Global tablet shipments will bounce back 16.3% sequentially to reach nearly 47 million units in the third quarter, but the volume will still be down over 10% compared to the same quarter a year ago, showing the market is still in no ...
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University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) in the USA has used limited-area epitaxy (LAE) on semi-polar gallium nitride (GaN) substrates to reduce misfit dislocation (MD) densities in multiple quantum well (MQW) green light-emitting ...
The project MIRPHAB (MidInfraRed PHotonics devices fABrication for chemical sensing and spectroscopic applications) has unveiled a chemical sensor capable of detecting drugs and explosives from a distance of 30m. Lasting from the ...
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Yale University and University of Illinois Urbana in the USA have improved the efficiency of gallium arsenide phosphide (GaAsP) solar cells on silicon (Si) by reducing threading dislocation densities (TDDs) [Kevin Nay Yaung et al, Appl. ...
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Due to fast growing use of smartphone-based mobile payment services in the China market, both international and domestic vendors, including white-box ones, have adopted fingerprint recognition functions for their smartphones. Consequently, ...
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Zebra’s hands-free solutions are said to address need for faster picking as e-fulfilment booms. Zebra Technologies Corporation has responded to the industry’s need to increase operational visibility to ramp up efficiency and ...
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Bühler Group has announced that it will expand the collaboration with German electronics manufacturer Bosch Connected Devices and Solutions for increased innovation and market launches. The Uzwil, Switzerland-based global process ...
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Transportation's (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have jointly finalized standards for medium and heavy-duty vehicles that will improve fuel ...
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Platinum Equity has signed an agreement to acquire Foam Plastic Solutions and Flow Control Devices (FCD) businesses from Broadway Industrial Group. FPS provides protective packaging, insulation and component products to the medical, ...
The firm has designed a system that shoots a beam of light from a hilt, echoing the weapons favoured by Jedi and Sith within the Star Wars universe. Disney has taken the first steps to making every Star Wars fan’s dream a reality ...
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Increased adoption of biometrics security in mobile phones, close-circuit television and other consumer applications spurred revenue growth in the global market for infrared LEDs from $201.5m in 2014 to $241.4m in 2015, according to Jamie ...
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The gaming notebook market is expected to see shipments of 4.5 million units in 2016, up 12.5% on year. Micro-Star International (MSI) is forecast to ship over 1.2 million units in the year, up from over 900,000 units in 2015, surpassing ...
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A group of Texas Tech University researchers led by professors Hongxing Jiang and Jingyu Lin has developed hexagonal boron nitride semiconductor as a possible low-cost alternative to helium gas detectors in neutron detection ('Realization ...
Privately held integrated optical communications component and sub-system developer ColorChip of Yokneam, Israel has raised $20m in new growth funding to ramp-up operations and drive an accelerated product roadmap. The funding is in ...
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Researchers in Germany have been developing an epitaxial lift-off (ELO) process that would allow gallium arsenide (GaAs) substrates to be reused for indium gallium aluminium phosphide (InGaAlP) thin-film light-emitting diode (LED) ...