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Quantum Electro Opto Systems Enters LED Lighting Systems Business

Quantum Electro Opto Systems Sdn. Bhd. (QEOS), a leading innovator in LED technology, announced today that it is entering the LED lighting and LED lighting systems business. QEOS had previously commercialized its Tilted Charge Dynamics™ (TCD) device technology to produce the world's fastest LED, which also featured lower cost, smaller size, and importantly, extremely low total power usage; thus providing a highly "Green Energy" product for the communications industry.

6 Nov 2013

Researchers Develop Computer-Aided Image Analysis for Identifying Specific Tumor Characteristics

Researchers at the University of Chicago are developing computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) and quantitative image analysis (QIA) methods for mammograms, ultrasounds and magnetic resonance images (MRIs) to identify specific tumor characteristics, including size, shape and sharpness, said lead researcher Maryellen Giger, A.N. Pritzker Professor of Radiology/Medical Physics and director of the Imaging Research Institute at the University of Chicago.

From SPIE 6 Nov 2013

International SKA Office Commences Award of Contracts for World’s Largest Radio Telescope

The international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) office awarded contracts to prepare for the world’s largest radio telescope yesterday, marking the start of the return on Australia and WA’s investment in the ambitious Square Kilometre Array.

6 Nov 2013

Bi-Facial Solar Cells Absorb Sun’s Thermal Radiation for Generating Power

Thermal radiation from the sun is largely lost on most silicon solar cells. Up-converters transform the infrared radiation into usable light, however. Researchers have now for the first time successfully adapted this effect for use in generating power.

5 Nov 2013

SPIE to Launch Dedicated Neurophotonics Journal

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, will launch the new journal Neurophotonics in 2014, covering the optical technologies and methods driving profound advances in understanding brain phenomena such as electrical excitability, neuroglial partnership, neurovascular signaling, metabolic activity, and hemodynamics in health and disease.

From SPIE 5 Nov 2013

Special Camera System Visualizes Smallest Malignant Pieces of Tumor

Cancer patients have the highest probability of recovering if tumors are completely removed. However, tiny clusters of cancer cells are often difficult for surgeons to recognize and remove. A camera makes hidden tumors visible during an operation.

5 Nov 2013

New MRI Method Quantitatively Measures Human Brain Tissue

Imagine that your mechanic tells you that your brake pads seem thin, but doesn't know how long they will last. Or that your doctor says your child has a temperature, but isn't sure how high. Quantitative measurements help us make important decisions, especially in the doctor's office. But a potent and popular diagnostic scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), provides mostly qualitative information.

5 Nov 2013

Laser Light May Hold Hope for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Diseases

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, together with researchers at the Polish Wroclaw University of Technology, have made a discovery that may lead to the curing of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (the so called mad cow disease) through photo therapy.

5 Nov 2013

New Ultra-Compact 1-Chip CMOS from Toshiba Imaging

Toshiba Imaging Systems Division (ISD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., and leading manufacturer of ultra-compact high definition (HD) and high resolution CCD and CMOS video cameras announces the release of the second in a series of HD remote-head cameras.

From Toshiba Imaging Systems Division 5 Nov 2013

IXYS Colorado Launches High-Power Laser Diode Driver/Current Source

IXYS Corporation, a leader in power semiconductors, mixed-signal and digital ICs for power conversion and motion control applications, announced today the introduction of the PCX-7500 high-power laser diode driver/current source by its IXYS Colorado division. This instrument provides precision pulsed current with accurate microprocessor-based digital power control.

From Littelfuse, Inc 4 Nov 2013

New Global Report on Vlc/Li-Fi Technology & Free Space Optics Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2013 Report on the Visible Light Communication (Vlc)/Li-Fi Technology & Free Space Optics (Fso) Market - with Global Forecast to 2018" report to their offering.

4 Nov 2013

NASA's WISE and GALEX Explorers Provide More Evidence for ‘Inside-Out’ Theory of Galaxy Growth

Watching a tree grow might be more frustrating than waiting for a pot to boil, but luckily for biologists, there are tree rings. Beginning at a tree trunk's dense core and moving out to the soft bark, the passage of time is marked by concentric rings, revealing chapters of the tree's history.

4 Nov 2013

HOYA to Acquire Major Automated Endoscope Reprocessor, Wassenburg Group

HOYA today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a majority shareholding in Wassenburg Group, an Automated Endoscope Reprocessing (AER) market leader in the Netherlands. The planned closing date is November 1, 2013.

4 Nov 2013

SoloHI CMOS Imager Technology Delivered to NRL for Solar Orbiter Space Mission

SRI International, working with specialty foundry leader TowerJazz, has delivered the first complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) imager engineering units to the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) for use on the Solar Orbiter Heliospheric Imager (SoloHI) optical telescope. With its large field of view, SoloHI will make high-resolution images of the corona and solar wind and be able to connect remote sensing observations of the corona to the plasma being measured in situ at the spacecraft.

4 Nov 2013

Excelitas Acquires Photonics Products Manufacturer, Qioptiq

Excelitas Technologies, a global technology leader focused on delivering innovative and customized optoelectronics to OEMs seeking high-performance technology solutions, announced that is has completed the acquisition of Qioptiq, a privately-held company specializing in the design and manufacture of photonic products and solutions for a wide range of markets and applications. Qioptiq was acquired from Arle Capital Partners, a London based private equity firm.

From Excelitas Technology 4 Nov 2013