Together with researchers at the US Army Aviation & Missile Research, Development & Engineering Center (AMRDEC) and Duke University, a team led by North Carolina State University (NCSU) claims to have solved a long-standing materials ...
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Preparing its customers to join the emerging‘Internet of things’, IBM has released a new appliance built to manage and route a voluminous amount of machine-to-machine small data messages Using the MQTT (the Message Queuing ...
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NASA has launched three smartphones into space in what scientists hope will be the lowest-cost satellites ever tested. The smartphones, Google-HTC Nexus Ones running the Android operating system, launched aboard the maiden flight of ...
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PGS reveals the ultimate seismic acquisition platform Monday, Apr 29, 2013 Safety, efficiency and productivity are the key features of the 24-streamer Ramform Titan which was named today at MHI yard in Nagasaki, Japan. The new ship will ...
Sofradir of Paris, France, which makes infrared detectors for military, space and commercial applications, will make four presentations on advances in next-generation infrared detectors in different wavelengths from the visible to far ...
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Cadillac, the luxury automobile and SUV division of US automaker General Motors (GM), has started the public road-testing of Super Cruise system, its semi-automated vehicle technology. The carmaker is anticipating deploying the technology ...
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The Minnesota National Guard Armory in Pine City, Minn., is using dynamic glass from SAGE to help improve the effectiveness of soldier training in the facility. The 1976-built Armory, home to Troop B, 1st Squadron, 94th Calvary ...
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At the pharmaceutical trade fair Interphex in New York, SCHOTT Pharmaceutical Systems will be presenting the world’s first cartridges that have been developed specifically for the use on high-speed filling lines. The new design ...
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MetLife, Inc. recently took out an energy savings policy with GE Lighting (NYSE: GE)—upgrading to Evolve™ LED outdoor lighting in parking lots at 10 office locations and switching to more energy-efficient T8 fluorescent indoor ...
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MHI signs contracts with PGS of Norway for 2 additional Ramform vessels, capable of high-accuracy, wide-range 3D seismic data acquisition Friday, Apr 26, 2013 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order for two vessels ...
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In 2012, MCU unit shipments surged 16%, but total revenues declined 3% and ASPs plunged 17%, says IC Insights. While uncertainty about the global economy played a factor in lowering MCU revenues, the market was significantly ...
XMOS has added an ADC to its multicore processors for industrial applications, such as sensors, actuators and motor controllers. The Bristol-based company will release 6, 8, 10, 12 and 16-core microcontrollers with ADCs, calling this the ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors has expanded its portfolio of proximity and ambient light sensors with an extremely powerful version with low power consumption. The compact SFH 7776 sensor registers the ambient brightness even behind dark ...
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Expanded access to eldoLED driver portfolio allows lighting manufacturers to easily enhance their LED offerings with deep-dimming and color changing capability. Acuity Brands, Inc. announced that Acuity Brands Lighting has extended its ...
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At LIGHTFAIR International 2013, Thermal Solution Resources, LLC (TSR) introduced the world’s smallest wireless LED lamp – the intelliSSL™ MR16 which can be controlled remotely from iOS, Android or Windows smartphones, ...