Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO) has extended its work on double-gated nitride semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (DG-HEMTs) [Guohao Yu et al, IEEE Electron Device ...
Tags: Nitride HEMTs, Electrical
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) did a study of how much electricity was saved last year thanks to the use of LED in nine kinds of applications (various kinds of indoor lights, streetlights, etc). The numbers are impressive: "In 2012, ...
Tags: LED Lights, Lighting
In a first for Monforts, a newly installed Montex stenter is able to capitalise on steam from a co-generation plant to heat the first two chambers ensuring significant energy savings and improved finishing. Portugal’s fully vertical ...
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Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced three new Prescolite LED solutions for downlighting applications—a 6” LiteBox LED downlight module (LB6LEDA10L), a 6” Retroficient LED downlight (RLC6LED), ...
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At The Fresh Market, shoppers can catch not only a delectable aroma but also the hint of classical music in the air. When the specialty grocery retailer decided to test updated indoor lighting at its new stores—to be followed by ...
Tags: GE LED Lamps, Lighting
Why to Choose Tricycles are typically used by children between the ages of two and four, after which point they usually switch to a bicycle, often with training wheels. Parents choosing a tricycle for their child should ensure ...
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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS), has introduced two new SP5T RF switches for the next generation of high-power LTE ...
Tags: SP5T RF Switches, Military Radios
Yes, now lightbulbs can glow red when your squeeze arrives The Philips Hue lightbulbs are the Internet of Things made real: multicoloured light bulbs with network connectivity and cloud control, with only the outrageous price preventing ...
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A Packaging company in Australia needed an effective means to transfer glue at 6 l/min from its IBC holding tanks to its glue rollers. A flow rate of 6 liters per minute was required. After carefully analysing the application, a Dura ...
Tags: Pumping Glue, Peristaltic Pumps
Jose Maria Magrina, Chief Executive Officer of Arabian Cement Company (ACC) announced that the company has taken all the steps needed to substitute natural gas with coal and refused derived fuel (RDF) as energy sources in its plant. He ...
Tags: Fuel, Metallurgy, Mineral&Energy, Arabian Cement
With the launch of a new Kickstarter campaign, Redshift Sports unveiled its Switch Aero System designed to help cyclists get the most out of their road bikes. The system’s quick-release aerobars and dual-position seatpost allows ...
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Feedly, the free RSS service that has been the safe harbor for millions of Internet refugees fleeing the soon-to-be-defunct Google Reader, announced Monday that several popular RSS apps will access its API free of charge. The move will ...
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Officials with the City of Prescott sharpened their pencils this week and are helping the environment. On July 1 they will shift from years of not recycling glass products to a new agreement that will keep tons of bottles and jars from ...
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WASHINGTON -- One of the computer scientists who turned on the Internet in 1983, Vinton Cerf, is concerned that much of the data created since then, and for years still to come, will be lost to time. Cerf warned that digital things ...
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Tom Butler, an electrician for the City of Newton Public Buildings Department, uses tape on a sensor to make an LED street light turn on. Newton, Massachusetts - City crews have installed a series of energy efficient LED street lights ...
Tags: LED Street Lights, Lighting