Major League Baseball has approved a padded cap designed to protect pitchers from potentially dangerous line drives. After testing a number of prototypes from various companies, a cap manufactured by the 4Licensing Corporation subsidiary ...
(Phys.org) —An attempt to uncover the 'holy grail' of a lossless energy source has inadvertently led to a study which could result in the next generation of high-speed, mass storage hard drives. Chemists at the University of ...
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Growing department store retailer Gordmans implemented Oracle Retail solutions to improve the customer experience and deliver on its advertised promise that shoppers will find "something unexpected" with each store visit. Using Oracle ...
The Android ecosystem and wearable technology will probably get a boost from the patent deal Google and Samsung have struck, but the agreement is unlikely to have an influence on Samsung’s intellectual property disputes with Apple, ...
BioAlliance Pharma, an innovative Company dedicated to the development of orphan oncology, announced today that Validive (clonidine Lauriad) received a Fast Track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the prevention ...
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Lion Brand Yarn Company has opened a new retail store in Albany, New York called “The Lion Brand Yarn Shop.” Nicky Epstein, well-known knitwear designer and author, will be in attendance signing copies of her latest books, ...
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John Swainston, MD of Maxwell International Australia (left) and Brad Anderson, Lexar VP of worldwide sales. Digital imaging distributor Maxwell International has today announced that it has picked up the distribution for Lexar memory ...
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In automation and robotics, many applications are characterized by high energy and high torque at the same time. Spatial restrictions also mean that drives must be short, have a long service life and be maintenance-free. The newly ...
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VTech's popular Kidizoom remains one of the best-selling toys in the industry for the 8th year. VTech is returning to Toy Fair following a strong 2013 that saw the firm take the title of number one manufacturer within the UK infant toy ...
Demand grows due to battle against effects of higher levels of air pollution China's dependency on imported natural gas is expected to surge almost 19 percent this year as the nation's battle against air pollution drives up demand for the ...
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Researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen have developed a process that cooperates with driver assistance systems in cars to pinpoint pedestrians and cyclists—even while they are hidden from view. To this end, pedestrian's ...
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Vizio's AC/DC smart audio devices download and control Android apps, stream the apps' Cloud-based content via Wi-Fi 802.11n, and play audio and video stored in embedded memory or on a USB-connected storage device. It also has Bluetooth. ...
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Field networking, such as EtherCAT, POWERLINK, CANopen, and MECHATROLINK, are growing in popularity, replacing traditional motion control communications such as ±10 V, or pulse trains. In the diagram below, the left side represents ...
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Campaign hopes to raise $35,000 to make 'Woody' widely and economically available to all' The makers of My Wooden Horse, a traditional wooden push along toy, have taken to Kickstarter in the hope of bringing it to shelves. The product, ...
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Yamaha's $649-suggested MCR-N560 micro-component system incorporates AirPlay, DLNA 1.5 and Internet radio station streaming. Related yamaha Yamaha Diversifies With Premium Clock Radio yamaha Yamaha Adds High-End Statement Speaker yamaha ...
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