Midtronics has completed the initial field testing of its GRX-5100 Hybrid/EV Battery Station, a high-voltage Hybrid/EV vehicle battery service and de-power device for several hybrids and EVs. Following the deployment, the GRX-5100 ...
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IDG News Service-Honda will begin tests next year of a small electric vehicle that uses a driver's tablet for displaying dashboard readings,audio,navigation and images from its rearview camera,it said Tuesday. The company's new"Micro ...
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Last year I visited Switch Lighting, a small Silicon Valley company that claimed to have built something revolutionary. Switch's product: a light bulb that produced the same warm, comforting glow that we associate with Edison's enduring ...
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IDG News Service-Nokia Siemens Networks and Ballard Power Systems want methanol-powered fuel cells to keep mobile networks running in the event of an electricity outage and are working with NTT DoCoMo to test the technology. The need for ...
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Deep-ultraviolet (DUV) light is used for sterilization, assisting chemical reactions, and photolithography. The disadvantages of conventional DUV sources such as excimer lasers and mercury-vapor lamps—expense and inclusion of toxic ...
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When it comes to light bulbs, Silicon Valley consumers can now go green and support a local company at the same time. But it will cost them. Switch Lighting, a San Jose company that designs LED light bulbs, announced Wednesday that its ...
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Cellular coverage for some carriers approached normal levels in the northeastern U.S. a week after Hurricane Sandy made landfall, but some areas remained cut off from mobile service because of ongoing power and telecommunications outages. ...
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Plans to use electronic voting machines in Tuesday's presidential election appear to be largely unaltered in states that were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. Despite widespread power outages and other hurricane related damage,election ...
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It is 50 years since laser scientist Dr Nick Holonyak and his team of researchers at General Electric made the breakthrough with a new type of alloy that allowed them to create the first practical, visible-spectrum LED and paved the way for ...
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Two days after Hurricane Sandy hit northeast U.S.coastal areas,power and communications outages are continuing to be a concern,especially in lower Manhattan. Verizon posted a dramatic photo online early Wednesday showing the lobby of ...
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We all love power tools, but let’s be realistic: Unless your tools are part of your job or you’re a serious handyperson, most power tools are overkill. Yes, I’ve been guilty of using a $400 cordless uber-drill to tighten a ...
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U.S. demand for fluoropolymers is forecast to increase 5.3% annually to $2.4 billion in 2016, with volume totaling 198 million pounds. Advances will be spurred by an improving economic outlook, which will drive industrial output and boost ...
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The Dow Chemical Company announced a restructuring program designed to accelerate cost reduction actions and advance the next stage of the Company's transformation in the midst of persistently slow macroeconomic growth. These actions will ...
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The Los Angeles City Council, community members, and representatives from the Public Works Department, including the Bureau of Street Lighting, celebrated the grand opening of the newly lit Los Angeles River bicycle path. The LA City bike ...
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The solar revolution has just begun,according to inventors Shawn Frayne and Alex Hornstein,who fell in love with the dream of clean energy,everywhere,for everyone.Their primary focus is on microsolar devices,small,handheld solar charging ...
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