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Silicon Chips That Move Data Using Light Win Grand Prizes at MIT CEP Competition

A team that aims to drastically boost the efficiency of computing with silicon chips that move data using light — not electricity — took home both grand prizes at Monday night’s MIT Clean Energy Prize (CEP) competition, earning a total of $275,000.

14 May 2015

Middle East and Africa LiDAR Market Forecast to Grow at 25.5% CAGR

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Middle East and Africa LiDAR market by Product, by Application, and by Country - Analysis & Forecasts to 2019" report to their offering.

14 May 2015

ADTRAN Accelerates NG-PON2 Delivery using 10G Wavelength Symmetric ITU/FSAN Standards-Based Technology

ADTRAN®, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation networking solutions, today announced an industry breakthrough in the economics of delivering Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) services based on NG-PON2 architecture.

14 May 2015

Novel 3-D Camera with Specially Designed Image Sensors

Photography used to be limited to flat, two-dimensional images. Today, the art and science of image capture is spurred by optics, computation and electronics, and Cornell engineers are working on the cutting edges of 3-D imaging.

14 May 2015

Increased 40G QSFP Spending Increases Sale of 10-, 40- and 100-Gigabit Optical Transceivers

Technology market research firm IHS Infonetics today reported that revenue from 10-, 40- and 100-Gigabit optical transceivers sold into the enterprise and data center markets grew 21 percent in 2014 to $1.4 billion, almost entirely due to increased 40G QSFP (quad small form factor pluggable) spending.

14 May 2015

EVT ThermoCam LC with IR Camera Can Detect Defects Under the Surface

The inspection of surfaces is a core competence in machine vision. Not only are there almost endless surface conditions, but also near as many surface defects such as e.g. cratches, cracks, pores, stripes, dents and of course corrosion.

From EVT Eye Vision Technology 14 May 2015

IHS Infonetics Reports Decline in Telecom Transceiver Market

The global market for 10-, 40- and 100-Gigabit optical transceivers sold to telecom service providers dropped to $762 million in 2014, a 7 percent falloff from 2013's $820 million, reports technology market research firm IHSInfonetics.

13 May 2015

New Fibertech Ethernet 10 Gigabit Network to Connect 61 Sites of Pittsburgh Public Schools

Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) is connecting its 61 sites with a new fiber optic broadband infrastructure. The new network allows PPS to increase the availability of technology and other computer devices for student use without concern for bandwidth constraints.

13 May 2015

Telstra Announces Extension of Global PEN Platform into Optical Layer

Telstra today announced it has extended its new global Software Defined Networking (SDN) Platform into the optical layer, enabling high-bandwidth provisioning up to 100G and automated fault restoration across its global Points of Presence (PoPs).

13 May 2015

London's Stansted Airport Installs NanoLumens 39-Foot Curved Display

London’s Stansted Airport is taking its on-site customer messaging capabilities to a whole new level with the recent installation of a 39-foot (12 meter) NanoLumens® large scale visualization solution that is being utilized to provide advertising space to marketers along with flight information and airport updates.

13 May 2015

Resolve Optics Releases Spring 2015 Issue of 'Lens Innovation' E-Newsletter

Resolve Optics has announced theSpring 2015 issue of 'Lens Innovation' an e-newsletter dedicated to the latest technological developments, applications advances and breaking news in optical design and manufacture.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 13 May 2015

Pattern Recognition Successfully Demonstrated Using Magnonic Holographic Memory Device

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering and the Russian Academy of Sciences have successfully demonstrated pattern recognition using a magnonic holographic memory device, a development that could greatly improve speech and image recognition hardware.

12 May 2015

Infinera Offers 100Gb/s Terrestrial, Subsea Connections between Greece and Western Europe

Infinera, provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, is offering 100 gigabit per second (Gb/s) terrestrial and subsea connections between Greece and Western Europe through Italy and the Balkans, with the Infinera DTN-X packet optical transport networking platform for OTEGLOBE's international backbone expansion.

12 May 2015

GigOptix Receives $7.9 Million ASIC Products Order with Large Aerospace and Defense Contractor

GigOptix, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced high-speed semiconductor components for use in long-haul, metro, Cloud connectivity, data centers, consumer electronics links and interactive applications, through optical and wireless communications networks, today announced the booking of a $7.9 million order with a large aerospace and defense contractor to deliver ASIC products.

12 May 2015

NEC Display Introduces Affordable High-Performance 32-Inch Display with LED Backlighting

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, today announced the affordable 32-inch V323-2 display that possesses a new mechanical design with a 35 percent decrease in depth, 44 percent decrease in bezel width and 27 percent decrease in weight compared to the previous generation.

12 May 2015