Jules Verne said in Around the World in 80 Days: “Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.” Today, that is truer than ever before. Did you ever think it would be possible to communicate so easily with anyone around ...
Tags: LED streetlights, LED lighting
The presence of FontanaArte at Europuce featured a prestigious collection designed to high technical and aesthetic level as it coming out from a collaboration of work with designers of international renown. For public view April 14-19 was ...
Researchers at Ghent University and nanoelectronics R&D center Imec of Leuven, Belgium have demonstrated interaction between light and sound in a nanoscale area using a silicon photonic nanowire (R. Van Laer et al, Nature Photonics (2015); ...
The National Nanotechnology Initiative defines nanotechnology as the understanding and control of matter at the nanoscale, at dimensions of approximately 1 and 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications. Nanotechnology ...
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New research, published in Earth and Planetary Research Letters, led by scientists from the University of Cambridge, used plankton – tiny bugs, whose shells litter the ocean floors. By drilling into the seabed scientists can extract ...
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Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton today announced that it has received a $2.4 million research grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to explore the development of energy efficient lighting products. Eaton's research, slated ...
Ten years ago, most cell phones had single-color displays, and they were primarily used to make phone calls. Now glance at the phone in your pocket, think about its capabilities beyond dialing a number, and you will have some sense of the ...
Tags: Light-Directed Activities, Fulfillment, Processing Machinery
Fiber optic cables are the high-speed wires of glass or plastic that is generally used for communication purposes. These days, many large networks of universities, campuses, corporate and government sectors rely on this fast communication ...
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Demonstrating the creative ingenuity behind clever lighting, the recent NVA Speed of Light event in Salford saw hundreds of runners don head-to-toe specialised LED light suits and chase around the docks in a stunning piece of performance ...
Tags: Speed of Light, LEDs, Lights
A Cisco-funded router startup has unveiled its first product, which the company says implements breakthrough silicon-to-photonics circuitry for scaling service provider networks and enabling them for software-defined networking (SDN). ...
Tags: Cisco, networks, Internet speed
Two U.S. lawmakers have reintroduced a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill over the objections of some privacy advocates and digital rights groups. As promised, Representatives Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican, and C.A. ...
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The fundamental idea is that, all crystals are glasses but all glasses are not crystals. We use crystal wares and glass wares in our houses, mostly for decorative purposes. Different types of spectacle glasses are widely used in our ...
IDG News Service - While NoSQL may be getting all the buzz, in many cases an old fashioned relational database, such as MySQL, may work just as well if not better. That was the message from a number of MySQL users who presented their ...
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ISACA has released insights from its 2012 IT Risk/Reward Barometer. The results from this study confirm an understanding of the risk posed by employee activities with both work and personal devices. For example, a consistently high ...
Tags: BYOD, risk barometer, reward barometer, organisation security
Boeing lands$16M laser weapon follow-up 08 Oct 2012 Defense contractor agrees follow-on contract with US Army Space and Missile Command for 10kW solid-state system. Boeing is to develop a truck-mounted 10kW laser weapon for the US Army. ...
Tags: laser weapons, US Army Space and Missile, 10kW solid-state system