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Insight Media Expects 3D Market to Reach 40 Million 3D-Capable Displays by 2014

Insight Media, the recognized leader in Emerging Display Technology Market Research, says that the stereoscopic 3D market is poised to grow from a handful of 3D-capable displays and a few thousand gamers, to an expected worldwide market of over 40 million 3D-capable displays by 2014. The results were published in Insight Media’s groundbreaking 2009 Stereoscopic 3D Gaming Report: A Comprehensive Analysis of S-3D Technology for Gaming.

11 Dec 2009

Market Research Report on Bronchoscopy Devices in US

The US markets for ear, nose, and throat (ENT) and bronchoscopy devices will grow moderately through 2013. The ENT market will be far larger than the market for bronchoscopy devices and will also expand more rapidly, reaching a value of more than $360 million dollars by 2013.

11 Dec 2009

Glimmerglass to Present on Optical Solutions for Lawful Interception at ISS Conference

Glimmerglass, the premier supplier of optical layer management solutions for lawful interception and the intelligence community, today announced that Jay Bowker, Glimmerglass Vice President of Sales for the Asia Pacific region, will speak at the ISS World Asia Pacific 2009 conference held at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Center on Thursday, Dec. 10 from 11:15 - 11:45 AM and 3:30 - 4:30 PM. Addressing intelligence, law enforcement, and telecom operators responsible for lawful interception and network intelligence gathering and dissemination, Mr. Bowker will discuss Optical Solutions for Lawful Interception and the Intelligence Community. Glimmerglass will also provide conference attendees demonstrations of the company’s optical switching systems, illustrating the benefits of using pure optics with no electronic conversions to provide flexible optical signal distribution solutions.

11 Dec 2009

Bruker Nano Announces Upgraded N8 TITANOS Atomic Force Microscope

Bruker Nano today announced that its N8 TITANOS™ large-sample inspection AFM has been further improved to provide highest spatial resolving power

11 Dec 2009

HyperCube to Improve its Traffic with Alpheus Fiber Optic Network

Alpheus Communications, operator of an extensive fiber optic network across Texas, and HyperCube, LLC, a premier provider of local and national tandem services to carriers across the United States, today announced that HyperCube has selected Alpheus to provide critical network services to further enhance HyperCube’s growing volume of voice traffic.

11 Dec 2009

Biomoda and Christiana Care Developing Cancer Diagnostic That Involves Ultraviolet Light

Cancer diagnostics company Biomoda, Inc. (OTCBB: BMOD) today announced that The Helen F. Graham Cancer Center associated with Christiana Care Health System, a screening site for the International Early Lung Cancer Program (I-ELCAP), will recruit a cohort of patients diagnosed with lung cancer to participate in the final stage of the Phase II pilot study of the investigational CyPath® assay, an early-stage diagnostic test for lung cancer.

11 Dec 2009

Carmanah Installs Rooftop Solar Power Systems for Burnaby School District

Burnaby School District (no. 41) is outfitting two newly-constructed school buildings with rooftop solar power systems from Victoria-based Carmanah Technologies Corporation in an effort to meet sustainability objectives. The decision to install the photovoltaic array will bring the school district closer to realizing LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for both buildings. LEED certification is a distinction given to buildings and facilities that meet a set of environmentally sustainable standards in construction for which the installation of alternative energy options and eco-friendly infrastructure is a requirement.

11 Dec 2009

Sopogy Opens World’s First MicroCSP 2MW Solar Thermal Plant

Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii – Sopogy, Inc. inaugurated the world’s first MicroCSP™ Solar Thermal Plant today at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii

11 Dec 2009

IXYS Unveils High Efficiency LED Drivers for Use in Photo Flash

IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ:IXYS) announces today sample availability of the LDS8640/41 and LDS8680/81, innovative 2 channels, charge-pump based, high efficiency LED drivers with low dropout voltage for Photo Flash applications. The drivers provide full output power from a single-cell lithium ion battery or supply voltage in the range of 2.7V to 5.5 V.

11 Dec 2009

Power Paper and GE Global Research Join to Develop Self-Powered OLED Products

Will enable thin, flexible strips of light where no power source is available

11 Dec 2009

Microvision to Demonstrate Intel's New Gaming Technology at Alberta Tournament

Players of first-person shooter computer games traditionally play while seated with a keyboard, mouse, and fixed monitor. However, these hardcore gamers soon may be unleashed from their stationary position to enjoy a realistic virtual combat experience with life-sized video images, projected on walls, ceilings and floors, all from a weapon-styled projection game controller they hold in their hands.

11 Dec 2009

Alpha Networks to Demonstrate New Wireless HD Kit for IPTV/Connected TV Solution

Alpha Networks, a global leader in the networking ODM/OEM industry, today announced that it will showcase its new Wireless HD Kit for IPTV/Connected TV Solution that features an optimal, cost-effective application for at-home distribution of multimedia content, at booth #44001 in the Las Vegas Hilton.

11 Dec 2009

OSI Electronics to Supply Electronic Sub-Assemblies for DoD MRAP Armored Vehicle Program

OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that OSI Electronics, a business within its Optoelectronic and Manufacturing division, has received a contract award for approximately $6 million from ITT Corporation for electronic sub-assemblies. The electronic sub-assemblies are to be used by the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) in their Mine Resistant Ambush Protected ("MRAP") armored vehicle program.

11 Dec 2009

Corning to Offer Assistance in Testing Case Western Reserve University’s FTTH Network

Corning Cable Systems LLC, part of Corning Incorporated’s (NYSE:GLW) Telecommunications segment, will supply product and design assistance to Case Western Reserve University and its partners in a historic initiative to test the power of super-high-speed Internet access to change people’s lives in inner-city neighborhoods.

11 Dec 2009

Cree Announces LED Innovation to Simplify Design and Enhance Color Consistency

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces EasyWhite™ bins, an LED innovation that both simplifies LED system design and improves LED-to-LED color consistency. EasyWhite bins are offered in 3500 K, 3000 K and 2700 K color temperatures and are 75 percent smaller than the ANSI C78.377 standard color regions.

11 Dec 2009