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Philips Day-Brite Lighting Institute to Hold Seminar on Sustainable Lighting Design

The Philips Day-Brite Lighting Institute offers a Sustainable Lighting Design Seminar at its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certified facility (LEED-CI) on January 28 and 29, 2010. Located in Tupelo, MS, the Lighting Institute is designed to educate visitors about the importance of lighting and highlight of energy conservation.

4 Dec 2009

Architectural Area Lighting Announces New Designer SSL Series High Performance LEDs

Architectural Area Lighting (AAL), a leading provider of architectural outdoor fixtures for the commercial, architectural and municipal building markets, introduces the new Designer SSL Series, offering high performance LEDs in elegant, customizable, decorative luminaires. The Series consists of three of AAL's most popular fixtures: Providence®, Universe® and Largent(TM) - all featuring exclusive MicroEmitter(TM) LED Technology.

4 Dec 2009

Nexxus Lighting Earns Design Patents for Array Lighting LED Products

Nexxus Lighting, Inc. (NASDAQ:NEXS) today announced that it has been issued three new design patents related to its Array™ Lighting LED replacement light bulb product line. US Design Patent No. D600,837 – LIGHT (Par 38); US Design Patent No. D601,276 – LIGHT (Par 30) and US Design Patent No. D601,277 – LIGHT (MR16 G-10) cover the unique fin / air flow design, overall shape and LED configurations of the existing Array™ Par 30 and Array™ MR16 bi-pin and Array™ MR16 with a GU10 pin base lamp as well as the new state-of-the-art Par 38 which is expected to be introduced in 2010.

4 Dec 2009

Xodtec Unveils New LED Directional Landscape Light

Xodtec Group USA, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, today announced the release of LED directional landscape light

4 Dec 2009

Study Shows Utility PV Activity in US is Higher in Recent Period

At a time when most energy investments have been curtailed by a weak economy, US utility photovoltaic (PV) activity has spiked over the last 18 months. With only 77 MW of utility-driven projects currently operating, US u...

4 Dec 2009

CanariCam Camera Sees First Light from Gran Telescopio CANARIAS

The CanariCam camera has seen first light after being pointed from the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) at a star in the Whale Constellation

4 Dec 2009

Market Research Report on Arthroscopes

Global arthroscopic procedures are on rise, owing to their mounting scope and usage in the diagnosis and treatment of ankles, elbow, wrists, and hips, apart from knees. The number of arthroscopic shoulder procedures is also expected to increase with the introduction of advanced knotless fixation systems.

4 Dec 2009

DALSA Launches Xcelera-HS PX8 Frame Grabber for Piranha HS 12k 90 kHz Camera

DALSA Corporation, a global leader in machine vision technology, today announced the availability of the Xcelera™-HS PX8 frame grabber to support the new Piranha HS 12k 90 kHz camera

4 Dec 2009

DALSA Unveils Piranha HS 12k 90 kHz Camera

DALSA Corporation, a global leader in machine vision technology, today introduced the Piranha™ HS 12k 90 kHz camera

4 Dec 2009

Cree Enters Deal to Promote LED Components in Brazil

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, has signed an agreement with LED do Brasil Comercio de Produtos Eletronicos Ltda. to promote the sale of Cree LED components in Brazil. Brazil is the 10th largest energy consumer in the world and the 3rd largest in the Western Hemisphere, behind the United States and Canada.

4 Dec 2009

UVP - Preferred Choice of Researchers for BioImaging and Research

Thousands of researchers around the world go to UVP for their bioImaging and research requirements in applications such as small animal imaging, Western blot, 1D/2D gel imaging, chemiluminescent imaging, colony counting and more. More than 15,000 UVP BioImaging Systems are placed world wide.

4 Dec 2009

Photometrics' Evolve EMCCD Camera Listed in Top 10 Innovations of 2009

The Evolve™ EMCCD camera from Photometrics®, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance CCD and EMCCD cameras for the life sciences, was ranked fourth among The Scientist’s “Top 10 Innovations of 2009.”

4 Dec 2009

Lambda Photometrics Announces Gentec Model FLASH-500 Handheld Laser Probe

With a response time of 4 times less than the competition, the Gentec model FLASH-500 Handheld Laser Probe, shipping in early 2010 and capable of measuring up to 500W of Average Power, will offer you the ability to carry out more measurements in less time

4 Dec 2009

AUO Establishes Manufacturing Plant in Slovak Republic for LCD Modules

AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) announced today that in order to provide just-in-time services to European customers, AUO has established AU Optronics (Slovakia) s.r.o. in the Slovak Republic, located in the center of the European mainland, and plans to invest more than 191 million Euro starting from 2010.

4 Dec 2009

Scientists Create Synthetic Magnetism Using Laser Light

For the first time, physicists have used laser light to create "synthetic magnetism," an exotic condition in which neutral atoms suddenly begin to behave as if they were charged particles interacting with a mag...

3 Dec 2009