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New Type of Flexible Plastic Film

Imagine cleaning out your refrigerator and being able to tell at a glance whether perishable food items have spoiled, because the packaging has changed its color, or being able to tell if your dollar bill is counterfeit simply by stretching it to see if it changes hue.

23 Jul 2007

GigaBeam Announces Milestone Orders for Next-Generation Wireless Technology for Major U.S. Metro Market

GigaBeam Corporation, deploying market disruptive "wireless fiber optics" technology to economic centers across the globe, announced today that it has received purchase orders for 24 additional WiFiber® links from One Velocity Inc, a leading wireless telecom provider for the Western United States.

23 Jul 2007

University of Central Florida and Holochip Announce Global Licensing Agreement for Zoom Lens Patents

The University of Central Florida has signed a licensing agreement with Holochip Corp. for a portfolio of technologies that will allow zoom lenses, such as those used in digital cameras and camera phones, to be manufactured at a dramatically smaller size without compromising clarity.

22 Jul 2007

New Device to Make Laser-to-Fiber and Fiber-to-Fiber Connections within Optical Fiber Packages

A new device to make laser-to-fiber and fiber-to-fiber connections within optical fiber packages has been named by R & D Magazine as one of the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the market in 2006.

22 Jul 2007

New Leica ST5020 Multistainer Workstation

High-quality reproducible staining and coverslipping applications standardize specimen preparation procedures in the modern laboratory.

21 Jul 2007

License Agreement between Leica Microsystems and Koheras A/S

The German Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH and Danish Koheras A/S signed a non-exclusive license agreement on several of Leica's fundamental patent rights relating to the usage of supercontinuum sources in a multitude of applications in January 2006.

21 Jul 2007

Leica Microsystems Wins Third German Business Innovation Award

By winning its third German Business Innovation Award, Leica Microsystems has ultimately established its position at the cutting edge of German innovators.

21 Jul 2007

Ludger Althoff Joins Leica Microsystems Management

The top management of Leica Microsystems GmbH has now been reinforced by the addition of a fourth member of the management board: Ludger Althoff, a qualified mechanical engineer, will be responsible for the production of the company for high-tech precision optic systems, reporting directly to company President Dr. Wolf-Otto Reuter.

21 Jul 2007

New Leica Educational Stereomicroscopes

Learning starts with perception. Sensory impressions leave their marks and become the building blocks of knowledge.

21 Jul 2007

Leica Microsystems Introduces New TL Transmitted-Light Bases for Stereomicroscopy

Outstanding illumination in any situation: with its new TL ST (bright field), TL BFDF (bright/dark field), TL RC™ and TL RCI™ (Rottermann Contrast™ technology) transmitted-light bases, Leica Microsystems is introducing a series of bases specially designed for stereomicroscopy.

21 Jul 2007