The updated BMW 5 Series range is now on sale in Australia, offering refreshed styling, enhanced equipment levels, powertrain upgrades and a revised price list. The update introduces the subtle but sophisticated design tweaks revealed in ...
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The Skoda Octavia RS has made its world debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England. Unveiled in both sedan and wagon guises, and arriving locally in early-2014, the new Skoda Octavia RS is the Czech brand’s quickest ...
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Nokia's latest device, the Lumia 1020 smartphone, has been leaked just ahead of the Finnish phone maker's official launch of the device in New York on Thursday. The first leaked image unveiled the model name as the Nokia Lumia 1020, ...
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The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington DC has developed a method to grow epitaxial nitride semiconductors on graphene [Neeraj Nepal et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, p061003, 2013]. The researchers hope that this could lead to ...
Tags: Graphene, Electrical, Electronics, hot-electron transistors
A new rear-wheel-drive base model, a new eight-speed auto and improved fuel efficiency form three of the major changes to the new Jeep Grand Cherokee. This is the first significant makeover for the current generation of the American ...
Land Rover has announced pricing and specifications for the Range Rover Sport, which will arrive in Australian showrooms in November. The Range Rover Sport line-up will start at $102,800 for the TDV6 SE, powered by a 190kW/600Nm ...
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Plasma etch, deposition and thermal wafer processing equipment maker SPTS Technologies Ltd of Newport, Wales, UK (a Bridgepoint portfolio company) has acquired XACTIX Inc of Pittsburgh, PA, USA, which is claimed to be the market-leading ...
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Italian auto components maker Magneti Marelli has opened a new automotive lighting plant in Pulaski city, Tennessee in the US. The company has invested about $54m in the new production unit, which manufactures headlamps and rear ...
The world's most famous smile portrayed in Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa has been lit up with LEDs supplied by Toshiba. The lighting of the Mona Lisa and other important paintings at Paris' Louvre museum, has seen the ...
Samsung Electronics has expanded the S4 family yet again with the 16-megapixel Galaxy S4 Zoom, a lighter version of last year's Galaxy Camera. The Galaxy S4 Zoom can be described as an S4 Mini with a 10x optical zoom attached to the back ...
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FHN, a non-profit organisation, is utilising Xenex Healthcare Services' Xenex robot to disinfect patient rooms, operating rooms and other areas. Requiring only 5-10 minutes to disinfect a room, the Xenex system is considered to be the ...
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Serial-drive Pixel Light implementations can lead to streamlined, modular control solutions for AFS systems, leading to greatly enhanced night-time driving safety. Only 25% of travel by car takes place in the hours of darkness, yet over ...
Model-by-model specifications have been released for the Holden VF Commodore range that goes on sale in June. As previously confirmed, the new Holden Commodore sedan and Sportwagon are between $5000 and $9800 cheaper than before, the Ute ...
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In any automobile, lighting is a very essential component. With continuous developments in LED and adaptive lighting technologies, many automotive manufacturers have ended up lowering the level of energy consumption in various lighting ...
Transparent and translucent ceramics are on the verge of being put to industrial use as new optical materials that offer great potential. As part of the publicly funded research project OptokeraMat, SCHOTT Research and Development has laid ...
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