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Researchers Use Laser Plasma Spectroscopy System to Measure Trace Elements in Fresh Vegetables

A high-resolution, time-resolved spectroscopy system has helped researchers make the first quantitative measurements of trace elements in fresh vegetables using a technique based on the detection of optical emission from a laser-induced plasma.

5 Nov 2009

LaserStar Technologies Shifts Florida Office to 8615 Commodity Circle, Orlando

LaserStar Technologies Corporation is pleased to announce the relocation of their Florida Office to 8615 Commodity Circle, Orlando, FL. The new FL LaserStar Center is a state-of-the art facility that will provide a significantly larger sales, service, education and training center to better accommodate their growing customerbase.

5 Nov 2009

STMicroelectronics Adds New Single- and Two-Axis Gyroscopes to Motion-Sensor Portfolio

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), the leading supplier of MEMS for consumer and portable applications(1), has expanded its motion-sensor portfolio with a broad range of thirteen new single- and two-axis gyroscopes. With more than a 50% shrink in volume over previous ST devices, reduced power consumption, and an aggressive price, ST's new high-performance angular-motion sensors open the way to a wide range of innovative consumer applications, including gesture-controlled gaming and pointing devices, image stabilization in digital video or still cameras, and assisted GPS navigation.

5 Nov 2009

NIST and University of Colorado to Develop Laser-Based Device to Search for Extrasolar Planets

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will collaborate with the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) to build and apply a custom laser-based instrument—a frequency comb—to help search for extrasolar Earth-like planets. The National Science Foundation has awarded CU a $495,000 grant for the joint project.

5 Nov 2009

New Report Illustrates Accurate Iris Recognition Algorithms Can be Achieved with Compact Images

The eyes may be the mirror to the soul, but the iris reveals a person's true identity—its intricate structure constitutes a powerful biometric

5 Nov 2009

Scientists Preserve 110 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprint with Portable 3D Laser Technology

Data for 110-million-year old track will be available for download

5 Nov 2009

SmartTCP Unveils New Welding Solution Featuring Laser Seam Tracking

SmartTCP, a leading supplier of automatic welding solutions for small batch production, today announced it now offers the SmartTCP welding solution with laser seam tracking capability. The company will be demonstrating the newly enhanced SmartTCP solution at the FABTECH 2009 show booth #34065 November 15-18 in Chicago, Illinois. The new product offering consists of hardware and software that includes off-the-shelf components, easy-to-use programming and integrated laser seam tracking. SmartTCP has customized a laser vision system from Meta Vision of the UK, and integrated it into its automatic offline programming software for small batch production.

5 Nov 2009

TRIA Beauty Launches New Laser Hair Removal System with Upgraded Software

At-Home Device Delivers Permanent Results with Greater Comfort, Lower Cost

4 Nov 2009

Laser-Scanning Microscope Helps to Image Brain Cells in Moving Animals

The majority of our life is spent moving around a static world and we generate our impression of the world using visual and other senses simultaneously. It is the ability to freely explore our environment that is essential for the view we form of our local surroundings. When we walk down the street and enter a shop to buy fruit, the street, shop and fruit are not moving, we are. What our brain is probably doing is constantly updating our position based on the information received from our sensory inputs such as eyes, ears, skin as well as our motor and vestibular systems, all in real time. The problem for researchers trying to understand how this occurs has always been how to record meaningful signals from the brain cells that do the calculations while we are in motion.

4 Nov 2009

Sokkia Launches New Enhancements to NET05 and the NET1 Automated 3D Stations

The NET05 features 0.5” angle accuracy and sub-millimeter EDM for maximum precision, while the NET1, a 1” model, incorporates longer range EDM and a new laser option designed for precise measurement in tunnel and general construction applications.

4 Nov 2009