The Princeton Review -- one of the nation's best-known education services companies -- today issued its fourth annual report naming the schools with the best programs to study video game design. The report, "Top Schools to Study Video ...
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Ming Ma, a doctoral student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), has been named the winner of the 2013 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize which (along with prizes for students ...
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Avery Dennison Corporation announced that its board of directors has appointed Martha N. Sullivan a director, effective February 27, 2013. Sullivan, 56, is the president and chief executive officer of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V., ...
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The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will hold a four-day, hands-on seminar May 14-17, 2013, to teach industry professionals how to incorporate light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and organic light emitting diodes ...
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Newspapers are filled with stories describing reductions and removal of street lighting in order to reduce municipal costs. Tackling the tricky questions of when and where to install roadway illumination is a challenge for transportation ...
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Research undertaken by the Lighting Research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Pennsylvania (Penn) State University has shown that drivers are safer when travelling on roads with LED lights, than not. Quality lighting, such as the ...
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Ogilvy’s Rory Sutherland to Give Keynote at Lighting Research Center’s 25th Anniversary The Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer is pleased to announce Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Group UK, will give the keynote ...
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Research predicts the impact of LED-based roadway lighting that provides improved visibility in terms of the reduction in night-time accidents in intersections. The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and ...
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Watson, IBM's supercomputer that came to fame besting a Jeopardy champion, is going to college to hone its skills. IBM said Wednesday that it will provide a modified version of an IBM Watson system to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in ...
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Researchers in the USA have developed radio frequency switches based on nitride semiconductor voltage-controlled capacitors (varactors) [F. Jahan et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 9 January 2013]. The team, consisting of engineers from ...
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The Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer is pleased to announce Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Group UK, will give the keynote at the 25th Anniversary Celebration, March 20, 2013 in Troy, N.Y., as part of the Lighting Value ...
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Baker Hughes Incorporated announced that Archana (Archie) Deskus, an executive with experience leading information technology functions within the aerospace, industrials and consumer products industries, will join the global oilfield ...
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Biomedical Structures LLC (BMS), Warwick, R.I., has expanded its medical textile development and manufacturing facility, and appointed Jonathan Howe vice president of research and development (R&D). The 10,000-square-foot addition ...
Having trouble sleeping? Gaining a bit of weight? Your smartphone or computer might be to blame. Actually, the problem is more likely about your obsession with your laptop and devices than the devices themselves. A new study from ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which manufactures lightweight thin-film photovoltaic modules based on copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) using flexible substrate materials, has appointed Robert Roche as vice ...