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OKI Electric Cable Announces New Repeater with Double Transmission Distance

OKI Electric Cable (TOKYO:5815) today announced the launch of "Clean Eye Camera Link Cable™ ". Combination of the company's state- of-the-art low skew cable and the newly developed unique and low power consumption equalizing technology (patent pending) enables up to 20m data transmission at 85MHz which is twice the distance specified in Camera Link interface standard. This halves the power consumption as compared to a conventional repeater. The company plans to commercialize this product in January 2010.

2 Dec 2009

Pantone Approves Kyocera Mita America's TASKalfa 500ci Color MFP

Kyocera Mita America, Inc., one of the world's leading document solutions companies, announced today that its TASKalfa 500ci color multifunctional product (MFP) series has been approved for PANTONE® Color production capabilities by Pantone, the world-renowned authority on color and provider of color systems and leading technologies.

2 Dec 2009

LogLogic to Launch New Logging Appliance Solution for Enterprise-Class Fibre Channel SAN

LogLogic®, the leader in log and security management solutions, today announced general availability in mid-December of the LogLogic ST2020 SAN, a high-performance logging appliance solution that connects directly to enterprise-class Fibre Channel SAN environments, and delivers world-calls performance in a small form factor.

2 Dec 2009

Imaging Diagnostic Systems Showcases its CTLM System at RSNA 2009

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (OTCBB:IMDS), a pioneer in laser optical breast imaging, announced today that it is exhibiting its CTLM system and clinical case studies at the 95th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2009, November 29th – December 3rd in Chicago, Illinois. The company will be located at booth #7004 in Hall B of the North Building.

2 Dec 2009

GestureTek Releases Turnkey Interactive Projection Display System for Advertising

GestureTek Inc. today announced the launch of the CUBE, Release 3.0 - a turnkey, portable, plug and play interactive projection display system for advertising, exhibits, entertainment and touring promotions. GestureTek is the inventor and holder of dozens of patents in camera-enabled gesture recognition technology for interactive display, presentation and entertainment systems.

2 Dec 2009

Hospital Performs Total Abdominal Colectomies Through Single-Incision Laparoscopy

Building upon the momentum and success of its rapidly growing single-incision laparoscopic surgery program, Saint Louis University Hospital recently performed one of the first total abdominal colectomies, including reconstruction of the intestinal tract by reconnection of the remaining small intestine to the rectum, via single-incision laparoscopy. This procedure is a critical advancement in minimally-invasive surgery.

2 Dec 2009

Scientists Make Tandem Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells with Higher Energy Efficiency

In a world first, a Monash University-led international research team has developed an innovative way to boost the output of the next generation of solar cells.Scientists at Monash University, in collaboration with colleagues from the universities of Wollongong and Ulm in Germany, have produced tandem dye-sensitised solar cells with a three-fold increase in energy conversion efficiency compared with previously reported tandem dye-sensitised solar cells.

2 Dec 2009

Hubble's Instruments Help Astronomers Study Northwest Area of Large Iris Nebula in Detail

On Earth, we tend to find dust nothing more than a nuisance that blankets our furniture and causes us to sneeze

2 Dec 2009

Herschel Infrared Telescope Delivers Sharper Star Images Covering Wider Wavelength Spectrum

The latest data delivered back to Earth by the Herschel Space Observatory (HSO)—launched in May by the European Space Agency—has opened a new window on galaxies for researchers at McMaster University.

2 Dec 2009

Researchers Achieve Quantum Cascade Laser Output Power of 120 Watts

Northwestern University researchers have achieved a breakthrough in quantum cascade laser output power, delivering 120 watts from a single device at room temperature.The results are particularly attractive for infrared countermeasure, a way of misguiding incoming missiles to protect commercial and military aircrafts.

2 Dec 2009

Suntech Power Holdings to Supply PV Modules to Ontario-Based Pure Energies

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's leading manufacturer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules, today announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") with Ontario, Canada's Pure energies to supply up to 17MW in 2010.

2 Dec 2009

Teknovus Introduces TK3401 Intelligent EPON Node Controller

Teknovus, the leading provider of Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) chipsets for deployment of triple-play residential and business services in broadband access networks, announced the availability of TK3401, the Intelligent EPON Node Controller.

2 Dec 2009

Veeco Instruments Announces New Patent-Pending AFM Scan Modes

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), the leading provider of atomic force microscope (AFM) instrumentation to the Research and Industrial communities, announced today the introduction of two patent-pending AFM scan modes, ScanAsyst™ and PeakForce™ QNM™.

From Veeco 2 Dec 2009

Organovo Receives First 3D Bio-Printer from Invetech

Invetech, an innovator in new product development and custom automation for the biomedical, industrial and consumer markets, today announced that it has delivered the world's first production model 3D bio-printer to Organovo, developers of the proprietary NovoGen bioprinting technology. Organovo will supply the units to research institutions investigating human tissue repair and organ replacement.

2 Dec 2009