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Scale-1 Portal Launches Portable Virtual Reality Media Center

Scale-1 Portal, a leader in projection-based virtual reality solutions for industry and entertainment sectors, announces the launch of SCALee, a portable virtual reality media center for the consumer market.

30 Dec 2015

CINEMOOD to Showcase Portable Mini-Projector for Family Viewing at CES 2016

Imagine a gadget that can fit in the palm of your hand, creates a widescreen experience and gives parents new, creative ways to spend more time with their kids.

30 Dec 2015

CES 2016: KDX to Highlight Smart High-Resolution Glasses-Free 3D Products

The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the premiere global stage, where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace.

30 Dec 2015

Hologram Pyramid Converts Smartphones Into a Pseudo-Holographic Projector

Entrepreneur and native Arizonan, Jim Smith, has created a clever way to convert your smartphone into a holographic projector. All that is required is a pyramid-shaped plastic part that attaches to your screen by suction cup and special videos which can be downloaded from YouTube.

29 Dec 2015

EarthCam Launches New Webcam Technology to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Webcasting

Join EarthCam for its 20th New Year's Eve international webcast on December 31st with live views of the non-stop celebrations from exciting locations around the world. To celebrate EarthCam's 20th anniversary of webcasting the biggest party of the year, the webcam technology leader has installed four new permanent cameras at strategic viewing points in Times Square, New York City.

29 Dec 2015

Structural Differences in Human Eye Show Promise for Developing Customized Intraocular Lenses

The presence of myopia, or nearsightedness, significantly affects the muscles used in focusing the lens of the eye—a finding with important implications for the development of "accommodating" implanted intraocular lenses (IOLs) that can adjust to different visual distances, reports a study in the January issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.

29 Dec 2015

Vuzix to Highlight Latest iWear Video Headphones at CES 2016

Vuzix® Corporation, ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a leading supplier of video eyewear and smart glasses products in the consumer, enterprise and entertainment markets, is pleased to announce that the company will showcase its iWear Video Headphones at the CES 2016 Show, to be held in Las Vegas from January 6-9, 2016.

26 Dec 2015

Researchers Fabricate Breakthrough Electronic-Photonic Microprocessors

Engineers have successfully married electrons and photons within a single-chip microprocessor, a landmark development that opens the door to ultrafast, low-power data crunching.

24 Dec 2015

NIST Researchers Develop New Way to Measure Trapped Light Within Microscale Optical Resonators

Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a novel way to noninvasively measure and map how and where trapped light vibrates within microscale optical resonators.

23 Dec 2015

National Academy of Inventors Elects 12 Optical Society Members to 2015 NAI Fellows

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) elected 12 OSA members to its 2015 NAI Fellows on 15 December 2015. The award recognizes innovators that have made positive contributions to the world and U.S. economy and includes: 27 Nobel laureates, 27 inductees to the National Inventors Hall of Fame and 32 recipients of the U.S. National Medal of Technology and Innovation and U.S. National Medal of Science.

23 Dec 2015