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Canada Foundation for Innovation Awards $1.5 Million Funding to INRS’s Advanced Laser Light Source

INRS's Advanced Laser Light Source (ALLS), the only facility of it's kind in Canada, has obtained $1.5 million of funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). This will allow it to continue its mission as an international center of excellence in ultrafast science. The research facility, which boasts a wide variety of lasers with specific properties, provides ultrafast light sources for exploring fundamental questions in physics and chemistry through the study of matter at the atomic and electronic level.

5 Mar 2015

McPherson Offers Compact Double-Monochromator for Standoff Raman Spectroscopy

Standoff Raman spectroscopy is an optical sensing technique. Among other things, it can be used to detect and identify chemical, biological and explosive activity. There is an ongoing national and international scientific effort to improve these types of detectors. The goal is to form sensing networks to provide early warning for a variety of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive (CBRNe) weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

From McPherson Inc 5 Mar 2015

Soraa LED Products Receive Four Industry Awards for Innovation

Soraa, the world leader in GaN on GaN™ LED technology, announced today that its groundbreaking LED products have received four industry awards for innovation in both the LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards and Architectural SSL Product Innovation Awards (PIA).

4 Mar 2015

Sony Expands Popular Mirrorless Camera System with Introduction of New á E-Mount Lenses

Sony Electronics, a worldwide leader in digital imaging, has today announced several new á E-mount lenses and converters, building upon the rapid expansion of their popular mirrorless camera system.

4 Mar 2015

New Wheeled Cart Mounted Explosion Proof LED Light from Larson Electronics

Larson Electronics announced the release of a wheeled cart mounted explosion proof LED light designed for mobility and paint spray booth regulation compliance. The EPLC-24-4L-LED light cart features a 7,680 lumen light output, a swiveling fixture assembly, and a wheeled cart for easy maneuverability around the work space.

4 Mar 2015

Mobile World Congress 2015: TE Connectivity to Showcase Innovative Fiber Connectivity Solutions

TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity, today announced that it will showcase a broad range of innovative, digital distributed small cell systems and fiber connectivity solutions in booth 6B52 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on March 2-5.

4 Mar 2015

SLAC X-Ray Laser Reveals Inner Structure of Infectious Mimivirus

For the first time, researchers have produced a 3-D image revealing part of the inner structure of an intact, infectious virus, using a unique X-ray laser at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The virus, called Mimivirus, is in a curious class of “giant viruses” discovered just over a decade ago.

4 Mar 2015

Japan’s SoftBank BB Deploys Coriant® 7100 Nano™ Packet Optical Transport Platform

Coriant, a global supplier of SDN-enabled end-to-end transport networking solutions, today announced that SoftBank BB Corp., Japan’s leading telecommunications/ICT service and solution provider, has deployed the Coriant® 7100 Nano™ Packet Optical Transport Platform in its metro high-speed optical network.

4 Mar 2015

New Report on Laser Scanners / High Resolution LIDARs for Autonomous Driving

Autonomous driving concepts such as the Google Car, often use a large rotating laser scanner that can provide a high resolution image of the vehicle's surroundings. However, this sensor is very costly and is mounted on the roof which detracts from the vehicle's aesthetic looks and aerodynamics.

3 Mar 2015

U.S. DOD Approves Export of Laser-Based Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures System

BAE Systems, Inc. today announced that its Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures (ATIRCM) system has been approved for export by the U.S. Department of Defense. The export approval paves the way for sales to allied nations around the world, giving them access to this life-saving technology.

3 Mar 2015

New Report on Global and China LED Industry

After experiencing fall to the bottom and price slump in LED during 2012-2013, quite a few LED enterprises have been forced to go bankrupt or retreat from the industry. However, those that still struggled on the manufacturing front have reduced their capacity.

3 Mar 2015

Laser Radar Helps Helicopter Pilots Fly in Degraded Visual Environments

Lockheed Martin and H. N. Burns Engineering Corp. have agreed to collaborate on technology that enhances military helicopter pilots’ ability to fly in low visibility conditions caused by weather, dust or other obstructions.

3 Mar 2015

Viper Networks, Apollo Receive Intelligent LED Streetlights Order for Pilot Project in Lebanon

Viper Networks, Inc., is pleased to announce that the Company (in partnership with Apollo Metro Solutions, Inc.) received an order for their Intelligent LED Streetlights for a Pilot project in Lebanon from the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities of the Lebanese Republic.

3 Mar 2015

Google Glass Holds Promise for a Wide Range of Possible Applications in Plastic Surgery

The "wearable technology" Google Glass has a wide range of possible applications in plastic surgery--with the potential to enhance surgical training, medical documentation, and patient safety, according to a special paper in the March 2015 issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

3 Mar 2015

Cryo-Transmission Electron Microscopy Helps to Capture Comprehensive Microscopic Images of Ultra-Small Bacteria

Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory of the Department of Energy and the University of California have captured the first comprehensive microscopic images of ultra-small bacteria.

By Alexander Chilton 2 Mar 2015