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Portable, Interlocking LED Flash and Light Source to be Crowdfunded

An innovative Australian company, IC12, looks set to lead the photographic and digital filmmaking industries into a whole new creative realm with the release of the world's first high-end, portable and interlocking LED flash and light source - The LED Light Cube - to be crowdfunded on Indiegogo from Tuesday 13th August (Australian time) to the cry of 'Become a Cubist!'.

13 Aug 2013

Study Explores Release of Dopamine in Response to UV Light

Neuroimaging specialists at UT Southwestern Medical Center are launching the first clinical trial involving frequent and infrequent tanners designed to identify whether UV light triggers the brain’s pleasure sensors.

13 Aug 2013

HoodTech's System Offers 2 Independently Operated, 4-Axis Gyro-Stabilized Imaging Systems on a Single Aircraft

HoodTech Vision, leading manufacturer of low size, weight, and power (low SWaP) stabilized imaging systems for small manned and unmanned systems, announces the new capability to provide simultaneous, independent operation of two stabilized imaging systems on a single aircraft.

From Hood Tech Corporation Vision, Inc. 13 Aug 2013

New Solid State Lighting LED Driver from Dialog Semiconductor

Dialog Semiconductor plc, a provider of highly integrated power management, audio, AC/DC and short-range wireless technologies, today announced a new solid state lighting (SSL) LED driver that integrates boost and flyback converters into a single IC to reduce the bill of material (BOM) costs and simplify the design, compared to conventional two-stage driver approaches, while delivering exceptional performance.

12 Aug 2013

AT&T Invests Over $325 M in Wireless and Wired Networks in Indiana

Blazing speeds. Great reliability. Broad coverage. Excellent overall performance. That’s what Indiana residents want from their mobile Internet, and it’s exactly what AT&T* is delivering with an array of network upgrades completed in the first half of 2013.

12 Aug 2013

August Sunday Experiment to Explore NASA's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md., will host this month's Sunday Experiment on Aug. 18 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EDT. It's a free afternoon for elementary school-aged children and their families with a look at how NASA sends and receives its data.

12 Aug 2013

Novel Laser Treatment to Address Excessive Underarm Sweating

People who suffer from excessive underarm sweating now have an additional treatment option to rid themselves of an often embarrassing, and sometimes even debilitating, medical condition called axillary hyperhidrosis.

12 Aug 2013

Point Grey Introduces High Resolution Global Shutter CCD Grasshopper3 Camera

Point Grey, a world-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative, high-performance digital cameras, today announced a new addition to the Grasshopper3 camera family, which features the highest resolution, global shutter CCD sensors with a USB 3.0 interface currently available.

12 Aug 2013

Full Motion Video Spectral Imaging System (FMV-SI) From Surface Optics Corp.

Conventional hyperspectral imaging systems simultaneously capture two of the three dimensions (x, y, λ) of a hyperspectral cube, but require the third dimension to be captured over time.

From Surface Optics Corporation 12 Aug 2013

Larson Electronics Introduces Hazardous Area LED Light Fixture with Automatic Battery Backup

Larson Electronics has announced the addition of an explosion proof LED light fixture designed for corrosion resistance and emergency backup operation in the event of power failures. The HALSS-EMG-48-2L-LED Hazardous Area LED Light Fixture is a fully stainless steel light fixture equipped an automatic battery backup system that provides continued illumination even in the event of total power failures.

9 Aug 2013

New Outdoor Megapixel PoE Day / Night Internet Camera from TRENDnet

TRENDnet, a best-in-class wired and wireless networking hardware brand, today announces the availability of the Outdoor Megapixel PoE Day / Night Internet Camera, model TV-IP302PI, which provides powerful HD 720P night vision in complete darkness for distances up to 15 meters (50 feet).

9 Aug 2013

tED Magazine Honors Hubbell Lighting with Four Best of the Best Awards

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced today that it received four Best of the Best Awards from tED Magazine—a tie for the most awards of any supplier. Hubbell Lighting brand's Alera Lighting, Columbia Lighting, Hubbell Outdoor Lighting, and Progress Lighting received awards in various categories, including the coveted Judges Choice Award.

9 Aug 2013

New Series of Compact Surface-Mount LED Displays Released by Vishay

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today released two new series of 10 mm standard surface-mount 7-segment LED displays in compact, low-profile packages. Utilizing AllnGaP on GaAs chip technology for high luminous intensity to 2750 microcandelas typical, the VDMx10x0 and VDMx10A1 series displays are offered in super red, soft orange, yellow, and green for a wide range of applications.

9 Aug 2013

E4D NEVO Scanner to be Highlighted at Henry Schein Business of Dentistry Conference

E4D Technologies, LLC, the award-winning developer of digital technologies for dentistry, and Henry Schein, Inc., will showcase the E4D NEVO Scanner and Design Center at the Henry Schein Business of Dentistry Conference in Las Vegas, NV from August 8 – August 10, 2013.

9 Aug 2013

New DLC Qualified LED Lighting Fixture for Commercial Parking Garages From Metro

Metro LED Lighting has begun marketing a new LED lighting fixture for commercial parking garages that is now DesignLights Consortium (DLC) qualified. The GL-40SV, from IntenCity Lighting, is designed for effective lighting, with low glare for user comfort, and high efficiency to lower electric costs. It is engineered as a one-to-one replacement for High Intensity Discharge (HID) fixtures and fluorescent garage lights.

8 Aug 2013