LED firm Philips introduced the Hue lighting system that consists of three color tunable LED light bulbs and a control device at the end of 2012 with a retail price of US$199/unit. The firm noted that the product will be introduced to Asia ...
Tags: Philips, Lighting Systems, Lighting
Love it or hate it, technology in toys is here to stay – January's Toy Fair was testament to that. There's a growing market for app toys but it's a tricky path to navigate. We're still a few years off parents giving their ...
A new data interface for battery management systems has been designed to provide interference immunity and to support distributed battery systems, writes Jon Munson from Linear Technology. For reliability of battery packs being designed ...
Tags: Hybrid Car, Car Batteries, Auto Parts
Planet Bike's updated Blaze 2 watt Micro headlight has a more compact case, longer run times, three color options and a lower price than the original. It shares the original's high/low settings and Superflash strobe feature. The light's ...
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Dutch insurance firm ING Group has sold its 26% stake in ING Vysya Life Insurance Company to its joint venture partner Exide Industries for an undisclosed amount. The deal, which was originally inked in January this year, is a part of a ...
Tags: Life Insurance, Insurance, insurance firm
Recently I had a chance to put Bosch's new GCL-25 laser-level to real practical use. The GCL-25 laser level features five beam points—up, down, forward, left and right; in addition, it also displays continuous cross hair ...
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A way to generate electricity from bacteria has been discovered by researchers at the University of East Anglia. The researchers have found that proteins on the surface of bacteria can produce an electric current by simply touching a ...
Tags: bio-batteries, Electrical, Electronics
The future of energy storage has taken root on an onion farm in southern California. Seeking to offset its electricity bills, Gills Onions in Oxnard has installed a flow battery. When electricity prices from the grid peak, the farm can tap ...
Tags: Flow Batteries, Resilient Microgrids, Consumer Electronics
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) celebrates the nation's longest running public health campaign: National Poison Prevention Week (NPPW), from March 17 to 23, 2013. As a longtime supporter of NPPW, one of the CPSC's ...
Tags: Poison Prevention Efforts, Packaging, NPPW
April fool's day is just around the corner, but DeWalt was not joking when they announced that their Model: DCR015 12V MAX/20V MAX Combination Radio/Charger will be available starting on April 1st.* That's right, DeWalt MAX owners no ...
Thanks to a winning combination of solid performance, lots of content, and affordable prices, Roku streaming media players have become a favorite choice of many staffers at Consumer Reports—including me. That's why we were especially ...
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The London-based design agency has been working with batteries brand Energizer for nearly 14 years on brand identity and graphics. Martin Burch, marketing director for Energizer Europe, said: “We know consumers trust Energizer ...
Arkema launched the Genesis program in 2008, backed by OSEO, designed to bring together major industrial groups, SMEs and academic laboratories within a partnership for the development of new performance materials with a nanometric ...
Tags: nanostructured materials, nanometric structure, nanometric
Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles (MREVPL), the manufacturing arm of Indian auto maker Mahindra & Mahindra, has launched the new electric vehicle (EV) e2o. The EV is powered by Lithium Ion batteries that have a range of 100km per charge, ...
Tags: e2o EV, auto maker, Mahindra Reva
Americans take electrical power for granted whenever they flip on a light switch. But the growing use of solar and wind power in the United States makes the on-demand delivery of electricity more challenging. A key problem is that the ...
Tags: electrical power, Electrical, Electronics