Cree, Inc. announces commercial availability of the 750-lumen LMR2 LED Module—delivering lighting manufacturers an integrated platform to help speed time to market and lower initial cost for LED lighting in residential markets. The ...
Cree expanded its industry-leading CXA family with new 95-CRI options and two new LEDs, offering lighting manufacturers high-performance, design versatility and low cost in one robust platform. Delivering up to twice the efficacy of ...
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The Maine Department of Transportation selected Acuity Brands' Holophane HMAO luminaires to improve the lighting for driver safety and to reduce energy costs at light towers along Interstate 295. Back in the summer of 2012, we covered the ...
In the field of heavy engineering and manufacturing, Electrical Safety was always an important issue. Electricity once out of control can cause havoc and be fatal. It does not give any time to react, so precautionary measures are so very ...
Given Android and iOS together control 90% of the worldwide smartphone market, what chance does Mozilla have to find success with its new Firefox OS for smartphones? Will Firefox OS even matter, given the struggles Windows Phone, ...
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Fugitive document leaker Edward Snowden has formally applied for political asylum in Russia after spending eight days in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. The Reuters news agency quoted an unnamed Russian immigration ...
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If Pinterest is looking over its shoulder, it's probably keeping an eye on We Heart It, an image-based social networking site that has quietly amassed a user base of 20 million. We Heart It is a social site focused on photos, much like ...
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The European Union (EU) has imposed a tentative anti-dumping tariff of 11.8% on solar products imported from China and is negotiating with the China government. If both sides reach a settlement, China-based makers will have to hike product ...
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Data from the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) shows that the nation has experienced a net import of wheat, corn and rice. It imported about 13.17 million tons of grains in 2012, of which about 3.42 million tons were wheat, 5.15 millions were ...
Tags: Wheat, Corn, Rice, Agriculture
Yahoo is slimming itself down again by axing 12 of its products, part of an ongoing effort to sharpen its focus on services it thinks people need in their daily lives. The list includes AltaVista, the granddaddy of search engines, and ...
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T-Mobile said Friday that it has signed an agreement to buy 10MHz of Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) wireless spectrum from U.S. Cellular for $308 million in cash. The spectrum is meant to improve and expand T-Mobile's existing 4G LTE ...
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Japan's Pioneer has launched a car navigation system that uses heads-up displays and virtual reality to guide drivers. Pioneer's new car navigation system includes a heads up display that mounts on the ceiling and uses a laser to ...
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In its newest TV ads, Verizon Wireless brags that it has "America's largest 4G LTE network" -- an obvious response to AT&T's claim that if offers "the nation's fastest 4G LTE network." In the continuing war between the nation's two ...
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According to data released by the US Census Bureau, the US’s imports of cut-to-length plates totaled 61,313 tons in May, slumping from 114,141 tons from April and decreasing from 112,118 tons in the same month of 2012. In May, ...
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It is reported that Brazilian distributors reduced its outlook of growth of flat steel sales in 2013 from 6% to 2.5%. According the distributors association INDA, the domestic sale of flat steel in this May dropped 9.4% compared to the ...
Tags: Steel Distributors, Steel Sales