M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc of Lowell, MA, USA, which makes semiconductor devices, modules and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications, has signed a global distribution agreement with Digi-Key ...
Spreading salt on roadways is still the most cost-effective tool for preventing death, injury, and property damage from winter traffic accidents around the world. In 2011, highway departments in the U.S. alone spread 19.6 million tons ...
Xylem has won a contract valued at approximately $2.75 million to supply Xylem's Wedeco-brand ultraviolet (UV) technologies to a wastewater treatment facility in the Vigo region of southwest Spain. With a treatment capacity of 147,000 ...
Computer chips used in next-generation smartphones and supercomputers can't get much faster without overheating.That's why engineers hope carbon nanotubes offer a possible cooling solution that could enable processing speeds to continue ...
It's an annoyance for the individual computer user:You've updated your operating system,and now you need to reboot.This is so the computer can switch to the modified source code. Imagine,however,having to update and reboot hundreds or ...
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Volkswagen of America, Inc. (VWoA) today reported 23,494 units delivered in January. "With our planned wind down of models in run-out, our January sales results were expectedly impacted," said Mark Barnes, Vice President, Sales, ...
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Refinements made to near-infrared spectroscopy during clinical MRI Dartmouth engineers and radiologists are developing new approaches for an emerging technique in diagnostic imaging for breast cancer-MRI with near-infrared ...
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Bud Industries has launched a product selector tool on its website,designed to help customers find enclosures and related products. The tool is divided into two main categories:cabinets/racks and boxes/cases.After selecting the ...
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The students of the Dresden University of Technology showed great interest in the presentation on the Autocoro 8 rotor spinning machine with its fully automated spinning units. Nearly 30 students of textile machinery manufacture and ...
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SML group opened what is to be the first of its three global RFID Technology and Innovation Centers. The center is located at Corby, Leicestershire, a town 75 miles north of London and home to SML’s UK operations. The group has plans ...
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Saturday, February 01, 2014: Attendees at ISPA EXPO 2014 will have ample opportunity to make the connections, build the relationships and gain those special insights that will make a difference to their business. Meet with CEOs, purchasing ...
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Having grown into the world’s factory through an abundance of cheap labor, China is now rushing to introduce industrial robots in response to rising wages and a worker shortage created by its one-child policy. The casting industry ...
FCI, a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect systems, will introduce its mini-SAS HD Active Optical Cable (MSHD AOC) assembly, the latest addition to its portfolio of optical and electrical cabling solutions, at DesignCon 2014. ...
Engineers intrigued by the toughness of mollusc shells, which are composed of brittle minerals, have found inspiration in their structure to make glass 200 times stronger than a standard pane. Counter-intuitively, the glass is ...
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The hardness, crystalline structure and wide bandgap of gallium nitride (GaN) make it ideal for a variety of applications, including light-emitting diodes (LEDs), laser diodes that read blu-ray discs, transistors that operate at high ...
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