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PowerLite 4000-Series Installation Projectors from Epson for Large Venues

Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide1, today introduced the ultimate projection solution for a wide range of venues – the PowerLite® 4000-Series installation projectors. Whether for a conference room, school auditorium, house of worship, sports bar, or home theater, the PowerLite 4650, 4750W and 4855WU projectors deliver industry-leading color brightness and vivid images in full HD resolution2.

29 May 2013

ILOA Unveils Flight Test Hardware for Worlds' First Private Lunar Telescope

The International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA), based in Hawai`i and led by American businessman and educator Steve Durst , today unveiled flight test hardware for the first private telescope that will be launched to the Moon in 2015.

29 May 2013

Crystal IS Receives Disrupt-o-Meter Award at 2013 BlueTech Forum

Crystal IS today announced its win of the Disrupt-o-Meter™ Award at the 2013 BlueTech Forum in Amsterdam. Crystal IS was selected from a range of participants for the water sector award honoring innovative, industry-revolutionizing technology.

29 May 2013

New Report Provides Detailed Overview of Global Optical Equipment Manufacturers

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Optical Equipment Manufacturers (Global)" report to their offering.

28 May 2013

US Navy Selects Northrop Grumman for Initial Phase of SSL-TM Program

The U.S. Navy has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation for the initial phase of the Solid State Laser Technology Maturation (SSL-TM) program. SSL-TM is a research and development project to mature solid-state, high-power laser weapon systems and components for ship defense.

28 May 2013

New Research Report Analyzes Prospects of LED and OLED Lighting Markets

The lighting industry is large, though highly fragmented mainly due to the diversity of customer needs and technology differentiation. Being both solid-state technologies that offer overlapping value propositions per market segment, organic light emitting diode (OLED) and light-emitting diode (LED) lighting are set to compete directly in many respects.

28 May 2013

PowerSecure Buys Out Partners’ Stake in Solar and LED Businesses

PowerSecure International, Inc. today announced that it has gained 100 percent ownership of its solar business with the purchase of the final 10 percent ownership stake from Southern Energy Management and also has gained 100 percent ownership of its IES LED lighting business with the purchase of the final 33 percent ownership interest from IES.

27 May 2013

Successful Integration of Havok’s Vision Engine Framework with Scalable Display Technologies

Havok™, a leading provider of simulation and 3D visualization technologies announces the successful integration of Havok’s Vision Engine framework with Scalable Display Technologies, a global leader in camera based display calibration software used to manage immersive multi-projector edge-blended displays.

27 May 2013

Demonstration of Pioneering Trials over BT’s UK Optical Core Network Infrastructure

Ciena® Corporation, the network specialist, and BT, one of the world’s leading communications services companies, today announced a series of pioneering trials over BT’s UK optical core network infrastructure.

From Ciena 27 May 2013

Launch of National Photonics Initiative to Maintain US Competitiveness and Security

The American Physical Society (APS), IEEE Photonics Society, Laser Institute of America (LIA), the Optical Society (OSA), and SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, today announced the launch of the National Photonics Initiative (NPI), a collaborative alliance seeking to unite industry, academia and government experts to identify and advance areas of photonics critical to maintaining US competitiveness and national security

From American Physical Society 27 May 2013

Universal Display Recognized for Borderless Flexible OLED Panel

Exhibit Category for its borderless flexible OLED lighting panel at the 2013 Society for Information Display (SID) International Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition.

27 May 2013

NIST Researchers Demonstrate Metamaterial Flat Lens

For the first time, scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new type of lens that bends and focuses ultraviolet (UV) light in such an unusual way that it can create ghostly, 3D images of objects that float in free space.

27 May 2013

Navy Selects Northrop Grumman for Solid State Laser Technology Maturation Program

24 May 2013

CANSEC 2013: Teledyne DALSA to Highlight Multispectral IR, CCD and CMOS Sensors and Cameras

Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and a global leader in digital image sensing technology, will highlight its multispectral, extreme environment, and custom IR, CCD and CMOS sensors and cameras at CANSEC 2013 in booth 513. The show will be held May 29-30, 2013 at the Ernst & Young Centre (formerly the CE Centre) in Ottawa, Canada.

From Teledyne DALSA 24 May 2013

LLE Ships RGB-Laser Powered Universal Laser Retrofit System for Digital Cinema Projection

Laser Light Engines, Inc., (LLE), a leader in laser illumination for high brightness digital cinema and performance projection, announced the first shipment of a fully configured RGB-laser powered Universal Laser Retrofit System to a leading global innovator in the cinema space.

24 May 2013