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Axion Spatial Imaging Terminates All LOI and Focus on Health Oriented Opportunities

Axion Spatial Imaging announced today after much deliberation Axion Spatial Imaging, Inc. has terminated all Letter of Intent (LOI) relationships and will focus on health oriented opportunities such as the recent investment in Water Science, Inc.

23 Apr 2008

Zollner Selects Medalist x6000 to Enhance Inspection Capabilities

Agilent Technologies Inc. and the Zollner Group today announced that Zollner, a global electronics manufacturing services provider, has selected the Agilent Medalist x6000 Automated X-ray Inspection (AXI) system to enhance its test and inspection capabilities.

23 Apr 2008

Bring the Sun’s Power to the People

Promising to transform solar power from a "boutique" option to an affordable, dependable, mainstream energy solution, MIT and the Chesonis Family Foundation today launched a "solar revolution" with the ultimate aim of making solar energy America's primary carbon-free fuel.

23 Apr 2008

L-3 Communications Announces Acquisition of Northrop Grumman’s Electro-Optical Systems

L-3 Communications announced today that it completed the acquisition of Northrop Grumman’s Electro-Optical Systems (EOS) business for $175 million in cash.

22 Apr 2008

Researchers Have Built a Rechargeable Microscope Illumination System for NASA Scientists

Auburn University researchers have built a rechargeable microscope illumination system for NASA scientists who are using it during Antarctic expeditions.

22 Apr 2008

Improved OLED Sealing Process Reduces Moisture Intrusion and Improve Device Lifetime

Researchers have developed an improved organic light emitting diode (OLED) sealing process to reduce moisture intrusion and improve device lifetime.

22 Apr 2008

OSRAM Debuted the New SYLVANIA Micro-Mini Twist Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb

Today, lighting innovator, OSRAM SYLVANIA debuted the new SYLVANIA micro-mini Twist compact fluorescent light bulb at the annual LIGHTCongress show in New York City.

22 Apr 2008

New Building a Necessity in Order to Secure Future Growth Potential

The microscope manufacturer WITec has begun construction of a new headquarters building in Ulm, Germany including research, production and office facilities. The official ground breaking ceremony with the mayor of Ulm occurred on Friday April, 18. 2008.

22 Apr 2008

CFL Giveaways Should Not Wind Up as Mass Throwaways

Environmental groups from New York to California are taking a pledge to consider only the "greenest" CFLs when making purchases for office use and during compact fluorescent lamp giveaways. The new "Green Lighting Campaign" intends to promote more sustainable lighting practices such as recycling, rather than throwing lamps containing mercury in the trash.

22 Apr 2008

VECTOR Uses OpVista2000 in Networking Projects Throughout Eastern Europe

OpVista, Inc. today announced that it has signed a comprehensive sales and support agreement with VECTOR to use the complete OpVista2000 Optical Transport System product line in optical networking projects throughout Eastern Europe, effective immediately.

22 Apr 2008

Unique Collaborative Effort to Develop a New Generation of High-Brightness Lasers

Scientists and engineers across Europe have joined forces in a unique collaborative effort to develop a new generation of high-brightness lasers that will transform the fields of healthcare, communications and entertainment.

22 Apr 2008

New 880nm SLED Ideal for Medical Imaging and Fiber Optic Sensor Applications

AMS Technologies announces the extension of Exalos family of powerful Superluminescent Light Emitting Diodes (SLEDs) with the new 880nm SLED (EXS8810).

22 Apr 2008

Center Offers Insight, Specialized Eye Exams for Athletes

The standard eye chart only covers letters and numbers, but athletes need above average vision to track balls hurtling toward them at alarming speeds. To test those special skills, a University of Houston optometrist has founded the Sports Vision Performance Center, a facility where athletes perform while a strobe light is flashing, play tag with a board of lights and engage in other activities designed to improve their visual abilities.

21 Apr 2008

Accu-Sort Increases Manufacturing Run for Camera-Based Bar-Code Scanning System

Auto ID users have been quick to adopt Accu-Sort's new camera-based bar-code scanning system. Only six months after the AV6010 Long Range Camera was introduced, Accu-Sort® Systems has had to increase its manufacturing run to meet demand that is double the forecast, making it the fastest new product launch in the company’s history.

21 Apr 2008

Large Output Laser Beam Expanders Transmit Entire Beam with Excellent Quality

Special Optics, Inc., a vertically integrated supplier of precision optical components and assemblies for high-technology applications, introduced today a new family of high performance large output laser beam expanders.

21 Apr 2008