Dan Flavin is one of the founding fathers of light art and has been knee deep in the art light galleries since way back in 1960′s. His beginning pieces used some of the first types of fluorescent light bulbs available. As technology ...
As Opel continues to face losses, the European arm of General Motors has approved the closure of a German plant, at the cost of more than 3000 workers. Reuters reports Opel‘s decision to cease production at its 50-year-old Bochum ...
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Preregistration is now open for National Manufacturing Week (NMW 2013), 7-10 May in Melbourne, which will this year focus on solutions that help manufacturers target new, higher value sectors as well as boosting their day-to-day operations. ...
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Online payment service provider WorldPay has reduced the time it takes to perform analysis and management of firewalls from minutes to just 20 seconds, thanks to the tools provided by operational intelligence firm Splunk. That's what ...
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OLED lighting developments are taking place worldwide, with a lot of the research focused on phosphorescent OLED materials, which have a theoretical luminous efficacy four times higher than fluorescent materials. Last month, Konica Minolta ...
The online virtual currency Bitcoin has generated some serious buzz lately, with its value soaring past US$200 for the first time this week. Now a smaller player hopes to emerge as a rival by processing transactions faster and giving its ...
US-based Nordson and Henkel in Germany have announced the commercial launch of the Freedom Integrated Hot Melt Packaging Solution. The solution combines tankless Freedom Series hot melt dispensing equipment of Nordson with Henkel's ...
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Research report looks at possible approaches and design principles, and determines the limits of weight reduction. The tighter requirements of the new EnEV have dramatically increased the popularity of energy-efficient ...
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A lawn mower is a machine that uses a revolving blade or blades to cut a lawn at an even height. Lawn mowers employing a blade that rotates about a vertical axis are known as rotary mowers, while those employing a blade assembly that ...
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Canton, Ohio-based The Timken Company announced Wednesday the completion of three previously announced capital investment projects totaling $85 million. The Steel business investments include an open-die in-line forge press at the Faircrest ...
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With embedded control systems, the risk of software defects becomes evermore critical and qualification of test and development tools is a useful approach for designers, writes Jeremy Twaits Oil and water - fire and ice - complexity and ...
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Taiwan National Tsing Hua University has been studying ways to improve the modulation performance of high-output-power nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Chien-Lan Liao et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, published online ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to Monteris Medical's NeuroBlate system for the treatment of brain tumors and other lesions. The MRI system embedded in the device provides visualization and allows ...
Premium lingerie brand for ladies with a fuller bust, Curvy Kate has rewarded end-to-end international logistics service provider Torque for its support with a new contract. The Harrow-based client, a specialist in designing and producing ...
Silk fabric was first developed in ancient China,with some of the earliest examples found as early as 3500 BC. Legend gives credit for developing silk to a Chinese empress, Leizu (Hsi-Ling-Shih, Lei-Tzu). Silks were originally reserved for ...
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