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Infinera Showcases the Value of Converging DWDM, OTN and Packet Switching on Same Platform

Infinera, a leader in Intelligent Transport Networks™, and Nissho Electronics, a carrier class network systems integrator in Japan, announced today the successful demonstration of converged packet-optical technology and Transport Software Defined Network (SDN) on an Infinera DTN-X network.

From Infinera 26 Jun 2013

Xmark Media Announces Details of Photonex 2013 Event

Xmark Media the organisers of Photonex, the UK's showcase photonics event dedicated to applied optical equipment, biophotonics, fibre optics, lasers, sensing, vision & LIGHT announces the 2013 event. This will be held on the 16 & 17th October at the visitor-friendly Ricoh Arena in Coventry.

26 Jun 2013

New Report on Global Breast Imaging Technologies Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Breast Imaging Technologies Market (Digital Mammography,3D Breast Tomosynthesis, Breast MRI, Breast Ultrasound, Molecular Breast Imaging, Optical Imaging, PET/CT/PEM Modalities) - Technology and Market Analysis & Global Forecasts to 2017" report to their offering.

25 Jun 2013

Sophisticated Optical Metrics Help Identify Patients at Risk of Faster Age-Related Visual Decline

Sophisticated new optical quality metrics can identify older adults likely to have more rapid age-related declines in vision, suggests a study, “Factors Accounting for the 4-Year Change in Acuity in Patients Between 50 and 80 Years”, in the July issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

25 Jun 2013

Fibre Optic Networks Required for Future Global Broadband

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Broadband - Fibre is the Infrastructure Required for the Future

25 Jun 2013

Mars Microbeam Raman Spectrometer Analyzes Atacama Desert Subsurface Samples

A film director looking for a location where a movie about Mars could be shot might consider the Atacama Desert, one of the harshest landscapes the planet has to offer. Due to the accidents of its geography, Atacama is the driest place on Earth. Some scientists believe there was no rain to speak of in part of the Atacama between 1570 and 1971. With little moisture in the air its salt lakes, sand dunes and lava flows broil or freeze and are blasted by ultraviolet radiation.

25 Jun 2013

New Report on Molecular Diagnostics in Infectious Disease Testing Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Molecular Diagnostics in Infectious Disease Testing" report to their offering.

24 Jun 2013

C-RAD and ScandiDos Partner to Market Advanced Radiation Therapy in the USA

ScandiDos AB and C-RAD AB are two Swedish companies working in radiation therapy. Both companies are developing and marketing innovative solutions to improve quality and precision when treating patients with cancer.

24 Jun 2013

Global Commercial Aviation Aircraft Lighting Market Expected to Grow to $1.25 Billion by 2017

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Commercial Aviation Aircraft Cabin Lighting Market (2012 - 2017)" report to their offering.

24 Jun 2013

Long Lifetime of LEDs Will Disrupt the Lighting Industry

The transition to LED technology is shaking up the lighting industry. Existing players are struggling to compensate for traditional lighting's decline with LED lighting growth. LED's pure plays with the right application exposure are now showing meaningful growth, while others are struggling with muted demand in a competitive and fragmented supply chain. This report is a guide to the opportunities and threats that exist for each lighting sub-segment and each part of the value chain.

24 Jun 2013

Point Grey Launch Grasshopper3 USB 3.0 CCD 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 high quality, high resolution CCD sensors with a USB 3.0 interface.

21 Jun 2013

FDA Clears Solta’s Fraxel DUAL 1550/1927 Laser System for Treatment of Pigmented Lesions

Solta Medical, Inc., the global market leader in aesthetic skin treatments, today announced it has received a new FDA 510(k) clearance of its Fraxel® DUAL 1550/1927 laser system for the treatment of pigmented lesions such as, but not limited to lentigos (age spots), solar lentigos (sun spots) and ephelides (freckles).

21 Jun 2013

Samsung Launches 3G/4G LTE Connected Compact System Camera

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced the launch of the GALAXY NX, the first 3G/4G LTE Connected Compact System Camera (CSC). Versatile and easy to use, the GALAXY NX combines cutting edge optical performance with connectivity capabilities and galaxy of applications based on Android eco-system, all in one stylish package.

21 Jun 2013

Researchers Explain Development and Decay of Third Radiation Belt

Since the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts in in the Earth's upper atmosphere in 1958, space scientists have believed that these belts consisted of two doughnut-shaped rings of highly charged particles — an inner ring of high-energy electrons and energetic positive ions, and an outer ring of high-energy electrons.

21 Jun 2013

FDA Clears Carestream’s Wireless Digital Radiography Detector for Low Dose X-ray Exams

Carestream Health continued its leadership in medical X-ray imaging technology by announcing FDA clearance for a new wireless digital radiography detector designed to offer high quality, low dose X-ray exams for pediatric, orthopaedic and general radiology applications. The new detector is expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 2013.

21 Jun 2013