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Project Aims to Track Big City Carbon Footprints
May 13, 2013 9:42 am | by ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer | News | CommentsHalfway around the globe, similar contraptions atop the Eiffel Tower and elsewhere around Paris keep a pulse on emissions from smokestacks and automobile tailpipes. And there is talk of outfitting Sao Paulo, Brazil, with sensors that sniff the byproducts of burning fossil fuels.
Bloodless Bank Heist Impressed Cybercrime Experts
May 13, 2013 9:42 am | by COLLEEN LONG, MARTHA MENDOZA, Associated Press | News | CommentsA bloodless bank heist that netted more than $45 million has left even cybercrime experts impressed by the technical sophistication, if not the virtue, of the con artists who pulled off a remarkable internationally organized attack. "It was pretty ingenious," Pace University computer science professor Darren Hayes said Friday.
Icahn, Southeastern Challenge Dell Takeover Plan
May 13, 2013 9:33 am | by TOM MURPHY, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsOne of the biggest critics of Michael Dell's plan to take the company he founded private has launched a fresh challenge to that $24.4 billion bid and says the slumping PC maker needs new leadership. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has teamed with Dell's largest independent shareholder, Southeastern Asset Management, to pitch a deal that would let Dell shareholders keep their stake in the company and give...
Engineering Newswire 37: Boeing Makes Hypersonic History
May 10, 2013 11:08 am | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development | Videos | CommentsToday on Engineering Newswire, brought to you by Pivot Point, the leading designer and manufacturer of non-threaded fastener solutions, we're improving Artificial Intelligence with sensors, flying robotic bees, making hypersonic history, and getting ready to launch GOES-R.
Dish Chair Dares Softbank to Raise Bid for Sprint
May 10, 2013 10:50 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsSoftbank can close the deal up to a year faster than Dish and brings industry expertise and cash to Sprint, he said. In addition, the combined Softbank and Sprint would be a huge purchaser of phones and network equipment, which should help it secure volume discounts, he said.
Panasonic Reports Big Loss but Forecasts Profit
May 10, 2013 10:47 am | by MALCOLM FOSTER, Associated Press | News | CommentsJapanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic Corp. on Friday reported a near-record net loss of 754 billion yen ($7.5 billion) for the fiscal year through March due to restructuring costs and slumping sales, but predicted a return to the black this year as it prunes unprofitable businesses.
UK Budget Airline to Test Ash Cloud Detector
May 10, 2013 10:46 am | by SYLVIA HUI, Associated Press | News | CommentsA U.K. budget airline will create an artificial volcanic ash cloud over Europe this summer to test ash detection technology. The experiment aims to avoid the kind of chaos that paralyzed air traffic during eruptions three years ago. Thursday's announcement was made by easyJet, which acquired a ton of ash collected...
Icahn, Southeastern Challenge Dell Takeover Plan
May 10, 2013 10:41 am | by TOM MURPHY, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsSoutheastern Asset Management and Icahn said in a letter sent Thursday to the Dell Inc. board that they want to let shareholders keep their stock and give them either $12 per share in cash or additional shares in a deal that keeps the company publicly traded.
Global Network of Hackers Steal $45M from ATMs
May 10, 2013 10:39 am | by COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe sophistication of a global network of thieves who drained cash machines around the globe of an astonishing $45 million in mere hours sent ripples through the security world, not merely for the size of the operation and ease with which it was carried out, but also for the threat that more such thefts may be in store.
Flawed Diamonds Promise Sensory Perfection
May 10, 2013 10:31 am | by Paul Preuss, Berkeley Lab | News | CommentsFrom brain to heart to stomach, the bodies of humans and animals generate weak magnetic fields that a supersensitive detector could use to pinpoint illnesses, trace drugs – and maybe even read minds. Sensors no bigger than a thumbnail could map gas deposits underground, analyze chemicals, and pinpoint explosives that hide from other probes.
AutomationDirect Expands Ultrasonic Sensor Line
May 10, 2013 10:02 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsAutomationDirect’s has expanded its ultrasonic sensor line to include additional 18 and 30 mm round plastic DC models that are available with discrete or analog outputs. The sensors feature LED status indicators and a push-button teach feature for configuration of normally-open and normally-closed states for DC output models and for adjustable sensitivity on analog output models.
Stackpole’s RC Series Carbon Comps
May 10, 2013 10:01 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsStackpole’s RC series is an axial leaded carbon composition technology available in ¼, ½, and 1 W power ratings. Additional features include a dense carbon slug element that handles high-energy surges, availability in values from to 1 Ω to 22 MΩ and tolerances of 5% and 10%.
Cicoil’s Flat Cables for Linear Motion Applications
May 10, 2013 9:57 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsCicoil's Highly Flexible Flat Cables are the Clear Choice for Linear Motion Applications. The Silicone Encased Flat Cable Solutions are designed to provide consistent electrical characteristics, weight and space savings, premium current carrying capacity, and are ideal to meet the operation requirements...
AVX’s Thin Film Capacitors Receive Logistics Agency Approval
May 10, 2013 9:55 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsAVX Corporation has announced that the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has issued Drawings for high-reliability versions of its Accu-P thin film capacitor series, which exhibits both extremely low capacitance values (0.05 pF) and ultra-tight capacitance tolerances (±0.01 pF).
Engineers Fine-Tune the Sensitivity of Nano-Chemical Sensor
May 9, 2013 10:30 am | by University of Illinois at Chicago | News | CommentsThe sensors, made of an insulating base coated with a graphene sheet--a single-atom-thick layer of carbon--are already so sensitive that they can detect an individual molecule of gas. But manipulating the chemical properties of the insulating layer, without altering the graphene layer, may yet improve their ability to detect the most minute concentrations of various gases.
