Microsoft has announced it is offering a free Xbox One to US students who snap up a Surface Pro 4 hybrid or Surface Book laptop The limited time sale will last for the next 6 weeks and offer a saving of $300-$500 when splashing at least ...
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BMW, Intel and Mobileye have joined forces for the development of autonomous cars with an intention to put them on the road by 2021. Through their collaboration, the companies plan to develop future-proofed solutions that allow the ...
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and General Electric Global Research Center in the USA "experimentally demonstrate, for the first time, bi-directional 4H-silicon carbide planar gate, insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) fabricated on ...
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The American Medical Association's (AMA) recently adopted community guidance on street lighting adds another influential voice to issues that have been discussed in the lighting community for some time now, regarding light at night, its ...
Ghent University/IMEC in Belgium and X-Celeprint in Ireland/USA claim "the first III-V optoelectronic components transfer printed on and coupled to a silicon photonic integrated circuit" [Andreas De Groote et al, Optics Express, vol24, ...
The system of toy blocks encourages kids to make connections in order to control other toys, such as make a robot draw lines on paper, through the basics of coding. Google has joined the latest swathe of firms making headway in the fight ...
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) says that Huawei's newest flagship P9 and P9 Plus smartphones are being enabled by a broad suite of its devices, ranging from highly ...
Toyota Motor has added three new models representing children aged ten, six, and three to Version 4 of its Total Human Model for Safety (THUMS) virtual crash dummy software. THUMS allows injuries sustained by human bodies during vehicle ...
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POET Technologies Inc of San Jose, CA, USA — which has developed the proprietary planar optoelectronic technology (POET) platform for monolithic fabrication of integrated III-V-based electronic and optical devices on a single ...
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Micro-assembly equipment maker Finetech of Berlin, Germany says that a Lambda bonding system has been installed in the Lurie Nanofabrication Facility (LNF) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The sub-micron accuracy bonder is ...
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Taiwan boasts a large number of globally competitive manufacturers of furniture parts, to enjoy solid presence in the global furniture supply chain.Despite global economic uncertainties, most of Taiwanese furniture parts makers have yet to ...
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Kyma Technologies Inc of Raleigh, NC, USA (which provides crystalline nitride materials, crystal growth and fabrication equipment, and power switching electronics) and Quora Technology Inc have announced a strategic partnership in the ...
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Leak testing helps ensure the integrity of product packaging. Various testing methods can be used including vacuum decay and immersion testing. These methods are designed to detect flexible packaging integrity problems, including large and ...
Just bought one of Google's latest flagship Nexus phones? You might be interested to know that you've got just over a year before the software support stops. Google has updated its support page for Android software updates to show how ...
Ever more Taiwanese hand tool makers have ventured into the development of digital tools to secure sustainable growth, thanks to the nudging by ITRI.Development of digital tools has been regarded as one of Taiwan's hand tool industry's ...