The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) intends to create a standard method to evaluate the energy efficiency of ultra-low power(ULP) microcontrollers. To date, the industry has lacked a common method to test, validate, ...
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German carmaker Audi has opened a Research & Development (R&D) Center in Beijing, China to strengthen its innovations in Asian region. The center is spread across an area of 8,000sqm and houses aboratories, prototype and R&D workshops. ...
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Forget having to feed a real goldfish: These RoboFish live on batteries. The underwater products were shown off at the Nuremberg Toy Fair last week in the Toys 3.0 area. A bowl, fish and battery set is already available in some parts ...
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BLU Products, one of the fastest growing mobile phone manufacturers in the world, announced the new Quattro Series of smartphone devices, all powered by the NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 1.5 GHz quad-core processor with a fifth battery saver ...
United States Steel Corp publicly unveiled Thursday a $500 million revamp of its Clairton, Pennsylvania coke works that aims to reduce pollution. The new coke battery has been operational since November 2012. In 2008, the company ...
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Power distribution and transmission executives are faced with a range of new technologies at the moment that need to be integrated and understood, says Michael Ropp, President and Principal Engineer, Northern Plains Power Technologies. ...
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X2 Computing, a leading global provider of mobile computing solutions, has launched Carbon X220G, a new tablet computer for bingo and other gaming applications. Compatible with Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems, enables ...
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Hewlett-Packard researchers are developing a cloud-based "avatar" to manage all of a user's mobile devices and wireless networks. Their idea is to give individual users an identity that transcends the many smartphones, tablets and other ...
The Renault-Nissan Alliance is showing its support for the R20 climate action group founded by former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger by becoming a partner for its conference in Vienna, Austria, and providing a fleet of ...
The firm formerly known as RIM has announced its BlackBerry Z10 smartphone, the top-of-the line BlackBerry that – it hopes – is going to take on the iPhone 5 and save the company. BlackBerry, as RIM is now known, has announced ...
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The new BlackBerry Z10 places communication: messaging, mailing and social networking, at the centre of its operation. During our first hands-on encounter with the touch screen-enabled Z10, it was clear BlackBerry has a different view ...
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Samsung Electronics America, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, has acquired Massachusetts-based computed tomography (CT) company NeuroLogica for an undisclosed sum. Under the acquisition, Samsung will leverage its global brand ...
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Following six years of R&D, Raytheon has opened a silicon carbide fab in Glenrothes Scotland which will offer foundry services as well as its own line of high-temperature ICs. Its SiC process has been developed on-site, with Government ...
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More than 160 people from all levels of the supply chain traveled to New Orleans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Tencel®, Austria-based Lenzing AG's sustainable lyocell fiber derived from wood pulp. The "Tencel@20" seminar included ...
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Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has retained overall national forklift market leadership and achieved a 26th consecutive year of dominance in internal-combustion counter-balance forklifts. Official Australian Industrial Truck ...