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Newest Generation Lasit Laser Marking System Offering Versatility and Capability

Lasit, USA proudly introduces its newest generation CompactMark®, a multi-axis rugged, industrial laser marking system with a wide range of features offering versatility and capability.

14 Dec 2007

Coherent LabMax Laser Meter Offers High Level of Convenience and Ease of Use

The new LabMax laser power and energy meter from Coherent, Inc. supports position sensing detectors, and is compatible with all the company’s current and past sensors. Position sensing simplifies proper alignment with the detector, thus ensuring measurement accuracy, and also permits long term beam monitoring.

14 Dec 2007

Most Advanced All-Fiber-Optic Network Straight to Consumers' Homes

The future of television has arrived for thousands of Portland Metro consumers as Verizon today announced the launch of its industry-leading FiOS TV service in the greater Portland area. With the launch of its video service in Oregon, Verizon now offers FiOS TV in 13 states.

14 Dec 2007

PhotoMedex to Supply Diode Laser Systems Exclusively to AngioDynamics

PhotoMedex, Inc. announced today that it will supply private-label diode laser systems exclusively to AngioDynamics, Inc. to sell and market for peripheral vascular treatments.

13 Dec 2007

New Philips Headquarters Showcase Both Existing and Forward-Looking Applications of LED Lighting

Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions, the new entity formed by Philips' acquisition of Color Kinetics, has completed the finishing touches and officially unveiled its new 50,000-square foot corporate headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts - merging the principles of "green" design with innovative uses of its LED lighting technology throughout. As the leading global research & development center for Philips' entire LED luminaires business, the new space is both a testing ground and showplace for the future of light.

13 Dec 2007

Atlantium Technologies Winner of Red Herring Global 100

Red Herring magazine announced that it has selected Atlantium Technologies Ltd. as a winner of the Red Herring Global 100 Award. The news was announced at a gala dinner during the Red Herring Global 100 event in Seattle, WA which took place December 3 -5, 2007.

13 Dec 2007

Laser and Ultra-Fast Camera Determines Whether a Burn Needs Surgery

The perfusion of a burn injury can now rapidly be determined by using a new technique developed by scientists of the University of Twente. Using the perfusion image made by a laser and an ultra fast camera, doctors will be able to determine whether a burn needs surgery.

13 Dec 2007

Using Light and Sound to Transfer Encoded Information

As a step towards designing tomorrow's super-fast optical communications networks, a Duke University-led research team has demonstrated a way to transfer encoded information from a laser beam to sound waves and then back to light waves again.

13 Dec 2007

Alcatel-Lucent Constructs 4,900 km Submarine Cable Network Between Kenya and UAE

Alcatel-Lucent today announced the signature of a turnkey contract for a 4,900 km submarine cable network with The East Africa Marine System Ltd (TEAMS Ltd.) consortium – including the Government of Kenya and Etisalat (Emirates Telecom Corporation) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The TEAMS network will connect the port city of Mombasa in Kenya with the port of Fujairah in the UAE offering the required optical connectivity to bring broadband to all users and positioning Kenya as a new communication hub. Network installation is scheduled by the end of the first quarter 2009.

13 Dec 2007

Pure Technology to Install Fibre-Optic Monitoring Equipment for San Diego County Water Authority

The Board of Directors of the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) this week approved the award of a contract of up to USD 2,350,000 to Pure Technologies U.S. Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pure Technologies Ltd.

12 Dec 2007

Researchers Solve Airflow Mysteries Surrounding Wind Turbines Using Laser Light

Using smoke, laser light, model airplane propellers and a campus wind tunnel, a team led by Johns Hopkins University researchers is trying to solve the airflow mysteries that surround wind turbines, an increasingly popular source of “green” energy. The National Science Foundation recently awarded the team a three-year, $321,000 grant to support the project.

12 Dec 2007

Physicists Combines Atom-Chiller with a Molecule Trap

Physicists at the University of Rochester have combined an atom-chiller with a molecule trap, creating for the first time a device that can generate and trap huge numbers of elusive-yet-valuable ultracold polar molecules.

12 Dec 2007

New Imaging System That Quickly Maps the Mechanical Properties of Materials

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed an imaging system that quickly maps the mechanical properties of materials - how stiff or stretchy they are, for example - at scales on the order of billionths of a meter. The new tool can be a cost-effective way to design and characterize mixed nanoscale materials such as composites or thin-film structures.

12 Dec 2007

Scientists Discoveres Optical Rogue Waves

Maritime folklore tells tales of giant "rogue waves" that can appear and disappear without warning in the open ocean. Also known as "freak waves," these ominous monsters have been described by mariners for ages and have even appeared prominently in many legendary literary works, from Homer's "Odyssey" to "Robinson Crusoe."

12 Dec 2007

Earth Observation Satellites Combating Climate Change

The role of Earth Observation satellites in combating climate change is being highlighted at the United Nations climate change conference where thousands of delegates from more than 180 countries are gathered to begin negotiations of an international emissions-cutting agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, whose first commitment period ends in 2012.

12 Dec 2007