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Laser Technology News 2004 p1:

• Bar-code scanner uses MEMS technology
  December 30, 2004, Everett, WA--Intermec Technologies Corp. has introduced a laser bar-code scanner based on micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. The device, which is said to be more compact and reliable than current bar-code laser scan engines, is the result of five years of collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS; Dresden, Germany).
• Holographic technology to power pocket-sized video projectors
  December 28, 2004, Cambridge, England--Nic Lawrence, Edward Buckley, Adrian Cable, and Peter Mash, researchers within the Photonics and Sensors Group at the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, are developing holographic technology that is expected to power a new generation of pocket-sized digital video projectors.
• University of Rochester researchers overcome fiber-laser hurdle
  December 22, 2004, Rochester, NY--New technology recently patented by scientists at the University of Rochester may make applications like a Mars video feed possible, using lasers instead of radio technology. Special gratings inside the glass of a fiber laser virtually eliminate detrimental scattering, the main hurdle in the quest for high-power fiber lasers.
• Radiation-tolerant camera survives onslaught of energetic particles
  December 21, 2004, Chislehurst, England--Two tests by independent organizations have confirmed the high radiation tolerance of a video camera manufactured by Sira. The camera has now survived radiation doses exceeding 6 Mrad from beams of high-energy particles. Sira designs and produces optoelectronic instruments and systems, including optical diffractometers, stereo imagers, space-qualified spectrometers and photometers, and laser satellite links.
• Engineers develop assistive technologies for the blind
  December 16, 2004, Santa Cruz, CA--Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are developing new assistive technologies for the blind based on advances in computer vision that have emerged from research in robotics. A "virtual white cane" is one of several prototype tools for the visually impaired developed by Roberto Manduchi, an assistant professor of computer engineering, and his students.
• IC Media develops first CMOS image sensor using 2.575-micron pixels
  December 7, 2004, Santa Clara, CA--IC Media Corporation, a leading developer of CMOS image sensors, today announced the successful development of the industry's first CMOS image sensors using a 2.575 x 2.575 micron pixel. These devices were developed using an extension of IC Media's proprietary EmeraldPixel architecture, which offers an industry-leading 25-degree acceptance angle.
• Eyes may become windows to the bloodstream
  December 6, 2004, Ann Arbor, MI--A multidisciplinary team from the University of Michigan is combining nanoparticles and ultrafast pulsed laser to "see" individual cells as they zip past in the bloodstream. The researchers are using a $3 million grant from NASA to determine a way of detecting radiation exposure on the fly by looking for individual cells that have been harmed.
• OmniGuide fiber delivers laser energy in first minimally-invasive human medical procedure
  December 3, 2004, Cambridge, MA--OmniGuide Communications announced today the successful completion of the first minimally-invasive procedure in a patient using a hollow-core cylindrical photonic bandgap optical fiber to deliver CO2 laser energy.
• NIST demonstrates 'repair kit' for quantum computers
  December 2, 2004, Boulder, CO--A practical method for automatically correcting data-handling errors in quantum computers has been developed and demonstrated by physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
• EUV-source power rises
  November 23, 2004, Miyazaki, Japan--Available source power for use in extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) lithography has increased significantly in the past year, reaching nearly half the level required for commercial manufacturing in 2009, participants learned here at the Sematech-sponsored EUV Source Workshop, held during the Third International Symposium on EUV Lithography (EUVL) earlier this month.

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