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3-D CMOS Camera Set to Capture Attention of Security Technology Market

A small low-priced 3-D CMOS camera is set to capture the attention of the security technology market: It is equally suitable for blind-spot monitoring in cars and for controlling access to buildings. The camera’s core component is a high-performance light sensor.

25 Oct 2007

U.S. Army Seeks to Leverage High-Power Laser Drill Technology

U.S. Army researchers are canvassing U.S. industry and colleges to determine if anyone is capable of fitting a high-energy laser drill to a humvee land vehicle and using it to penetrate 8 to 12 inches into dense material from distances as far away as 320 feet.

25 Oct 2007

University of Wyoming's Telescope is Getting a Makeover

The University of Wyoming's telescope is getting a makeover for its 30th birthday.

25 Oct 2007

New High-Brightness LED Driver From National Semiconductor

National Semiconductor Corporation today introduced the industry's first common-anode, current-mode, high-brightness light-emitting diode (LED) driver with pulse-width modulation (PWM) dimming. The LM3433, a member of National's PowerWise(R) energy-efficient product family, drives high-power, high-brightness LEDs in backlighting, projector and solid-state lighting applications.

24 Oct 2007

FISO Technologies Announces Introduction of New Fiber Optic Signal Conditioner

FISO Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Roctest Ltd and a leading manufacturer of high-quality fiber optic sensors and measurement systems for challenging and demanding applications, announces the production release of the FPI-HERO signal conditioner module.

24 Oct 2007

Report Says Silicon Nanocrystals and Printed Forms of Silicon will Transform Electronics Over Next Decade

A new report from NanoMarkets LC, a market research firm based here says that silicon nanocrystals and printed forms of silicon will transform electronics over the next decade with new memory, logic, photovoltaic and optoelectronic products enabled by this new technology reaching $2.5 billion in revenue by 2015.

24 Oct 2007

EM4 Introduces Series of Ruggedized Small Form Factor Fiber Coupled Acousto Optic Modulators

EM4, Inc., the leading US based manufacturer of optoelectronic components and modules, today introduced a series of ruggedized small form Factor fiber coupled Acousto Optic Modulators and high power handling fiber coupled Isolators for the defense, homeland security and industrial markets.

24 Oct 2007

Online Design Environment Helps Engineers Select and Design With High-Brightness LED

National Semiconductor Corporation today introduced its light-emitting diode (LED) WEBENCH(R) online design environment that helps engineers select from and design with more than 200 high-brightness LEDs in minutes.

24 Oct 2007

Breakthrough in Current Scientific Imaging with Active-Pixel Sensor Technology

A new class of pixel-based imaging devices being developed by a UK consortium is now being trialed in scientific imaging applications ranging from particle physics and space science to medicine and biology. Active-pixel sensor (APS) technology exploits mainstream CMOS technology to incorporate programmable transistors into each pixel of the image array.

24 Oct 2007

Nanophotonics Set to Benefit From Collaboration

Universities from the UK and Taiwan have joined forces in a project that they hope will combine the nanophotonics expertise of the UK with the industrial links of Taiwan.

24 Oct 2007