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Giant Camera will Survey the Sky 1000 Times Faster

Today (21 February 2008) the Science and Technology Facility Council's UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC) at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh shipped its biggest and most complex ever instrument.

21 Feb 2008

Solar Cell Efficiency Boosted by Nanoparticles

The electrons in nanoparticles of noble metal oscillate together apace with the frequency of the light. This phenomenon can be exploited to produce better and cheaper solar cells, scientists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have shown.

21 Feb 2008

Helping Customers to Select the Right Component

The Machine Vision Lenses & Peripherals Catalogue from Moritex has been designed as an informative technical resource to help customers select the correct components to achieve an optimised imaging solution for their Machine Vision application.

21 Feb 2008

World’s First MRI-Compatible Image-Guided Surgical Robot

Johnson Medtech, the medical products network of Johnson Electric, one of the world’s largest providers of motion actuators, today announced its participation in creating the neuroArm, the world’s first MRI-compatible image-guided surgical robot capable of both microsurgery and stereotaxy.

21 Feb 2008

Cymer Today Announces Shipment of its 100th XLA 6kHz Laser

Prior to SPIE Advanced Lithography 2008, Cymer, Inc., the world's leading supplier of light sources used in semiconductor lithography, announced today the shipment of its 100th XLA 6kHz laser - the industry's first production-worthy light source for 45nm immersion lithography - to a high-volume manufacturer.

20 Feb 2008

Creating a Strong Impact in the Automotive Industry

The Electronics & Security practice at Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce its 2008 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the Automotive LED Market to be held on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. PST.

20 Feb 2008

Tunable Lasers Becoming Key Element in Fiber Optic Measurement and Sensing

Luna Innovations Incorporated announces its highly anticipated tunable laser product, the Phoenix 1000, under its Luna Technologies brand of test and measurement products.

20 Feb 2008

GVI Provides Video Surveillance Security Solutions for Pharmacy Retailers

GVI Security Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of video security surveillance solutions featuring the complete Samsung Electronics line of products, today announced that it will provide a video surveillance security solution for over eighty locations of a Major Nationwide Pharmacy Retailer.

20 Feb 2008

GPON Transceivers Augment NeoPhotonics Portfolio of FTTP Transceivers

NeoPhotonics announced today a new line of “pluggable” GPON transceivers, compliant with the ITU-T G.984.5 networking standard, to augment its portfolio of Biplexer and Triplexer modules used in “fiber to the premise” (FTTP) networks around the world.

20 Feb 2008

Luminit Announces Holographically Mastered Light Diffusers Alliance Agreement

Luminit LLC, a worldwide leader in technical innovation in shaping and diffusing light, today announced it has entered into a strategic alliance agreement with Asahi Kasei Corporation to transfer patented holographically mastered light diffusion technology. The alliance includes a technology transfer agreement and development agreements as well as a minority investment by Asahi Kasei Corporation in Luminit.

20 Feb 2008

Kensey Nash Corp. Receives FDA Clearance for Vessel Wall Detection Technology

Kensey Nash Corporation today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance for an important vessel wall detection technology from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, designed to enhance the guidance provided by the Safe-Cross(R) RF CTO System.

20 Feb 2008

Discovery of High-Energy X-Rays Coming from Our Cosmic Doorstep

ESA's Integral has made the first unambiguous discovery of high-energy X-rays coming from a rare massive star at our cosmic doorstep, Eta Carinae. It is one of the most violent places in the galaxy, producing vast winds of electrically-charged particles colliding at speeds of thousands of kilometres per second.

20 Feb 2008

First Company in TFT-LCD Industry to Make Long-Term Commitment to Reduce Environmental Impact

AU Optronics Corp. today unveiled its "Green Solutions" initiative, a company-wide mission to practice green innovations, green procurement, green production, green logistics, green service, and green recycling that are all created and used in an environmentally friendly manner.

20 Feb 2008

Konica Minolta Launches New Series of High-Performance 3D Scanning Instruments

Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc. (KMSA), a worldwide leader in the industrial measurement of color, light and shape, announces the launch of the RANGE 7, the first product of a new series of high-performance 3D scanning instruments to meet the needs of the industrial inspection, manufacturing, and quality control segments in various industries.

From Konica Minolta Sensing Americas 20 Feb 2008

Lumera Corporation to Develop Telecommunication Products Under Agreement

Lumera Corporation, a leader in the field of photonic communications, announced today that it had entered into an agreement with Asyrmatos Inc., a privately held Boston-based company, to develop telecommunication products that will be enabled by Lumera's millimeter wave communication technology.

20 Feb 2008