Integral Vision Inc. announced it has received an order for SharpEye inspection systems totaling approximately $1.4 million for delivery in the first five months of 2004 from a large consumer electronics company. The fully automated inspection systems will perform testing at the cell level for liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) displays to be used in rear-projection televisions. Integral Vision, of Farmington Hills, Mich., makes flat-panel display inspection equipment, machine vision-based systems and applications development software. . . . UTEK Corp. announced that Dennis R. 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