Audi has lifted the lid on its latest technological developments at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), with the premium German car maker revealing its autonomous driving system and some innovative lighting features that ...
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Aegis Lightwave Inc of Woburn, MA, USA and Photop Technologies Inc of Fuzhou, China (both subsidiaries of II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA) have merged under the Photop brand identity. Founded in 2003 through a merger of four firms ...
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Toyota presented an autonomous safety car today in Las Vegas, based on the Lexus LS, that demonstrates how today's technology can advance safety. While dubbed an "autonomous" car, Toyota explains that its approach is to enhance safety, ...
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SunGrubbies.com, a leading online retailer of sun protective products, is pleased to announce their line of full face protection products. These items are specifically designed to protect against UV rays but they also work well to guard ...
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US-based plastic film converter MULTI-PLASTICS has introduced a new laminated pouch structure EZTear, which can be used in easy open stick packs or similar flexible packaging applications. According to the company, the new EZTear ...
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China is responsible for more than 95%of the global supply of rare earths and over the weekend the country'sMinistry of Land and Resources(MLR),announced that the first production quota for rare earths this year will be set at 46,900 ...
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IDG News Service - A new Blu-ray Disc promises to keep data fresh long after it might have decayed on other discs. The MDisc, developed by Utah-based Millenniata, will be available from June this year in a 25 gigabyte capacity and will ...
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The Optoelectronics Company Ltd of Henham, Bishops Stortford, UK, which manufactures and distributes optoelectronic components including Opnext (Oclaro) laser diodes, Panasonic lenses and Optowell VCSELs, has introduced its own range of ...
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Surprise acquisitions,top level exec changes,retail casualties and the London 2012 effect,the continued dominance of LEGO and Moshi Monsters in-store–not to mention some eye-watering charity challenges…the toy business has ...
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A new forecast by market researchers at ElectroniCast Consultantssuggests that the market for devices used in commercial free-space optical (FSO) communications systems will near-double by 2018. However, such is the niche appeal of the ...
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Goldfish and Bison celebrates spooky game success and secures more stock. Kids who are looking for the spooky living room laser shooter Ghost Hunt will have to wait a while as the action game has completely sold out. Distributed by ...
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Researchers in Singapore and Norway have teamed up to create a device that can crack quantum key distribution(QKD),a technique for securing digital communication originally designed to foil hackers. QKD allows two remote parties to ...
Based in Surrey, Optical Surfaces manufactures precision optical components for imaging, laser manipulation and other purposes. Satellites including BNSC's Top Sat, the NASA swift explorer as well as ESA's XMM and NigeriaSAT-2 have ...
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Organizers of Invest in Photonics 2012, a two-day international convention on photonics venture capital (VC) investment, said that participation at last month’s event increased “despite a tough investment decade in ...
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A full line of blades designed to cut and finish rolls of paper, film and foil, corrugated materials, textiles and abrasives down to size is available from Hyde Industrial Blade Solutions (IBS). Hyde's Score Slitter Blades, complemented by ...
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