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GreenPeak Releases New Internet of Things White Paper
May 8, 2013 5:09 pm | by GreenPeak Technologies | News | CommentsGreenPeak Technologies has posted a new White Paper called “Sentrollers and the Internet of Things”. In this paper Sentrollers are defined as a new, all-encompassing term for sensors, actuators and controllers – the various devices that make up the new Internet of Things.
Microsoft Extends Search Guarantee in Yahoo Deal
May 8, 2013 11:13 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsYahoo rose 90 cents, or 3.6 percent, to close Tuesday at $26.07. It's the first time the stock has closed above $26 in nearly five years, continuing an upturn that began after Yahoo hired former Google executive Marissa Mayer as its CEO nearly 10 months ago. The shares have surged by 67 percent since Mayer's arrival.
Magnetic Vortex Antennas for Wireless Data Transmission
May 8, 2013 11:08 am | by Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf | News | CommentsThree-dimensional magnetic vortices were discovered by scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) together with colleagues from the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) within the scope of an international cooperation.
Elon Musk's SpaceX Signs Lease at NM Spaceport
May 8, 2013 11:00 am | by JERI CLAUSING, Associated Press | News | Comments"We've done a lot of work to level the playing field so we can compete in the space industry," Martinez said in a statement. "This is just the first step in broadening the base out at the Spaceport and securing even more tenants. I'm proud to welcome SpaceX to New Mexico."
New Satellite Appears to Be Working Flawlessly
May 8, 2013 10:53 am | by DIRK LAMMERS,Associated Press | News | CommentsA new satellite hovering nearly 450 miles above the Earth appears to working flawlessly as it embarks on a 10-year mission to document the planet's surface, scientists and engineers at the U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation and Science Center said Monday.
Cyberattacks a Growing Irritant in U.S.-China Ties
May 8, 2013 10:50 am | by CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press | News | CommentsSigns are growing that the sustained surge in cyberattacks emanating from China is imperiling its relations with the U.S., lending urgency to fledgling efforts by both governments to engage on the issue. The Pentagon this week said China appeared to be cyberspying against the U.S. government, the first time it has made such an assertion in its annual report on Chinese military power.
UF Launches HiPerGator, a Powerful Supercomputer
May 8, 2013 10:47 am | by Chris Moran, University of Florida | News | CommentsThe University of Florida has unveiled the state’s most powerful supercomputer, a machine that will help researchers find life-saving drugs, make decades-long weather forecasts and improve armor for troops. The HiPerGator supercomputer and recent tenfold increase in the size of the university’s data pipeline make UF one of the nation’s leading public universities in research computing.
AVX’S New Board-to-Board Compression Connectors
May 8, 2013 10:33 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsAVX Corporation has extended its line of high-reliability board-to-board compression connectors for commercial, medical, and harsh industrial applications with the addition of an ultra-low-profile power connector. Featuring gold-plated beryllium copper (BeCu) contacts that are insert-molded within the insulator for location and mechanical stability.
Gowanda’s Small Non-Magnetic Inductor
May 8, 2013 10:32 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsGowanda Electronics has introduced the non-magnetic molded RF inductor series, SMG1812. The dimensions of the new SMG1812 are 4.8 (L) x 3.4 (W) x 3.5 mm (H). The overall size is more than 40% smaller than Gowanda’s SMG3013 series (the industry’s smallest non-magnetic molded RF inductor series until now).
RF Analysis Right at Your Finger Tips
May 8, 2013 10:31 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsImagine having the power of RF analysis right at your fingertips. Now you can master your wireless with a new generation of handheld touch tablet RF Analyzers from Kaltman Creations, the leader in RF Solutions for Pro-Audio Wireless. The RF-Vue is offered in several versions, but the flag ship model is the RF-Vue T10.
Ultra-Low Quiescent Supply Current
May 8, 2013 10:30 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsAdvanced Power Electronics has announced the APE2902, a high-efficiency VFM Step-up DC-DC converter for small, low-input voltage or battery powered systems with ultra-low quiescent supply current. Devices can operate from a positive input voltage between the start-up voltage and VOUT and convert it to a higher output voltage.
Carnegie Mellon Robot Uses Arms, Location & More To Discover Objects
May 7, 2013 9:38 am | by Carnegie Mellon University | News | CommentsA robot can struggle to discover objects in its surroundings when it relies on computer vision alone. But by taking advantage of all of the information available to it — an object's location, size, shape and even whether it can be lifted — a robot can continually discover and refine its understanding of objects, say researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute.
New Battery Design for Solar and Wind Energy Power the Grid
May 7, 2013 9:34 am | by Andy Freeberg, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory | News | CommentsResearchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life battery that could enable solar and wind energy to become major suppliers to the electrical grid."For solar and wind power to be used in a significant way, we need a battery made of economical materials that are easy to scale and still efficient," said Yi Cui...
KAIST's Vivo Flexible Large Scale Integrated Circuits
May 7, 2013 9:23 am | by The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) | News | CommentsA team led by Professor Keon Jae Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST has developed in vivo silicon-based flexible large scale integrated circuits (LSI) for bio-medical wireless communication.
Portable Device Provides Rapid, Accurate Diagnosis
May 7, 2013 9:13 am | by Massachusetts General Hospital | News | CommentsA handheld diagnostic device that Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators first developed to diagnose cancer has been adapted to rapidly diagnose tuberculosis (TB) and other important infectious bacteria. Two papers appearing in the journals Nature Communications and Nature Nanotechnology...
