TATA Steel has invested almost GBP 1.5 million in new technology to improve the quality of the steel bar and wire rod output at its Rotherham and Scunthorpe works in the UK. New quality control technology has been installed to improve ...
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Germany-This year's water-shows at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg which attracted an audience of 235.000,set a new attendence record.For the first time,they were held in the harbour basin,with the historic Volkswagen power plant as backdrop. ...
Back in 1960 Electronics Weekly was born into a ferment of III-V semiconductor research that within two years would produce the first practical LED. In 1960 Dr Nick Holonyak of General Electric was developing an unusual material,GaAsP,as ...
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Laser system scans and manipulates bacterium 10 Oct 2012 Optical trap grabs and analyses even smallest unicellular organisms Freiburg:home to new optical trap.Researchers at the Department of Microsystems Engineering(IMTEK)of the ...
Tel Aviv firm RiT is proposing laser-based office data networks for up to 10Gbit/s per user. Called IWON,data at up to 100Gbit/s is fed to a daisy-chain of ceiling(or wall)mounted units that beam data at up to 10Gbit/s to receivers around ...
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Green laser pointer finds traces of dangerous chemicals 12 Oct 2012 Real-time operation offers rapid benefits for security systems. The novel sensor's compact design makes it an excellent candidate for rapid field deployment to ...
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UK-Registration for the Panasonic System Communications Company Europe 2012 Visual Experience Road Show is now available.Road show attendees will be amongst the first to witness next generation innovative visual solutions from Panasonic. ...
A collaborative research project between De Montfort University(DMU)and Loughborough University has begun exploring new technologies for textiles and boosting sustainability of the industry. Supported by sports garment firm Speedo as well ...
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Roscoe, IL is home to many more gear companies than your average town of 10,000 people, but the reason is obvious. During the peak of the machine tool boom in nearby Rockford, it was critical to have these important components made locally. ...
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In response to hurricane Sandy, New York based Art Production Fund and the Standard Hotel have come together to showcase “Global Rainbow After The Storm”. This is an outdoor laser installation created by the American artist ...
Digits can accurately generate 3D-models of the hand's movements of the user onto a screen Microsoft Research lab has developed a prototype Digits hand-gesture sensor bracelet that can accurately generate 3D-models of the hand's movements ...
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High-power fiber-laser and amplifier manufacturer Photonics Corp of Oxford,MA,USA says that John R.Peeler,chairman&CEO of epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview,NY,USA,has joined its board of ...
Illumina system used in faster genome sequencing 08 Oct 2012 A sequencing protocol using a rapid-throughput platform could help diagnose critically ill infants. Faster sequencing Investigators at Kansas City's Children's Mercy ...
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Brolis Semiconductors Ltd of Vilnius, Lithuania officially opened its new MBE and laser diode production facility on December 5. Established by brothers Augustinas Vizbaras, Kristijonas Vizbaras and Dominykas Vizbaras in 2011, the firm ...
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OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto, Ontario, Canada says that its US affiliate OPEL Defense Integrated Systems (ODIS Inc) of Storrs, CT has produced an integrated laser device, achieving a key milestone in its Planar Optoelectronic Technology ...
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