Optics & Photonics News

Grandstream Networks Launches New CMOS IP Surveillance Camera Models

Grandstream Networks, the leading manufacturer of IP voice/video telephony and video surveillance solutions, today announced the release of two new CMOS IP surveillance cameras, the GXV3601_HD (720P high definition) and GXV3601_LL (low light), that add to the rich functionality and versatility of Grandstream’s IP video surveillance portfolio by providing exceptional visual clarity with high definition and under low light conditions. Retail stores, airports, school campuses, passport control stations, casinos, streets, highways and banks can benefit from the camera’s ability to deliver true color representation and clear images even if the object is moving quickly.

Canon USA to Highlight Check Transports and Digital Document Scanners at BAI Retail Delivery Show

Demonstrating its ability to improve efficiency, control and security for financial institutions and their customers through the use of its check transports and scanning hardware, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in advanced digital imaging technologies and supplier of check capture devices, will showcase the versatility and benefits of its check transports and digital document scanners, including the top-of-the-line imageFORMULA CR-180II and CR-55 Check Transports, at the Bank Administration Institute (BAI) Retail Delivery Show, beginning today in Boston, Booth # 438.

Digital Check Exhibits New Check Scanner Models at BAI Retail Delivery Annual Convention

Digital Check (www.digitalcheck.com), a provider of desktop check scanners and distributed check capture technology, is showcasing its recently launched TellerScan® TS240 series and SB family of check scanners at the BAI Retail Delivery Annual Convention and Expo (booth #723), Nov. 3-5.

U.S. Alliance to Use Epson CaptureOne Check Scanner to Capture Remote Deposit

Epson, a leading supplier of value-added banking and payment hardware solutions, announced today that U.S. Alliance Group, Inc. (USAG), a nationwide leader in wholesale payment processing products and solutions, has selected Epson’s award-winning CaptureOne™ check scanner

enXco Signs Deal to Supply PV Modules to Suntech Power Holdings

enXco – an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company (PARIS: EEN) announced today that it has entered into a sales agreement with Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), to supply up to 115 megawatts of photovoltaic modules in 2010.

Research Report on Technologies and Markets for Optical Coatings

Optical Coatings: Technologies and Global Markets Covers the global optical coatings market, focusing on optical coatings used in telecommunications, transportation, defense, photography, electronics and medical markets

Cypress Semiconductor Unveils High-Sensitivity, High-Speed CMOS Image Sensor

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY), today introduced a high-sensitivity, high-speed CMOS image sensor targeted for the machine vision market. The new 1.3-megapixel VITA 1300 sensor combines a pipelined and triggered global snapshot shutter with a high frame rate of 150 frames-per-second (fps) for undistorted images and fast readout. The pipelined snapshot shutter capability enables exposure during read-out to reduce motion blur. The sensor also works in a rolling shutter mode with Correlated Double Sampling (CDS) to reduce noise and increase dynamic range. The new VITA 1300 family builds on the success of Cypress’s IBIS5 imagers in the machine vision market, and also addresses barcode scanning, motion monitoring and security applications.

Ampulse Announces Closing of $8 Million Series A Funding

Ampulse Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of solar cell solutions based on proprietary and patented crystalline-silicon (c-Si) thin-film technology, today announced it has closed an $8 million Series A funding co-led by Globespan Capital Partners and El Dorado Ventures, and joined by existing investors Battelle Ventures and its affiliate fund, Innovation Valley Partners.

NRL Developed SSULI Provides Unique Technique to Sense Ionosphere and Thermosphere from Space

Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard an United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle, Oct. 18, 2009, the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by NRL's Space Science Division and Spacecraft Engineering Department offers a first of its kind technique for remote sensing of the ionosphere and thermosphere from space.

Laser-Scanning Microscope Helps to Image Brain Cells in Moving Animals

The majority of our life is spent moving around a static world and we generate our impression of the world using visual and other senses simultaneously. It is the ability to freely explore our environment that is essential for the view we form of our local surroundings. When we walk down the street and enter a shop to buy fruit, the street, shop and fruit are not moving, we are. What our brain is probably doing is constantly updating our position based on the information received from our sensory inputs such as eyes, ears, skin as well as our motor and vestibular systems, all in real time. The problem for researchers trying to understand how this occurs has always been how to record meaningful signals from the brain cells that do the calculations while we are in motion.

Singapore IBN and NUH Open IBN iCare and NUH Eye Centre @ Biopolis

Marking a significant bench to bedside research milestone in Singapore, the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), the world's first bioengineering and nanotechnology research institute, and the National University Hospital (NUH) launched the IBN iCare and the NUH Eye Centre @ Biopolis at an official opening ceremony officiated by the Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Education, S. Iswaran, at the Biopolis on Nov. 3, 2009.

Carmanah Installs Bus Stops in Off Grid Locations of LA with Solar Powered Lights

The City of Los Angeles is working with Carmanah Technologies (TSX: CMH) to illuminate off grid locations with solar power. As part of a green streetlight program, the City is replacing high pressure sodium lighting fixtures with hardwired LED streetlights such as the LEDway™ luminaire from BetaLED — and lighting nearby bus stops with solar powered EverGEN™ lights from Carmanah.

SRS Energy to Exhibit its First BIPV Roofing Product at Greenbuild

SRS Energy, US Tile will Feature Solar-Powered Roofing Tile among Fellow Green Building Peers

Sokkia Launches New Enhancements to NET05 and the NET1 Automated 3D Stations

The NET05 features 0.5” angle accuracy and sub-millimeter EDM for maximum precision, while the NET1, a 1” model, incorporates longer range EDM and a new laser option designed for precise measurement in tunnel and general construction applications.

Maxatec Launches New Series SUMO Digital Signage Displays

Today Maxatec announces the introduction of a new series of SUMO digital displays for digital signage and in-store advertising display applications. The company's product portfolio will now include the SUMO ST8A (acrylic) and SUMO ST8MS (metal). These screens are fully customisable and will display product advertising or information directly to customers through still images, video and audio.