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Single Chip IC Solution Enhances Performance of Sensors

Avago Technologies today announced a new miniature single-chip signal conditioning IC that enhances the performance and robustness of optical sensors used for proximity or object detection in consumer and industrial applications.

18 Mar 2008

Company Expands PV Production Capacity to 500MW by 2012

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it will invest a total of some 7 billion yen to expand annual production capacity of photovoltaic (PV) cells, in response to a sharp increase in demand for solar power generation systems.

18 Mar 2008

Project to Deploy 860 Miles of Fiber

CDE Lightband, formerly the Clarksville Department of Electricity in Clarksville, Tenn., has selected Clearfield, Inc. to provide the fiber management platform for one of the largest fiber to the home (FTTH) initiatives in the country.

18 Mar 2008

New Center of Excellence for Photovoltaics Process Technology

BTU International, a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the alternative energy and electronics manufacturing markets, today announced the opening of its new Center of Excellence for Photovoltaics Process Technology in Shanghai, China.

18 Mar 2008

Effectively Dissipating Heat in Small Spaces

Already credited with making vapor chambers (a once exotic heat sink technology) thin, light and affordable, Celsia Technologies today introduces its second generation NanoSpreader.

18 Mar 2008

Using Photons to Test Fundamental Concepts in Quantum Theory

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Joint Quantum Institute (NIST/University of Maryland) have developed a new method for creating pairs of entangled photons, particles of light whose properties are interlinked in a very unusual way dictated by the rules of quantum physics. The researchers used the photons to test fundamental concepts in quantum theory.

18 Mar 2008

Developers of Projection Systems Get A Boost with New Laser Combiner Developers Kit

Developers of projection systemns are set to get a boost with the availability of a developers kit from Agilent Technologies that will assist them improve cost, maintenance requirements and the overall viewing experience.

18 Mar 2008

Uni Surrey High Power Laser Zap to Nanotechnology

Scientists at the Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) of the University of Surrey and at the School of Chemistry in the University of Bristol have been awarded funding of nearly £0.87M from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to investigate techniques using high-power, short-pulsed lasers for the production of important nanomaterials, including nanoclusters, nanotubes and nanorods of carbon and zinc oxide, with controllable electrical and optical properties.

18 Mar 2008

Optical Surfaces Manufactures Fabry Perot Etalons in Two Basic Forms

Optical Surfaces Ltd is a leading international supplier of Fabry-Perot etalons in a range of shapes and sizes up to 150mm in diameter with matching accuracies to lambda /300.

18 Mar 2008

Researchers Taking Advantage of Improvements in Satellite Sensor to Measure Pollution

In a new NASA study, researchers taking advantage of improvements in satellite sensor capabilities offer the first measurement-based estimate of the amount of pollution from East Asian forest fires, urban exhaust, and industrial production that makes its way to western North America.

18 Mar 2008

Collaboration to Accelerate the Commercialization of High-Performance OLED Materials

LG Chem, Ltd. and Universal Display Corporation today announced that they have signed a non-exclusive joint development agreement to accelerate the commercialization of high-performance OLED materials for use in OLED displays and lighting products.

18 Mar 2008

Signet Solar Expands Manufacturing in India

Signet Solar, a manufacturer of silicon thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules, today announced plans to locate its second manufacturing site in the Sriperembudur Special Economic Zone near Chennai, India.

18 Mar 2008

DRS Technologies Announces Contract to Provide Vvehicle Vision Enhancement Systems

DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it received a $19 million, five-year indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the United States Naval Surface Warfare Center, in Crane, Indiana, to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with vehicle Vision Enhancement Systems (VES). The Marine Corps will incorporate the systems onto their Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) vehicles.

17 Mar 2008

RoseStreet Labs Energy Announces Grand Opening of Solar Cell Development Center

RoseStreet Labs Energy, Inc. (RoseStreet Energy) announced the grand opening of its new solar cell development center in Phoenix, Arizona.

17 Mar 2008

New Opportunities Rapidly Emerge in Energy Efficient Solid-State Lighting

Lighting utilizing organic light emitting diodes (OLED) could benefit from printing as a manufacturing technique because it can add to its cost effectiveness, says a new report from NanoMarkets, an industry analysis firm.

17 Mar 2008