For its fiscal first-quarter 2014 (ended 29 September 2013), LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $391m, up 4% on $375m last quarter and 24% on $315.8m a year ago. Fiscal Q1/2013 ...
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ARPA-E Deputy Director Cheryl Martin today announced $27 million in funding from the Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for 14 projects aimed at developing next-generation power conversion devices ...
Worldwide Foam, Ltd., a crosslinked polyethylene foam manufacturer, has opened its newest branch in San Antonio, Texas. Customers will now be able to get custom skived sheets of crosslinked polyethylene in the southwest region of the U.S. ...
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Intelligrated, a North American-based automated material handling solutions provider, has announced the relocation of its software subsidiary company, Knighted, to a new, larger facility in Elmsford, N.Y. The 26,600-square-foot space is ...
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Apple has launched an updated range of MacBook laptops with the a lighter and thinner MacBook Air running on Intel's Haswell power-saving PC microprocessor. However, it hasn't upgraded the storage, with the devices, starting at $1,299 ...
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Apple has launched a thinner and lighter iPad at its launch event in Cupertino, California. The iPad Air will be just 7.5 millimetres thick, and the weight has been reduced from 1.4lb to 1.0lb - or from 635 grams to just 455 grams, for ...
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Following the Minnesota High School Cycling League's successful middle school pilot launch this fall, the SoCal High School Cycling League will launch its own middle school pilot program for the spring 2014 season. "There has long been ...
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Action camera giant GoPro has acquired website and software developer General Things, Inc. The San Francisco, California, company had worked with GoPro since 2010, helping it advance its business backend and consumer-facing website. GoPro ...
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The fourth annual Tour de Pink West Coast bike ride concluded this past weekend with more than 120 riders completing a three-day, 200-mile trip along southern California's coast and raising thousands of dollars for the Young Survival ...
The Composite Panel Association (CPA) and the Federal Wood Industries Coalition (FWIC) submitted criticisms and proposed amendments for plans to revise rules governing formaldehyde emissions from particleboard, MDF/HDF and hardwood plywood. ...
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US-based biopharmaceutical firm Anacor Pharmaceuticals has received a $13.5m research contract from the US Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to design and discover new classes of systemic antibiotics. Research ...
US-based Integra LifeSciences has announced the launch of Licox brain tissue oxygen monitoring system, which continually monitors brain oxygen partial pressure (PtO2) in patients who have sustained a traumatic brain injury or cerebral ...
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In an effort to find the “perfect” walnut butter and,after researching literally every aisle from coast to coast, Anthony Novelle, founder of Novelle Naturals discovered many important factors missing in the world of walnut ...
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A push for a change is growing on a problem first exposed by I-Team 8 last month. Some national experts are now calling for a reconsideration of plans to require high strength, laminated glass on car side windows. If you're involved in an ...
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University of California Santa Barbara has been exploring the use of laser diodes (LDs) in combination with phosphors as a means to produce white light [Kristin A. Denault et al, AIP Advances, vol3, p072107, 2013]. Commercial 'white' ...
Tags: Near-UV LD, Blue LD, LED, Electrical, Electronics