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Custom Zoom Lenses Overcome Performance Limitations

Drawing upon over 15 years experience Resolve Optics Ltd has established an international reputation for design and manufacture of OEM quantity custom zoom lens.

29 Oct 2007

Light-Producing Proteins Developed by BioLume

BioLume, Inc. announced it has been assigned or exclusively licensed the rights to more than forty U.S. and foreign patents covering natural bioluminescent proteins and related substrates from Prolume, Ltd . These patents include both compositions of matter and methods of use claims.

29 Oct 2007

II-VI Announces Expansion of Laser Optics and Components Product Lines

II-VI Inc. announced this week it will expand its laser optics and components product lines and enter the fiber laser market by acquiring 74.9 percent of HighYAG Lasertechnologie GmbH for an undisclosed amount of cash.

29 Oct 2007

Imaging Can Identify Structural Changes of the Brain

Researchers report that diffusion tensor imaging can identify structural changes in the white matter of the brain that correlates to cognitive deficits even in patients with mild traumatic brain injury.

29 Oct 2007

Digital Photos Stored on CDs and DVDs Dirty or Damaged in Firestorm May be Recoverable

If a disaster is on your doorstep, what will you do? Whether it is an impending fire, hurricane, tornado, or response to an earthquake, the most immediate reaction is to grab your kids, pets and the family photo album and leave the area of danger.

28 Oct 2007

Creaform Launches Ultra-High Accuracy Handheld Laser Scanner

Creaform, a leader in the development and integration of 3D laser scan digital technologies, announces the launch of the EXAscan self-positioning handheld laser scanner. The latest addition to the successful Handyscan 3D line, the cost-effective, portable EXAscan is ideal for detailed laser scanning applications such as inspection and reverse-engineering that require high resolution and accuracy.

27 Oct 2007

Brookhaven Lab Physicist Wins Free Electron Laser Prize

Ilan Ben-Zvi, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, has won the 2007 Free Electron Laser (FEL) Prize along with James Rosenzweig of the University of California-Los Angeles. Sponsored by the International Free Electron Laser Conference, which was held this year in Novosibirsk, Russia, the prize consists of an award citation, a plaque, and approximately $2,500 for each recipient.

27 Oct 2007

Low-Cost Robotic Device Enabling Digital Camera to Produce Gigapixel Shots

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with scientists at NASA’s Ames Research Center, have built a low-cost robotic device that enables any digital camera to produce breathtaking gigapixel (billions of pixels) panoramas, called GigaPans.

27 Oct 2007

ApNano Materials Announces New Line of Nanotechnology-Based Non-Reflective Optically Black Coatings

ApNano Materials, Inc., a provider of nanotechnology-based products, today announced a new line of nanotechnology-based non-reflective, optically black coatings. The new coatings will be used, in the first phase, in solar energy systems and optical application such as high performance optics and lenses.

26 Oct 2007

Demanding High Precision Optics for Space Observation

Drawing upon a team of highly experienced team of optical designers, engineers, and skilled production staff, Optical Surfaces Ltd. is today a recognised leader in the design and production of high precision large-size optical units and components for space observation systems.

25 Oct 2007