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PENTAX Introduces Atmospheric Interference Reduction Technology for Surveillance Lens

PENTAX Imaging Company has announced new technology to overcome the big challenges of the atmospheric interference of fog, snow, and haze in outdoor live security surveillance. PENTAX Atmospheric Interference Reduction (PAIR) system technology offers newly developed image processing circuitry installed directly within PENTAX lens housings with specific step-by-step signal processing for each lens characteristic.

4 Dec 2009

Kyocera Mita America Unleashes TASKalfa 300i 30PPM Black & White MFP

Kyocera Mita America, Inc., one of the world's leading document solutions companies, today announced the expansion of its flagship TASKalfa multifunctional product (MFP) series with the launch of its latest black & white MFP: the TASKalfa 300i (30 pages-per-minute). The TASKalfa 300i completes Kyocera Mita’s award-winning black & white MFP product series, joining the most recent introductions, the TASKalfa 520i and 420i models (52 and 42 pages per minute, ppm respectively).

4 Dec 2009

Clear-Lite's ArmorLite SAFETY ECO CFL Available on Amazon.com for Pre-Order

Clear-Lite Holdings, Inc., (“ClearLite”) (OTCBB: CLRH), a leading innovator of eco-friendly lighting and the appreciably safer ArmorLite™: A Safer CFL™, announced that its new ArmorLite SAFETY ECO CFL™ is available for immediate pre-order on Amazon.com.

4 Dec 2009

SteelSeries Launches Sudden Attack Ikari Laser Mouse

Award Winning Gaming Gear Now Available in Limited Edition Camouflage and In-Game Graphics

4 Dec 2009

Scientists Use Laser Technology to Measure Changes in Glacier Thickness

Changes in the thickness of a glacier are traditionally measured by means of wooden poles and snow-shovels

4 Dec 2009

Nikon Secures License for Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy Technology

Nikon Corporation, an innovator of advanced optical instruments, announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with Harvard University granting Nikon the rights to use the Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM) technology. Under the terms of the agreement, Nikon will manufacture STORM enabled microscopy systems and market them with the N-STORM name.

4 Dec 2009

Canadian Solar Intends to Establish Module Manufacturing Unit in Ontario

Canadian Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: CSIQ), a leading vertically integrated provider of solar cells, solar module, custom-designed solar application products and turnkey solutions for the residential, commercial and solar farm markets, today announced that it is commencing the site selection and approvals process to establish a 200 megawatt (MW) module manufacturing facility in Ontario.

4 Dec 2009

Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator Helps Take Images of Central Part of Star Cluster

Noted for harbouring Eta Carinae — one of the wildest and most massive stars in our galaxy — the impressive Carina Nebula also houses a handful of massive clusters of young stars

4 Dec 2009

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