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Prosilica Introduces High Performance 2-Megapixel Resolution Industrial CCD Camera

Lambda Photometrics are pleased to introduce the Prosilica GE1660 high performance 2-megapixel resolution, 4:3 aspect ratio, industrial CCD camera with Gigabit Ethernet interface.

24 Oct 2008

Swedish Government Give Green Light to MAX IV Synchrotron Light Facility

In the Swedish government's research bill for 2009-2012, that was presented today by the Minister of Research Lars Leijonborg, the building of MAX IV is seen as urgent, as it will be important for many scientific areas of strategic interest.

23 Oct 2008

Cree Anounces the Release of New-Generation High-Brightness Oval LEDS

Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, announces the release of its new-generation high-brightness 4-mm and 5-mm oval LEDS in blue, green and red. These new oval LEDs feature optically-matched radiation patterns in blue, green and red, resulting in superior image quality for digital billboard and full-color sign applications.

23 Oct 2008

Significant Supplier in the Fast Emerging Flexible Display and OLED Markets

NexTech Solutions, Inc. and FAS Holdings Group, LLC, jointly doing business as "NexTechFAS," are pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at the 4th Global Plastic Electronics Conference and Showcase in Berlin Germany from October 27- 29, 2008. During the conference, they will be featuring their Advantage Series extrusion deposition (ED) system and the NexTStar automated optical inspection (AOI) tool.

23 Oct 2008

Integral Vision Receives Orders for SharpEye Inspection System from Largest Customer

Integral Vision, Inc., a leading global supplier of automated display inspection technology, today announced it has received orders for the Company's SharpEye(TM) inspection system from its largest customer. These systems will be used to inspect a new MEMS based display that will be manufactured in a new plant located in Taiwan. Delivery of these systems is expected to be complete by the end of the first half of 2009.

23 Oct 2008

First Silicon Solar Cell to Achieve Milestone of 25 Percent Effiency

UNSW's ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence has again asserted its leadership in solar cell technology by reporting the first silicon solar cell to achieve the milestone of 25 per cent effiency.

23 Oct 2008

Extremely Powerful Lasers Pave Way for Cleaner Energy

Research that has provided a deeper understanding into the centre of planets could also provide the way forward in the world's quest for cleaner energy.

23 Oct 2008

SMIC Successfully Developed 0.11 micron CMOS Image Sensor

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world, today announced that it has successfully developed a 0.11 micron CMOS image sensor (CIS) process technology. With this new production process, SMIC-manufactured CIS devices exhibit improved resolution, low noise, and enhanced image contrast for high performance CMOS imager applications.

23 Oct 2008

Intraocular Lenses Market to Reach $5.0 billion by 2015

Global intraocular lenses market is characterized by ongoing innovations such as presbyopic IOLs, phakic IOLs and aspheric optical IOLs. Additionally, marketing campaigns by leading companies and enhanced training of physicians to implant advanced IOLs are fueling further growth in the market. Intraocular lenses are used primarily in cataract and refractive surgeries as artificial synthetic replacements to the eye's natural lens.

23 Oct 2008

Largest Market for Optical Coatings Worth Estimated US$2.81 Billion in 2008

Thanks to continuous innovations, optical coatings industry is driving new markets and business opportunities with its progressive transformation. The coatings are utilized in various sectors including environmental, chemical, and abrasion resistance; EMI shielding; climate control; biological protection; and high and low temperature operation, in addition to applications in optical fibers and filters.

23 Oct 2008

Global Market for Microscopes is Projected to Reach $3.3 Billion by 2012

United States, Japan and Asia-Pacific collectively command over 72% of the world microscopes market as stated by the recent report published by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. Asia-Pacific represents the fastest growing market for microscopes at a CAGR of 11.2% over the 2011-2015 period. The rapid pace of industrialization in developing countries such as India, China, Thailand, Taiwan and South Korea, is expected to boost global demand for microscopes in the upcoming years. Developing markets are additionally emerging into hot-spots for production activities with manufacturers increasingly relocating production activities from the saturating Western Europe and North America markets to Eastern Europe and Asia Pacific, in an attempt to cut costs.

From Veeco 23 Oct 2008

New Telescope Helps Solve the Bottleneck of Spectral Observation in Astronomy

How has the universe been formed and evolved? What about the Milky Way consisting of tens of billions of stars? These questions have kept people wondering in the whole history of human civilization.

22 Oct 2008

Web-Based EDA Tools Simplify and Speed Development of SSL General Lighting Solutions

Philips Lumileds and Future Lighting Solutions have introduced the first comprehensive suite of online Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools designed to speed the prototyping and development of solid-state lighting solutions for general lighting applications such as task lamps, recessed downlights, outdoor lighting and shop lighting.

22 Oct 2008

White LED Driver for Automotive Display Backlighting Applications

ROHM Electronics announces the availability of the BD8113EFV-E2, a white LED driver IC designed to provide constant current drive for white LED backlights in medium- to large-format automotive TFT-LCD displays. This dual-channel driver is capable of up to 150mA constant current per channel with current-mode buck/boost DC/DC control, ensuring constant display brightness, even with unstable battery input voltages over the entire automotive temperature range.

22 Oct 2008

OptoCooler HV Designed Specifically for the Optoelectronics and Telecommunications Industry

Nextreme Thermal Solutions, the leader in microscale thermal and power management products for the electronics industry, today announced the availability of the OptoCooler HV series, a new class of RoHS-compliant high voltage and high heat pumping thermoelectric coolers that are optimized for standard circuitry and power requirements. The first module in the series, the OptoCooler HV14, is the latest product in Nextreme's OptoCooler(TM) family of thermoelectric coolers designed specifically for the optoelectronics and telecommunications industry.

22 Oct 2008