To reduce driver distraction, Garmin is introducing an aftermarket heads-up display that works with smart phones to shine navigation information on the windshield. The benefit is seen as reducing the distance the driver's eyes need to ...
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The 2013 Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) Outdoor Design Competition was opened on July 8, 2013. The NGL Competition partners include the Illuminating Engineering Society, the International Association of Lighting Designers, and the US ...
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A chainsaw is a portable mechanical saw, powered by electricity, compressed air, hydraulic power, or most commonly a two-stroke engine. They can also clear fallen branches after a storm in a fraction of the time you'd spend with a hand saw. ...
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Croatia, a country in Central Europe, could witness trigger in its textile and clothing investments as it is planning to utilize the financial and industrial development assistance by the EU to strengthen its manufacturing sector, including ...
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Some 1960s "plate glass" universities are challenging the big names Jul 6th 2013 |From the print edition Tweet..EVERY year newspapers and college guides rank British universities according to the exam results of the students they admit, ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced today that its membership has voted to adopt LEED v4, the next update to the world's premier green building rating system. The final overall vote was 86 percent in favor of adopting LEED v4. ...
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A new ad campaign touts the lengths that McRoskey customers will go to sleep on their McRoskey mattresses.SAN FRANCISCO - McRoskey Mattress Co. has sewn a new brand identity, one that echoes the labels that are stitched onto every one of ...
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The first images and details of the Minerva JM Brabazon supercar have been released, marking the apparent return of the former luxury marque. The Minerva brand – dubbed ‘The Goddess of Automobiles’ because of its name ...
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Covering a roof or a facade with standard solar cells to generate electricity will change a building’s original appearance—and not always for the better (this idea to coat buildings with graphene kicks the problem up another ...
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We're in the thick of summer travel season and vacationers are packing up their cars for getaways. Bringing bikes on vacation is a great way to get exercise and save gas touring your destination. But, our tests show that taking bikes with ...
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Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA has introduced the EPC9107, a fully functional buck power conversion demonstration circuit. The board is a 9-28 V input to 3.3V, 15A maximum output current, 1MHz buck converter.It ...
Tags: EPC, E-mode GaN FETs, Electrical&Electronics
Some websites and mobile app developers are confused about how to comply with revised rules governing the online collection of personal information from children that took effect in the U.S. Monday, critics said. The U.S. Federal Trade ...
The Alliance for Solid-State Illumination Systems and Technologies (ASSIST), a program of the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, recently released a new publication to aid owners and facility managers of ...
"Absolutely, categorically untrue. An urban myth." That's how National Lighting Bureau Chair Howard P. Lewis (Visioneering Corporation) describes claims that compact-fluorescent lamps (CFLs) pose a fire hazard when they reach the end of ...
Thank you to all who participated in the fifth annual DOE Solid-State Lighting Manufacturing R&D Workshop, held June 5–6 in Boston. With more than 150 attendees and two days of formal and informal discussion, the workshop provided a ...