Harvard University researchers have developed a squishy robot that can disguise itself or change its color to stand out from its background. Those features, scientists say, could help surgeons plan complicated operations or aid search and ...
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Harvard University scientists are working on an Iron Man-like smart suit that could improve soldiers' endurance in war zones. The university received a $2.6 million research grant for the project from DARPA (Defense Advanced Research ...
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For third-quarter 2012, RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has reported revenue of $200.8m, down 7% on $216m a year ago but up 13% on $178m last quarter, driven by ...
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For its next generation of supercomputers,Cray has focused on radically improving the I/O(input/output)of individual nodes.The new XC30 supercomputer will feature a new interconnect,called Aries,and a new routing topology that together ...
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The DARPA Robotics Challenge, one of the most rigorous tests of robotic ability ever conceived, kicked off on Wednesday. The contest sets teams of engineers from around the US and the world a set of Herculean robot trials that promise to ...
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RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA has been awarded a$2.1m contract from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA)to enhance the thermal efficiency of gallium nitride(GaN)circuits used in high-power radar and other ...
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Michael Ossmann,co-founder of Great Scott Gadgets,is developing HackRF,a software-defined radio(SDR)that lets you switch between radio frequencies on the fly. Most wireless gadgets,like the 3G antenna in a phone,operate using a fixed ...
Free-space laser comms to boost Marines'bandwidth 11 Sep 2012 US Navy awards$7M contract for ITT Exelis and Novasol to build a line-of-sight system to handle escalating data needs. Intelligence,surveillance and reconnaissance:data crunch ...
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Software control Raydiance,the California-based developer of packaged femtosecond laser technology targeted at manufacturing and machining applications,has announced the completion of a round of growth financing worth$20 million. The ...
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Researchers hope they can sharply reduce the number of car accidents by enabling vehicles to communicate with each other--and they're putting the theory to the test in Ann Arbor,Mich. On Tuesday,researchers at the University of Michigan ...
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Ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV LED) maker Sensor Electronic Technology Inc (SETi) of Columbia, SC, USA has been awarded a program from the US Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop a self-contained portable water purification ...
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US defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp has demonstrated an 850GHz integrated receiver that brings the firm much closer to being first to reach a US Department of Defense goal for developing transistor-based electronics that can operate ...
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For second-quarter 2012,RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro,OR,USA has reported revenue of$178m,down 22%on$228.8m a year ago and down 18%on$216.7m in Q1/2012(exceeding the ...
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Fully charged:Lockheed Martin's Stalker Wireless power transmission,a notion whose principles were pondered by Nikola Tesla and Arthur C.Clarke amongst others,may soon be put to practical use as a means to extend the flying time of ...
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Despite a cumulative silicon carbide (SiC) raw wafer and epiwafer market that will not exceed $80m in 2012, the body of related patents comprises more than 1772 patent families and over 350 companies since 1928, according to the report ...
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