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Newport Introduces LAKIT Series for Laser Alignment and Tuning

Newport, a service provider of photonics and laser solutions that measure, manage, and make light, has introduced a new LAKIT series laser tuning kits.

From Newport Corporation 20 Aug 2011

Intelligent Video Surveillance to Track Rioters, Looters

Kingston University researchers are developing techniques to help security personnel and the police to quickly analyze CCTV footage of criminal incidents.

By Andy Choi 20 Aug 2011

$TU Vienna Scientists Discover Common Metals Have Negative Refractive Index$

TU Vienna Scientists Discover Common Metals Have Negative Refractive Index

When a stick is dipped in water, it looks as if it is bent because of the change in the direction of light at the surface of the water.

By Andy Choi 20 Aug 2011

QX500 Automated Optical Inspection System Drives CyberOptics’ Growth in Chinese Market

CyberOptics, a provider of SMT inspection solutions, has sold its 1000th in-line inspection system to the Chinese electronics manufacturing market. The company has installed over 3,000 systems globally.

By Andy Choi 20 Aug 2011

Artavi Precision Narrow Beam LEDs Use Patented Illumitex Technology

Illumitex has announced the launch of Artavi, a precision beam LED that can be used for general, entertainment and architectural lighting.

By Andy Choi 19 Aug 2011

Exiguus VGA Wafer-Level Camera Offers Small Form Factor

NemotekTechnologie launches a novel line of products, the Exiguus, which include a range of VGA cameras that combine CMOS image sensors and wafer-level optics.

By Andy Choi 19 Aug 2011

Cree Takes Over Rudd Lighting to Transform LED Lighting Technology

Cree, a LED Lighting company has declared that it has taken over Rudd Lighting, an outdoor LED lighting company.

From WOLFSPEED, INC. 19 Aug 2011

Near-IR Laser Imaging Determines Malignancy Risk Level in Pancreatic Tissues

Researchers headed by Nicusor Iftimia of Physical Sciences, Inc. have found that optical coherence tomography (OCT) is well suited to differentiate between pancreatic cysts with low and high malignancy risk.

By Andy Choi 19 Aug 2011

Digital Lumens Unveils LED Intelligent Light Engines for Highbay Applications

Digital Lumens, a developer of LED-based integrated Intelligent Lighting Systems, has unveiled new intelligent light engines (ILEs) with 15,000 lm capacity for industrial applications having high ceilings.

By Andy Choi 19 Aug 2011

NextWindow Introduces Optical Touch Screen for Large Hardware Applications

NextWindow, a provider of touch-screen components and optical touch panels to manufacturers of electronic products, has introduced the new ProfileTouch 2S touch screen for large screen hardware applications.

By Andy Choi 19 Aug 2011

Acuity Brands’ ACLED Luminaire Receives TheLEDAward for Best Interior Commercial Product

Acuity Brands’ Lithonia Lighting ACLED luminaire has received TheLEDAward at the “TheLEDShow” 2011 held in Las Vegas. The award was for the best interior commercial product.

By Andy Choi 19 Aug 2011

MaxLite Introduces Direct-Lit LED Flat Panels

MaxLite has unveiled Direct-Lit LED Flat Panels that are engineered to substitute fluorescent luminaires.

By Andy Choi 19 Aug 2011

See the New Hitachi Digital TEM and Possibly Win an iPad2 at EMAG

There will be plenty of activity at Hitachi’s Stand at EMAG, where the new-concept HT7700 digital TEM will be exhibited for the first time in the UK. There will also be a chance for a conference delegate to win an iPad2.

18 Aug 2011

Ciena to Upgrade GlobalNet’s Metro Optical Network

Ciena, a networking company, has been selected by GlobalNet, a Russian Carrier, for upgrading 40G metro optical networks on the 4200 Advanced Services Platform of Ciena.

By Andy Choi 18 Aug 2011

B+W Tek Introduce New TE Cooled Fiber-Coupled InGaAs Array Spectrometers

B&W Tek, an advanced instrumentation company producing optical spectroscopy and laser systems, has recently introduced its enhanced series of TE Cooled fiber-coupled InGaAs array spectrometers – the Sol™ series.

From m-oem 17 Aug 2011