Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that it has developed two new CMOS image sensors – the S5K4E2 and the S5K5CA – for the mobile phone market. Designers and manufacturers of high-end smart phones and slim mobile handsets can now integrate one of these high-performance, cost efficient, small form factor imagers into their next generation design.
Two state-of-the art solar instruments built at the Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory of the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto, were launched this morning at 10:23 a.m. EST aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA), a suite of four telescopes, will provide an unprecedented view of the solar corona, taking images that span at least 1.3 solar diameters in multiple wavelengths nearly simultaneously, at a resolution of about one arc-second and at a cadence of ten seconds or better. The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI), designed in collaboration with Professor Philip Scherrer, HMI Principal Investigator, and other scientists at Stanford University, will study the origin of solar variability and attempt to characterize and understand the Sun's interior and magnetic activity.
Advanced Photonix, Inc. (R) (NYSE Amex: API) announced today that it has received a $2.4 million follow-on order from a major defense prime contractor to deliver products within a 26-month time frame beginning May 2010. The Company expects most of the revenue to be recognized evenly over the next two fiscal years. The products to be supplied for this order include a custom photodiode assembly and optical sensor used for the Navy's Guided Missile Systems. The Guided Missile Weapon System is the world's most modern ship self-defense weapon, and has been specifically designed to provide exceptional protection for multiple ship platforms.
Fastec Imaging Corporation has announced a new HiSpec camera model, the HiSpec 2. The HiSpec 2 has an optional Hi-G configuration which has been certified to 100 “G” accelerations and vibration to 10g’s. And its standard 4GB memory is expandable to 8GB. The choice of Hi-G format and increased memory combined with its small size make the HiSpec 2 ideal for on-board automotive impact testing, military ordinance testing and other harsh environments.
DRS Technologies, Inc. announced that U.S. military orders for its infrared Driver’s Vision Enhancers (DVEs) have reached $100 million against a June 2009 contract. Contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) at Fort Monmouth, N.J. Contract covers orders from the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Special Operations Command for the DVE Family of Systems (FOS).
A 22-inch version of Zytronic’s highly durable touch sensor product, ZYBRID, has been chosen by advanced user interface specialist, Sunvision Technology, to create interactive dining tables which offer customers a new, entertaining dining experience at the exclusive Mojo restaurant in Taipei.
Today, Smart Holograms, a UK-Based Technology Company, announced the commercial availability of its new Verif-EYE™ bio-optical, interactive visual sensor that allows consumers to ‘self validate’ their purchases prior to consumption or use to ensure the product is genuine and tamper-free. It has a wide application in consumer products including subscription and over the counter (OTC) pharmaceuticals, food and cosmetics which continue to be subject to counterfeiting and tampering at an alarming rate. Ted Wlazlowksi, Managing Director of Smart Holograms stated, “Although significant progress has been made in packaging improvements of consumer products, there is no solution available for the consumer to confirm authenticity and safety. Our introduction of the new Verif-EYE™visual sensor gives consumers the long overdue ability to make sure products are legitimate and safe prior to consumption or use.”
Tessera Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:TSRA) and Silicon Image, Inc. (Nasdaq:SIMG) announced today that Silicon Image will demonstrate Tessera’s FotoNation® FaceTracker solution in Silicon Image’s camerIC-18 megapixel (MP) image signal processor (ISP) at the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress, Barcelona (Feb. 15-18). The camerIC-18 ISP IP core integrates the Lightweight Hardware Face Detector (LHFD) version of the FotoNation FaceTracker solution, which provides fast, high-performance face detection and tracking capabilities for camera-enabled devices. The camerIC-18 ISP will be on display at Silicon Image’s booth located in Hall 2, #2B 109.
MindTouch, the industry’s leading open source alternative to Microsoft SharePoint, today announced that it has partnered with Fujitsu to integrate its collaboration platform with Fujitsu’s ScanSnap family of scanners. This integration delivers a customer-ready solution for the upload, storage and sharing of electronic data sources into business-ready, web-based documents. Now, team members can view and edit documents regardless of their physical location.
Samsung ST550 is the latest Samsung 2009 digital camera, which has an innovative dual-screen liquid crystal display, so that the user can take photos by themselves with the self-timer.
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