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Application Briefs: Aerospace
Fluke 54 Series II digital thermometer and Fluke 80PK-27 surface probe Fluke Corp. Everett, WA 425-347-6100 www.fluke.com
Application Briefs: Software
Deep Server™ PGM Software Right Hemisphere Fremont, CA 877-309-3204 www.righthemisphere.com
Application Briefs: Motion Control
The Toronto, Canada-based Power of One solar car was built to set world distance records and promote the use of sustainable energy, unlike most solar cars that are built for...
Who's Who: Energy
As part of the Forward Technology Solar Cell Experiment (FTSCE), a team of engineers from NASA Glenn, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Ohio State...
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The Mechanical Engineering School at the Georgia Institute of Technology needed to reduce the set-up time involved in centering a bearing ring on a...
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
In the industrial automation market, an increase in speed results in an increase in production rates. Increased production rates, in turn, lead to increased profit.
Products: Imaging
Matrox Graphics, Montreal, Canada, has introduced DualHead2Go™, an external device that connects to the monitor connector of a computer to add support for an extra monitor. The operating system treats the device like a...
Products: Photonics/Optics
Refractive Index Elastomer
(Carpinteria, CA) offers Lightspan LSR-9562-30, a two-part, high-viscosity elastomer designed for injection molding of clear silicone parts, or as a potting and encapsulating compound because of its glob-top-like consistency. LSR-9562-30 is designed to protect electronic components and assemblies against shock, vibration,...
Products: Photonics/Optics
LED Chips
(Durham, NC) has released two new LED chips: the MegaBright 290 Gen 2 and the RazerThin 230. The MegaBright 290 Gen 2, a high-brightness chip, is 30 percent brighter and uses 8 percent less power than the chip it replaces. This new chip is targeted for digital camera, camera phone flash, and LCD backlighting applications, where brightness...
Articles: Photonics/Optics
Indium gallium arsenide, or InGaAs, is an alloy of gallium arsenide and indium arsenide. In a more general sense, it belongs to the InGaAsP quaternary system that consists of alloys...
Articles: Photonics/Optics
Partial reflectors in interferometers and polarization-sensitive devices (beam splitters used in reverse) such as beam-splitting cubes are common examples of systems that combine two...
Products: Photonics/Optics
Semrock (Rochester, NY) offers the ultra-broadband MaxMirror in a 2-in. (50.4 mm) diameter version. According to the manufacturers, the 2-in. mirror is designed for use in imaging systems or for the...
Products: Photonics/Optics
The FieldSpec 3 field spectroradiometer from Analytical Spectral Devices (Boulder, CO) offers Ethernet and wireless connectivity for remote data collection of up to 150 feet away in addition to built-in diagnostics,...
Products: Photonics/Optics
Spectra-Physics’ (Mountain View, CA) newest addition to the Mai Tai Ti:Sapphire laser product line delivers more than 2.5 W of average power and is now available with a 700-1020 nm tuning range. The laser is fully computer...
Products: Photonics/Optics
Designed for medical applications, the TrueFrame FT50M CCD image sensor from DALSA (Waterloo, ON, Canada) comes in a 1k × 1k-pixel array with 5.6 × 5.6-μm square pixels. Combined with high linear dynamic range of 67 dB,...
Products: Photonics/Optics
Optiwave Systems’ (Ottawa, ON, Canada) OptiFDTD 6.0 optical design software for passive and nonlinear photonic components brings Finite-Difference Time-Domain modeling and simulation to photonics and bio-photonics...
Products: Photonics/Optics
Micro Photonics (Irvine, CA) has introduced the Standard Pin-On-Disk and High Load Tribometers. Developed for high-temperature operations, high loads, and high rotational speeds up to 6000 rpm, the tribometer is...
Products: Photonics/Optics
The fourth generation of Cedip Infrared Systems’ (Croissy, Beaubourg, France) JADE IR cameras includes enhanced sensitivity (< 20 mK), faster frame rate, and a new windowing mode. The frame rate can be changed with a step...
Products: Photonics/Optics
The Kyma line of solid state lasers from Melles Griot (Carlsbad, CA) offers improved stability and performance by requiring fewer parts than diode pumped solid state (DPSS) lasers. Kyma technology supports wavelengths from...
Products: Photonics/Optics
Bookham (San Jose, CA) has introduced a high-power, uncooled multimode pump laser module for fiber laser pumping that combines high power with high reliability and stable performance. The new multimode pump laser module offers...
Products: Photonics/Optics
Liekki Application Designer v3.0 from Liekki (Way Gambrills, MD) is a simulation and design software environment for fiber lasers and amplifiers with new transient analysis capability. Liekki’s v3.0 provide the...
Products: Photonics/Optics
JAI’s (San Jose, CA) CV-A436 machine vision camera uses the latest generation of VGA resolution progressive scan 1⁄3-in. imager that allows the compact head size of 17 mm (diameter) and 46 mm (length). The head is...
Application Briefs: Software
Teamcenter®product lifecycle management software UGS Corp. Plano, TX 341-264-8216 www.ugs.com
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Science instruments Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, TX 210-684-5111 www.swri.org
Who's Who: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Dr. Walter Merrill, Associate for Business Development, John H. Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
Dr. Walter Merrill is involved in a variety of programs aimed at forming partnerships with private and public entities. For the past five...
Articles: Medical
As advances in cellular biology, gene mapping, and other areas of medicine continue, amazing technologies for diagnosing, treating, and even curing diseases are emerging. Specifically,...
Products: Electronics & Computers
BiTMICRO® E-Disk® flash drive BiTMICRO® Networks Fremont, CA 510-623-2341www.bitmicro.com
The Cosmic Rays Energetics and Mass (CREAM) project is a NASA-sponsored high-altitude balloon...
Products: Photonics/Optics
A standalone, handheld, through-wall radar unit is under development to provide three-dimensional feedback on the location and movement of people inside buildings. Applications include military and...
Products: Electronics & Computers
SCS750 single-board computer Maxwell Technologies San Diego, CA 858-503-3300 www.maxwell.com
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environment Satellite System (NPOESS) is a $6-billion,...
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