A unique and new media art form called The Fiber Optic Tapestry or 50 Different Minds – is a newly launched tech-textile product which is made by designer LiganoReese. In this particular incarnation, the Fiber Optic tapestry ...
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Koch Optics Inc, a subsidiary of Koch Industries Inc of Wichita, KS, USA, has completed its tender offer to purchase all issued and outstanding shares of common stock of optical communications component, module and subsystem maker Oplink ...
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Named after one of the brightest constellations in the sky, Suhail and its light is believed to have inspired the 10th Century Arabic mathematician, astronomer and physicist Ibn al-Haitham, whose best known work is the Book of Optics (Kitab ...
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Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has announced commercial availability of XLamp Extreme High Power (XHP) LEDs, a new class of LEDs enabling a system cost reduction of up to 40% for lighting applications, it is claimed. The first LEDs powered ...
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For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2014 (to end-September), Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optics market, has reported revenue of $43.7m, down 1.9% on $44.6m ...
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Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on ‘GaN on GaN’ (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has extended its line of PAR and AR111 lamps to offer a full range of halogen ...
Tags: Soraa, GaN-on-GaN, LED Lamps
The Samsung Galaxy S6 has made yet another pre-release appearance, popping up at an R&D facility in India. Leaked via a Zauba import document, the Galaxy S6 has been spotted doing the rounds under what is believed to be its official ...
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Power management company Eaton today announced that its Galleon™ light-emitting diode (LED) area luminaires from its Cooper Lighting Division have improved the lighting performance, energy efficiency and reliability at Pioneer Ford, ...
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B. Robinson Optical, Inc. will launch Revo's first ski goggle collection next fall featuring the brand's light management lenses at specialty boutiques and sport retailers nationwide as well as at Revo.com. B Robinson, which manufactures ...
The Optical Society (OSA) and the IEEE Photonics Society have named Paul Daniel Dapkus, the W. M. Keck Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC), as recipient of the 2015 John Tyndall Award for ...
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Emcore Corp, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optics market, has named Jeffrey Rittichier as CEO. He succeeds Dr Hong Hou, who has served as president & CEO since March 2008. Rittichier has ...
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Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optics market, has completed the sale of its Space Photovoltaics business (announced on 17 September) to SolAero Technologies ...
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Researchers from Canada’s Université Laval’s faculty of science and engineering and center for optics, photonics, and lasers have developed smart textiles that can monitor and transmit the wearers’ biomedical ...
For its fiscal second-quarter 2015, fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported revenue of $297m, up 2.2% on $290.7m a year ago but down 9.4% on $327.6m last quarter (its first ...
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Power management company Eaton today announced the introduction of the Portfolio Surface-Mount light-emitting diode (LED) Luminaire from its Cooper Lighting Division. Incorporating patented WaveStream™ LED optical technology, the high ...
Tags: LED Luminaire, High Ceiling, Lights