A national early warning system designed to assist land managers in rapidly detecting threats to forest health is featured in the cover article of the October 2009 issue of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PE&RS), the journal of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). The article, entitled "Toward a National Early Warning System for Forest Disturbances Using Remotely Sensed Canopy Phenology," describes the vision and progress of the system in development by partners from the U.S. Forest Service Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center (EFETAC), Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center, and NASA Stennis Space Center.
Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: TYPE), a leading global provider of text imaging solutions, today announced it has acquired Planetweb, Inc., a global provider of embedded user interface software and developer tools for the consumer electronics industry. The acquisition is expected to broaden Monotype Imaging’s value to manufacturers and developers of consumer electronics devices through products that integrate the company’s fonts and font technologies with Planetweb’s graphical user interface solutions.
The Soitec Group (Euronext Paris), the world's leading supplier of engineered substrates for the microelectronics industry, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire privately held Concentrix Solar GmbH ("Concentrix"), a leading provider of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar systems.
Additional important milestones have been reached on the road to success, and the pace continues to be fast. By setting up a sales branch office in France, Optics Balzers as a provider of innovative optical thin-film components and assemblies continues to forge ahead with expanding its presence in Europe. Moreover, Christoph Zellweger has joined the product management team at headquarters to contribute to the effort. Recertification of the ISO 9001:2008 quality management system has also been successfully completed.
LaserCard Corporation (Nasdaq: LCRD) is one of four international companies selected to present to senior Egyptian officials at The Digital Identity CEO Forum, to be held in conjunction with Cardex 2009 Digital Identity Assurance Conference and Expo, Middle East and Africa. Cardex 2009 will take place in Cairo, Egypt, December 13-15. LaserCard will also showcase its global capabilities in delivering secure government identity (ID) solutions at Cardex booth #4D4.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that it has received a second order for a large Diamond Vision™ display system for the Hakodate Racecourse, which is operated by the Japan Racing Association in Hakodate, Hokkaido.
As the number of e-reader devices grows larger by the minute, Periscope®, a leading manufacturer and marketer of cover lights for e-reader and traditional hardcover and paperback books, today announced that its popular Periscope® Lighted Folio for the Amazon Kindle 2 (6”-screen) is also compatible for use with both the new Amazon international edition and new Barnes & Noble nook e-readers.
NEC Electronics (TOKYO: 6723) today announced the availability of four new 8-bit All Flash™ LCD microcontrollers (MCUs) with an integrated metrology engine providing energy measurement and management functions for smart electricity meters. The new chips will simplify smart meter designs for homes around the world, contributing to efficient energy usage and reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. The 64-pin 78K0/LE3-M microcontroller comes in a 10 millimeter (mm) x 10mm low-profile quad flat package (LQFP) and is designed for single-phase 2-wire electricity meters, while the 100-pin 78K0/LG3-M microcontroller comes in a 14mm x 14mm LQFP and is designed for single-phase 3-wire electricity meters.
Joint project between PTB and its US counterpart NIST might advance simple and cost effective diagnostical methods
2009 Deep Research Report on Global and China Solar Cell and Module Industry was published in Dec 2009. It is a deep research report on the global and china solar cell and solar module industry. In this report the following information was included:
VISTA is the latest telescope to be added to ESO's Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile
Boston College researchers have observed the "hot electron" effect in a solar cell for the first time and successfully harvested the elusive charges using ultra-thin solar cells, opening a potential avenue to improved solar power efficiency, the authors report in the current online edition of Applied Physics Letters.
BTU International (Nasdaq: BTUI), a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment and processes to the alternative energy and electronics manufacturing markets, today announced it received approximately $5.5 million in orders from Asia/Pacific customers for BTU solar processing equipment. The majority of the equipment will be used for contact formation in a new high efficiency process for the manufacture of silicon solar cells. The balance of the ordered equipment consists of current-generation metallization systems. Revenue recognition for these orders is expected during the first half of 2010.
In addition to ageing demographics and higher incidence of vision disorders, key factors underpinning demand for ophthalmic instrumentation include development of innovative technologies and procedures, especially in vision correction surgery, growing recognition of laser surgery, and the trend towards permanent visual correction. The surgical vision correction market is set to change with continuing acceptance of customized ablation, wavefront analysis technology, and intralase technology. Treatment of cataracts is one of the most important segments of the ophthalmic surgical devices market. Extraction of cataract and IOL implantation is one of the most widely performed procedures in the western world.
Innovative Solutions Integrative Systems (“ISIS”), LLC, has announced a breakthrough biometric verification solution—the Immigration Customer Visa (ICV) card—that will be a powerful tool in helping the United States to secure its borders.
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