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Boulder Imaging Signs Deal to Market Vision Research's High-Speed Cameras

Boulder Imaging, Inc. and Vision Research, Inc. have entered into a distribution agreement for sales and marketing of Vision Research high-speed cameras. This partnership enables Boulder Imaging to pair-up its powerful recording and analytic systems with Vision Research’s extensive line of high-speed cameras.

12 Nov 2009

CRi Introduces inForm Image Analysis Software Based on its Machine Learning System

Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Inc. (CRi), a leader in biomedical imaging, today announced the launch of inForm™, advanced image analysis software based on the company’s proprietary Machine Learning System (MLS). inForm solves biologists’ and cancer researchers’ challenging image analysis problems by combining fast and easy-to-use automated image processing with advanced learning features that enable the user to train the software to process images automatically.

12 Nov 2009

Daktronics to Supply Integrated Scoring Display for New Amway Center in Orlando

Daktronics Inc. (Nasdaq-DAKT), in conjunction with the Orlando Magic and the City of Orlando, announced today that it will provide an integrated scoring, video and advertising display system for the new Amway Center scheduled to open in Orlando in the fall of 2010. Installation of the first displays of the multi-million dollar system will begin in early 2010.

12 Nov 2009

AIXTRON Installs Another AIX 200/4 RF-S MOCVD System at Tokuyama R&D Center, Japan

AIXTRON AG is pleased to announce that a further AIX 200/4 RF-S MOCVD system has been installed and successfully started operation at Tokuyama R&D center in Tsukuba, Japan.

12 Nov 2009

Atmel Unveils Atmel QTouch Suite for Capacitive Touch Buttons

Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in touch and microcontroller-based solutions, today announced the release of the Atmel QTouch Suite, a complete development suite for capacitive touch buttons, sliders and wheels using AVR microcontrollers. The Atmel QTouch Suite is a bundle that includes the new QT600 development kit and QTouch Studio, AVR Studio and QTouch Library SW package for AVR microcontrollers.

12 Nov 2009

Matrox Imaging Announces Stratix IV Enhances Image Processing Capabilities of Matrox Radient eCL

"With its 820K logic elements (LEs) the Stratix IV brings the processing capabilities of the Matrox Radient eCL to a new level," explains Pierantonio Boriero, Product Line Manager, Matrox Imaging. "More processing elements enable a greater amount of processing parallelism. When greater parallelism is coupled with the higher clock rates of the Stratix IV, a higher overall image processing throughput can be achieved. This is ideal for applications with high volumes of data such as electronics manufacturing and inspection, semiconductor wafer manufacturing, and medical imaging."

12 Nov 2009

DVC Machinevision Announces MIL 9 Processing Pack 2 Improves Support for Laser 3D Range Finding

MIL 9 Processing Pack 2's bead tool inspects material applied as a continuous sinuous bead, such as adhesives and sealants, and identifies discrepancies in application length, placement and width, as well as discontinuities. The allowable bead width, offset, gap and overall acceptance measure can be adjusted to meet specific inspection criteria.

12 Nov 2009

JDSU Announces Stockholders Approved All of its Proposals

JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU; TSX: JDU) today announced the results of its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on November 11, 2009. Stockholders approved all four proposals presented for their consideration.

12 Nov 2009

Royal Philips' Assembléon Exhibits High Speed MCP Screen Printer at Productronica 2009

Royal Philips Electronics subsidiary Assembléon is showing its new high speed, high quality MCP screen printer at Productronica 2009 (November 10-13, Hall A2, Stand 477). Assembléon's MCP screen printer has an innovative head design with variable attack angle printing, allowing it to maintain constant solder pressure independent of the stencil thickness. The single-head system also allows easy setup, and reduces maintenance by half.

12 Nov 2009

Metris Changes Corporate Name to Nikon Metrology

The corporate name of Metris is changed into Nikon Metrology NV. Under the Nikon brand, Nikon and Metris will synergize their respective strengths with regards to technology, marketing and services, thereby delivering innovative metrology products with a broad application reach to its worldwide customer base.

12 Nov 2009

SUNRISE Balloon-Borne Telescope Delivers Detailed Images of Sun Surface

The Sun is a bubbling mass. Packages of gas rise and sink, lending the sun its grainy surface structure, its granulation.

12 Nov 2009

Using HARPS Spectrograph, Scientists Discover That Stars Hosting Planets Have Less Lithium

For almost 10 years we have tried to find out what distinguishes stars with planetary systems from their barren cousins, says Garik Israelian, lead author of a paper appearing this week in the journal Nature.

12 Nov 2009

Chemists Use Short Laser Pulses to Study Green Fluorescent Protein

Charting femtosecond energy flow could aid redesign of molecules to improve light capture

12 Nov 2009

China Solar Power Acquires California-Based Developer of Thin Film Manufacturing Technology

China Solar Power (Holdings) Ltd. (“CSP”), a manufacturer of thin film amorphous silicon photovoltaic modules, today announced that it purchased ThinSilicon, Inc., a leading developer of thin film manufacturing process technology based in Mountain View, CA. No financial terms were disclosed.

12 Nov 2009

Topcon Precision Agriculture Unveils CropSpec Integrated Plant Nutrient Monitoring System

Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) announces the development of CropSpec™, a real-time integrated plant nutrient monitoring and application system for agricultural equipment

12 Nov 2009