GreenRoad Technologies, US-based provider of software-as-a-services (SaaS) driver behavior and fleet performance solutions, has unveiled an in-vehicle video system capable of recording untoward incidents or noteworthy events on the go. ...
Food safety law firm Ron Simon & Associates is suing poultry products firm Foster Farms for allegedly selling tainted chicken. The law firm, along with local counsel Gomez Trial Attorneys of San Diego, filed a lawsuit claiming that Foster ...
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The world’s first plastic transmission crossbeam in the rear axle subframe has been developed by ContiTech Vibration Control and BASF for the S-Class from Mercedes-Benz. It is made from the engineering plastic Ultramid A3WG10 CR, a ...
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Swedish automotive firm Scania will hand over 147 Euro 6-compliant buses, powered exclusively by gas, to the city of Cartagena in Colombia for Bus Rapid Transport (BRT), the country’s maiden urban transport in South America. Looking ...
Microchip Technology has announced that Kia Motors is enriching its infotainment system with powerful smart-phone connectivity in its flagship Kia K900 luxury sedan, using Microchip's OS81110 Intelligent Network Interface Controller (INIC). ...
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Researchers in South Korea have used electrochemical potentiostatic activation (EPA) to alter the hydrogen content in p-type gallium nitride (GaN) layers with a view to improved performance of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [June Key Lee et ...
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German automotive major Daimler has introduced a slew of measures combining Dynamic Select with Adaptive Damping System to subject the virtual prototype of new-generation A-Class models to a set of driving situations before translating them ...
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Over the past 10 years, visible light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been adopted widely in many different applications, as prices have fallen and new technologies have been developed to make full use of them. The infrared LED market is now ...
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US packaging firm MeadWestvaco (MWV) has inked a licensing agreement with design agency Burgopak for marketing the latter's medication adherence packaging. Burgopak's package is said to boost patient's adherence to medication through ...
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Consumers in India prefer cleanliness as the most important factor for visiting shopping centers, along with personal safety and security. Value retail is also a favored category for the price conscious Indian consumer. Convenience – ...
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Ford Motor has opened the door to its treasure trove of electrified vehicle technology patents for its competitors to assist the progress of research and development on that front. More than 650 electrified vehicle patents and around ...
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Switzerland-based PET products developer Sidel has launched a range of new packaging services to beverage manufacturers. The services include package and preform design, packaging optimization, liquid-package interaction analysis and ...
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Car crashes involving drivers losing their attention to cell phones add up to more than a quarter of all road mishaps in the US. National Safety Council, a nonprofit organization committed to saving lives, has estimated that car ...
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U.S. jewelry and watch sales across all channels fell 1.7 percent year on year to $5.386 billion in March, as estimated from preliminary government figures. According to Rapaport News calculations, jewelry sales dropped 1.5 percent to ...
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Korea Institute of Science and Technology has presented what it says is the first demonstration of indium gallium arsenide on-insulator (In0.53Ga0.47As-OI) transistors with a buried yttrium oxide (Y2O3 BOX) layer [SangHyeon Kim et al, IEEE ...