Japan's Sharp makes multi-hued HD displays for iPhones and TVs, but it has had unexpected success at home with a simple, monochrome device it calls a "digital notepad," a small tablet with a lined screen and stylus for easily scribbling ...
Tags: Analog Tablet, Surprising Success
Since installing the ROAM™ outdoor lighting monitoring and control system from Acuity Brands Inc., the Plymouth School District in Plymouth, Mass. has significantly reduced maintenance time and energy costs. The ROAM system allows ...
Tags: LED, Security, Protection
Keith Emery, a principal scientist at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been awarded the William R. Cherry Award by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Emery received the award ...
Tags: Solar cell, cell, Electrical, Electronics
Regional electric utility firm El Paso Electric Power, The New Mexico State Land Office and First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing ...
Tags: Solar, Electrical, Electronics
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has been granted a power purchase ...
Tags: Solar Power Plant, Electrical
ForceField Energy Inc. an international manufacturer, seller and distributor of energy products and solutions, announced it signed a three-year sub-distribution agreement with Prime Energy Solutions AG, a Wiesbaden, Germany consultancy ...
Tags: LED, ForceField
HanesBrands, a leading marketer of everyday basic apparel, today announced that it has expanded to Honduras its successful Central American school renovation and afterschool youth club programs in partnership with Glasswing International. ...
Around 10,000 jobs will be created at Omoluabi Garment Factory located in Nigeria’s province of ?sun, Governor Rauf Aregbesola said, while addressing a public event hosted by the volunteer group De Raufs in the state capital city of ...
Microsoft Corp. today announced that the company has talked 10 K–12 school districts and higher-education institutions into adopting Windows 8 for more than 540,000 students and faculty to prepare students for futures in college and ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, software, computer, Windows 8
Some school administrators are testing a bold idea to integrate the multitude of systems that are used to store student data, giving teachers a single view of how students are performing and allowing them to better deliver the right ...
Tags: data storage, school app, internet
The growing use of handheld devices and social media among students is creating a technology tipping point for schools that could completely break down the barriers between teaching platforms within five to 10 years, Bill Gates said ...
Tags: handheld device, social media, education, teaching platform
West Virginia lawmakers asked state officials on Tuesday to consider bulletproof glass as they renovate and build schools in the wake of the murders of 20 elementary students and six adult staff by a gunman in Connecticut. School Building ...
Tags: West Virginia lawmakers, bulletproof glass, W.Va.Schools
R&R Insurance Services has received a contract from Community Insurance Corporation (CIC), which offers coverage to Wisconsin Public Schools. Together with property and casualty (P&C) endorsement from the Wisconsin Association of School ...
Tags: R&R Insurance Services, CIC, contract
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama made a point of drawing attention to three big tech firms: IBM, Apple and Intel. Apple was praised by the president for its recently announced plan to begin "making ...
ACE USA has rolled out a new insurance product, known as ACE Public Entity Retained Limits Policy Endorsement, to offer integrated first-party pollution coverage for public entities. The improved policy integrates public official ...
Tags: ACE, insurance produc, public entities