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Reliable Detection of Tuberculosis using New Microscope from Carl Zeiss

With the Primo Star iLED, Carl Zeiss is introducing a new fluorescence microscope which enables the fast and reliable detection of tuberculosis. Together with FIND, the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, which co-developed the microscope, the optics company will be presenting the system at the 39th World Union Conference on Lung Health in Paris from 17 to 20 October 2008.

16 Oct 2008

Silver Once Again Dominate as World's Most Popular Car Color

Silver has once again dominated as the world's most popular car color but other shades are gaining ground, especially in North America. This is according to annual automotive color popularity data released today by PPG Industries, the world's leading manufacturer of transportation coatings.

15 Oct 2008

PPG Industries Appoints Augen Optics as Distributor of NXT Rx Performance Sunlenses

Intercast Europe, S.r.l, a business of PPG Industries, has appointed Augen Optics as an authorized distributor of NXT Rx performance sunlenses.

15 Oct 2008

Proprietary and Patented Cable Plant Conversion Process Scores with MSOs

Kabel-X(TM) USA, the award-winning leader in coax and fiber optic cable line conversion, has pioneered a unique technology process that quickly and seamlessly removes and replaces copper coax cable from digital networks, significantly cutting maintenance costs and procedures, while also providing operators a conduit through which they can easily deploy upgraded fiber optic cabling without costly excavation and replacement of existing lines.

15 Oct 2008

Northrop Grumman to Develop New Laser Technology for High-Efficiency Fiber Amplifiers

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been chosen to develop single-frequency fiber amplifiers for the new Revolution in Fiber Lasers (RIFL) program by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

15 Oct 2008

Micrel Launches New Series of Low Noise Electroluminescent Lamp Drivers

Micrel, Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, today launched the MIC4833/4, a new series of 220Vpp low noise electroluminescent lamp (EL) drivers designed to drive two panels of up to 4 square inches each.

15 Oct 2008

AU Optronics to Exhibit TFT-LCDs and Green Panels at eMex 2008

AU Optronics Corp. will exhibit a wide array of TFT-LCDs and full line products for different applications at eMEX 2008 (Electronic Manufacturer Exposition China), scheduled to be held from Oct. 16 to Oct. 19 at the Suzhou International Exhibition Center, China.

15 Oct 2008

Commercial Organic Solar Cells with Efficiencies of Over 10 Percent

IMEC's associated laboratory IMOMEC, located on the campus of the Hasselt University, developed a method to stabilize the nanomorphology of organic solar cells resulting in a lifetime improvement of at least a factor 10.

14 Oct 2008

Demonstration Helps Companies and Lighting Designers Explore and Understand LED Solutions

Lighting leaders from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors and OSRAM SYLVANIA's LED Systems business units, together with the California Lighting and Technology Center (CLTC) at UC Davis, California, unveiled an interactive LED demonstration wall that offers a tangible look at current and emerging LED lighting products and system solutions.

14 Oct 2008

SMART Modular Technologies Announces New TouchScape Line of Open Frame Displays

SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), Inc., a leading independent manufacturer of memory modules, solid-state drives, embedded computing subsystems, and TFT-LCD display products today announced its new TouchScape line of open frame displays, which take advantage of the latest TFT LCDs, touch screens, and display interfaces.

14 Oct 2008

Laser-Based Gas Analyzers That Lower Operating Costs for Refinery and Chemical Plants

SpectraSensors, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of precision optical laser-based gas analyzers that enable the petrochemical industry to get cleaner, better fuels to market faster, has announced the general availability of three new products designed specifically to improve process efficiency in refineries and chemical plants.

14 Oct 2008

Carmanah Technologies to Supply Illinois Lottery with LED Edge-Lit Light Panels

Carmanah Technologies Corporation has received an order, valued at approximately $415,000 USD, to supply the Illinois Lottery with LED edge-lit EvenLit(TM) light panels. The bright contemporary light panels will be installed at retail outlets throughout the state to help identify lottery retailers and promote Illinois Lottery games.

14 Oct 2008

Terahertz Version Adds New Potential to Unique Invention

A terahertz version of the single-pixel camera developed by Rice University researchers could lead to breakthrough technologies in security, telecom, signal processing and medicine.

14 Oct 2008

SEMI Announces Strategic Photovoltaic Partnership with SolarTech

SEMI PV Group, the global industry association serving the PV/solar manufacturing supply chain, and SolarTech, an initiative of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a consortium of leaders in the solar industry, committed to reducing the barriers to Solar -- today announced a collaboration agreement that is expected to benefit the entire US PV manufacturing supply chain from equipment and materials suppliers to cell/module makers to installers of PV systems, city governments and utilities.

14 Oct 2008

SemiLEDs Orders Multiple Lithography Systems from Ultratech

Ultratech, Inc., a leading supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices, today announced it received a multiple-system order from U.S.-based SemiLEDs Corp. A leading supplier of high-brightness, laser-emitting diodes (HBLEDs), SemiLEDs will use Ultratech's Star 100 lithography tools for its white light, HBLED, high-power, UVC LED and other advanced lighting applications at its manufacturing facility in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

14 Oct 2008