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Oakland Park Animal Hospital Successfully Treats Patients with New Laser Therapy

Oakland Park Animal Hospital reports that their new veterinary cold laser therapy machine has successfully relieved pain in many of their patients. Veterinarians Dr. Spencer Ratnoff and Dr. Gary Glickman say that since installing the machine at their practice, they have noted significant improvements in patients suffering from arthritis, ear infections, post-surgical wounds, hot spots and a number of other skin conditions. During laser therapy, the doctors focus a beam of light deep into a pet's tissues. According to Drs. Ratnoff and Glickman, the cold laser stimulates healing deep inside a pet's body.

3 Dec 2012

Lumenera’s USB 3.0 CMOSIS Sensor-Based Camera Series for Mission Critical Applications

ITE - Lumenera Corporation, a leading manufacturer and developer of high performance digital cameras and custom imaging solutions for scientific, industrial and surveillance markets, will be announcing at the International Technical Exhibition on Image Technology and Equipment 2012 (ITE) that its USB 3.0 CMOSIS sensor-based camera series is now shipping.

3 Dec 2012

Ocean Thin Films Calls for Grant Proposals Featuring Multispectral Imaging Applications

Ocean Thin Films is calling for grant proposals featuring multispectral imaging applications that would utilise the SpectroCam™ platform. SpectroCam is an imaging system that integrates scientific-grade sensors with eight filters to produce multispectral images. This grant gives participants the unique opportunity to add a high-end instrument to their lab at little or no cost.

3 Dec 2012

NEC Display Solutions’ NC900C Projector Earns Full DCI Compliance

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today the newest model in its Digital Cinema Projector Series, the NC900C, has earned full Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) compliance. The NC900C builds on NEC’s expertise in the digital cinema industry and is the first projector to incorporate the new S2K chipset from Texas Instruments®.

3 Dec 2012

Penske Retrofits 5,000 Rental Semi-Trucks with Truck-Lite LED Headlights

Penske Truck Leasing today announced it is retrofitting 5,000 of its 2012 and 2013 semi-tractors currently within its commercial truck rental fleet with new, cutting-edge LED headlights from Truck-Lite. Penske is the first and only commercial truck rental operation to currently offer this innovative headlamp option within its fleet.

3 Dec 2012

AlwaysOn Selects LED Solutions Provider Bridgelux as a GoingGreen Global 200 Winner

Bridgelux Inc., bringing innovation to light by providing high power, energy-efficient and cost effective LED solutions, has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Global 200 winners. Bridgelux was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts worldwide for being one of the most promising private greentech companies on the planet.

1 Dec 2012

Research Group Focuses on Development of Intelligent Radio-Over-Fiber Systems

Driven by the strong demand for high-definition video, digital health services, the Internet of Things, and virtual reality, broadband, ubiquitous and convergent information access has become the most important engine to drive the development of the modern information society.

1 Dec 2012

New Low-Frequency Radio Telescope to Monitor Massive Solar Storms

A small pocket of Western Australia’s remote outback is set to become the eye on the sky and could potentially save the world billions of dollars. The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescope, unveiled today, Friday 30 November, will give the world a dramatically improved view of the Sun and provide early warning to prevent damage to communication satellites, electric power grids and GPS navigation systems.

1 Dec 2012

Researchers Explore Optical Data Transmission for Efficient Data Center Operation

Major data centres and supercomputers will soon be more cost and energy efficient, and at the same time will be even more powerful. Fraunhofer scientists and 17 partners from business and research in the European Union have set themselves this ambitious goal in the “PhoxTroT” project. The key is optical data transmission. Over the next four years, the project partners will be studying synergies between existing solutions as well as developing new technologies and strategies.

From Fraunhofer USA, Inc. 1 Dec 2012

Taylor Hobson’s New Software To Improve Precision Optics

Taylor Hobson’s new AAU software package provides analysis tools for measurement data from our PGI and CCI metrology instruments

From Taylor Hobson 30 Nov 2012

Point Grey's Zebra2 Models Combine MJPEG Image Compression Over Ethernet and Video Stream over HDSDI

Point Grey, a world-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative, high-performance digital cameras, today announced the addition of two new models to its new multi-interfaced Zebra2 camera line. The Zebra2 fulfill...

30 Nov 2012

Researchers Find Way for African Sleeping Sickness Treatment Using X-Ray Laser

An international group of scientists working at the Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has mapped a weak spot in the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness, pinpointing a promising new target for treating a disease that kills tens of thousands of people each year.

30 Nov 2012

New NORUSCA II Hyperspectral Camera Provides New Insights into Earth's Auroras

Hoping to expand our understanding of auroras and other fleeting atmospheric events, a team of space-weather researchers designed and built NORUSCA II, a new camera with unprecedented capabilities that can simultaneously image multiple spectral bands, in essence different wavelengths or colors, of light.

From Optical Society Of America 30 Nov 2012

Research Team Receives BMBF Grant to Develop New MRI Technology

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research earmarks EUR 1.3 million to develop magnetic resonance imaging using polarized substances

30 Nov 2012

IES Progress Committee Recognizes Cooper Lighting Products

Cooper Lighting, a leader at the forefront of transforming the lighting industry and setting an unmatched standard for innovation and reliability, announces that 14 of its innovative and reliable products – include 13 LED luminaires – have been recognized by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Committee as providing "an advancement in the art and science of lighting."

29 Nov 2012