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• Zecotek's New CW Narrow-Band Ti: Sapphire Laser Selected by University of Waterloo.

  - 2007-11-15

  VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Nov 15, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Zecotek Medical Systems Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMS)(FRANKFURT:W1I) today announced the selection of its CW Ti: Sapphire laser, model TIS-FD-08/A-scan-WV, by the Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Canada. The laser is the latest ultra-wide tunable laser...

  Tags: HARDWARE, laser, Semiconductors, Texas Instruments Inc., University of Waterloo

• Keith Peiris.(Distinction)(Canada's Top 20 Under 20)(Brief article)(Thumbnail biography)

  - 2006-10-01

  Keith Peiris, a nanotechnology engineering student at the University of Waterloo UW, is one of Canada's Top 20 Under 20[TM]. Peiris was just 11 years old when he started his company, Cyberteks Design, which provides Web development, e-commerce, and multimedia solutions. Since its start in 1999,...

  Tags: Canada, HARDWARE, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, University of Waterloo

• W.B. Pearson.(In Memoriam)

  - 2005-10-01

  W.B. Pearson, long-time member of the TMS Committee on Alloy Phases, authored several books and many scientific papers on low-temperatures physics, physical metallography, Fermi surface, the chemistry of semiconductors, and crystallography while working at the National Research Council in Ottawa, Canada (1952-69) and the University ...

  Tags: Alloy, Canada, chemistry, HARDWARE, Ottawa, Semiconductors, University of Waterloo

• E-Mobile's RF Tune, Inc. Should Benefit Materially from 42 Percent Growth of Wi-Fi Chipset Market to $1 Billion, According to Unstrung Insider, a Wi-Fi Industry Publication

  - 2004-09-20

  PLANO, Texas -- RF Tune, Inc. believes its new chipset designs for Wi-Fi applications in laptop computers and PDA's will participate significantly in the positive industry growth trends. Their smart antenna chips can increase network capacity, enhance the quality of voice and data services, expand cell phone communication range, and...

  Tags: benefit, Chipsets, Components, Handhelds, HARDWARE, PDAs, phone, Semiconductors, Strategy, University of Waterloo, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• Betacom engages Dr. Richard I. Hornsey, a world re-known leader in CMOS technology to develop low cost micro-cameras for its proprietary low vision enhancement solutions for the Visually Impaired@ Video Optics to enhance useable sight.

  - 2000-10-20

  TORONTO, Oct 20, 2000 Betacom Corporation Inc., (CDNX, symbol YCA) an innovator in life enhancement technologies for disabled and elderly individuals, announced that it has retained Dr. Richard I. Hornsey of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, to ...

  Tags: CMOS, Components, Dr., HARDWARE, leader, Memory, Richard, Semiconductors, Strategy, University of Waterloo, vision