A new approach to harvesting solar energy, developed by MIT researchers, could improve efficiency by using sunlight to heat a high-temperature material whose infrared radiation would then be collected by a conventional photovoltaic cell. ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Sunlight
Packaging products provider Clondalkin Wentus has launched a new skin-tight film, WENTOPRO-SkinTight, for the food processing industry. The new film is said to provide long shelf life and high barrier properties, and can be used for ...
Tags: Clondalkin Wentus, WENTOPRO-SkinTight, film, Hxter
Digitalisation – the third era of enterprise IT – has begun, but most CIOs do not feel prepared for this next era, according to a global survey of CIOs by Gartner. The survey shows many CIOs feel overwhelmed by the prospect of ...
We were pleasantly surprised by the number of robotics announcements at CES this year. In the past it's been a bit of a snoozefest, since robotics companies didn't want to tussle with all of the other major electronics manufacturers for ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
With the new vacuum pump Mink MV 1202 A, Busch has again expanded its series of Mink claw vacuum pumps. With 950 cubic metres per hour for operation at 50 Hz and with 1150 cubic metres for 60 Hz-operation this is now the largest industrial ...
Tags: vacuum pump, pump, Industrial Equipment, Components
At CES last week, we ventured deep inside Suitable Technologies booth to a secret room to meet their latest telepresence robot platform. It's called the Beam+, and while it does just about everything that the original Beam can do, this new ...
Tags: CES, Suitable Technologies, telepresence robot platform, Beam+, home user
Buyers, suppliers, manufacturers and the curiously blue-lanyarded “Industry Affiliates” have been savouring the 2014 International CES, walking up and down the enormous venue to see high-concept and large-scale stands from major ...
Tags: Handbag TVs, Bubble Gum Headphones
Users from Northwestern University, working with the Center for Nanoscale Materials EMMD Group at Argonne, have demonstrated the first growth of graphene on a silver substrate. Unique wave-like electron scattering at the edges of the ...
After two years of difficult and meticulous work examining, refurbishing, and testing the aging workhorse watt balance called NIST-3, PML researchers have used the instrument to obtain their latest measured value of the Planck constant ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Cars that park themselves, radar-guided safety sensors and infotainment systems with web access; automakers are competing for customers who now expect constant innovation. The speed at which the new features are migrating from premium ...
Tags: Car, Auto Parts, Transportation
Vacuum skin packaging (VSP) for meat officially entered the UK market this week. Linpac Packaging trialled VSP last year, working with machine manufacturer, Mondini and film producer, Bernis, to create a pack that combines the extended ...
Tags: vacuum skin packaging, Linpac Packaging, vacuum skin, meat presentation
Cherepovets Steel Mill, one of the world's largest integrated steel mills and part of the Russian Steel division of Severstal, one of the world's leading steel and steel-related mining companies, has announced that it produced a record ...
Tags: Cherepovets Steel, Mineral
Call it a revolution or an evolution, the fact is, carpets have been getting softer since the turn of the millennium and they are not going away. In fact, manufacturers noted soft is not a fad or trend but rather a mainstay and needs to be ...
Love Beets new 'value-added' beetroot range A new ‘value-added’ beetroot range, Love Beets, has been launched in Australia by family-owned and operated fresh produce company OneHarvest. OneHarvest said its products are ...
Tags: beetroot, Love Beets, OneHarvest, food
Atlas Copco has closed the acquisition of Edwards Group Ltd., headquartered in the United Kingdom. Edwards is a technology and market leader in sophisticated vacuum products and abatement solutions. The products and services are integral ...