Total sales of machine vision components and systems fell over four percent in 2012, but are expected to rebound in 2013 according to new statistics issued by AIA, the industry's trade group. "In 2012 the vision market in North America ...
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What do toffee, volcanic lava; enameled baths and Perspex have in common? They are all examples of what has been called the fourth state of matter-they are GLASSES, just as much as a bottle or windowpane. A glass is a material with the ...
Construction continues on Enmax’s Shepard Energy Centre: an 800MW natural gas-fired generation facility capable of producing enough electricity to meet over half of the city of Calgary’s current power requirements. Want to see ...
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One of the first low-cost Android tablets with an Intel x86 processor was announced at Mobile World Congress, setting the stage for a long battle between the world's largest chip maker and ARM, whose processors go into most tablets today. ...
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Smartphones, it seems, can do anything. Today's phones pack so much power and so many sensors into such a small space -- and at a relatively low cost -- that they are increasingly being used for inventive purposes. Just this week Strand ...
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A few years ago, GoPro reinvented the sports camcorder market with its line of small, compact models. Today, GoPro sports cams are now selling so well that 2012 market-share data placed GoPro as second only to Sony in terms of all total ...
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If the idea of sliding a brand new Audi RS4 Avant around an aircraft hanger sounds like fun. Now imagine adding a paintball gun to the front of it. Audi has released a video of two new third-generation Audi RS4 Avant power wagons ...
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German carmaker BMW and automotive supplier Continental have collaborated to work on the development and introduction of freeway-grade highly automated driving system on European freeways. In January 2013, both firms have signed an ...
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Asustek Computer is targeting both smartphone and tablet users with its new Padfone Infinity and Fonepad devices, which can be converted between the two formats. The Padfone Infinity device is a 5-inch smartphone that can morph into a ...
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The Mercedes-Benz E-Class has controversially trumped its all-new S-Class larger sibling by introducing pioneering safety technology six months before the larger new S-Class makes its debut. While Mercedes-Benz is aware that the S-Class ...
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Has Sony finally nailed it? From our time using the Xperia Z handset, Sony seems to have achieved exactly that. We found the Xperia Z to be a sophisticated phone. Its 5-inch full HD screen is ultra sharp with 441 pixels per inch ...
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Samsung Electronics has introduced the Android-based HomeSync media center, which can be used to watch movies, play games and also provide private and shared storage. The HomeSync is Samsung's latest big bet, according to the company. The ...
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Sony announced today two SLR-like cameras that include a new facet of automation: Both the 20-megapixel Alpha a58 and the 16-megapixel NEX-3N have a feature called "auto object framing," which functions similarly to auto framing mode by ...
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South Africa - For nearly two decades, South Africa's longest gospel movement, Joyous Celebration, has spread the word through powerful musical worship. On 15 December 2012, the 17th Joyous Celebration DVD was recorded at Rhema Church in ...
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Scodix Metallic technology enables the creation of metallic colours in a selective digital process. It is designed to allow printers to bring more print enhancements in-house. Scodix launched the printing enhancements to the US market ...