Fiber optics is the heart of the system that allows driving high bandwidth to customers. Optical fibers with low attenuation are like big pipes that will ensure high quality internet connectivity. Many tele-communication companies are in ...
Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab Inc of Sylmar, CA, USA has raised its world record for energy conversion efficiency in a ground-based solar cell without solar concentration from 37.8% (set in April) to 38.8%, as verified by the US Department ...
Volvo has employed the services of former action movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme to demonstrate a steering system for its FM-series trucks. Claimed to “demonstrate the stability and precision of Volvo Dynamic Steering”, the ...
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ZSW (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung — or Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research — Baden-Württemberg) in Stuttgart, Germany has raised its energy conversion efficiency record for thin-film ...
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Pioneering technology developed by AkzoNobel's Sikkens paint brand has helped power the Dutch Nuna7 solar vehicle to victory in this year's World Solar Challenge. Staged between Darwin and Adelaide in Australia, the 3,000km race - which ...
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The 2013 World Solar Challenge has been won by a team from The Netherlands, with its solar-powered racer crossing the line more than 100km ahead of its nearest rival. The Dutch Nuon Solar Team took victory ahead of the Japanese Tokai ...
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Semprius Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, has raised its own world record for mass-produced photovoltaic module efficiency from 33.9% (announced in January 2012) to 35.5% ...
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A team of students from the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands has broken the electric vehicle acceleration world record in a self-built single-seat open-wheeler. Dubbed the DUT12, the DUT Racing team’s racing car ...
After giving a trading update for first-half 2013 in late July, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has confirmed record revenue of £63m (up 84% from £34.3m for first-half 2012). EBITDA (earnings ...
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The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany, concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system maker Soitec of Bernin, France, micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti in Grenoble, France and the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin ...
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Chinese company Jin Baohua Carpets has manufactured the largest one-piece rug ever made by using more than 3000 kg of New Zealand wool. The giant rug covers 1018 sq m, and was made by a team of 100 workers who took two months to finish it. ...
An American man has taken the title for owning the world’s smallest road-legal car. After discovering the measurements he had to beat to claim the title, custom car maker Austin Coulson built a fully functional four-wheeler ...
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Goodyear is one of the world's largest tyre companies. It employs approximately 69,000 people and manufactures its products in more than 57 facilities in 23 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centres in Akron, Ohio and ...
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TeraXion Inc of Quebec, Canada (which designs and manufactures optical components and modules for high-speed fiber-optic transmission networks, fiber lasers and optical sensing applications) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) ...
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Oracle has claimed its newly launched ZS3 Series storage offers better throughput, latency, price and performance than NetApp, EMC, IBM and HP systems. Citing "new world record performance", Oracle said the disk storage solution enables ...
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