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Clear Blue Technologies’ Smart City Lighting Systems Installed in Toronto’s Premium Neighborhoods

The Smart Off-Grid™ company, Clear Blue Technologies International, has announced that 40 of its Illumient solar-powered street lights have been set up in Toronto’s Bloor Street West.

16 Jan 2019

Remo Tech Announces OBSBOT Tail, the World's First Auto-Director AI Camera

Designed to capture active moments in life, without relying on a cameraman, or frequently adjusting the device, the OBSBOT Tail's compact size at just 7.3 inches by 3.3 inches is equipped with a 3-axis gimbal and optical zoom lens.

From OBSBOT 16 Jan 2019

First turnkey femtosecond laser of its kind at 1550 nm, introduced by Menhir Photonics

The MENHIR-1550 is the first industrial-grade, femtosecond laser operating at 1550 nm with GHz repetition-rate and ultra-low noise performance offering unprecedented reliability enabling applications in the field and in an industrial environment.

From Menhir Photonics AG 15 Jan 2019

NPL’s Research in Photonics Could Pave Way for New Quantum Technologies and Telecoms Systems

Rare qualities in light have been exposed by scientists from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) which could pave the way to completely new electronic devices and applications. Light is used widely in electronics for computing and telecommunications.

14 Jan 2019

Customizable UV LEDs with Emission Wavelengths Spanning from 320 nm to 233 nm

UVphotonics launches UV LEDs emitting in the UVC and UVB wavelength regions at Photonics West 2019.

11 Jan 2019

Tailored LED Light May Help Regulate Human Health and Improve Indoor Farming

Assuming light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, to be merely an efficient upgrade to the regular electric light bulb is a stuck thought, state Jeff Tsao, a Sandia National Laboratories scientist, and his colleagues from other institutions in a Nature “Perspectives” article published in late November.

10 Jan 2019

PolyOne Takes-Over Fiber-Line, a Manufacturer of Composite Materials

Fiber-Line has utilized its customer-centric culture and specialty innovation to establish a leading portfolio of materials serving the fiber optic cable, oil & gas, industrial and consumer industries.

From Avient Corporation 10 Jan 2019

New Holographic Color Printing Increases Security and Prevents Counterfeiting

A new kind of anti-counterfeiting device that can be helpful in counterfeit deterrence of main documents like banknotes, passports, and identity cards has been developed by researchers at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD).

9 Jan 2019

Novel Integrated Photonics Platform Stores Light and Electrically Controls its Frequency in ICs

An innovative integrated photonics platform has been created by scientists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). The platform can store light and electrically control its frequency, or color, in an integrated circuit.

9 Jan 2019

ZWSOFT Introduces ZW3D 2019 with Productivity Improvements

ZW3D, one of the world's leading suppliers of advanced CAD/CAM solutions for the manufacturing industry, today announced the launch of ZW3D 2019, a breakthrough in productivity improvements from design to manufacturing, helping to bring complex products to the market faster.

From ZWSOFT 8 Jan 2019

Thorlabs Extends VEGA Swept Source OCT Offering

Thorlabs announced today that it has added to its well‐established VEGA™ OCT line by releasing complete imaging systems, VEG210C1 and VEG220C1.

From Thorlabs, Inc. 8 Jan 2019

High-Performance Optics for Augmented Reality Wearables Demonstrated at CES 2019

WaveOptics, an established designer and producer of diffractive waveguides used in augmented reality (AR) wearables, and Corning Incorporated, the world’s prominent supplier of high-refractive index glass for eyewear, will perform private demonstrations of wearable AR displays at CES 2019 in Las Vegas from January 8th–11th, 2019.

8 Jan 2019

X1-1+RW-3704-4 IR LED Radiometer

Infrared LEDs, with peak wavelengths in the IR-A spectral range from 700 to 1400nm, are utilized in a wide variety of applications from surveillance/safety, industrial machine vision & sensing, medical health monitoring and biometrics, many automotive, home and entertainment devices.

From Gigahertz-Optik Inc 4 Jan 2019

Acton Optics & Coatings Develops New UV-NIR Neutral Density Filters That Offer Unmatched Broadband Performance

Acton Optics & Coatings, which operates under the banner of world-renowned scientific camera and spectroscopy equipment manufacturer Princeton Instruments, is pleased to introduce a new series of UV-NIR neutral density filters that can deliver unique and unrivaled broadband performance.

From Teledyne Princeton Instruments 4 Jan 2019

Optical Control to Show Component Counter with Automatic Loading/Unloading at APEX

Optical Control Americas, is pleased to announce plans to exhibit at the 2019 IPC APEX EXPO, scheduled to take place Jan. 29-31, 2019 at the San Diego Convention Center in CA.

4 Jan 2019