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Ophir-Spiricon Introduces the Juno Compact USB Laser Sensor Interface
Posted on 30-03-2010

March 29, 2010 - Logan, UT - Ophir-Spiricon, the global leader in precision laser measurement, today announced Juno, the smart USB sensor to PC interface that converts a laptop or desktop PC into a ...
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CRAIC Technologies Introduces the Universal C-mount Adapter for Microscope Cameras and Spectrophotometers
Posted on 29-03-2010

CRAIC Technologies, the leader in UV-visible-NIR microscopy innovation, today introduced its Universal C-mount Adapter (UCA) for Microscope Cameras and Spectrophotometers.  The CRAIC Technologies...
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Taming the wild phonon
Posted on 24-03-2010

Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have succeeded in creating a synthetic crystal that can very effectively control the transmission of heat -- stopping it in its tracks and reflecting it back. This ...
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Mobile learning with iPhone now possible
Posted on 24-03-2010

Developing countries often lack the appropriate infrastructure and trained personnel to enable lifelong learning or continuing education. Although broadband Internet is on the rise, it still require...
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Process in big-screen plasma TVs can produce ultra-clean fuel
Posted on 24-03-2010

The process that lights up big-screen plasma TV displays is getting a new life in producing ultra-clean fuels, according to a report here today at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical...
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General Motors plans new display
Posted on 24-03-2010

Car giant General Motors is working on a head-up display that uses the entire windscreenGeneral Motors (GM) has revealed details of an intriguing new head-up display (HUD) system that it is developi...
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Skin cancer treatment gets mobile
Posted on 24-03-2010

A light-emitting plaster designed to treat non-melanoma skin cancer is formally launched across EuropeScottish firm Ambicare has unveiled a light-emitting plaster that looks set to transform the tre...
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Graphene makes ultrafast laser
Posted on 24-03-2010

Cambridge University team's result paves the way to graphene-based photonicsResearchers at the University of Cambridge in the UK and CNRS in Grenoble, France, have fabricated an ultrafast "mode...
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Impress laser Thin Film Polarizer
Posted on 13-03-2010

Lasertec Inc developed Thin-film plate polarizers utilize our advanced ion-beam-sputtered (IBS) coating technology to achieve high-power performance and guaranteed transmission at a specific angle of ...
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How to see through opaque materials
Posted on 10-03-2010

New experiments show that it's possible to focus light through opaque materials and detect objects hidden behind them, provided you know enough about the material.Materials such as paper, paint, and...
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Superconductors could simulate the brain
Posted on 10-03-2010

Electronic components that exploit the phenomenon of superconductivity could allow us to study the collective behaviour of large numbers of neurons operating over long timescales. That is the findi...
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LED Streetlights Best Buy for Cities, Researchers Report
Posted on 10-03-2010

University of Pittsburgh researchers have conducted the first cradle-to-grave assessment of light-emitting diode (LED) streetlights and determined that the increasingly popular lamps strike the best...
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Jenoptik opens laser centre in Korea
Posted on 10-03-2010

New laser application centre targets the electronics, photovoltaics and flat-panel display marketsJenoptik has opened the doors to a new laser application centre based in the the southern Korean cit...
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Avalanche photodetector breaks speed record
Posted on 10-03-2010

Scientists at IBM have used nano-engineering techniques to make the world's fastest "avalanche photodetector". Such devices are used in telecommunications networks and the work is an impor...
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Battery Powered Signal Generator
Posted on 09-03-2010

Never Lug A big, Heavy Signal Generator Into The Field Again  A battery-powered signal generator is now available from Signal Forge. With the introduction of the SF1020, field test engineers...
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New Portable Signal Generator With Remote Control
Posted on 09-03-2010

Signal Forge today released a new portable signal generator designed for use with National Instruments LabView© and other automated test environments. The SF1010 Portable Signal Generator with Re...
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Hydrocarbon superconductor is a first
Posted on 05-03-2010

Researchers in Japan have made the first superconducting hydrocarbon material by adding potassium atoms to picene (C22H14). The material becomes superconducting at temperatures below 18K – so...
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Small component, big opportunity
Posted on 05-03-2010

Two-element VGA lens points the way to higher-resolution wafer-level cameras for ultraslim mobile phonesNemotek Technologie (Rabat, Morocco) is hoping to win big with a new lens made from two optica...
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Nanofibres in a spin
Posted on 05-03-2010

Researchers in Italy have succeeded in rotating polymer nanofibres using just light. The new nano-rotors might be used to make all-optical mechanical nanomachines based on photonic circuits, as well...
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