The challenge was to not only give the building the kind of aesthetically-pleasing appearance befitting a former American president, but to do so with the environment and energy savings in mind. Freedom Plaza (photo courtesy of the ...
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Researchers at the Berkeley National Laboratory of the Department of the U.S. Department of Energy (Berkeley Lab) have developed a new material that will make the smart windows more intelligent. This material, which is a thin layer of ...
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The Volvo FH16, Volvo's new truck for heavy long-haul operations, has been tested in the toughest of all environments: Australia. Over a period of two days, it was put through its paces by journalists Brian Weatherley and Steve Brooks, both ...
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The Proton Suprima S has been unveiled at an event in its home country of Malaysia, revealing a sporty hatch set to arrive locally in November. Based on the five-door Preve GXR that's due here in October, the Proton?Suprima S is powered ...
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Volvo’s all-new ‘Drive-E’ engine family will be significantly more powerful, up to 30 per cent more fuel efficient and ready for integration with next-generation hybrid technology when it launches in Europe later this ...
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Hyundai Australia has bolstered its performance car range with the launch of the Hyundai i30 SR hatchback. First previewed in concept form at the 2012 Sydney motor show, the new Hyundai i30 SR is priced from $27,990 plus on-road costs and ...
British luxury carmaker Jaguar has introduced the new 2014 XJ sports saloon range that incorporates improved features and latest in-car technology. The latest model will be offered with a range of powertrain options including 2.0L ...
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Dutch sports car manufacturer Spyker has introduced the new Spyker B6 Venator Spyder concept vehicle at the Quail Motorsports Gathering in Pebble Beach, California in the US. The two door sports vehicle is powered by the ...
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Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Cars will launch the Drive-E portfolio of powertrains during the autumn of 2013. The Drive-E range includes two four-cylinder engines, one common rail diesel and one direct-injected petrol version ...
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Dutch sports car manufacturer Spyker has unveiled its B6 Venator Spyder Concept at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The new convertible concept comes just five months after the company revealed the B6 Venator Coupe Concept at ...
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The Hyundai Veloster Street special edition has launched exclusively in Australia priced from $24,990, adding a sporty, more affordable alternative to the flagship Veloster Turbo to the local line-up. Inspired by the Veloster-based Street ...
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Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA says that MediaTek (a fabless semiconductor firm for wireless communications and digital multimedia) is using several Skyworks front-end solutions in its dual-core MT6572 ...
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NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks, ...
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Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), and DANTE (Delivery of Advanced Network ...
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For its fiscal first-quarter 2014 (to 28 June 2013), Advanced Photonix Inc of Ann Arbor, MI, USA (which designs and makes APD, PIN, and FILTRODE photodetectors, HSOR high-speed optical receivers, and T-Ray terahertz instrumentation) has ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, optical receivers