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Sensing danger

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

We need to make sure that schools are safe havens for learning, where both adults and children know there is no threat of sudden, life-altering violence. From what I’ve seen, I believe that advances in magnetometer and other sensing technology make it possible….

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The missing link for the iPhone

Monday, December 3, 2012

Simple and convenient…It’s a fast and foolproof connection….Since I received the product in mid-September I’ve used it almost constantly…

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Are they crazy or in love?

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

You have to ask yourself why these individuals would choose to work in the test and measurement field.

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The Web is still free

Thursday, February 9, 2012

A federal jury in Tyler, TX, has just decided that claims asserted by patent-holding company EolasTechnologies, that it owns the technology which allows access to the interactive Web, were invalid. The decision cancels upcoming trials in which Google, YouTube, Yahoo, Amazon, Adobe, JC Penney, CDW Corp., and Staples would have been pressed for damages from [...]

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MEMS Congress sees market staying strong

Thursday, November 3, 2011

By Richard Comerford Reports from the MEMS Congress which opened in yesterday in Monterey, CA, indicate that the market for MEMS devices will continue to be strong for the next few years. Attendance at the Congress is up by 25% over last year, and panelist in the opening session were all in agreement that market [...]

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Is the new iPhone good enough?

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

By Richard Comerford, Electronic Products Apple just launched the iPhone 4S at its headquarters in Cupertino, CA. The new phone uses the A5 chip that’s also in the iPad; has a new operating system, iOS 5, and an AI/voice recognition system named Siri; provides an 8-Mpixel camera and 1080p video capability; and is accompanied by [...]

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Designing for the ‘lost decade’

Thursday, September 15, 2011

This is the time when great electronic design is going to be needed more than ever before By Richard Comerford The report Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010 issued last month by the United States Census Bureau is extremely sobering. It said that in 2010, 15.1% of the U.S. population, [...]

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