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bulbs.com Now Distributes Cree LED Lighting Products Online

bulbs.com announced today that it has become an online distributor of Cree's LED lighting solutions. With a strong history of creative innovation and market experience, Cree LED Lighting delivers highly efficient, long-lasting lighting products for residential, commercial, industrial and institutional applications.

15 Dec 2009

Southridge Closes Equity Financing Deal with Imaging Diagnostic Systems

Southridge LLC ("Southridge"), an investment firm that provides financing to small-cap and micro-cap companies, is pleased to announce that its affiliated fund has closed a private agreement which can provide up to $15 million in equity financing to Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: IMDS).

15 Dec 2009

SunRun Receives Additional Commitment from U.S. Bancorp for Residential Solar Installations

SunRun, the nation’s leading provider of home solar power, announced today that it has received an additional commitment of tax equity from a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) that is part of the financing needed to develop $90 million in residential solar installations in 2010. The funding allows SunRun to offer affordable solar to more homeowners in new and existing states. This new funding is in addition to the first round of project financing provided by U.S. Bancorp in November 2008, one year after SunRun launched the nation’s first residential power purchase agreement (PPA). U.S. Bancorp is the parent of U.S. Bank, the sixth largest commercial bank in America.

15 Dec 2009

Sword Diagnostics Secures US Patent for Immunodetection Technology Using Raman Scattering

Sword Diagnostics, Inc. is pleased to announce that the United States Patent Office (USPTO) has issued patent number 7,599,057 titled "Method and Apparatus for Detection of Biological Organisms using Raman Scattering" to the company. The patent covers the core technology which focuses on improved sensitivity.

15 Dec 2009

LedEngin Introduces New Compact 40W LED Emitters

LedEngin, Inc, an innovator of solid-state lighting specializing in high brightness LEDs, continues to lead the market with ultra-bright, ultra-compact, ultra-reliable LED emitters with its newest RGB, RGBA and RGBW emitters in a compact 40W package.

15 Dec 2009

Buckman’s Ski and Snowboard Shops Builds Solar Energy System at Corporate Headquarters

Buckman’s Ski and Snowboard Shops announced the construction of a 620 kilowatt solar energy system at their corporate headquarters in Pottstown, PA. Made up of nearly 3,000 roof-mounted solar panels, this system will convert sunlight into electricity and supply power to Buckman’s warehouse and production facilities. The project is being developed by one of Pennsylvania’s leading electrical construction and renewable energy firms, Metro-Tek Electrical Services.

15 Dec 2009

ECD to Install UNI-SOLAR PV Laminates on Coca-Cola Buildings Rooftops in Seville

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) (Nasdaq: ENER), the leading global manufacturer of thin-film flexible solar laminate products for the building integrated and commercial rooftop markets, today announced it has signed an agreement with Endesa in Spain to install 3.0 MWp of UNI-SOLAR(®) photovoltaic (PV) laminates on the rooftops of two Coca-Cola Company buildings in Seville.

15 Dec 2009

Verizon Installs Commercial 100G Ultra-Long-Haul Optical System for Live Traffic

On Monday (Dec. 14) Verizon became the first telecommunications carrier to successfully deploy a commercial 100G (gigabits per second) ultra-long-haul optical system for live traffic. This system was deployed on the company's European optical core network between Paris and Frankfurt. The accomplishment marks the first time for deployment of ultra-long-haul 100G using a single channel on a production network.

15 Dec 2009

Researchers Develop Spectroscope That Can Identify Tiny Amounts of Trace Gases

A spectroscope with unrivalled performance, able to identify tiny amounts of trace gases in real time, has been developed by researchers from CNRS's Molecular Photophysics Institute (Laboratoire de Photophysique moléculaire, LPPM) and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (Germany), within the framework of the European Laboratory for Frequency Comb Spectroscopy. Led by Theodor W. Hänsch, Nobel Laureate in Physics (2005) and Nathalie Picqué of LPPM, the international team has designed an instrument based on two femtosecond laser frequency combs. Thanks to the breakthrough in performance it has achieved, this spectrometer could become the new reference in ultrasensitive spectroscopy. This is a major step forward both for fundamental research and for many applied fields, and is explained in detail in the advance online edition of the journal Nature Photonics.

15 Dec 2009

Epson America Announces iPrint Photo Printing App for iPhone and iPod Touch

Epson America Inc. today announced its free, easy-to-use iPrint photo printing app for iPhone and iPod touch is now available on the App Store. The app lets users print wirelessly on Epson network capable printers including the Artisan® 810, Artisan 710 and WorkForce® 610, to name a few. The Epson iPrint App is a great enhancement for printing any photo from an iPhone or iPod touch.

14 Dec 2009

AIS Launches New LCD Monitors for Hospitals and Personal Care Sector

American Industrial Systems, Inc. (AIS) introduces a new line of medically certified LCD Monitors for hospitals and personal care industries. The medical LCD displays have passed UL60601-1 Medical Equipment Certifications for approved electronic compatibility and reliability in the medical field. They are currently available in 17” and 19” sizes with the same physical appearance to maintain a consistent look over all installations. These monitors have been designed to be installed in dentist chairs, examination rooms, waiting rooms, and patient monitoring rooms to display vital information for patients and/or viewers.

14 Dec 2009

LDK Solar to Supply 50MW of Solar Modules to Enfinity

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK), a leading manufacturer of solar wafers, announced today that it has signed a contract to supply solar modules to Belgium-based Enfinity. Under terms of the agreement, LDK Solar will deliver approximately 50 megawatts (MW) of solar modules to Enfinity in 2010.

14 Dec 2009

Pacific ArcLight Deploys NEC 3D Digital Cinema Projectors

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today that Pacific ArcLight has installed 17 of NEC’s 3D digital cinema projectors and is preparing to wow audiences when James Cameron’s movie “Avatar” is released on December 18 by Fox Studios.

14 Dec 2009

New Eye-POD Eye Care Kit Makes Wearing Contact Lenses Easier

The Eye-POD Eye Care Kit has just been created by an entrepreneurial R&D company in Florida, Hot Ideas World, Inc.

14 Dec 2009

AOptix Completes Flight Test Program for US AFRL Enhanced Air-to-Ground Lasercom System Program

AOptix Technologies, Inc., a leading edge developer of ultra-high bandwidth laser communication solutions, disclosed today the completion of a two-phase flight test program for the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) located in Rome, New York

14 Dec 2009