The British Plastics Federation (BPF), the trade association for the UK Plastic Industry, has released a plan to make 100% of plastic packaging reused, recycled or recovered. The intention forms part of a document, Plastics: A Vision for ...
Tags: Plastic Packaging, Packaging
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC) and Ford Motor have partnered for the UK's largest connected and autonomous vehicle project in Coventry. The trials are being undertaken as part of the UK Autodrive ...
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Philips Lighting Holding has cooperated with China Telecom to promote smart-city application in China through using its smart Internet-connected lighting technology and China Telecom's NB-IoT (narrow band-Internet of Things) technology and ...
Two new courses, designed to help furniture companies identify suitable job opportunities for the less able, have been developed following a two-year international project. Supported in the UK by British Furniture Manufacturers (BFM), the ...
Tags: BFM, Working Tri-21 project
Korea University has been working to improve metal contacts on aluminium gallium indium phosphide (AlGaInP) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Dae-Hyun Kim et al, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., vol55, p032102, 2016]. In particular, the research team added ...
Tags: AlGalnP, Tantalum barrier, LED
Consumer Watchdog demands police investigation and release of technical data and video of the recent Google car crashing with a municipal bus in California. Google's account of the crash was posted on the California Department of Motor ...
Audi and the city of Somerville are planning joint innovations for the city of the future on the east coast of the USA. Audi CEO Rupert Stadler and Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the context of the Smart ...
Tags: Audi, networking cars, Automated Parking
The best-selling Citaro urban bus has already celebrated numerous successes. It is the world's best-selling Mercedes-Benz urban bus, has been voted "Bus of the Year", holds the Sustainability Award, is a winner of the "Green Bus Award" and ...
Having ventured into the color LED market with its traffic light products in 1998, leading LED manufacturer Lumileds has come a long way with its color LED designs. A week ahead of Lumileds LUXEON C Color Line launch, the company website ...
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A new research by the University of Surrey has revealed that front labelling on food packaging can be more effective in persuading consumers to make healthier food choices. The research was recently published in the British Journal of ...
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Researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany have found that the use of red light in labelling food products could help customers make healthy food choices. The proposed labelling system in the study used a red light for food items ...
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Mitsubishi has unveiled XR-PHEV plug-in-hybrid electric car concept at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show. The crossover features innovative styling and performance-oriented drivetrain to provide a pleasant driving experience. It is ...
Australia's proposed Health Star Rating System for food labelling New Zealand’s nutritional food labels are not as effective as once thought and could be impacting on the health of New Zealanders, according to new research from the ...
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The use of color-coded "traffic light" food labels and changes in the way popular items are displayed appear to have produced a long-term increase in the choice of more healthful food items among customers in a large hospital cafeteria. A ...
The use of color-coded "traffic light" food labels and changes in the way popular items are displayed appear to have produced a long-term increase in the choice of more healthful food items among customers in a large hospital cafeteria. A ...
Tags: Food Labels, Food