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Lightweight Microsoft Office Available on iPhone
June 14, 2013 9:32 am | by ANICK JESDANUN, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsMicrosoft's Office software package is coming to the iPhone for the first time Friday, offering people the ability to read and edit their text documents, spreadsheets, and slide presentations at the doctor's office or at a soccer game...
APNewsBreak: NSA Leaker Snowden Not Welcome in UK
June 14, 2013 9:30 am | by THANYARAT DOKSONE, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe British government has warned airlines around the world not to allow Edward Snowden, who leaked information on top-secret U.S. government surveillance programs, to fly to the United Kingdom. A travel alert, dated Monday on a Home Office letterhead, said carriers should deny Snowden boarding because "the individual is highly likely to be refused entry to the UK."
New Array Measures Vibrations Across Skin May Help Engineers Design Tactile Displays
June 14, 2013 9:28 am | by Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsIn the near future, a buzz in your belt or a pulse from your jacket may give you instructions on how to navigate your surroundings.Think of it as tactile Morse code: vibrations from a wearable, GPS-linked device that tell you to turn right or left, or stop, depending on the pattern of pulses you feel.
Obama to Take Advantage of Advances in Wireless
June 14, 2013 9:26 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsThe White House says President Barack Obama is taking advantage of new advances in the wireless industry to help create jobs. Obama is expected to announce Friday that he's directing federal agencies to be more efficient in their use of radio spectrum and to make more capacity available to satisfy the growing demand for broadband Internet.
ANT Makes Inroads into Smartphone Market
June 13, 2013 6:41 pm | by Jack Shandle, freelance writer, Nordic Semiconductor | Articles | CommentsConvergence is a hot topic again. But this time its impact on people’s everyday lives will dwarf the computer-communications-consumer (3C) version of the 1990s. Today, the design community is being challenged to find ways to link any device that potentially can draw electric current with the rest of cyberspace. Watches, toasters, weight scales, and thermostats; bicycles, blood pressure monitors...
RFID Journal Presents RFID in High Tech 2013
June 13, 2013 5:57 pm | by RFID Journa | News | CommentsRFID Journal has announced that registration is now open for its RFID in High Tech conference and exhibition. The event, focused on the use of radio frequency identification technology within the high-tech value chain, will be held on Oct. 2-3, 2013, at the Hilton San Francisco Airport Bayfront hotel, in San Francisco, CA.
Low Acceleration Sensitivity “Poseidon” Series
June 13, 2013 4:36 pm | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsBliley Technologies has introduced the Poseidon Series OCXO, featuring unparalleled phase noise performance in a modular type sealed package. The design engineers will find excellent frequency versus temperature stability, design flexibility with customer specified frequencies between 30 MHz and 130 MHz.
TVS Diode Array from Littelfuse Reduces Clamping Voltage
June 13, 2013 4:13 pm | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsLittelfuse has introduced the SP3051-04HTG Transient Voltage Suppression (TVS) Diode Array (SPA Diode), the latest addition to the lightning surge devices in the company’s TVS Diode Array line. It integrates low capacitance rail-to-rail diodes with an additional zener diode to protect I/O pins against ESD and lightning-induced surge events.
Engineering Newswire 42: Futuristic Airplanes Carry Passenger Pods
June 13, 2013 2:01 pm | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development | Videos | CommentsThis week on Engineering Newswire, we’re building Hyperloop transportation, putting paralyzed people behind the wheel, and riding futuristic airplanes that carry passengers in pods. This episode is brought to you by Smalley Steel Ring Company, the exclusive manufacturer of Spirolox Retaining Rings and Smalley Wave Springs for more than 50 years. Request samples to try in your application today.
M2M: A Growing Need for Reliable, Secure Data Communications
June 13, 2013 1:43 pm | by Ashish Sharma, CMO of FreeWave Technologies | Articles | CommentsThe first Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications can be traced back to World War II, and the ability to have machines “talk” to each other (via data communication networks) is essential for monitoring and controlling assets within homes, businesses, and even critical national infrastructure projects of today.
New Ultrasonic Sensor Line from Balluff
June 13, 2013 1:01 pm | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsThe new ultrasonic sensors from Balluff are perfect for distance measurement or position detection of granules, fluids and powders. They measure fill levels, heights and sag without making contact as well as count and monitor the presence of objects.
Peregrine’s Next-Generation Phase-Locked Loop Device
June 13, 2013 12:38 pm | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsPeregrine Semiconductor announced from booth #1811 at the International Microwave Symposium in Seattle it has further expanded its high-frequency product line with the Integer-N PE33241 Phase-Locked Loop (PLL). The UltraCMOS technology-based PLL features a very low phase noise Figure of Merit.
Brainstorm: Time Device Technologies
June 13, 2013 12:18 pm | by WDD Staff | Articles | CommentsAny device or system that requires a clock or timing device to function will improve its performance as the quality of the timing device improves. Parameters that define the quality of a timing device include: phase noise, jitter, temperature stability, aging, PSRR, power dissipation, G-sensitivity, as well as other parameters that are sensitive to a particular application.
HotSeat Episode 3: Rugged WSNs for Harsh Environments
June 13, 2013 11:52 am | by Alex Shanahan, Multimedia Production Specialist, WDD | Videos | CommentsBill Conley, the Cellular and Proprietary RF Systems Engineering Manager at B&B Electronics, is in the HotSeat this week, demonstrating a well monitoring system out in the Sonora Desert. The sensor network edge is expanding, and sensors are not only being asked to function in increasingly harsh environments, but they are also expected to report their data to ever more distant control centers.
Leaker Snowden Alleges NSA Hacking on China, World
June 13, 2013 9:08 am | by KELVIN CHAN, Associated Press | News | CommentsFor months, China has tried to turn the tables on the U.S. to counter accusations that it hacks America's computers and networks. Now, former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden may have handed Beijing a weapon in its cyber war of words with Washington.
