One way to win the predictions game is to make a lot of guesses and remember just the winners. Here at IEEE Spectrum, we play a harder game. We told you what to expect in 2013, and now we are 'fessing up to our misses, as well as bragging ...
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Lithium-ion batteries, such as those used in electric vehicles, are in high demand, with a global market value expected to reach $33.1 billion in 2019. But their high price and short life need to be addressed before they can be used in more ...
Tags: lithium-ion battery, Venkat Subramanian, battery developers
Liquid Image's googles with built in cameras on display during the first press event 'CES Unveiled' at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center prior to the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 05, 2014 A ...
Harvard stem cells scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital and MIT can now engineer cells that are more easily controlled following transplantation, potentially making cell therapies, hundreds of which are currently in clinical trials ...
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Different metals have long been a strong and preferred source for many different things. Because different metals are so strong and able to withstand a lot of pressure and even he, it is useful in so many of the things that we use today. ...
This collaboration further facilitates the integration of QD Vision's Color IQ optical components into customers' existing LCD supply chains and makes the transition to full-gamut color even easier for the LCD manufacturer. The ...
The UK can celebrate the launch of its first electric bus routes, to swing into operation this month in Milton Keynes, where eight electric buses will be running, taking over a busy "Number 7" 15-mile route, and covering two suburbs of ...
In 1879, the incandescent light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison, according to a report by a South Daily Media Group subsidy. Yet, 135 years later today, incandescent bulbs will officially become history in the U.S. Starting from Jan. 1, ...
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QD Vision and ShineOn Holding announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) a new partnership to provide integrated LED and Color IQ™ optical components that optimize total system performance in TV and monitor designs. This ...
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The TOWA Corporation of Japan, which supplies packaging (molding and singulation) equipment for the semiconductor, electronics and LED industries, has expanded its activities in Europe with an Innovation Center for Packaging Development via ...
There's a sensor in a bra, in your socks, on your wrist, attached to your chest, in the ears: wearable tech is spreading all over the body. The growing use of embedded wearable devices connected to a smartphone is spawning a massive ...
Marine cyanobacteria—tiny ocean plants that produce oxygen and make organic carbon using sunlight and CO2—are primary engines of Earth's biogeochemical and nutrient cycles. They nourish other organisms through the provision of ...
Tags: marine cyanobacteria, ocean food chain, vesicles, gene transfer
DuPont Pioneer Taps New Scientific Disciplines to Improve Yield Potential Adds expertise in novel fields to help improve performance in customer fields From DuPont Pioneer News As part of its ongoing commitment to provide corn ...
Thomas Hardy recently upgraded to the end of line packaging system at the site, where a new shrinkwrapper was installed, and there was a requirement to modify the bottle conveyors feeding the new machine. As a contract packer, the ...
For years now, Zhenan Bao, a chemical engineering and materials science professor at Stanford University, has been coming up with new techniques to speed up the charge carrier mobility of organic transistors, which have labored under ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics