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Breakthrough Spray-On Technology Turns Glass Slides into Flat Lenses

A team of researchers, including a University of British Columbia engineer have made a breakthrough utilizing spray-on technology that could revolutionize the way optical lenses are made and used.

24 May 2013

Aqueti to Utilize Kickstarter Fundraising to Launch Gigapixel Digital Camera

Aqueti, a new company commercializing gigapixel photographic technology developed at Duke University, announced today that it will utilize the popular Kickstarter fundraising site to introduce Aware, the world’s first gigapixel digital camera. The campaign will run May 20 – June 19, 2013, with a goal of raising at least $25,000 to tour the camera around North Carolina for three weeks.

24 May 2013

Ocular Offers Customized PCAP Touch Panels for Outdoor and Marine Applications

Ocular LCD, Inc., a leading supplier of industrial touch panels, today announced the availability of PCAP touch panels specifically designed for outdoor and marine applications.

23 May 2013

Trans-Lux Launches New TL Vision LED Cabinet Systems

Trans-Lux Corporation (TNLX), a world leader in LED digital displays and LED lighting technologies, continues to establish new benchmarks in LED display performance and efficiency. Innovative product introductions include: TL Vision LED Cabinet Systems that virtually eliminate common alignment issues, expedite display set-up time, and reduce overall costs; the world’s first and only 1.5mm pitch LED display that rivals HD flat screen image quality; and the epic™ Series LED System Software Suite that makes LED display set-up, control and content management easier and more efficient.

23 May 2013

Canon Image Capture Solutions Alliance Program Adds NovoDynamics

NovoDynamics, Inc., a leading developer of advanced pattern recognition and analytics technologies, today announced that it has been added to Canon U.S.A., Inc.'s, Canon Image Capture Solutions (ICS) Alliance Program.

23 May 2013

micro-CT scanning Reveals 3D Images of Butterfly Developing Inside the Chrysalis

The unique pictures were taken using a computed tomography (CT) scanner and show in amazing detail nine Vanessa cardui pupas (the life stage after the caterpillar) as they underwent metamorphosis into painted lady butterflies inside a hard outer shell.

23 May 2013

Resolve Optics Develops Optimised Lenses for Machine Vision Applications

Resolve Optics Ltd. has built a strong international reputation for working with machine vision camera suppliers and system integrators to develop application optimised lenses to enable them to benefit from the full performance of their camera or sensor system.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 23 May 2013

TerraLUX Receives ENERGY STAR Certification for DLR7-H LED Downlight Retrofit Kit

TerraLUX Inc., an industry leader that designs, patents, and manufactures LED-based lighting solutions, announced today that its DLR7-H LED downlight retrofit kit has received ENERGY STAR® certification.

22 May 2013

AMOLED Display Technology may have Major Influence on Smart Device Innovation

"In the cloud computing era, AMOLED displays are most likely to have the greatest amount of influence on innovation in smart devices." Kinam Kim, CEO of Samsung Display, delivered this statement as part of a keynote speech on "Display and Innovation" to attendees at the Society for Information Display's Display Week 2013 in the Vancouver Convention Centre today.

22 May 2013

New Analysis of the Worldwide Smart Lighting Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Smart Lighting Markets and Opportunities 2013

22 May 2013

Programmable Miniature Artificial Compound Eye Developed at EPFL

European team led by the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems in EPFL unveils programmable miniature artificial compound eye

22 May 2013

New Airborne Spectral Imaging System for UAVs

The SOC710GX® is a complete airborne spectral imaging system specifically designed for ease of installation in a UAV or small aircraft.

From Surface Optics Corporation 21 May 2013

The Royal Microscopical Society - Applied Microscopy Conference to Review Modern Metallographic Techniques

Henry Clifton Sorby was a pioneer in the application of microscopy techniques to the study of geological and metallic materials, a past president of the Royal Microscopical Society, and a founder of the University of Sheffield.

From Royal Microscopical Society 21 May 2013

Lighting Science Group to Showcase High-Performance Lighting Products at 2013 IPI Conference and Expo

Visitors attending the 2013 International Parking Institute (IPI) Conference and Expo at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale will be introduced to high performance lighting products from Lighting Science Group Corporation®.

21 May 2013

Universal Display Technologies to Showcase its UniversalPHOLED Technology at SID Display Week 2013

Universal Display Corporation, enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED® technology and materials, today announced that it will showcase the company’s latest advances at the 2013 Society for Information Display (SID) International Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition, being held from May 19-24, 2013 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

21 May 2013