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Compugraphics Wins National Microelectronics Institute Supplier of the Year 2012

Leading photomask supplier Compugraphics was voted Supplier of the Year 2012 at the recent National Microelectronics Institute (NMI) awards ceremony held in London. This is the second time in three years that Compugraphics has won this award.

From Compugraphics Intl. Ltd 20 Nov 2012

Xenon Corp Launches Luxon 300, Large-Area Pulsed UV Curing System

Xenon Corporation announces the development- and availability- of the Luxon 300 Modular Light System, designed to provide pulsed UV curing for the large area targets of semiconductors and display applications.

From Xenon Corporation 20 Nov 2012

National Hardware Show to Feature Capstone Multi-Function LED Power Failure Lights

Capstone Companies, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of power failure solutions and innovator of consumer safety and security products for the Hospitality, Retail, and Institutional channels, announced that its award winning Eco-i-Lite will be showcased on the National Hardware Show Special of Do-It-Yourself Network’s “I Want That” television show.

20 Nov 2012

Researchers Reconstruct 3D Facial Movements in Real Time

A virtual character produces the same facial expressions as its user. It makes a video game, chat, or an animated film both fun and fast. Faceshift, an EPFL spin-off, launches its software on the market today.

20 Nov 2012

Fiber-Optic Device Delivers Precise Points of Light to Living Brain Tissue

A new tool for neuroscientists delivers a thousand pinpricks of light to a chunk of gray matter smaller than a sugar cube. The new fiber-optic device, created by biologists and engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, is the first tool that can deliver precise points of light to a 3-D section of living brain tissue. The work is a step forward for a relatively new but promising technique that uses gene therapy to turn individual brain cells on and off with light.

From Optical Society Of America 20 Nov 2012

Subaru Telescope Helps Discover Super-Jupiter

Astronomers using infrared data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii have discovered a "super-Jupiter" around the bright star Kappa Andromedae, which now holds the record for the most massive star known to host a directly imaged planet or lightweight brown dwarf companion.

20 Nov 2012

AAO-APAO 2012: Carl Zeiss Meditec Introduces New Family of OCT Products

Medical technology manufacturer Carl Zeiss Meditec introduced a new family of OCT products spanning the full spectrum of multi-modality imaging for retinal disease and glaucoma at the 2012 Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) in Chicago.

19 Nov 2012

IES Recognizes Hubbell Lighting’s Advancements in Art and Science of Lighting

Hubbell Lighting, a market leader in lighting technology for over a century, leads the lighting fixture manufacturing industry again with 20 acceptances in the prestigious Illuminating Engineering Society’s (IES) 2012 Progress Report.

19 Nov 2012

Optogenetics Helps Isolate Pathways Relevant to Depression

Whether you are an apple tree or an antelope, survival depends on using your energy efficiently. In a difficult or dangerous situation, the key question is whether exerting effort — sending out roots in search of nutrients in a drought or running at top speed from a predator — will be worth the energy.

19 Nov 2012

OptiMedica to Commercialize Cataract Surgery Laser System with $35M Financing

OptiMedica Corp. has announced the closing of a $35 million growth round of financing. Proceeds will be used to continue the rapid global commercialization of the company’s Catalys® Precision Laser System for cataract surgery, support the development of innovative system enhancements, and fuel a next-generation portfolio of additional products.

19 Nov 2012

Dynasil’s Optometrics Subsidiary Receives ISO 9001:2008 Certification

Dynasil Corporation of America today announced that its Optometrics Corporation subsidiary of Ayer, Massachusetts has become ISO 9001:2008 certified. Optometrics is a worldwide supplier of high quality optical components including gratings, lenses, filters, laser optics, monochromators, and specialized optical systems and software.

From Dynasil Corporation 19 Nov 2012

CSA Group Acquires LED and Lighting Metrology Testing Company, Orb Optronix

CSA Group, a leading global product certification and testing organization today announces that it has acquired Orb Optronix, a privately-held, industry-leading LED test and measurement, products and engineering services company located in Kirkland, Washington, near Seattle.

19 Nov 2012

Albiva to Acquire Optical Products Provider Enablence Technologies’ Swiss Subsidiary

Enablence Technologies Inc., a leading supplier of optical components and subsystems for telecommunication access, metro and long-haul markets and enterprise and other applications, provides an update on the sale of its wholly-owned Swiss subsidiary, Enablence Switzerland AG ("ENA Switzerland") first announced in July 2012.

17 Nov 2012

Drexel University Professor Invents Non-Reversing Mirror

When you look in a mirror, you see an image of yourself in reverse. But one odd mirror invented by mathematics professor Dr. R. Andrew Hicks at Drexel University shows your true face without reversing its image.

17 Nov 2012

Astronomers Identify Most Distant Galaxy Using NASA's Telescopes

By combining the power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and one of nature's own natural "zoom lenses" in space, astronomers have set a new record for finding the most distant galaxy seen in the universe.

17 Nov 2012