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Wearable Devices Announces Full Year 2023 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update

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Friday, March 15, 2024
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YOKNE’AM ILLIT, Israel, March 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wearable Devices Ltd. (Nasdaq: WLDS, WLDSW) (“Wearable Devices” or the “Company”), a technology growth company specializing in artificial intelligence (“AI")-powered touchless sensing wearables, today announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2023.

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  • YOKNE’AM ILLIT, Israel, March 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wearable Devices Ltd. (Nasdaq: WLDS, WLDSW) (“Wearable Devices” or the “Company”), a technology growth company specializing in artificial intelligence (“AI")-powered touchless sensing wearables, today announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2023.
  • “Partnerships represent a key part of our business, and we expect our B2B offerings to be a significant driver of revenue for us as we grow.
  • We’re seeing considerable interest in the Mudra Band, and during 2023 we commenced shipment of our first manufacturing batch to preorder customers.
  • For further details on the Company's financial results for the year ended December 31, 2023, please refer to the company's annual report on Form 20-F which is being filed with the SEC today.

Konica Minolta Healthcare Sponsors SPIE Best Student Paper Award

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
Medical physics, Clinical research, Physics, Konica Minolta, International Society, Optics, SPIE, Science, Grace, University, Education, Patient, Research, History, Facilitation, Doctor of Philosophy, Minolta, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Iodine, Biological engineering, Signal-to-noise ratio, Health, Medical imaging

WAYNE, N.J., March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas congratulates the winner and runners-up of the Best Student Paper Award given by the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) at its 2024 Medical Imaging Symposium in San Diego.

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  • WAYNE, N.J., March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas congratulates the winner and runners-up of the Best Student Paper Award given by the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) at its 2024 Medical Imaging Symposium in San Diego.
  • With a history of 150 years of innovation, Konica Minolta is committed to fostering the development of advanced technologies to visualize what is not visible.
  • As a multinational company invested in research to deliver innovations in imaging technologies, Konica Minolta sponsored the award as part of its continued commitment to education and support of young scientists in medical imaging.
  • “Konica Minolta is proud to be a sponsor of the SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium and excited to support research and innovation in basic science applied to medical imaging,” says John Sabol, Clinical Research Manager, Konica Minolta Healthcare.

MICLEDI Microdisplays Raises Series A Funding to Advance Best-in-Class microLED Display Design and Manufacturing

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
CMOS, Aluminium gallium indium phosphide, ASIC, Augmented reality, Application-specific integrated circuit, SPIE, KBC, Tier 1, RGB, GF, PMV, CES, Series, GlobalFoundries, MicroLED, Television

Series A follows a significant seed round award and additional non-dilutive funding in the form of grants and other vehicles from VLAIO.

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  • Series A follows a significant seed round award and additional non-dilutive funding in the form of grants and other vehicles from VLAIO.
  • This brings the company’s total funding to date to nearly $30 million.
  • “The company’s achievements during this seed round have been astounding,” said Sean Lord, CEO of MICLEDI.
  • Seed funding also enabled the company to prove best-in-class blue and green GAN-based microLED arrays with pixel-by-pixel microlenses in its unique 300mm flow.

H.I.G. Capital Announces Sale of ICG Group to SPIE Group

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Monday, March 11, 2024
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Capital (“H.I.G.“), a leading global alternative investment firm with $60 billion of capital under management, is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its German portfolio company ICG Group (the “company” or “ICG”) to SPIE Group, a European leader in multi-technical services in the areas of energy and communications, listed on the Paris stock exchange (Ticker: SPIE).

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  • Capital (“H.I.G.“), a leading global alternative investment firm with $60 billion of capital under management, is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its German portfolio company ICG Group (the “company” or “ICG”) to SPIE Group, a European leader in multi-technical services in the areas of energy and communications, listed on the Paris stock exchange (Ticker: SPIE).
  • ICG Group was initially launched in 2021, with H.I.G.’s platform investment in Infratech, which builds complex FTTx networks on behalf of public and private German network operators.
  • We have established ICG Group as the leading enabler of next-generation infrastructures and turnkey network solutions in Germany and beyond.
  • We are looking forward to continue ICG’s success story as part of SPIE Group."

Applied Materials Expands Patterning Solutions Portfolio for Angstrom Era Chipmaking

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Monday, February 26, 2024
Engineering, SAN, EUV, Intel, Research, Samsung Electronics, XP, CVD, Carbon, SPIE, Applied Materials, Pioneer, ALD, CMP, Memory, Photon, Process control, EBeam, Logic, Corporation, Printed circuit board

These yield-killing defects are becoming more prevalent as chipmakers implement angstrom era designs with narrower line and space patterns.

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  • These yield-killing defects are becoming more prevalent as chipmakers implement angstrom era designs with narrower line and space patterns.
  • In foundry-logic, Sym3 Y Magnum has already been adopted for critical etch applications at leading chipmakers and is now being deployed for EUV patterning in angstrom era nodes.
  • Since 2012, Applied Materials has made patterning a research and development priority, investing to deliver new products and solutions that help customers overcome their toughest patterning challenges, particularly in emerging EUV and High-NA EUV applications.
  • The company’s patterning product portfolio today includes CVD and ALD deposition; four types of materials removal (etch, selective materials removal, pattern shaping and CMP); thermal processes; and eBeam metrology.

Flinn Foundation Names Leadership of Arizona’s Statewide Bioscience Committee

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
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The committee, administered by the Flinn Foundation, is the statewide leadership group responsible for overseeing Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap, the long-term strategic plan to guide the growth and development of the state’s bioscience sector.

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  • The committee, administered by the Flinn Foundation, is the statewide leadership group responsible for overseeing Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap, the long-term strategic plan to guide the growth and development of the state’s bioscience sector.
  • Barton, who became a committee member in 2013, will be in a committee leadership position for the first time.
  • Over the next 18 months, the committee’s guidance will be critical in the Flinn Foundation’s planned update to Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap—the first since 2014.
  • Carter joins a distinguished group of community and bioscience leaders who have led the committee since its inception in 2002.

Gauss Labs and SK hynix Publish the Latest Results on AI-based Semiconductor Metrology Technology at SPIE AL 2024

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Thursday, February 29, 2024
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SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SK hynix Inc. (or "the company", www.skhynix.com) and Gauss Labs announced today that they participated in the SPIE AL* 2024, an international conference held in San Jose, California, and presented two papers based on the latest technology for AI-based metrology.

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  • In the paper "Model Aggregation for Virtual Metrology for High-Volume Manufacturing," Gauss Labs introduces "aggregated AOM*", an algorithm that increases the prediction accuracy of its AI-based virtual metrology solution, Panoptes VM (Virtual Metrology).
  • In its second paper, "Universal Denoiser to Improve Metrology Throughput," Gauss Labs introduces a "universal denoiser", which removes random variations (noise) from CD-SEM* images.
  • Through a series of extensive tests with SK hynix, Gauss Labs observed image acquisition time reduced to as much as ¼, compared to conventional technology.
  • Gauss Labs states that this technology is expected to improve the productivity of metrology equipment by 42%.

Samsung and Nova Publish Joint Research at SPIE Advanced Lithography Conference

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
AI, Samsung, Inspection, SPIE, VTS, Spectral interferometry, Process control, Raman spectroscopy, Metrology

REHOVOT, Israel, Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Nova (Nasdaq: NVMI) today announced that it will publish two co-authored papers with Samsung R&D Center research at SPIE Advanced Lithography 2024. The papers will be presented at the SPIE by Nova and Samsung, at the Metrology, Inspection and Process Control conference.

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  • REHOVOT, Israel, Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Nova (Nasdaq: NVMI) today announced that it will publish two co-authored papers with Samsung R&D Center research at SPIE Advanced Lithography 2024.
  • The papers will be presented at the SPIE by Nova and Samsung, at the Metrology, Inspection and Process Control conference.
  • The papers are a result of the continuous collaboration between the companies that is driving numerous innovative joint development programs to enhance advanced chip manufacturing.
  • The papers demonstrate multiple novel technologies Nova avails for advanced process control by developing unique solutions to measure critical parameters of interest on complex structures inside memory arrays.

m-oem Launches Updated Discover-It-Yourself Raman Modules: Custom OEM solutions for innovation

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
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PLAINSBORO, N.J., Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Laser Options

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  • m-oem announced new Raman spectroscopy capabilities with its Discover-It-Yourself (DIY) product line at the 2024 SPIE BiOS and Photonics West tradeshows.
  • The DIY platform pairs high-sensitivity B&W Tek component spectrometers and fiber-optic sampling probes with narrow linewidth lasers from Innovative Photonic Solutions (IPS).
  • Improvements in performance will help users develop new Raman applications and novel analysis methods with the benefit of customization.
  • For ultimate sampling flexibility, reliability, and accuracy, the DIY system can be fitted with a range of fiber optic probes.

Qunnect's QU-APC Device Wins Prestigious SPIE Prism Award in Quantum Technology

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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BROOKLYN, N.Y., Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Qunnect, a leader in quantum-secure networking technology, has been recognized by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, with a Prism Award in the quantum technology category for its QU-APC (Auto Polarization Compensator) instrument. The Prism Award is an annual international competition that honors the most innovative optics- and photonics-based technologies.

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  • BROOKLYN, N.Y., Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Qunnect, a leader in quantum-secure networking technology, has been recognized by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, with a Prism Award in the quantum technology category for its QU-APC (Auto Polarization Compensator) instrument.
  • The Prism Award is an annual international competition that honors the most innovative optics- and photonics-based technologies.
  • "Being recognized by SPIE with a Prism Award validates the industry need for QU-APC and Qunnect as a quantum innovator bringing real solutions to market."
  • On Qunnect's GothamQ network in New York City, the device has achieved transmission fidelities of >95% with >99% network uptime.