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Dynamic Advancements Lead to Larger Area OLED Displays with Enhanced Image Quality Features

Over the years, organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays have emerged as the technology of choice for use in a wide range of consumer electronic devices, including smartphones, tablets and television sets. Efficiency, brightness, and flexible form factor make OLEDs a viable alternative to conventional LCD displays. However, the lack of cost-effective manufacturing processes and lifetime duration issues must be resolved to enable wide-scale adoption.

19 Sep 2013

Green Photon Beams Enable More Precise Optical Manipulation of Macrostructures

Romanian scientists have discovered a novel approach for the optical manipulation of macromolecules and biological cells. Their findings, published in EPJ B, stem from challenging the idea that visible light would induce no physical effect on them since it is not absorbed.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 19 Sep 2013

Hybrid Packet-Optical Circuit Switched SDN to be Demonstrated at ECOC 2013

A live demonstration of a hybrid packet-optical circuit switched software-defined network (SDN) will take place at Europe’s largest optical communications event next week. The European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) will take place from 22- 26 September in London.

19 Sep 2013

Luminus Devices and Lightera Announce Completion of Previously Announced Merger

Luminus Devices, the leading global manufacturer of high-performance LEDs, and Lightera, a U.S.-based developer of LED components, announced today the completion of all merger activities previously announced on June 11, 2013. Luminus is now a subsidiary of Lightera, and will continue to operate under the name Luminus Devices.

19 Sep 2013

Zebedee Mobile Laser Mapping System Creates 3D Map of Leaning Tower of Pisa

Developed by the CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, the Zebedee technology is a handheld 3D mapping system incorporating a laser scanner that sways on a spring to capture millions of detailed measurements of a site as fast as an operator can walk through it. Specialised software then converts the system's laser data into a detailed 3D map.

19 Sep 2013

Xicato Announces Expansion of Artist Series LED Module Portfolio

Xicato, a leading developer of superior light quality from LED modules, announced today that is has expanded its Artist Series® portfolio of LED modules, adding a 2000-lumen module to give interior designers and lighting professionals the option to offer high-quality light in general lighting applications. Installations with higher ceilings, i.e., greater than 10 feet (3 meters), and fewer light points can now accommodate a better grade of lighting than is possible with fluorescent or ceramic metal halide (CMH) sources.

18 Sep 2013

High-Tech Laser Cutter Capable of Etching Metals and Cutting Through Various Media

A new, state-of-the-art laser cutter stands in a room off of the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts’ workshop on the second floor of Sewall Hall. The price tag: $8,000 — a fraction of the cost of a factory-built laser cutter. The “good deal” comes courtesy of seven Rice undergraduate students. They built the laser cutter in fall 2012 as part of Visual and Dramatics Arts Visiting Lecturer Mike Beradino’s The Art of DIY course.

18 Sep 2013

New Optical Imaging Techniques Reveal Cancer’s Inner Workings

Scientists seeking new ways to fight cancer often try to understand the subtle, often invisible, changes to DNA, proteins, cells, and tissue that alter the body's normal biology and cause disease. Now, to aid in that fight, a team of researchers has developed a sophisticated new optical imaging tool that enables scientists to look deep within tumors and uncover their inner workings.

From Optical Society Of America 18 Sep 2013

Epson America Unveils New Classroom Imaging Solution, DC-12 Document Camera

Epson America today announced the new Epson® DC-12 document camera, Epson's latest classroom imaging solution designed to help educators deliver engaging lessons and enhance the learning experience. With HD image quality and HDMI connectivity to deliver sharp text and bright, colorful images, the DC-12 is a valuable and easy-to-use tool that can be utilized for a wide range of learning applications, in turn creating a large impact in the classroom environment.

18 Sep 2013

New Strategic Partnership to Provide One-Stop Source of Innovative Aesthetic Laser Devices

LSO Medical SAS, a leading French laser manufacturer for aesthetic and surgical applications, and GME German Medical Engineering GmbH, a German company developing and marketing laser applications, announced today the formation of a strategic partnership.

18 Sep 2013

OFS Improves 50 µm Multimode Fibers

OFS, a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of innovative fiber optic network products, today announced it has improved several important optical and geometry specifications for its line of 50 µm multimode fibers including LaserWave® FLEX Bend-Optimized Fiber.

17 Sep 2013

Instrument Systems’ Optical Products to be Distributed by KMSA in North America

Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc. (KMSA) announces today that following the acquisition of Instrument Systems GmbH (IS) by Konica Minolta Optics, Inc. (KMOP), the companies will enter into a collaborative arrangement regarding the sale of Instrument Systems portfolio of products in North America.

17 Sep 2013

ViewSonic Introduces VG2039m-LED 19.5" Visible Enterprise Display

ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solution products, is expanding its VG39 ergonomic display series with the availability of the new VG2039m-LED.

17 Sep 2013

Cosemi Introduces OptoHD Solution for Optically Interconnecting HD Digital Video Sources to HD Video Displays

Cosemi Technologies, Inc., a privately held supplier of high-speed optical semiconductor solutions for the communications, cloud computing, and Fiber In The Home (FITH) markets, announced the availability of its OptoHD solution optically interconnecting high definition digital video sources to high definition video displays.

17 Sep 2013

UCR to Conduct MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field Survey of Galaxies

Astronomers at the University of California, Riverside have received a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct a very large new survey of galaxies using a new instrument — MOSFIRE — on the Keck I telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawai`i’s Big Island.

17 Sep 2013