China can now boast of having the largest contiguous construction after New Century Globe Centre, an 18-storey, glass-and-steel frame structure, opened above a new subway station in Chengdu, Sichuan province. It is 100 metres high, 500 ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Building
Power Integrations introduced its LYTSwitch-0 ICs on June 18, a new series of devices within the LYTSwitch family. LYTSwitch-0 ICs come with a unique combination of simplicity, reliability and efficiency. These new LED driver ICs would be ...
Tags: Power Integrations, LED Lamps, LED Driver, ICs Low Power
Raspberry Pi owners can now quickly and easily turn their Pi into a low-cost media center for their home or office, with a new XBMC bundle from element14. One of a strong pipeline of Raspberry Pi solutions to be launched this year, ...
Tags: Raspberry Pi, Element14, Media Center
Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay calls for STCW audit assistance at GL Maritime Round Table Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 Germany and the EU cannot possibly have world-class efficient commercial ships manned by Filipinos today, and ...
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Yes, now lightbulbs can glow red when your squeeze arrives The Philips Hue lightbulbs are the Internet of Things made real: multicoloured light bulbs with network connectivity and cloud control, with only the outrageous price preventing ...
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One in 10 computers in secondary schools will be a tablet by the end of 2013, according to research carried out by the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA). It is estimated that there are now 141,000 tablets in UK secondary ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
NY Kids Fashion Week and Europe's kid's wear exhibitions for the upcoming season have come and gone, and the verdict is in: Kids fall 2013 clothing trends offer the perfect fusion of rich fabrics, lux details, high-end fashion and quirky, ...
Tags: Apparel
A freelance Java developer claims it took him only 30 days to build and launch a basic open source office suite that runs on multiple OSes. Called Joeffice, it works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux as well as in browsers, according to the ...
Tags: Java, Computer Products, Office Suite
Plastic packaging manufacturer Plastic Ingenuity (PI) is all set to exhibit its new line of custom and stock food packaging at the IDDBA's Dairy-Deli-Bake Seminar & Expo taking place from 2-4 June 2013 at Orange County Convention Center, ...
Tags: Plastic packaging, Food Packaging
The new look for the Norwegian cookie brand coincides with an improved product recipe and refreshes the overall Café Bakeriet brand identity as well as the individual pack designs across the 5-strong cookie range. Café ...
Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 5/16/2013 6:31:56 PM DuPont celebrated the silver anniversary of its global packaging awards program Thurs. night, May 16, granting top honors to U.K.-based design firm ...
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DuPont celebrated the silver anniversary of its global packaging awards program last night, granting top honors to U.K.-based design firm pi 3 for AidPod, which delivers life-saving medicine to remote sub-Saharan villages. This unique ...
LED lighting control Control characteristics of LEDs The optimum switching and dimming behaviour of LEDs makes them ideal for integration in ...
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Distributors Digi-Key and Mouser are taking orders for "Raspberry Pi competitor" the BeagleBone Black $45 computer based around a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor. The BeagleBone Black board is aimed at educational, hobbyist and professional ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Open-source board maker BeagleBoard.org has introduced a bare-bones PC starting at $45, bringing it closer to the popular Raspberry Pi, which offers basic models for $25 and $35. The $45 BeagleBoard Black has no casing and comes in the ...