Industry News
Focusing on Strategic R&D
February 6, 2013 9:23 am | by PD&D Staff | News | CommentsRecently, Green Plug named longtime executive Kevin Jones to the newly-created position of Chief Scientist and appointed semiconductor industry veteran Rajeev Prasad to succeed Jones as VP of Engineering. The announcement followed Green Plug's Series C investment round, from U.K.-based strategic investor Imagination Technologies Group.
Dell's Founder Strikes Deal to Turn it Around
February 6, 2013 9:23 am | by BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsIt's easy to forget now, but Michael Dell was the Mark Zuckerberg of his day. Hailed as a young genius, he created the inexpensive, made-to-order personal computer in his University of Texas dorm room and sold it straight to the public.
Wearable Cameras Provide New Insight into Lifestyle Behaviors and Health
February 5, 2013 10:08 am | by Elsevier Health Sciences | News | CommentsUnderstanding the relationships between lifestyle behaviors and health outcomes can be enhanced by the use of wearable cameras, concludes a collection of studies in a special theme issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Three studies report on the latest preventive medicine research using Microsoft's wearable camera, the SenseCam.
Live Action: Twitter Grabs Super Bowl Spotlight
February 5, 2013 9:48 am | by BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsBeyonce's splashy show, a freak power outage, and —oh, yeah— a captivating game of football combined to generate a record 24.1 million posts on Twitter during Sunday night's Super Bowl. That's up from 13.7 million last year — and that doesn't even include chatter surrounding the ads.
Japan 787 Probe Finds Thermal Runaway in Battery
February 5, 2013 9:48 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsJapan's Transport Safety Board says the lithium ion battery aboard a Boeing 787 flight in Japan last month found evidence of the same type of "thermal runaway" seen in a similar incident in Boston. The board said in a report Tuesday that CAT scans and other analysis found damage to all eight cells in the battery that overheated on an All Nippon Airways 787 on Jan. 16.
Oracle to Buy Acme Packet for about $2.1B
February 5, 2013 9:48 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsOracle will buy Acme Packet Inc., which makes equipment for telecommunications companies, for about $2.1 billion. Acme's gear is used by more than 1,900 service providers and enterprises around the world. Its technology will complement Oracle's offerings for telecoms providers, said Citigroup analyst Walter Pritchard.
UK: Surveillance Devices to Monitor Web Traffic
February 5, 2013 9:35 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsBritish intelligence agencies are planning to install an unspecified number of spy devices along Britain's telecommunications network so they can monitor Britons' interactions with overseas services such as Facebook and Twitter, according to lawmakers.
Macro Sensors Appoints New Business Unit Sales Manager
February 4, 2013 6:05 pm | by MacroSensors | News | CommentsMacroSensors announces the appointment of Fran Mashintonio as Business Unit Sales Manager. In this position, Fran will focus on supporting corporate growth, with target markets in power generation, subsea, industrial/factory automation as well as the hydraulics industry.
Master Electronics & Panasonic Sign DIstribution Agreement
February 4, 2013 6:02 pm | by Master Electronics; Panasonic Industrial Devices | News | CommentsMaster Electronics announces the company has been awarded the prestigious Panasonic Industrial Devices franchise. The expanded Panasonic offering builds on decades of success between the two companies selling and promoting Panasonic Electric Works products.
HID Global's Chief Technology Officer Shares Projections for Top Secure Identity Trends of 2013
February 4, 2013 5:55 pm | by HID Global | News | CommentsHID Global has released its projections for the top secure identity trends of 2013. The predictions span a broad range of market segments including physical access control, logical access control, and mobile access control using NFC-enabled smartphones.
Agilent Technologies Commits $90 Million Gift of Software to Georgia Institute of Technology
February 4, 2013 5:49 pm | by Agilent Technologies | News | CommentsAgilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has announced the largest in-kind software donation ever in its longstanding relationship with the Georgia Institute of Technology. "Georgia Tech is among the best research universities in the world," said Steve McLaughlin.
Creating Multi-Emitter Signal Scenarios
February 4, 2013 5:19 pm | by Agilent Technologies | Videos | CommentsThe approach shown here is used to create multi-emitter signal scenarios with commercial off-the-shelf design software and instrumentation. A multi-emitter test signal is created which combines an L-band, LTE, EDGE, GSM, WCDMA, and S-band radar signals.
Agilent's Digitizer Based Solution
February 4, 2013 4:54 pm | by Agilent Technologies | Videos | CommentsAgilent's digitizer based solution helps accelerate multi-antenna calibration or channel sounding significantly. It is based on the M9703A 8-channel, 12-bit high-speed digitizer with exclusive digital down-converter capabilities.
Toward Practical Compressed Sensing
February 4, 2013 9:46 am | by Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | News | CommentsThe last 10 years have seen a flurry of research on an emerging technology called compressed sensing. Compressed sensing does something that seems miraculous: It extracts more information from a signal than the signal would appear to contain.
UK Sends Hand-Held Helicopter Drones to War Zone
February 4, 2013 9:10 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsBritish soldiers in Afghanistan have been issued with surveillance drones so small they can fit in the palm of a squaddie's hand. The Scandinavian-designed Black Hornet Nano weighs as little as 16 grams (roughly half an ounce) — the same as a finch.
Ride-Hailing Apps offer New Way to Get Around Town
February 4, 2013 9:05 am | by TERENCE CHEA, Associated Press | News | CommentsMinutes later, a black hatchback with a big fluffy, pink mustache on its grille pulled up. Kutscher hopped in the front seat and gave the driver a fist bump. Then they cruised over the hilly streets of San Francisco, chatting like neighbors until he was dropped off near Union Square.
FTC Offers Privacy Guidelines for Mobile Industry
February 4, 2013 8:54 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsIn a report published Friday, the FTC outlines guidelines that include advising companies to get people's consent before using technology to track shoppers' locations, consider offering a "do not track" mechanism for smart phone users; and developing icons that show the transmission of user data.
LynuxWorks LynxOS-178 Flies High in Super Mid-size Business Jet Market
February 1, 2013 5:18 pm | by LynuxWorks, Inc. | News | CommentsLynuxWorks, Inc. has announced LynxOS-178 is flying high. The recent announcement by Rockwell Collins that its Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics system that uses LynxOS-178 is now in service on the Gulfstream G280, marks the system’s debut in the super mid-size business jet market segment.
Cell Phone Amber Alerts: What You Need to Know
February 1, 2013 9:12 am | by TAMI ABDOLLAH - Associated Press | News | CommentsMost people with newer phones have the emergency alert system automatically activated. The new Amber Alert system replaces a prior "opt-in" system that went offline Dec. 31 and alerted about 700,000 people who had signed up nationally. The messages are geographically specific, going to people within the reach of a particular region's cell towers.
U.S. Satellite Lost in Failed Launch from Pacific
February 1, 2013 9:06 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsThe company said in a statement Friday the Intelsat 27 satellite was lost 40 seconds after the launch due to the failure of the Zenit-3SL rocket. The Boeing. Co-built spacecraft was launched Thursday from the Odyssey ocean platform. Sea Launch AG President Kjell Karlsen said the cause of the failure is unknown and the company is working to evaluate it.
Engineering Newswire 23: I Am Iron Woman
February 1, 2013 9:02 am | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development | Videos | CommentsToday on Engineering Newswire, brought to you by Interpower, the premier supplier of power system components for worldwide markets, we’re crafting magic arms, building Tony Stark’s cyber-weapon, and 3D printing for the BioCurious.
Apple Blocks Java on Macs Due to Vulnerabilities
February 1, 2013 8:54 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsSome Mac users were taken by surprise Thursday as their computers stopped running programs written using the Java programming language after Apple blocked Java due to security problems. Java allows programmers to write a wide variety of Internet applications and other software programs and run them on most computers, including Apple Inc.'s Mac.
U.S. Weighs Tougher Action over China Cyberattacks
February 1, 2013 8:31 am | by LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press | News | CommentsHigh-level talks with the Chinese government to address persistent cyberattacks against U.S. companies and government agencies haven't worked, so officials say the Obama administration is now considering a range of actions. Two former U.S. officials said the administration is preparing a new National Intelligence Estimate.
Panasonic, Sharp Expect Red Ink Despite Yen Help
February 1, 2013 8:26 am | by YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsThe two Osaka-based companies are among the Japanese electronics makers battered by price plunges in gadgets and hot competition from more successful rivals such as Apple Inc. and South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Panasonic reported a 61.4 billion yen ($667 million) profit for the October-December period Friday.
New Semiconductor Research May Extend Integrated Circuit Battery Life Tenfold
January 31, 2013 9:02 am | by Rochester Institute of Technology | News | CommentsResearchers at Rochester Institute of Technology, international semiconductor consortium SEMATECH, and Texas State University have demonstrated that use of new methods and materials for building integrated circuits can reduce power—extending battery life to 10 times longer for mobile applications compared to conventional transistors.
