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Strategies in Light (SiL) going on 14 years

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

By Christina Nickolas Strategies in Light (SiL) 2013 is being held right now at the Santa Clara Convention Center and goes on till Feb 14. The show has been going on for 14 years and targets mostly the LED and lighting industry. The conference includes workshops, plenary sessions, and forums. It also consists of the LED & Lighting technology track, the [...]

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Upcoming Science Events and Fairs

Thursday, January 17, 2013

By Christina Nickolas If one of your goals for 2013 is giving back to your community I would recommend for you to volunteer  at a science fair. The following is a brief list for some popular science events going on this year. The website www.volunteermatch.org also provides more opportunites in which you can search by [...]

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What is your connectivity style?

Monday, December 10, 2012

By Christina Nickolas, Editor Broadcom Corp. just announced the results of the Broadcom Connectivity Study, which is a survey of 2,500 U.S. adults measuring connectivity trends across behavioral and demographic lines in today’s digital life. Read study here. After reading it myself I believe my connectivity style to be “Always On”. Let me know what yours [...]

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See what ADI showcases at EMW2012

Monday, October 29, 2012

by Christina Nickolas Today at EMW2012 Analog Devices announced the release of the ADF4153A PLL synthesizer that offers leading phase noise performance of -223 dBc/Hz. It is an upgrade to the widely used 4-GHz ADF4153 fractional-N PLL and it is used in a variety of applications including communications infrastructure, pulse-Doppler and FMCW (frequency-modulated continuous-wave) radar [...]

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EuMW – Women in Microwave Engineering event

Friday, October 19, 2012

The EuMW (European Microwave Week) will be held Oct 28 – Nov 2 in Amsterdam RAI, The Netherlands. There will be many events held during that time, however one event I highly recommend for women (and men too – we need support)  is the Women in Microwave event on Monday Oct 29 from 17:50 – [...]

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The results are in for the Broadcom MASTERS competition

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

By Christina Nickolas A while back I wrote about “More girls than boys are top finalists in 2012 Broadcom MASTERS competition”, see http://www.eebeat.com/?p=5556 The competition is over and the results are in. The Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science & the Public (SSP) just announced the Broadcom MASTERS(R) 2012 national science fair winners. The winners [...]

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If you are one of those people that text and drive – STOP!

Thursday, September 6, 2012

By Christina Nickolas See AT&T’s Txtng & Drivng Campaign That Urges Consumers That ‘It Can Wait. AT&T Don’t Text While Driving Documentary For a short version (1.32 min) of the above video, click Short version of above AT&T video

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