| Nanomachine makes lasers pushy | | Posted Sunday, February 04, 2007 3:04:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have created a nanomachine which can ensnare molecules as they move and could potentially lead to lasers moving objects remotely. The light-powered machine has a device inside it that traps molecule-sized particles as they move in a certain direction under their natural motion. Once the molecules are caught they cannot escape. Applications of the nanotechnology machine could include trapping molecules to generate a force in front of a solid object using a laser pen. By shining the pen in the direction you want the object to move, the force of the molecules could be harnessed to push the object along. The invention of the nanotechnology machine builds on previous work at the university in which scientists were able to move a droplet of liquid up a slope using molecular force.... | |
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| | | QPC Lasers to Present at Prestigious Lasers and Photonics ... | | Posted Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:10:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | SYLMAR, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--QPC Lasers, Inc. (OTCBB: QPCI) "QPC," a world leader in the development and commercialization of high-brightness, high-power semiconductor lasers, today announced that its Senior VP of Marketing and Sales, Paul Rudy, Ph.D., will be a featured speaker at the prestigious Lasers and Photonics Marketplace Seminar Monday, January 22 in San Jose, California. According to the highly respected Laser Focus World Annual Market Review and Forecast, the seminar "provides business leaders, investors, and technology analysts with the only comprehensive applications-oriented review of worldwide laser markets, coupled with discussions of key business and technology trends for the laser and optoelectronics markets." Dr. Rudy will be in distinguished company, as other speakers scheduled include Stephen G.... | |
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| | | Top-Hat set for 1064nm lasers | | Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:18:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | Holo/Or launched a set that consists of a round and a square Top-Hat beam-shaper, designed for a 3mm dia and 3.5mm dia 1064nm laser input beam, respectively. Holo/Or launched a pair of Top-Hat beam-shapers optimized and designed for a 1064nm laser. The elements accept a 3.0mm and 3.5mm Gaussian beam respectively. One creates a 200*200um square spot and the other one a 150um dia round spot, both at a working distance of a bit below 100mm. A simulated beam shape of the square spot is displayed in the figure. About Holo / Or: Holo-Or designs, manufactures and sells off-the shelf and custom diffractive optical elements. Standard parts include Beam Splitters, Beam Shapers (Top-Hat), Beam Samplers, and many others, on Fused Silica, ZnSe, PMMA (plastic) and other materials.... | |
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| | | Clients line up for Triple Crown of no-surgery frills | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:10:23 PM by Blog57 Team | | Lasers, chemical peels, injections. Rose Underwood has sampled just about everything on the nonsurgical buffet to look a few years younger. Recently, she tried something that hasn't even hit the market: Juvederm, an injection that promises to fill even deep wrinkles and plump up sunken skin. "I've done it all," Underwood said after reeling off a list of all the procedures she's tried. "We're all vain. We love the compliments we get." Underwood, 62, is not alone. Nashville, Tenn., with its music celebrities and medical complexes, has become something of a mecca for cosmetic procedures, doctors say. "It's bigger here in Nashville than in cities of comparable size because of the entertainment industry," says Dr. Brian Biesman of Nashville Centre for Laser and Facial Surgery.... | |
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| | | Lost Planet: Extreme Condition ( First Impressions ) | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 11:42:01 AM by Blog57 Team | | That's roughly what happens in the boring cut-scene that sets the stage for Lost Planet, but things quickly improve. For instance, you're immediately being chased through an abandoned city by a gigantic beetle monster thing that smashes through skyscrapers in an attempt to spawn a glacier and drop it on your head. Imagine the Bantha from Return of the Jedi but ten times bigger with the ability to spit massive rods of killer ice. This bit of the game's immediately brutal, giving you just enough room to stay ahead as you run down side streets glancing back over your shoulder in alarm, before climbing up a staircase and running along gangways that cut through the skyline, your eyes permanently fixed to the king of the cockroaches razing the city below you. It concludes as you don your first Vital Suit, along with dad, and jump back to ground to face it.... | |
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| | | Face Risks: An I-Team 8 Special Investigation | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:39:02 PM by Blog57 Team | | Dropping in for a manicure and getting a laser treatment is the newest trend in spas, but you also face risks. Laser treatments are touted for doing a lot, like giving you smooth skin or ridding unwanted hair. "Pigment variation, the number one reason that brings women into my office," said Dr. Greg Chernoff, a plastic surgeon. "We call those age spots," Karen said. "Yes," laughs Dr. Chernoff. Medical spas, called plastic surgery light, are an $11 billion a year industry. And I-Team 8 finds almost anyone can get certified to operate the laser for laser treatments. Some spa technicians have as little as one hour of training. "He does the main removal because we're not really that good, you know what I mean? We haven't practiced that at all," said a spa employee.... | |
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| | | IntraLase Sues Carl Zeiss | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:30:42 AM by Blog57 Team | | IntraLase Corp., which makes lasers used in eye surgery procedures, said Thursday it has filed a lawsuit against Carl Zeiss AG claiming it breached an intellectual property agreement. The lawsuit, filled in California's Orange County superior court, claims that the German optical products maker improperly used confidential and proprietary information of IntraLase, which Zeiss wrongfully induced IntraLase to disclose, IntraLase said. The suit seeks damages for breach of contract and payment of all revenue and profits derived by Zeiss from the sale and use of its laser. IntraLase shares fell 2 cents to $19.72 in morning trading on the Nasdaq. .... | |
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| | | Rofin-Sinar Technologies 4Q Profit Rises | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 11:25:42 AM by Blog57 Team | | Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc., which makes industrial lasers, said Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit climbed 11 percent, buoyed by increased revenue that benefited from favorable currency exchange conditions. Net income rose to $13.7 million, or 87 cents per share, versus $12.3 million, or 79 cents per share, in the prior year, in line with the expectations of analysts polled by Thomson Financial. This year's results include a stock-based compensation charge of $900,000. Revenue for the quarter increased 17 percent to $116.1 million compared to $98.9 million a year ago, topping Wall Street's estimate of $113.6 million. Favorable currency exchange conditions boosted sales by $2.6 million. Full-year earnings grew 31 percent to $49.6 million, or $3.16 per share, versus $38 million, or $2.44 per share, during the same period last year.... | |
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| | | Alfalight signs distributors in U.K., Israel | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 7:13:22 PM by Blog57 Team | | Alfalight Inc. has signed on a pair of distributors to sell the Madison company's line of diode lasers for industrial, defense and telecommunications applications in the United Kingdom and Israel. The distributors will provide sales and support for Alfalight's line of high-power diode pump lasers and laser modules, Alfalight said Wednesday. Pacer International has been named Alfalight's distributor in the United Kingdom. The U.K. firm distributes optoelectronic components, assemblies, sensors and information displays for the commercial, industrial and military markets. Alfalight also named Appletec Ltd., an electronics and optical components distributor in Israel that serves the communications, industrial/medical and defense markets in Israel, as its Israeli distributor. Published November 8, 2006 by The Business Journal .... | |
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| | | (AFX UK Focus) 2006-11-06 22:29 GMT: QPC ends Finisar licensing agreement | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 11:23:17 AM by Blog57 Team | | SYLMAR, Calif. (AFX) - QPC Lasers Inc. said Monday it will pay $6 million to terminate a licensing agreement with fiber optic parts maker Finisar Corp. The 2003 agreement gave Finisar nonexclusive rights to certain QPC technology and intellectual property. Finisar invested $12 million in QPC in 2001 and currently holds 6.75 million shares of the company's common stock. Over-the-counter shares of QPC rose 4 cents to $1.41 Monday, while shares of Finisar Corp. rose 16 cents to close at $3.66 on the Nasdaq. Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. .... | |
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