Apple’s completely wireless AirPods earphones will be on sale by the end of the month, according to a major French retailer. FNAC is taking pre-orders for the toothbrush head-esque audio accessory ahead of a planned in-stock date of ...
VPK's parent company in Oudegem, Belgium, has a new, ultra-modern machine. The case maker Martin 924 produces American boxes with 6-colour printing in a single pass. This means an increase in the total corrugated packaging capacity of 5 ...
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The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) has unveiled a new technology, which will improve Niagara region's ability to divert waste from landfills and manufacture products out of recyclable material. Niagara Region is claimed to ...
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The UK's University of Cambridge and Japan's National Institute for Materials Science have developed single-photon emission devices using layers of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), and transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) [Carmen ...
Keysight Technologies Inc of Santa Rosa, CA, USA (which provides electronic measurement instruments, systems and related software used in the design, development, manufacture, installation, deployment and operation of electronic equipment) ...
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Taiwan-made bathroom furniture with high quality and functionality, along with competitive prices, can help buyers to ride on U.S.’s bullish realty market. With U.S.'s realty and job markets continuously on the mend to sustain ...
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The value of the infrared (IR) LED market worldwide continues to grow due to rising demand in various applications markets, according to the 2016~2021 Global LED Industry Demand and Supply Database Report by LEDinside, a division of ...
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Two doctoral students and several research scientists from the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute attended last month’s SPIE Optics + Photonics conference to present research on new innovative ...
Imec and Ghent University in Belgium have used aspect ratio trapping (ART) techniques to produce indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) on 300mm-diameter silicon in a ridge format that could be used in future laser ...
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Researchers in the USA have grown two-dimensional (2D) layers of gallium nitride (GaN) using a graphene encapsulation on silicon carbide (SiC) substrate [Zakaria Y. Al Balushi et al, Nature Materials, published online 29 August 2016]. The ...
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For first-half 2016, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has reported revenue of £63m, up 18% on £53.2m in first-half 2015 (above the "at least 15% growth" given in a trading update in late July), ...
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The global radio frequency (RF) IC market will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 12% from 2016 to 2020, forecasts a report by Technavio. Asia-Pacific (APAC) is expected to be the main demand-generating region and ...
The project MIRPHAB (MidInfraRed PHotonics devices fABrication for chemical sensing and spectroscopic applications) has unveiled a chemical sensor capable of detecting drugs and explosives from a distance of 30m. Lasting from the ...
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The firm has designed a system that shoots a beam of light from a hilt, echoing the weapons favoured by Jedi and Sith within the Star Wars universe. Disney has taken the first steps to making every Star Wars fan’s dream a reality ...
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Increased adoption of biometrics security in mobile phones, close-circuit television and other consumer applications spurred revenue growth in the global market for infrared LEDs from $201.5m in 2014 to $241.4m in 2015, according to Jamie ...
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