contract is subject to completion of the normal review process and final documentation.

29 Dec 2009

Taiwan EPA Deploys Infrared Remote Sensing Technology to Monitor Air Pollution

Due to land scarcity and dense population, coupled with the sustained economic growth, industrial zones in Taiwan are generally close to residential areas

29 Dec 2009

AIS Launches New High Brightness LCD Monitors Featuring Transflective Technology

American Industrial Systems Inc. (AIS) has introduced a line of high brightness and Transflective LCD Monitors, featuring passive transflective technology, which reflects and transmits light (transflective = transmissive + reflective). Under bright illumination such as direct sunlight exposure, the display acts as a reflective LCD with the contrast being constant with illuminance.

28 Dec 2009

High-Speed Video Cameras Help Discover New Behaviour of Locusts

Scientists have shown for the first time that insects, like mammals, use vision rather than touch to find footholds. They made the discovery thanks to high-speed video cameras – technology the BBC uses to capture its stunning wildlife footage – that they used to film desert locusts stepping along the rungs of a miniature ladder.

28 Dec 2009

Frbiz.com Provides Discussion on 60-Mega Pixel Hasselblad H4D-60 Camera

Frbiz.com, one of China's leading B2B search platforms with more than 30 B2B industry websites to its name, discusses the Hasselblad H4D-60

28 Dec 2009

Himfr.com Offers Evaluation on TCL L46X10FDE LCD TV

Himfr.com, one of China's leading B2B search platforms with more than 30 B2B industry websites to its name, evaluates the TCL L46X10FDE

28 Dec 2009

Worldwide Market Research Report on HDTV

Today, consumers, both household and enterprise, delve for larger screens, multimedia capabilities and higher reliability. Convergence of entertainment, computer and telecommunication service is also on the horizon. With the change of format and transmission characteristics of video signal, entertainment TV is going digital. HDTV is a revolutionary technology in the television industry that produces pictures far sharper and clearer than the television most of us use today. High-definition televisions are available in four different display technologies - Projection, Directview Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and Plasma.

28 Dec 2009