For most of us, a modern lifestyle without polymers is unthinkable…if only we knew what they were. The ordinary hardware-store terms we use for them include "plastics, polyethylene, epoxy resins, paints, adhesives, rubber" -- without ...
Computer simulations have revealed how the electrical conductivity of many materials increases with a strong electrical field in a universal way. This development could have significant implications for practical systems in ...
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology want to put your signature up in lights – tiny lights, that is. Using thousands of nanometer-scale wires, the researchers have developed a sensor device that converts mechanical ...
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Displaybank's recent market report on the cost competiveness of LED chips. This report conducts a thorough analysis on the supply price history, trends and forecast of main materials that compose packaged LEDs across the entire LED value ...
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Transistors in ultra-high definition displays (UHD) possess particularly fine structures. Only extremely pure sputtering targets are suitable for use as the input materials for the fine conductor paths. "UHD-ready" will be the motto when ...
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Colors are playing an increasingly important role in the automotive sector. Consumers can not only choose the exterior color of the vehicle, you can also tailor the interior lighting to the customer’s individual taste. Thanks to the ...
Cree, Inc. today announced a technology breakthrough for the LED street lighting market. The XSPR LED Residential Street Light delivers better lighting while consuming over 65 percent less energy at an initial cost as low as $99 for common ...
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Canonical has claimed its first corporate backer for its Ubuntu Edge smartphone after Bloomberg, the financial news giant, signed up to the $80,000 "Enterprise 100" package. Canonical has resorted to the Indiego "crowdfunding" website in ...
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The Australian state of Queensland has said that it will not allow IBM to enter any new contracts with the state government "until it improves its governance and contracting practices". The ban was made in a statement today by Premier ...
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has invited Claire Perry, the Devizes MP who is Prime Minister David Cameron's 'advisor on childhood' to dinner - so that he can tell her how wrong her plan for internet web filtering is. Perry is the driving ...
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BlackBerry 10 smartphones are "very good" devices and don't deserve the negative reaction they often receive, Adrian Collinson, Head of IT for the Force India Formula 1 team has told Computing, with security a key benefit for the outfit. ...
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PC sales in Western Europe crashed by 20 per cent in the second quarter, according to analyst group Gartner, with Acer and Asus experiencing crushing falls in sales of more than 40 per cent. Gartner's Meike Escherich, principal research ...
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International Airlines Group (IAG) has chosen to deploy Microsoft Office 365 for its 58,000 employees, enabling staff to collaborate with each other across the globe. The group, one of the largest in the aviation industry, formed via the ...
Patching and security updates have eaten the most into IT technicians' time over the last three years, while licencing is responsible for the most expenditure from IT budgets, research by Computing has revealed. Over 100 IT professionals ...
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The shake-out of the mobile phone market has continued with the news that Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic is to discontinue making smartphones. It comes a week after its rival NEC announced a similar withdrawal. However, ...
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