NanoMarkets issued a new white paper on LED phosphors, "LED Lighting Driving Demand for New Phosphors," that covers the shifting use of phosphors, which modulate the light emitted by LEDs, from LCD backlighting to solid-state lighting. ...
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Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA, USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd) has announced significant ...
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With an increase in accidents and injuries occurring in a variety of industries, employers are looking for ways to reduce hazards and improve safety within their facilities. Even with a plethora of information available to supervisors, the ...
Home automation has come to the iPhone with sophisticated tools that let you automatically turn lights on at sunset, receive a text if the front door opens at night, or turn on airconditioning when your cat goes to the litter. This ...
Tags: WeMo system, home automation, WeMo switches
Research Frontiers (Nasdaq: REFR) licensee Innovative Glass Corporation is exhibiting (booth #106) its SPD-SmartGlass and other products for architectural applications at Glass Expo Northeast 2013 being held March 7-8, 2013 in Hauppauge, ...
Tags: Innovative Glass, SPD-SmartGlass Products, Glass Expo Northeast, 2013
Linear Technology has revealed its solution to the thorny problem of active cell balancing in electric and hybrid vehicle batteries. Implemented in the newly-released LTC3300, the topology uses one fly-back transformer per cell and allows ...
As an increasing amount of attention is paid to the exponential growth in certain progressive areas of global lighting markets - notably that of energy efficient solutions - a new study has predicted that the smart lighting market will be ...
Tags: global lighting markets, wireless technology, lighting
US based truck and engine maker Navistar has introduced the International TerraStar 4x4 commercial truck at the ongoing 2013 National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) Work Truck Show being held at Indianapolis in the US. The truck is ...
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It is within IT's power to ensure horse meat can never again contaminate products marketed as "beef". This is the view of Sarah Leslie, CIO of Iglo Foods Group, which operates the Birds Eye brand in the UK. "With all manufacturing, IT is ...
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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS), is to collaborate with Murata Manufacturing Company on a multisource arrangement for ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures high-reliability analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) says that its silicon-on-insulator (SOI) switching technology is now being used by European, Japanese, Korean and North ...
Tags: Skyworks SOI, mixed signal semiconductors, semiconductors
The new Mini Paceman is further proof there’s no end to the number of niche segments carmakers will exploit to increase market share. It now seems Mini is capable of coming up with a design to fill almost any gap no matter how small ...
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The expansion of the Mini family has continued with the local launch of the Mini Cooper Paceman – taking the total number of bodystyles to seven. Priced from $35,900, the Paceman will like the rest of Mini’s model range be ...
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The Kia Provo concept is a clear signal that the South Korean brand is planning an ambitious move to take on the Mini. Kia has unveiled its stunning “coupe-style hatchback” concept the day before its official debut at the 2013 ...
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The petrol- and gas-powered Audi A3 Sportback g-tron has been revealed ahead of its launch at the end of the year. The dual-fuel Audi A3 Sportback g-tron can be powered by unleaded petrol as well as a new CO2-neutral fuel called Audi ...
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