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The MiniTower Telescope Mount Named "Hot Products 2009" by Sky and Telescope Magazine

The MiniTower(TM) Telescope Mount developed by iOptron Corporation has been named "Hot Products 2009" by Sky and Telescope Magazine, the world-wide leading publication for amateur astronomy. This is the second year in a row an iOptron product has received such a prestigious award.

12 Nov 2008

Firstsight Vision Changes Name to Stemmer Imaging

From January 1st, 2009, FIRSTSIGHT VISION will be renamed 'STEMMER IMAGING' as part of a rationalization of the STEMMER IMAGING Group's activities throughout Europe, which will also see IMASYS in France adopt the STEMMER IMAGING name. The STEMMER IMAGING Group has a total revenue approaching â‚¬43 million, making it Europe's largest supplier of machine vision technology and services.

11 Nov 2008

ASD Named as 2008 Colorado Photonics Company of the Year

The Colorado Photonics Industry Association (CPIA) announced today that it has named ASD Inc. (formerly Analytical Spectral Devices) of Boulder as the 2008 Colorado Photonics Company of the Year. The award will be presented at the CPIA Annual Meeting Wednesday, November 19, 2008, in UMC 235 of CU-Boulder from 3-6 PM, and is open and free to the public.

11 Nov 2008

Innovative New Microscopy Tool Combines High-Res Digital Imaging with Laser-Cutting Capabilities

SUSS MicroTec Test Systems, the premier supplier of wafer-level test solutions for semiconductor devices, today announced the iVista(TM) LC High-Resolution Digital Microscope. Its introduction is timed to meet the increasing need in failure-analysis labs for an advanced microscopy tool capable of delivering high-resolution digital images in conjunction with laser-cutting capabilities.

11 Nov 2008

Twice as Bright as Their Predecessors

The new generation of Ceramos and Oslux LED flash products from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors are twice as bright as their predecessors. They now meet even the high brightness requirements imposed by the higher resolutions that can be achieved by modern digital cameras.

11 Nov 2008

Sandhouse Design Selects IRphotonics' Infrared Fiber for Novel Fiber-Based Spectrometer

IRphotonics, a leading provider of infrared fiber and materials, is pleased to announce that the iGuideTM infrared fiber has been selected as the delivery fiber for the low attenuation infrared fiber in the SIR 3400 recently released by Sandhouse Design.

10 Nov 2008

Stevens Professor Proposes to Use Femtosecond, Chirped Laser Pulse Trains to Reduce Decoherence

In a recent publication in the high impact journal Optics Letters, Svetlana Malinovskaya, Associate Professor of Physics at Stevens Institute of Technology, proposes to use femtosecond, chirped laser pulse trains to reduce decoherence.

10 Nov 2008

360Brandvision Introduces 3D Video Holograms in 360 Degrees

360BrandVision(TM) currently offers the only systems in the world that can display suspended holograms that can be seen 360 degrees and in any lighting environment for live events and entertainment.

10 Nov 2008

Teaching About Light in a Fun and Interesting Way

Do you know that light consists of waves as well as particles called photons? Or that red light carries less energy than blue light? Thousands of European schoolchildren now do, thanks to a travelling exhibition that is spreading the word about one of the most captivating fields of physics: photonics.

9 Nov 2008

Cornell Researchers Developed Ultrafast Optical Oscilloscope

As photonics -- using beams of light in place of electricity for communications and computing -- becomes more common, engineers need new tools for troubleshooting. Now researchers at Cornell have created a way to plot the waveform of an ultrashort-lived optical signal with a resolution of less than a trillionth of a second.

5 Nov 2008