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Multispectral Imaging System from CRi Ranked as a Top Ten Medical Innovation at Summit

Cambridge Research + Instrumentation, Inc. (CRi) announced today that the technology of multispectral imaging was ranked as a Top Ten Medical Innovation at Cleveland Clinic's 6th Annual Medical Innovations Summit.

From Quantum Design UK and Ireland Ltd 29 Nov 2008

Researchers Show it is Possible to Reflect Light from All Directions

Research into the development of invisibility devices has spurred two physicists' thought on the behaviour of light to overcome the seemingly intractable problem of optical singularities which could soon lead to the manufacturing of a perfect cat's eye.

26 Nov 2008

Rice University Nanophotonics Pioneer Wins High-Profile National Security Award

Rice University nanophotonics pioneer Naomi Halas has been named a National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow (NSSEFF) by the Department of Defense. Halas is one of just six fellows chosen from more than 650 nominees this year for the prestigious program.

25 Nov 2008

Microvision Recognized for development of PicoP for New Automotive Display Applications

Frost + Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, is pleased to present Microvision Inc. (NASDAQ:MVIS) with the 2008 North American Technology Innovation of the Year Award for development of its ultra-miniature laser projection display engine, PicoP(TM), for new automotive display applications.

24 Nov 2008

Paper Thin Advertising Display to Broadcast Anywhere

Recent enhancements to the Electroluminescent panel removes the need for a bulky battery pack, it simplifies and streamlines the manufacturing process and provides the end user with a better, easier to use product. Any surface now has the potential to accommodate a small scale advertising message that can broadcast complex designs both energy-efficiently and continually for over 25,000 hours with very little maintenance.

24 Nov 2008

Daylight Solutions Awarded Phase 1 SBIR from DARPA for High Power Mid-Infrared Laser System

Daylight Solutions, Inc., a leading manufacturer of molecular detection and illumination solutions in the mid-infrared, announced today that the company has been awarded a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). This award will be used to advance Daylight's compact, high power ECqcL technology for infrared countermeasures (IRCM).

21 Nov 2008

OmniVision Technologies Introduces Latest Addition of Low Power Medical Sensor

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading independent supplier of CMOS image sensors, today introduced the OV6930, the latest addition to its portfolio of medical image sensors.

21 Nov 2008

NNRI to Fully Fund Research for Inherited Retinal Diseases and Dry AMD

National Neurovision Research Institute (NNRI), and Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading resolvin therapeutics company, today announced a research collaboration whereby NNRI will fully fund preclinical studies to evaluate the potential of novel resolvin therapeutics for eye diseases of the retina that lack current treatments, specifically genetic retinal degenerative diseases and dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

20 Nov 2008

4D Microscope Changing the Way We Look at the Atomic Scale

More than a century ago, the development of the earliest motion picture technology made what had been previously thought "magical" a reality: capturing and recreating the movement and dynamism of the world around us. A breakthrough technology based on new concepts has now accomplished a similar feat, but on an atomic scale.

20 Nov 2008

New Drug Activated by Light Can be a Quick and Simple Treatment for Patients with Skin Cancer

A drug that is activated by light can be a quick, simple, and cheap treatment for tens of thousands of patients with skin cancer in Sweden alone. Researcher Leif Eriksson's team at Örebro University in Sweden has now received about SEK 4 million from government research financiers, the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova, to further develop and commercialize the method.

20 Nov 2008