Grants Boost Photonics, Nano Projects
Sep. 30, 2004
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept. 30 -- Several photonics- and nanotechnology-related companies are...
PPT Vision Sells 3-D SMI Line
Sep. 30, 2004
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 30 -- PPT Vision Inc., a Minneapolis, Minn., maker of machine...
Oil Firms Back Fiber Seabed System
Sep. 30, 2004
HOUSTON, Sept. 30 -- QinetiQ, a European science and technology company, and Input/Output Inc., a...
Lucent, Riverstone Team Up
Sep. 30, 2004
MURRAY HILL, N.J. and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 30 -- Lucent Technologies and Riverstone Networks...
Oil Companies Back Fiber Optic Seabed System
Sep. 30, 2004
HOUSTON, Sept. 30 -- QinetiQ, a European science and technology company, and Input/Output Inc., a...
Quantum Dot Awarded NIST Grant
Sep. 29, 2004
HAYWARD, Calif., Sept. 29 --Quantum Dot Corp. (QDC) announced it was awarded a $2 million grant...
Dalsa to Supply CCD Chips to Mamiya
Sep. 29, 2004
WATERLOO, Ontario, Sept. 29 -- Dalsa Corp., a Canadian maker of digital imaging and semiconductor...
Aeroflex Sells Thin-Film Unit
Sep. 29, 2004
PLAINVIEW, N.Y., Sept. 29 -- Aeroflex Inc., a maker of automated testing products and...
Canadian Firms 'Strut Stuff' at Forum
Sep. 28, 2004
OTTAWA, Sept. 28 -- Photonics North 2004, which opened yesterday in Ottawa, is providing local and...
Canadian Firms 'Strut Stuff' at Forum
Sep. 28, 2004
OTTAWA, Sept. 28 -- Photonics North 2004, which opened yesterday in Ottawa, is providing local and...
Clean Energy Funds Invest in Konarka
Sep. 28, 2004
LOWELL, Mass., Sept. 28 -- Konarka Technologies Inc., a maker of polymer photovoltaic products that...
Honeywell, Cognex Collaborate
Sep. 27, 2004
PHOENIX, Sept. 27 --Honeywell will offer web imaging systems to Canadian paper manufacturers and...
Nonprofit Promotes Fiber Networks
Sep. 27, 2004
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- A new nonprofit group will represent communities with fiber-to-the-premises...
KVH to Continue Photonic Fiber Research
Sep. 24, 2004
MIDDLETOWN, R.I., Sept. 24 -- KVH Industries Inc., a manufacturer of navigation and guidance...
KVH to Continue Fiber Research
Sep. 24, 2004
MIDDLETOWN, R.I., Sept. 24 -- KVH Industries Inc., a manufacturer of navigation and guidance...
Exfo Closing Upstate NY Plant
Sep. 24, 2004
QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 24 -- Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering Inc., a Quebec City maker of testing and...
Physicists Create Artificial Molecule On A Chip
Sep. 24, 2004
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 24 -- Using integrated circuit fabrication techniques, a team of...
CRLO Displays Acquires CRL Opto
Sep. 23, 2004
FIFE, Scotland, Sept. 23 -- CRLO Displays has been formed by European investors Amadeus Capital and...
Cisco Invests $32M in China R&D Center
Sep. 23, 2004
BEIJING, Sept. 23 -- Cisco Systems Inc. announced it will open a research and development center in...
NSF Funds 6 Nanotech Research Centers
Sep. 22, 2004
ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 22 -- The National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced awards of $69...
DOE Awards Two in Photonics Field
Sep. 22, 2004
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Two researchers involved in photonics-related research were named...
Aculight Awarded Research Grants
Sep. 21, 2004
BOTHELL, Wash., Sept. 21 -- Aculight Corp., a developer of laser technologies, has won two Small...
Powerful MRI System Unveiled in Chicago
Sep. 21, 2004
CHICAGO, Sept. 21 -- The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) unveiled today the world's most...
Berkeley to Study Type 1a Supernovae
Sep. 21, 2004
BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 21 -- The University of California at Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory...
Kodak to Realign Imaging Group
Sep. 20, 2004
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 20 --Eastman Kodak Co. announced today it will begin "actions that will...
Greenfield Networks Raises $21.5M
Sep. 20, 2004
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 20 -- Greenfield Networks Inc., a developer of Ethernet switching silicon...
ADVA Completes Metro Packet Acquisition
Sep. 17, 2004
MARTINSRIED/MUNICH, Germany and MAHWAH, N.J., Sept. 17 -- ADVA Optical Networking, a Germany-based...
Alcatel Buys eDial
Sep. 17, 2004
PARIS, Sept. 17 -- Alcatel has acquired eDial Inc., a private Waltham, Mass.-based provider of...
Cadence Renovates Lab in Prague
Sep. 17, 2004
SAN JOSE, Calif. & PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Sept. 17 -- Cadence Design Systems Inc., a San Jose,...
Shape-Shifting Robots Have Multitasking Potential
Sep. 17, 2004
HANOVER, N.H., Sept. 17 -- It started with tennis balls. Daniela Rus, a former collegiate tennis...
Kodak, IBM to Develop Image Sensors
Sep. 16, 2004
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 16 -- Eastman Kodak Co. and IBM will collaborate, under a multiyear...
Corning Breaks Ground at LCD Site
Sep. 16, 2004
CORNING, N.Y., Sept. 16 -- Corning Inc. is hosting a ceremony today at the site of its new liquid...
AOI Issued Tunable Laser Patents
Sep. 16, 2004
SUGAR LAND, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI), a manufacturer of laser diodes,...
FCC Commissioners to Speak at Telecom '04
Sep. 15, 2004
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Three leading voices from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and...
Space Imaging Sells Unit to Geo360
Sep. 15, 2004
THORNTON, Colo., Sept. 15 -- Space Imaging announced today it has reached an agreement to sell its...
DVD Glasses Use Kopin Displays
Sep. 15, 2004
TAUNTON, Mass., Sept. 15 -- Kopin Corp., a manufacturer of microdisplays for consumer, military and...
Survey: Nanoscience Should Be Priority
Sep. 14, 2004
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y., Sept. 14 -- Nearly 90 percent of Americans believe that continued US global...
PSI-TEC Nears Launch of Fiber Material
Sep. 14, 2004
WILMINTON, Del., Sept. 14 -- PSI-TEC Corp., a development-stage technology company based in...
Thermo Electron Acquires InnaPhase
Sep. 13, 2004
WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 13 -- Analytical instrument maker Thermo Electron Corp. announced today it...
Sydor Instruments Licenses Laser Lab's ROSS Technology
Sep. 10, 2004
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 10 -- A camera designed by researchers at the University of Rochester’s...
Ultrahigh-Speed Network Planned in Illinois
Sep. 10, 2004
NAPERVILLE, Ill., Sept. 10 -- Northern Illinois University announced plans this week to create an...
JMAR to Acquire LXT Group
Sep. 9, 2004
CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 9 -- JMAR Technologies Inc., a Carlsbad, Calif., maker of laser-based...
Spire to Develop 'Nano' Coatings
Sep. 9, 2004
BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 9 -- Spire Corp. announced it has received a $400,000 Phase I SBIR grant from...
4Pi Microscope Coming to Maine
Sep. 9, 2004
BAR HARBOR, Maine, Sept. 9 -- The Institute for Molecular Biophysics (IMB), an interdisciplinary...
Hillary Clinton to Speak at OSA Meeting
Sep. 8, 2004
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will speak at Frontiers in Optics 2004, the 88th...
BAE Wins Helmet Display Contract
Sep. 8, 2004
ROCHESTER, England, Sept. 8 -- BAE Systems Platform Solutions has been awarded a contract by...
Instrument Makers Expand Deal, File Suit
Sep. 8, 2004
FOSTER CITY, Calif., and TORONTO, Sept. 8 -- Applied Biosystems Group, an Applera Corp. scientific...
Nuvonyx Gets Contract Worth up to $80M
Sep. 7, 2004
BRIDGETON, Mo., Sept. 7 -- Bridgeton, Mo.-based Nuvonyx Inc. has been awarded a contract worth up...
Palomar, Johnson & Johnson to Develop Home-Use Light Devices
Sep. 7, 2004
BURLINGTON, Mass., Sept. 7 -- Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. said today it has signed an...
Konarka Acquires Siemens' Photovoltaic Research Activities
Sep. 7, 2004
LOWELL, Mass., Sept. 7 -- Konarka Technologies Inc. announced today it has acquired Siemens AG's...
Curtiss-Wright Acquires Synergy
Sep. 7, 2004
GASTONIA, N.C., Sept. 7 -– Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc., the motion control segment of...
Nuvonyx Contract Worth up to $80M
Sep. 7, 2004
BRIDGETON, Mo., Sept. 7 -- Bridgeton, Mo.-based Nuvonyx Inc. has been awarded a contract worth up...
Rofin-Sinar Acquires PRC, Lee Lasers
Sep. 3, 2004
PLYMOUTH, Mich., Sept. 3 -- Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc., a Plymouth, Mich., and Hamburg,...
Corning Frequency Control Sold
Sep. 3, 2004
NEW YORK, Sept. 3 -- Dover Corp. announced today that its Dover Technologies subsidiary has...
Marketers Look Into Consumers' Eyes
Sep. 3, 2004
TOKYO, Sept. 3 -- A Japanese company is honing consumer psychology to an even more precise science...
FTTH Conference Exhibitor Space Sold Out
Sep. 3, 2004
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Exhibitor space for the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council's third annual FTTH...
Dover Acquires Corning Frequency Control
Sep. 3, 2004
NEW YORK, Sept. 3 -- Dover Corp. announced today that its Dover Technologies subsidiary has...
Prima Luci Secures Funding
Sep. 3, 2004
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Sept. 3 -- Prima Luci ("first light"), a designer and manufacturer of optical...
Pirelli Chooses Altera Stratix GX Devices
Sep. 2, 2004
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 2 -- Pirelli will use Stratix GX devices from Altera Corp., a San Jose,...
Lucent May Get $816M IRS Refund
Sep. 2, 2004
TRENTON, N.J., Sept. 2 -- Lucent Technologies filed a document with the Securities and Exchange...
Satellites Aid Wales Conservation Efforts
Sep. 2, 2004
BANGOR, Wales, Sept. 2 -- Space satellites could transform the way the Countryside Council for...
Agilent Sensors Power Laser Mouse
Sep. 1, 2004
FREMONT, Calif., Sept. 1 -- Logitech today introduced a new mouse it developed with Agilent...
Long-Reach Optical Device MSA Specs Released
Sep. 1, 2004
TOKYO, Sept. 1 -- Optical manufacturers Avanex Corp., Eudyna Devices Inc., Mitsubishi Electric...