Researchers have developed a new packaging featuring an electronic sensor circuit, which can determine if the food is safe to eat. This technology can be used as an alternative to ‘best before dates’, which is often a cautious ...
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Plastic electronics technology developed in Europe has used to process the first printed analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) to be fabricated on plastic foil. This work is collaboration between CEA-Liten, Eindhoven University of ...
The new controller platform is taking the place of the D1Ca/D2Ca controller from ProMinent. The multi-parameter controller is available in versions with one or two channels. The corresponding sensors can be connected per channel using ...
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The company expects its sales in the wireless segment to increase by19% per year to $20bn by 2016. Swiss semiconductor firm, STMicroelectronics, expects that demand from Apple and Samsung Electronics will give a $1.4bn boost in ...
German carmaker BMW and automotive supplier Continental have collaborated to work on the development and introduction of freeway-grade highly automated driving system on European freeways. In January 2013, both firms have signed an ...
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Sony's Xperia Tablet Z will go on sale globally in the second quarter, priced from$499in the U.S. The 10-inch tablet will be just 6.9 millimeters thick, with an 1,920 by 1,200 pixel HD screen and a new quad core processor from Qualcomm, ...
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A partnership between Austria-based semiconductor company ams and US start-up Mobeam is designed to make it possible for barcodes to be scanned from a mobile phone screen. The companies claim they have technology which will enable laser ...
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Techcomp (Group) Ltd is pleased to announce the acquisition of the majority holding of shares in Edinburgh Instruments Ltd (EI) with immediate effect. Based in Livingston EI, a leading manufacturer of Lifetime Fluorescence Spectrometers, ...
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Newly formed social gaming developer Win today launched Slots Craze, the company's first major game released worldwide for Facebook and iOS. Win is backed by the world's largest publicly traded online gaming company bwin.party digital ...
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BMW Australia has introduced High-line editions of its 1 Series and 3 Series coupe and convertible models, enhancing the specification and value of its small- and mid-sized two-door line-ups. Fifty 1 Series coupes and convertibles will be ...
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AGC will newly set up a chemical strengthening facility for Dragontrail™, specialty glass used as cover glass for smart phones and tablet PCs, at its Kansai Plant in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. This new chemical strengthening facility ...
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Researchers have discovered a way to detect explosives by boiling and vapourising them off a silicon MEMS micromachine. “Certain classes of explosives have unique thermal characteristics that help to identify explosive vapours in ...
Godson-3B1500 is a two-node eight-core 172.8Gflop/s MIPS64-compatible processor from Loongson in Beijing - a company whose processors have been adopted in several tablets. Fabricated in 32nm 10 Cu-layer high-k metal-gate bulk CMOS, it ...
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OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany, a wholly owned subsidiary of Osram GmbH, is the world's second largest manufacturer of optoelectronic semiconductors after LiteOn and followed third place by Cree Inc. One of the main ...
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The performance diesel variant of the new Volkswagen Golf range will travel quicker but also use less fuel than its predecessor. The Volkswagen Golf GTD, a kind of diesel-powered twin to the ‘GTI’, uses the German car ...
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