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BioHorizons Introduces New Tapered Internal Implants Featuring Laser-Lok Microgrooves

BioHorizons Implant Systems, Inc. has introduced a new line of Tapered Internal Implants that feature a unique thread design and proven surface engineering technology. This product introduction is the first from BioHorizons to address the tapered market segment which account for over 50% of the U.S. dental implant market.

15 Nov 2007

Brain Monitoring Sensor Technology to Help Analysts Identify Threats

Honeywell announced today that it is developing a revolutionary system for the Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA) that could dramatically improve the military's intelligence analyzing capabilities by allowing analysts to evaluate images from satellites, ground cameras and surveillance aircraft more precisely and quickly than ever before.

15 Nov 2007

Firstsight Vision Announces Unique High Speed and Resolution Camera

A new, 1.4 megapixel, high speed camera from DALSA, the Falcon 1.4M100, is now available from Firstsight Vision. Featuring DALSA's patented CMOS sensor technology, the new camera delivers an astonishing 100 fps at full 1400 x 1024 pixel resolution. Even faster frame rates can be achieved through vertical windowing. The dynamic range of 57 db ensures excellent image quality.

15 Nov 2007

Light Pulses Caught using Photonic Crystal Resonator

A team from Kyoto University has demonstrated a method for dynamically changing the lifetime of a photonic crystal resonator, which in effect can trap a pulse of light inside the system. Susumu Noda and his colleagues showed that the Q factor of their system, a measure of the number of time periods of light after which most of the light has left the system, could be increased by a factor of four from 3,000 to 12,000 within just a few picoseconds.

15 Nov 2007

Northrop Grumman to Develop Latest Generation of Data Links for LITENING Advanced Targeting Pod

Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a contract to develop and deliver the latest generation of data links for its LITENING Advanced Targeting (AT) pod from the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command's Aeronautical Systems Center, as the executive procurement agency for the Air Combat Command, Air Force Reserve Command, Air National Guard, U.S. Marine Corps and coalition forces.

15 Nov 2007

Sandia Developed Neutron Scatter Camera Able to Detect Radiation

In an effort to find an answer to the problem of identifying smuggled special nuclear material (SNM), researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in California say a neutron scatter camera they are developing may be able to detect radiation from much greater distances and through more shielding than current detection instruments.

15 Nov 2007

General Dynamics Acquires D-VEX Provider

General Dynamics has acquired Mediaware International Pty Ltd., a leading developer of real-time full-motion compressed digital video processing software and systems for defense, intelligence and commercial customers. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

15 Nov 2007

Robust Network Designed to Support Future High-Bandwidth Services

Verizon Business will begin an aggressive rollout of its next-generation optical transport network in Europe next month. The first phase will include ultra long-haul (ULH) equipment deployed on the core backbone network routes between Verizon Business' main European network hubs in London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris and Brussels, providing the first 3,230 kilometers (2,007 miles) of ULH transport in the Verizon Business European network.

15 Nov 2007

World's First Battery-Operated and Mobile Fluorescence Microscope

At this year's 39th World Forum for Medicine in Dusseldorf, Partec, a globally leading developer, manufacturer and provider of dedicated diagnostic solutions in the response to HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is presenting a breakthrough innovation for high sensitivity TB and Malaria diagnostics in low- and middle-income countries.

14 Nov 2007

Microvision Launches Wireless Laser Barcode Scanner for Business Mobility Market

Microvision, Inc., a leading developer of scanned light beam technology, announced today that its pocket-sized ROV Laser Barcode Scanner is now shipping to customers. ROV Scanner is a hand-held, BluetoothR-enabled laser barcode scanner for mobile workers who need an affordable data collection solution that easily connects via a wireless link to a wide variety of mobile computing platforms.

14 Nov 2007

JDSU Introduces Revolutionary Fiber Optic Test Solution for CWDM Networks

JDSU today announced the release of the coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) series of OTDR modules for its T-BERD/MTS-8000 and T-BERD/MTS-6000 platforms. This solution combines several new features into one first-of-its-kind OTDR test solution for short- and medium-haul CWDM network applications.

14 Nov 2007

Computing Group Announces Formation of Storage Work Group

DataPlay, a leader in advanced optical storage solutions, announced today its leadership of the Optical Storage Subgroup (OSS) within Trusted Computing Group's Storage Work Group (SWG). In this role, DataPlay will help set the design for the world's first optical burner to support Trusted Computing Group's storage specification.

14 Nov 2007

Advanced Dye Laser Selected by GIST

Zecotek Medical Systems, Inc. today announced the sale of a CW single-frequency ring Dye laser system to Korea's prestigious Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) for high-precision laser spectroscopy in its Advanced Photonics Research Institute.

14 Nov 2007

Micrel to Preview New Joint Reference Design For Plastic Optical Fiber

Micrel, Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, today announced that it will showcase a new Ethernet solution at Embedded Technology 2007. The new joint reference design for Plastic Optical Fiber (POF), which Micrel and Firecomms are jointly announcing, is based on Micrel's KSZ8041FTL transceiver and Firecomms' EDL300T Fiber Optic Transceiver.

13 Nov 2007

Nortel Optical Solution Delivers Wavelength on Demand for SURFnet Users StarPlane Project

SURFnet, a global leader in advanced network research, is enhancing the collaborative powers of academics at universities and higher education institutions in The Netherlands using a Nortel intelligent optical solution. The network powers the showcase StarPlane project which utilises pure optical technology to deliver on-demand computing power.

13 Nov 2007