The finalists have been named for the 2010 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation, an international competition sponsored by Photonics Media and SPIE to recognize photonics products that break conventional ideas, solve problems and improve life through the generation and harnessing of light. The 2010 finalists, listed in alphabetical order by company, are: Defense and Security Block Engineering LaserScan QCL-based Spectrometers CVI Melles Griot Xsquared™ High Extinction Plate Polarizer Headwall Photonics Inc. Hyperspec Point and Stare sensor Detectors, Sensing, Imaging, and Cameras Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Electronically Steerable Flash Lidar General Electric TrueSense Personal Water Analytics Specim—Spectral Imaging Ltd. Thermal hyperspectral imagers Industrial Lasers Amplitude Systemes Tangerine ultrafast fiber laser IPG Photonics Long pulse fiber lasers YLR-150 1500-QCW-AC Raydiance Smart Light Active Pulse Management Information and Communication PHOTONIS USA Optical Receiver Module Pixel Qi Corp. 3Qi TFT LCD screen with LED backlight Third applicant Application disqualified Life Sciences and Biophotonics Genia Photonics Synchronized Programmable Ps Fiber Laser JenLab GmbH MPTflex PHOTONIS USA Gen2 UltraFast™ Time-of-Flight Detector Optics and Optical Components Edmund Optics TECHSPEC Plastic Hybrid Aspheric Lenses Molecular Technology GmbH (MolTech) Focal-πShaper Beam Shaping Optics Semrock VersaChrome Tunable Bandpass Filters Other Light Sources Energetiq Technology Inc. EQ-99 LDLS™ Laser-Driven Light Source Innovations in Optics Inc. 1240B-100 UltraViolet LED Projector Texas Instruments DLP DLP LightCommander Scientific Lasers Coherent Inc. Legend Elite Duo HP EKSPLA NT200 series ns tunable wavelength lasers MPB Communications/European Southern Observatory Visible Raman Fiber Amplifier Test, Measurement, Metrology 4D Technology Corp. PhaseCam Sq Dynamic White Light Interferometer Anasys Instruments Corp. nanoIR EXFO Life Sciences & Industrial Div. (now Lumen Dynamics) X-Cite XP750 The finalists were chosen by an independent panel of industry experts. The winners will be announced during a gala ceremony held during SPIE Photonics West 2011. For more information, visit: www.photonicsprismaward.com. View last year's winners here.