Several patents by Nintendo have recently been released online, and some of the them suggest gesture support is coming to NX. First spotted by users on NeoGAF, many of these new patents appear to be very similar to a report published by ...
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By optimizing the material growth and manufacturing process, researchers at the China Academy of Engineering Physics' Research Center of Laser Fusion and the Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics in Beijing have nearly ...
Tags: Cascade Laser, ceramics
In a trading statement for first-half 2016, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that it expects to deliver a significant increase in revenues and profits compared with first-half 2015 and continues to ...
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A team led by Alexander Spott of University of California, Santa Barbara – in collaboration with the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the University of Wisconsin, Madison – has fabricated what is said to be the first ...
Sofradir of Palaiseau near Paris, France (a subsidiary of Safran and Thales that makes cooled infrared detectors for military, space, scientific and industrial applications) says that its new Daphnis HD is entering production. Sofradir ...
Tags: Sofradir, HgCdTe, IR detectors
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that during March it received record volume purchase orders worth just over $3m (to be delivered over the next 12 months) for its indium antimonide (InSb) and gallium ...
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At the SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing (DCS 2016) event in Baltimore, MD, USA (17–21 April), Sofradir of Palaiseau near Paris, France, which makes cooled infrared (IR) detectors based on mercury cadmium telluride (MCT/HgCdTe), ...
Ford is testing its autonomous vehicles in complete dark using LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology. This technology enables the autonomous vehicles to 'see' in complete darkness. This technology is being used in conjunction ...
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DENSO International America Inc of Southfield, MI, USA (a subsidiary of Japan-based automotive technology, system and component supplier DENSO Corp) has invested in TriLumina Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which manufactures and integrates ...
A mineral water bottling plant in Warburg, Germany will start using the InnoPET Blomax stretch blow-moulder from packaging systems manufacturer KHS this month. The bottler, Germete, fills in and sells over 340 million litres of mineral ...
Tags: Packaging, Stretch Blow-Moulder, KHS, Pet Bottling Line, InnoPET
The universities of Virginia and of Texas in the USA have been developing avalanche photodiodes (APDs) based on aluminium indium arsenide antimonide (AlInAsSb) alloys. Two papers from the group detail the implementation of a staircase ...
Researchers in the UK have claimed the first demonstration of laser diodes grown directly on silicon that perform up to 75°C and 120°C under continuous wave (cw) and pulsed operation, respectively [Siming Chen et al, Nature ...
Tags: Quantum dot lasers, GaAs, Silicon substrate, MBE
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany has reported full-year revenue for 2015 of €197.8m, up 2% on 2014's €193.8m. Contrary to expectations, San'an Optoelectronics Co Ltd (China's largest ...
Temperature measurement during metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) growth of GaN-on-silicon (GaN/Si) devices is challenging, notes in-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany. Theoretically, conventional infrared ...
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Grinders Coffee has started using electronic colour sorting technology which ensures only whole beans are packed in every bag. The V400 Electronic Colour Sorter will work with the coffee company's existing quality management processes to ...
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