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Innovative Laser Imaging Technique Aims to Save Millions and Cut More Than 7,700 Man Hours from Submarine Manufacturing Cycle

An innovative laser imaging technique, developed with funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), could cut more than 7,700 man hours from the manufacturing cycle of the VIRGINA-Class Submarine (VCS).

30 Jul 2009

New Lighting to Utilize Energy Focus' Proprietary Solid State Optical Delivery Technology

Energy Focus, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFOI), a global leader in energy-efficient lighting technologies, announced today that it has been selected to receive a $1.4 million contract by the Naval Research Warfare Center to develop and produce solid state lighting fixtures for use specifically on Virginia Class attack submarines.

30 Jul 2009

Litepanels Wins Prime Time EMMY Award and Statue

Litepanels, Inc., the worldwide leader in LED (light emitting diode) television and motion picture lighting equipment, will be awarded a Technology + Engineering Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts + Sciences for its proprietary lighting systems.

29 Jul 2009

Jet-propelled Imaging for an Ultrafast Light Source

John Spence, a physicist at Arizona State University, is a longtime user of the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he has contributed to major advances in lensless imaging. It's a particularly apt propensity for someone who works with x-rays, since they can't be focused with ordinary lenses.

29 Jul 2009

SenovvA Partners with Rockwell Group to Bring New LED Technology to New Musical

Los Angeles based production company SenovvA has partnered with Tony Award nominated designer and architect David Rockwell to bring new LED technology to the world premiere of the new musical "Catch Me if You Can" at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre. The two entities first collaborated on designs for this year's 81st Annual Academy Awards.

29 Jul 2009

Awards Reinforce Blazar's Ability to Enable Direct Fiber-to-the-Chip Connectivity for the HPC Market

Luxtera, the worldwide leader in Silicon CMOS Photonics, today announced that as a winner of the 2008 Prism Award, it will participate in the Prism Innovations Product Lab at this year's SPIE Optics and Photonics conference in San Diego, California.

29 Jul 2009

Physicists Develop Multifunctional Storage Device for Light

Light is intangible and, in addition, it travels at great velocity. Nevertheless, it can be confined to a very small space by controllably inserting light into a microscopic container surrounded by reflective walls.

29 Jul 2009

Axio Imager 2 Research Microscopes from Carl Zeiss

With Axio Imager 2, Carl Zeiss is presenting the new generation of its proven microscope system for biomedical research and materials applications. The customized configurability of the ten stand versions meets user requirements for a solution that combines outstanding flexibility and maximum ease of use with the highest performance and functionality.

28 Jul 2009

Nanolasers Breaking Barriers

We could soon see the potential of laser technology expand dramatically. Ways to make lasers smaller are being discovered through collaborative efforts of researchers at Arizona State University and Technical University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands. The work opens up possibilities for using nanoscale lasers to significantly improve the performance of computers and speed up Internet access .

28 Jul 2009

The Dark Secret of LEDs

At first glance, the light-emitting diode, or LED, beats the venerable incandescent bulb in every way. It's compact, bright, long-lasting, and in its latest form it can produce a warm, white light. Best of all, it saves more than enough money on electricity to cover the extra cost.

28 Jul 2009

Breakthrough Performance In Oled Devices For Solid-state Lighting Applications

SRI International, an independent nonprofit research institute, and Showa Denko K.K. (SDK), a Japan-based chemical industry company in partnership with Itochu Plastics Inc. (CIPS), have achieved record-breaking results using SRI's new cavity organic light-emitting diode (COLED) technology and SDK's light-emitting polymers to produce a highly efficient light source that could one day replace incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs.

28 Jul 2009

Carl Zeiss Makes Digital Microscopy in the Lab and Industry Even Easier

AxioVision Version 4.8 software from Carl Zeiss offers new possibilities and more convenience for all areas of the life sciences and for industrial applications in which digital microscopy is used for routine tasks.

28 Jul 2009

Small in Size, Providing a Powerful Performance

This new generation of a single chip LED has an exceptionally long lifetime supported not only by a silicone encapsulation but also by the outstanding low thermal resistance of Rth (js) = 8K/W in a SMT package dissipating efficiently the heat generated by the chip. The K Nova is available in 3 colors: yellow, red and amber.

28 Jul 2009

UCSD Begins Producing Electricity with Newly Installed Solar Panels Made by Concentrix Solar

The University of California, San Diego has begun producing electricity with newly installed solar panels made by Concentrix Solar that automatically track the sun as it crosses the daytime sky and concentrates sunlight onto hundreds of electricity-producing solar cells, each smaller than a shirt button.

27 Jul 2009

Italy Sets to Become World's Second Largest PV Market After Germany

An attractive feed-in tariff incentive and rapidly decreasing solar module prices have made Italy the most attractive PV market in the world. This year, Italy is set to become the world's second largest PV market after Germany, the undisputed leader.

27 Jul 2009