| OmniVision Image Sensor Powers Avantis FDA-Cleared 'Third Eye(TM ...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI) , a leading independent supplier of CMOS CameraChip(TM) solutions for high-volume imaging applications, today announced that the smallest of its family of CMOS imaging devices, the 1/18-inch OV6920 sensor, is a key component of Avantis Medical Systems' Third Eye(TM) Retroscope(TM) auxiliary endoscopy system. The new disposable miniature video endoscope, which has already been cleared by the FDA for commercial distribution in the United States, is smaller in diameter than a ballpoint pen refill. Its distal tip diameter of just 3.5 mm allows it to fit through the instrument channels of standard-size endoscopes, called colonoscopes, used in colonoscopy. "Before the development of the Third Eye Retroscope, endoscopes this small could typically be made only through the use of fiber optic bundles that relay the image to a larger sensor positioned outside the body," said Fred R.
There have been lots of iterations of DC's super team. We ponder which ...
Next Tuesday, the latest release is Justice League: The New Frontier, an animated version of Canadian Darwyn Cooke's universally hailed graphic novel, which is essentially his retro take on the formation of the world's greatest super team. With our super archival powers, we look at the various onscreen incarnations of the Justice League: Super Friends Running in various configurations from 1973 until 1986 on Saturday mornings (and still seen in reruns on Teletoon Retro), this is the super cheesy version, which at certain portions featured the Wonder Twins and Gleek, their caped blue monkey. Following on the Superman, Batman and Aquaman Filmation series, this was the first adaptation that brought the comic heroes together on the small screen. There were several iterations of this production, including TV-only characters that attempted to capture diversity, such as Black Lightning, Apache Chief and Samurai.
UN inaction persists and Darfur crimes too
January 27, 2008 — Is it a ZIONIST CONSPIRACY or GENOCIDE what has been happening in Darfur? This is a perpetual enquiry. The atrocities exercised against the people of Darfur are genocide. Genocide has taken place in Darfur. The recent developments by Professor George J. Andreopoulos of Department of Government, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York Author of Genocide: Conceptual and Historical Dimensions and others) outlines the criteria for establishing that genocide has happened: During the first 50 years after its ratification, the genocide convention lacked effective enforcement mechanisms, despite the fact that it contained provisions to enable the UN to enforce it. Although the convention stipulated that persons charged with genocide should be tried before an international penal tribunal or a tribunal of the state in which the crime was committed, no permanent penal tribunal existed at the international level until the early 21st century, and prosecutions at the domestic level were unlikely except in the rare case where a genocidal regime was overthrown and its officials were prosecuted by a successor regime.
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New iTunes movie rental, AppleTV, Netflix, MacBook Air, Eye-Fi…
At Macworld, Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed new iTunes movie rental service with 1,000 movies from all major studios. After download, user can watch it for 30 days. Pricing is $2.99 for older movies, $3.99 for new releases and $4.99 for new HD movies. The movies began playing 30 seconds after the download is initiated. The service will go live by the end of February. (One day before this announcement, Netflix revealed that all of their subscriber would be able to stream as many movies and TV shows as they want from a library containing more than 6,000 titles.) At the same Macworld event, Steve Jobs announced a cheaper version of AppleTV ($229) that will allow to downloading movies to the TV set, and the amazing ultralight laptop MacBook Air, which measures .76 inch think with the standard 80-gig hard drive, and only .16 inch thick with an optional flash memory drive.
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