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Materials Today Announces Top Ten Advances in Materials Science

What are the defining discoveries and great developments that are shaping the way we use materials and technologies today? Elsevier¡¦s Materials Today magazine has compiled a list of the top ten most significant advances in materials science over the last 50 years.

18 Dec 2007

PI Releases Large-Angle Steering Mirror Platforms Provide Precise Larger Angles, High Bandwidth & Stability

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. - a leading manufacturer of nanopositioning and piezo-based precision motion-control equipment for bio-nanotechnology, photonics and semiconductor applications-has extended the S-330 high-dynamics piezo tip/tilt platform family by several new large-angle models.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 17 Dec 2007

JDSU Next-Generation OTDRs Offers More Effective Troubleshooting of Fiber Networks

JDSU today announced three field-interchangeable, single-slot plug-in OTDRs for the T-BERD/MTS-6000 and T-BERD/MTS-8000 platforms. Each of the new OTDR modules -- for very short-range (VSRe), medium-range (MR) and long-range (LR) environments -- provide the right combination of price and performance for the respective type of network under test. The VSRe module is geared to FTTx/access networks, the MR to metro/regional networks and the LR to core networks.

17 Dec 2007

StereoVision Imaging Resells 2D/3D Switchable Displays

StereoVision Imaging (SVI), a market leader in 3D imaging technology, today announced that they will resell Zalman's market leading 2D/3D switchable displays as a complement to its patented 3D digital image viewer/capturing device, the 3D VuCAM(TM). These 19-inch and 22-inch displays integrate a 3D phase difference film allowing for 3D viewing with the included circular polarizer eyewear.

17 Dec 2007

Lockheed Martin Delivers Atmospheric Imaging Assembly to NASA

The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA), a suite of four telescopes for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), has been delivered to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in preparation for a launch of SDO no earlier than December 2008. The AIA was designed and built at the Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory of the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto.

17 Dec 2007

Resolve Optics Lastest HD Motorised Zoom Lens Delivers True High Definition Imaging

Resolve Optics Ltd has designed and developed a 4-40mm HD Motorised Zoom Lens that for the first time provides users with true high definition imaging throughout its range of operation.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 17 Dec 2007

Most Advanced All-Fiber-Optic Network Straight to Consumers' Homes

The future of television has arrived for thousands of Portland Metro consumers as Verizon today announced the launch of its industry-leading FiOS TV service in the greater Portland area. With the launch of its video service in Oregon, Verizon now offers FiOS TV in 13 states.

14 Dec 2007

New Philips Headquarters Showcase Both Existing and Forward-Looking Applications of LED Lighting

Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions, the new entity formed by Philips' acquisition of Color Kinetics, has completed the finishing touches and officially unveiled its new 50,000-square foot corporate headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts - merging the principles of "green" design with innovative uses of its LED lighting technology throughout. As the leading global research & development center for Philips' entire LED luminaires business, the new space is both a testing ground and showplace for the future of light.

13 Dec 2007

Using Light and Sound to Transfer Encoded Information

As a step towards designing tomorrow's super-fast optical communications networks, a Duke University-led research team has demonstrated a way to transfer encoded information from a laser beam to sound waves and then back to light waves again.

13 Dec 2007

JDSU Optical Spectrum Analyzer Engineered to Test Optical Performance in Agile Optical Network

JDSU today announced improved measurement analysis for its industry-leading in-band optical spectrum analyzer (OSA) for the T-BERD/MTS-8000. The OSA-320 module, a high-performance optical spectrum analyzer, incorporates a unique and highly accurate method for measuring the "true" optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) in Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) networks.

12 Dec 2007