Technologies & Strategies That Enable R&D
Video processor enhances laptop cameras
April 1, 2008 7:44 am | Product Releases | CommentsVimicro International Corp.’s new Web camera processor, VC0343, targets laptop embedded applications with reduced power consumption, small 6.5 x 5 mm package size, and flexible one time programming ROM.
HTC Touch Cruise gets GPS navigation capability
April 1, 2008 7:43 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe new Touch Cruise mobile computing phone from HTC Corp. adds new capabilities such as navigation to its current portfolio, which includes Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and 3.5G-HSDPA wireless connectivity. Updated screen capabilities, such as a 3-D animated interface, are also included.
Sensors made for challenging environmental conditions
March 31, 2008 10:46 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe PX Series photoelectric sensors from Keyence Corp. are built to an IP-69K environmental rating to withstand 1400 psi washdown applications at up to 176°F. Construction features include stainless steel casing, epoxy backfilled sensor heads, and scratch resistant lenses.
Bio-Rad releases seven new infrared spectral databases
March 31, 2008 10:45 am | Product Releases | CommentsWith this recent addition, Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. now offers more than 100 such databases. Numbering 3,639 spectra, the new resources cover pharmaceutical expedients, biochemicals, pollutants, acrylates and methacrylates, steroids, and others. For details, http://www.knowitall.
Literature from PI details precision linear actuators
March 28, 2008 5:41 am | Product Releases | CommentsPhysik Instrumente LP’s new brochure presents sub-micrometer to sub-nanometer precise compact actuators featuring ceramic piezo motors as well as classical motors.
Omega DAQ USB modules support wet and dry input contacts
March 28, 2008 5:39 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe USB-4751 (48-bit) and USB-4751L (24-bit) data acquisition modules, designed with manufacturing applications in mind, provide one event counters and three 16-bit timers which can be cascaded to one 32-bit timer.
Phenomenex column media provides advantage over polymer
March 27, 2008 6:01 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe new Clarity Oligo-WAX media, designed for preparative chromatographic purification of synthetic DNA and RNA, incorporates a cross-linked weak ion exchanger bonded to a 10 µm high-purity silica, producing sharper peaks than traditional polymer alternatives.
ProteomeLab measures proteins as interacting elements
March 27, 2008 5:59 am | Product Releases | CommentsThrough an agreement with Aviv Biomedical, Beckman Coulter has added fluorescence detection capability to analytical ultracentrifuges.
Miniature camera collects thermal images at 240 f/s
March 26, 2008 6:37 am | Product Releases | CommentsThermoteknix has introducing several new optical products: Miricle 110K-25 and 110K-35, and Miricle 640FF ultrafast thermal imaging cameras.
384-well microplate designed for high-content screening
March 26, 2008 6:33 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe 384-IQ series microplate for life sciences is made from Aurora Biotechnologies’ cyclo-olefin polymer (COP), which is used in its 1536- and 3456-well microplate products.
Handheld meter employs white light polarization interferometry
March 25, 2008 12:53 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThe FOH201 from Omega Engineering is a compact and portable fiber optic meter for obtaining temperature, pressure and strain measurements.
Rotor design reduces run-up time for Pfeiffer turbopump
March 25, 2008 12:39 pm | Product Releases | CommentsPfeiffer Vacuum’s new HiPace line of fast, compact and powerful turbopumps are available in pumping speeds from 10 to 700 liters/second. The rotor design provides up to 30% faster pumping speeds with up to 200% better throughput and the drive reduces run-up time by 40%.
Type K thermometer probe reads any surface
March 24, 2008 11:11 am | Product Releases | CommentsFrom turn on to reading, Control Company’s Traceable Infrared Thermometer takes less than a second. Unit reads both Fahrenheit and Celsius of solids, semi-solids, and liquids. Temperature range is -76 to 932° F and -60 to 500° C. Resolution is 0.1°.
Differential pressure transmitter comes in ultra-compact housing
March 24, 2008 11:09 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe new Ashcroft GC51 and GC52 transmitters are an economical alternative when a digital protocol is not required. The NEMA 4X/IP65 enclosure measures 2.65” dia and stainless steel wetted parts accommodate either wet or dry media.
Spectrophotometer quantifies samples in under five seconds
March 21, 2008 6:22 am | Product Releases | CommentsGE Healthcare has launched the NanoVue, a sensitive UV/Visible spectrophotometer that quantifies DNA, RNA, oligo and protein samples quickly because of its proprietary “drop and measure” hydrophobic sample plate.
