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  Microvision to Exhibit New Automotive Head-Up Display and Novel Head-Worn Displays At SID 2004 Conference
Microvision's display products demonstrate the capabilities of the company's proprietary scanned beam technology to deliver superior displays in a variety of formats with high resolution, high contrast and excellent color saturation.
Headquartered in Bothell, Wash., Microvision Inc. is the world leader in the development of high-resolution displays and imaging systems based on the company's proprietary silicon micro-mirror technology.
Microvision has been working with Canon, BMW, the Electronics Research Lab of Volkswagen of America and others to develop a number of display and image capture product applications based on its proprietary scanned beam technology.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2004/05/20/195797.html   (728 words)

  
  Microvision to develop heads-up display - Boston.com
Microvision Inc., which makes scanning technologies for display and imaging products, said Tuesday it will work with a tier-1 automotive supplier to develop a commercial scanned-beam heads-up display product for the auto industry.
Microvision said it was withholding the name of the supplier and the details of the contract for confidentiality reasons.
Microvision shares rose 9 cents, or 6.8 percent, to $1.41 in morning trading on the Nasdaq.
www.boston.com /business/healthcare/articles/2006/09/26/microvision_to_develop_heads_up_display   (147 words)

  
 NEWS! - Microvision announces new display technology!
Microvision Inc., a Washington-based company which amongst other products manufactures retinal scanning displays which use a vibrating mirror to project images onto the human eye, has announced a breakthrough which has led to a new low-powered SVGA display.
Microvision claims that displays based on the new technology will be smaller, cheaper and have a power consumption of as little as 100 microwatts.
Microvision says that its scanning displays can provide superior image quality at a lower cost than competing miniature flat panel display technologies, and that the new drive method offers the potential for added advantages in applications that require very low power.
www.imaging-resource.com /NEWS/1017885811.html   (1153 words)

  
 Troubled Microvision Focuses on Turnaround - Technology - RedOrbit
Feb. 8--Less than a year after joining Microvision and three weeks after he was made chief executive, Alexander Tokman gave investors a blunt assessment of the company's failings Tuesday and outlined an ambitious plan to turn the once-promising technology provider around.
Microvision plans to reduce the number of R&D programs from 30 in 2005 to less than 10 this year.
Microvision demonstrated the technology at last month's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and hopes to sign an agreement with a hardware partner this year to continue development, Tokman said.
www.redorbit.com /news/technology/384061/troubled_microvision_focuses_on_turnaround/index.html?source=r_technology   (579 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Technology | 'Laser vision' offers new insights
US firm Microvision has developed a system that projects lasers onto the retina, allowing users to view images on top of their normal field of vision.
Microvision say the technology is safe because of very low strength of the laser used.
Microvision licensed the patent that came out of the research done at the University of Washington and has been working on the system ever since.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/technology/3647437.stm   (831 words)

  
 Tiny surgical camera in works for Microvision?
Microvision Inc., a Bothell high-tech maker of imaging systems and high-resolution displays, has signed a deal for up to $11.7 million with Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc., a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, for what could be the production of a tiny endoscopic camera.
Microvision also might raise more money later this month, when it will have the opportunity to sell shares of Lumera, a company spinoff in Bothell that makes disposable biochips and compact antennae.
Microvision, said Robinson, will be eligible to sell its 5.5 million shares at the end of this month.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /business/206396_microvision04.html   (718 words)

  
 Technology Review: Pocket Projectors
Microvision, based in Redmond, WA, hopes to solve this problem with a microprojector the company plans to reveal at next year's Consumer Electronics Show.
The projector developed at Microvision is composed of two main parts: a set of red, blue, and green lasers made of semiconductor material, such as gallium indium arsenide, and a mirror--one millimeter across--that tilts on two axes.
Integrated into the Microvision mirror, he says, are silicon mechanical structures that measure strain on the mirror, detecting what position it's in.
www.technologyreview.com /BizTech/17860   (1128 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Two Microvision executives leave
Rutkowski, who had worked as an executive at Microvision since 1994, said he was given three hours to resign or be terminated Thursday.
Microvision expects to hold a conference call within the quarter to report on its strategic and operating plans for the future.
Tokman came to Microvision from GE Healthcare, a subsidiary of General Electric, where he was general manager of its Global Molecular Imaging & Radiopharmacy unit.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/businesstechnology/2002739021_microvision14.html   (524 words)

  
 Microvision News
Microvision developed the world's smallest and thinnest projector engine that can be implanted in a mobile phone or PDA or as a separate accessory display.
Microvision says that it will unveil and demonstrate during the Consumer Electronics Show, a miniature full-color projection display that is small enough to be embedded inside mobile phones.
Microvision today announced that it will unveil at CES an ultra-miniature full-color digital projection display approximately the size of a Thin Mint candy, designed to be embedded into handheld electronic...
www.topix.net /com/mvis?scoring=d   (664 words)

  
 Tokman Discusses PicoP Projector: SID Daily News, June 7, 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
PicoP is being designed to be embedded inside portable mobile devices such as a cell phone or a PDA.This is a response to inquiries to Microvision from hand-set manufacturers who are looking at adding a “big screen” experience for users of mobile personal devices.
With Microvision’s IPM embedded into devices such as cell phones or PDAs, the user gets an enriched visual experience and the projected image remains in focus at any distance.
Microvision's Integrated Photonics Module (IPM) is expected to support a variety of product applications from wearable displays for rugged helmet mounted versions for military personnel to future lightweight full-color eyewear for consumers.
www.microvision.com /AlikInterview2.html   (829 words)

  
 Microvision Names William Sydnes as Chief Operating Officer
Sydnes brings to Microvision over 35 years of experience in business-to-business applications and consumer technology with a demonstrated track record of operational success.
Poised as we are to bring our first commercial product to market, his breadth of experience will add depth to our team to help propel Microvision to the next stage in our growth." Sydnes noted he was particularly excited about helping Microvision solidify its position as a market leader.
About Microvision Headquartered in Bothell, Wash., Microvision, Inc. is the developer of the patented retinal scanning display technology and a world leader in micro-miniature optical scanning technology for display and imaging applications.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/07-12-2001/0001531470   (620 words)

  
 Planet Sinclair: Televisions: Microvision
The prototype Microvision was a 2" 405-line receiver which would handle all 13 channels in bands I to III.
It was simply too difficult to manufacture, test, service and repair, due to the way that it had been constructed.
Technology had also moved on, and the Microvision returned to the drawing board for another decade.
www.nvg.ntnu.no /sinclair/televisions/microvision.htm   (269 words)

  
 Microvision Instruments: the company
Microvision Instruments, created in 1992, is a French company with a capital of 135 000 Euros, headquartered at Evry (30 km south of Paris nearby the Orly airport), which designs and markets image analysis measurement systems.
The services provided by Microvision Instruments allow it to respond to any problematic formulated by its customers, to write a specification during the realization of solutions, to commit these solutions to production, and then to deliver and install a finished product.
These services may be proposed alone or as a complement to standard products.
www.microvision.fr /societe/societe_uk.htm   (160 words)

  
 Microvision Link - Mel Secure Systems Ltd
Microvision links are a range of wireless video products which allow professional security installers to transmit video, audio and alarm signals wirefree over distances of up to 4km.
Microvision offers ease of installation in many different applications, particularly where the laying of cables would cause major disruption and involve high costs or for temporary installations such as building sites.
Microvision transmitters and receivers are self-contained units requiring only a 12 volt supply allowing any composite video input to be transmitted to the receiver, which can then be connected to any standard CCTV control equipment.
www.melsecuresystems.co.uk /microvisionlink.html   (248 words)

  
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Microvision FAQ Version 0.08 Copyright (c) 1994, 1995 Joseph M. Huber All rights reserved.
Still, the Microvision was a pioneer, overcoming the limitations of the light-emitting-diode displays that were standard for hand-held games at the time.
Microvision will alert you periodically with a signal if you leave the power on when you are not playing the game.
www.videogames.org /html/MicrovisionStuff/MicrovisionFAQ   (2949 words)

  
 Analyst News Sparks Movie Gallery, Microvision - Word on the Street
Microvision Inc. (NASDAQ: MVIS) is also higher after analysts at MDB Capital Group initiated coverage with a "buy" rating.
Shares of Microvision are up 11% to $3.05 on three times the daily average volume.
Movie Gallery has a float of 27 million shares and an enormous short position of 9.9 million shares, while Microvision has a float of 39 million shares and a growing short position of 3.31 million shares that has increased by 50% over just the past month.
www.antandsons.com /2006/12/analyst-news-sparks-movie-gallery.html   (371 words)

  
 Microvision
Moving back to the Microvision itself, it was an innovative little Liquid Crystal Display device that came to the scene way back in 1979.
Secondly, the Microvision has a roller dial on the bottom that was common place in games like Pong.
Bottom-line: The Microvision may be the first ever portable game system but times have changed and the portable systems of today just have more to offer.
ryangenno.tripod.com /sub_pages/Microvision.htm   (466 words)

  
 HeraldNet: Microvision eyes consumer market   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
That's the future Microvision Inc. sees, and it announced a shift at the top management ranks Thursday that could help the Bothell developer of display technologies focus on the lucrative consumer electronics sector.
Rick Rutkowski, Microvision's chief executive officer, announced the hiring of a GE Healthcare executive as company president, allowing the former president to head the company's consumer efforts.
Microvision's stock gained 42 cents, or nearly 8 percent, to close at $5.74 a share.
heraldnet.com /stories/05/07/08/100bus_microvision001.cfm   (509 words)

  
 Software Magazine - Microvision Copes with Growing Pains
Until recently, most of the projects at Microvision were outside contracts and sponsored U.S. government development programs.
Microvision's retinal scanning display (RSD) is a wearable or head-mounted display device for looking at computer or video information.
Microvision is beginning now to roll out the Web-based personal time-keeping module, Project Office Express, which gives users browser access to project information.
www.softwaremag.com /L.cfm?Doc=archive/2000apr/Microvision.html   (826 words)

  
 Microvision Joins the Symbian Platinum Partner Programe to drive development of commercial Bar Code Scanning ...
Microvision Joins the Symbian Platinum Partner Programe to drive development of commercial Bar Code Scanning applications for the world’s leading smartphone OS Symbian.com home
As a Platinum Partner, Microvision is extending its Flic Cordless Laser Bar Code Scanner product to the Symbian ecosystem, to promote the development of feature-rich commercial bar code reading applications for Symbian OS.
Headquartered in Redmond, Wash., Microvision, Inc. is the world leader in the development of high-resolution displays and imaging systems based on the company's proprietary silicon micro-mirror technology.
www.symbian.com /news/cn/2006/cn20068359.html   (597 words)

  
 Microvision and Microdiagnostics
The proposed research activities and collaborations inside and outside EPFL correspond to the wish of developing life sciences abroad and of establishing horizontal links on themes of common interest.
In the past ten years of activity, the Microvision and Microdiagnostics Group has developed pioneering works in the field of coherent optical imaging by proposing a new microscopy technique, called Digital Holographic Microscopy (DHM), for the determination of three-dimensional structure of semi-transparent objects.
The method is based on the acquisition of a hologram formed by an object beam passing through a microscope objective and interfering with a reference beam.
apl.epfl.ch /page12232.html   (356 words)

  
 Microvision, Inc. Information | Business.com
It is organized into two segments : Microvision, which is engaged in scanned beam displays and related technologies and Lumera, which is engaged in optical systems components technology.
The Lumera segment develops and commercializes a new class of organic non-linear chromopore materials, which can be used to change the properties of light waves used to transmit information.
Microvision accounted for 94% of 2002 revenues and Lumera, 6%.
www.business.com /directory/electronics_and_semiconductors/electronic_components/electronic_display_devices/microvision,_inc/profile   (307 words)

  
 Computer Microvision
Computer Microvision is a tool for in situ visualization of the motions of internal structures in MEMS, that operates by combining light microscopy, video imaging, and machine vision.
The Computer Microvision test stations deployed at the MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), and the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center (BSAC) each consist of a Zeiss Axioplan 2 laboratory microscope, equipped with long working distance objectives.
Periodic waveform stimulation, stroboscopic illumination, and exposure control of the camera are accomplished by a single custom hardware module, which is interfaced to the host computer via the parallel port.
www.mems-exchange.org /projects/matisse/guide/microvision.html   (703 words)

  
 Laser Focus World - Microvision joins with laser OEM to accelerate laser development
Under the agreement, Microvision will fund several design and development activities undertaken by the laser OEM with the objective to develop an improved green solid-state laser light source to be used in scanning applications designed and manufactured by or for Microvision.
Microvision expects this development effort to yield prototype devices suitable for integration into its rapidly evolving, highly miniaturized Integrated Photonics Module (IPM) device architecture.
Microvision has previously announced that it is focusing on three primary applications for IPM: automotive and aero heads-up display applications and personal color eyewear.
lfw.pennnet.com /Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=261070&p=12   (274 words)

  
 Microvision Unveils Tiny Digital Projector   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Microvision today announced that it will unveil at CES an ultra-miniature full-color digital projection display approximately the size of a Thin Mint candy, designed to be embedded into handheld electronic devices such as cellphones, PDAs, or multimedia handhelds.
From the department of redundancy department, Microvision has announced today that they will be unveiling (announcing) a prototype miniature digital projector at CES next week.
It looks like Microvision tends to favor the diminutive kind, however, as the company is looking to showcase its "ultrathin, miniature full-color projection display" at next week's CES.
tailrank.com /1039281/Microvision-Unveils-Tiny-Digital-Projector   (584 words)

  
 Microvision Inc - Profile & Snapshot | Reuters.com
Microvision, Inc. designs and markets scanned beam display and image capture products.
The Company has also developed demonstration scanned beam displays, including hand-held and head-worn color versions, and is refining and developing its scanned beam display technology for potential medical, defense, industrial, aerospace and consumer applications.
During the year ended December 31, 2005, 35% of Microvision's consolidated revenue was derived from performance on a limited number of development contracts with the United States Government.
www.investor.reuters.com /GoTo.aspx?nss=www&ticker=MVIS.O&.t=/stocks/quickinfo/companyprofile/overview&WTmodLoc=InvArt-L1-MarketView-3   (221 words)

  
 Microvision: Investor Relations - Press Releases
The notes are convertible at the option of the holders into shares of Microvision common stock at a fixed conversion price of $6.84 per share or exchangeable into shares of Lumera Corporation common stock owned by Microvision at a fixed exchange price of $5.64 per share.
Subject to conditions, interest is payable at Microvision's option in cash or Microvision common stock and principal is payable in cash, Microvision common stock or Lumera stock.
Microvision has agreed to register the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes and upon exercise of the warrants for resale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
phx.corporate-ir.net /phoenix.zhtml?c=114723&p=irol-newsArticle&t=Regular&id=684627&   (418 words)

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