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GUNNAR and Carl Zeiss to Develop Prescription Lens Technology

GUNNAR Optiks, the leading manufacturer of digital performance eyewear, announced today that they have partnered with Carl Zeiss Vision to co-develop, co-market and co-brand the next iteration of i-AMP® prescription lens technology.

9 Mar 2010

Vistec Lithography System Selected for Nanotechnology Research Programs

Vistec Lithography, Inc. announced today that Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, selected Vistec’s EBPG5000plus electron-beam lithography system for its future nanotechnology research programs.

9 Mar 2010

Essilor Launches Varilux Physio Lens with WAVE 2.0 Technology

Essilor is launching Varilux Physio 2.0, the latest addition to the Varilux lineup. The new generation Varilux Physio lens featuring WAVE 2.0™ (Wavefront Advanced Vision Enhancement) technology.

9 Mar 2010

New Surface Sampling Probe Allows Accurate Analysis of Material Composition

A technology that can enhance collection of data from studying the compositions on a material surface has earned the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory the Excellence in Technology Transfer Project of t...

9 Mar 2010

NIST Results Strengthens BIO-key's Position as Top Provider of Fingerprint Biometric Software

BIO-key International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification solutions, today announced that in the recent test results published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), BIO-key's accuracy improved by a remarkable 23% on the DHS2 Dataset.

9 Mar 2010

Princeton Instruments Introduces Lightfield Software for Use with Cameras and Spectrometers

Princeton Instruments, the world leader in optical spectroscopy and CCD, EMCCD, and ICCD camera technology, is pleased to introduce LightField™, an all-new 64-bit data acquisition software platform designed for use in spectroscopy and scientific imaging applications.

8 Mar 2010

Global Joint Licensing Program for Blu-Ray and DVD Patents

Four leading companies — Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Thomson Licensing, Toshiba Corporation and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (collectively, the "BD4C Licensing Group") — today announced that they have commenced a worldwide joint licensing program beginning on March 1, 2010 for Blu-ray ("BD") and DVD patents essential for BD decoders, BD encoders, BD players, BD read-only discs, BD recordable discs, BD drives, BD/DVD hybrid discs and BD recorders ("BD Products"), including BD Products that incorporate DVD functionality.

8 Mar 2010

Asahi Spectra Launches Optical and NIR Filters at 2010 SPIE Exhibition

Asahi Spectra launches to produce optical and NIR filters for the purpose of defense, security or sensing by using sputtering technology. The interference film coated by sputtering has excellent durability against the cryogenic, heat or humidity. Spectral performance is quite stable and reliable in a tough environment. Large size of filter is available.

8 Mar 2010

Varian Introduces Advanced Dissolution Apparatus for Drug Testing Laboratories

Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI) announced today the availability of its next generation dissolution apparatus designed for testing tablets, capsules and other dosage forms.

6 Mar 2010

Presentation by LightWave CEO at Annual OC Growth Stock Conference, California

Lightwave Logic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: LWLG) a technology company focused on the development of electro-optic polymer materials for applications in high speed fiber-optic telecommunications and optical computing, announced today that CEO James Marcelli, Chairman Phillips W. Smith and Lightwave's Technology Guru Terry Turpin will present at the Roth Capital Partners 22nd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference which will be held March 15-17, 2010 at The Ritz Carlton Hotel in Dana Point, California.

6 Mar 2010