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UK Boosts Plastic Electronics
LONDON, Dec. 8, 2009 – A new $45.5 million government strategy was launched to ensure that the UK remains a global leader in the high-growth and environmentally friendly plastic electronics industry. Plastic electronics technology allows circuits to be printed onto any surface and over large areas, and serves as a low-cost alternative to conventional silicon-based electronics.
Trumpf Opens US Tech Center
Dec 2, 2009 — In South Carolina, Trumpf Medical Systems officially opened its new Design & Technology Center next to Charleston’s Cooper River on Oct. 28, 2009. The new US headquarters, a 27,000-sq-ft medical equipment planning facility, will feature various...
2009 Prism Awards finalists named
Dec 1, 2009 — Prism Awards sponsors Laurin Publishing and SPIE have announced the finalists in the 2009 competition. The Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation recognize the best in new photonics technology and products worldwide. Finalists in each of the nine...
LED Alliance
Dec 1, 2009 — In Germany, Lumenova GmbH of Esslingen and Jenoptik Polymer Systems GmbH of Triptis have agreed to collaborate on LED lighting. The companies will work together to develop technology based on Lumenova’s Lightengine and to create new reflector optics...
LED University Program
Dec 1, 2009 — Cree Inc. of Durham, N.C., has announced that Alfred University of New York has joined the Cree LED University program, an international community of universities working to accelerate the adoption of energy-efficient LED lighting across its...
Nanotowers Fire Off Photons
WÜRZBURG, Germany, Dec. 1, 2009 – Nanotowers made of semiconducting material 'fire off' single photons in a targeted fashion, an ability needed for secure data transmission through quantum cryptography, said researchers at the University of Würzburg.
Photonics Is Heating Up in India
Dec 1, 2009 — India is the seventh-largest country by geographical area and the second-most populous in the world. With approximately 1.17 billion people, it is second only to China, which has 1.34 billion. Situated in south Asia, between Pakistan, China and...
Ultrasmall, ultrafast, ultraexciting
Dec 1, 2009 — As we send this issue to press, the very first experiments are lighting up at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), located at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, Calif., and operated by Stanford University for the US...
Germany Funds OLED Research
Nov 23, 2009 — Applied Materials Inc., Merck KGaA and the Braunschweig University of Technology (TU-BS) announced that they have been awarded a grant by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to develop processes to lower the cost of...
Photoswitch Paralyzes Animals
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 23, 2009 – An internal on-off “switch” that paralyzes animals when exposed to a beam of ultraviolet light has been developed by a team of scientists in Canada. The animals stay paralyzed even when the light is turned off. When exposed to ordinary light, the...
Vision Market on the Upswing
STUTTGART, Germany, Nov. 9, 2009 – The machine vision industry has been hit hard by the economic downturn, but many exhibitors at the Vision 2009 trade show in Stuttgart, Germany, shared the view that the crowd was surprisingly optimistic, despite a 5 percent decline in attendance...
LED tubes/bulbs from Asia via HKTDC
Nov 6, 2009 — A few weeks ago, I'd highlighted two very important trade shows held in Hong Kong – the China Sourcing Fair at the AsiaWorld Expo and the Hong Kong Electronics Show at the Hong Kong Converntion and Exhibition Center (HKCEC), both of whom have just...
Show Plans Laser Tribute
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6, 2009 – Special events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the invention of the laser, including a “Cirque du Lasaire” reception, will mark SPIE Photonics West’s first year in San Francisco. The primary photonics technical symposium and exhibition in North...
Walmart Selects Cree LEDs
Nov 5, 2009 — Cree Inc., an LED manufacturer located in Durham, N.C., has been selected to provide energy-efficient lighting for Walmart renovations and new construction. Walmart plans to install LRP-38 lightbulbs in 650 stores during the first year, replacing...
Changelight Orders Aixtron System
Nov 4, 2009 — Semiconductor technology company Aixtron AG of Germany announced that LED developer Changelight Co., based in China, has ordered a planetary reactor system for the production of gallium arsenide (GaAs) LEDs. The order is for an AIX 2600G3 system in...
Momentive Awarded $4.5M
ALBANY, N.Y., Nov. 3, 2009 – Momentive Performance Materials was awarded $4.5 million by the US Department of Energy to develop crystal growth technology aimed at accelerating low cost mass production of LED-based solid-state lighting.
Cree LED Bulb Breaks Records
Nov 2, 2009 — Cree Chairman and CEO Chuck Swoboda demonstrated an A-lamp LED lightbulb with the highest lumen output and efficacy reported in the industry at the annual Cree shareholder meeting in Durham, N.C., last week. The company said the bulb produces 969...
Energy-Efficient Modular Lighting Platform Patented
Nov 1, 2009 — The US Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Orion Energy Systems Inc. of Manitowoc, Wis., a patent for its modular energy-efficient lighting platform called Compact Modular, which the company says can help companies reduce their energy,...
LEDs: Beyond High Brightness
Nov 1, 2009 — The US Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported in 2007 that the US had used roughly 526 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity for lighting (both commercial and residential). In 2008, the EIA reported that a typical...
Lighting Agreement
Nov 1, 2009 — SphereOptics of Concord, N.H., has selected Sarah Technology Co. Ltd. of Gyeonggi-do, Korea, as a product reseller in South Korea. The latter company will market and sell its partner’s complete line of products, including integrating spheres; lamp,...
Laser Light Engines Hires CEO
Oct 28, 2009 — Laser Light Engines of Salem, N.H., has hired Doug Darrow as CEO, the company announced this week, replacing company founder Bill Beck, who will remain as executive vice president of business development. Darrow is a 23-year veteran of Texas...
Shrimp Eyes That Polarize
BRISTOL, UK, Oct. 26, 2009 – Mantis shrimp, found on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, have the most remarkable and complex vision systems known to science. They can see in 12 colors – humans see in only three – and can distinguish between different forms of polarized light....
Neuroscience Show a Big Draw
CHICAGO, Oct. 20, 2009 -- Neuroscience 2009, the Society for Neuroscience’s 39th annual meeting, provides the world’s largest forum for neuroscientists to debut research and network with colleagues from around the world. The meeting provides emerging research...
Science in the City of Angels
Oct 15, 2009 — As an extension of his article titled, “The value of discovery” in the Oct. issue of Photonics Spectra, Gary Boas blogs about his experience at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. He takes us into the museum and shares some of his hands-on...
The Power of Spectra
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 15, 2009 – “I have contributed all my knowledge to laser research, yet I still get no RESPECT! But that’s going to change after I get my hands on that girl and harness her power…” I was sitting in the lobby of the Fairmont San Jose, surrounded by...
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