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Monthly Archives: December 2009

The 34th Annual Product of the Year Winners

Thursday, December 31, 2009

On January 1, the winners of the 34th annual Products of the Year Awards will be announced to the public at http://www2.electronicproducts.com/ProductYear.aspx. Congratulations to all the winners!

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German group aims to capture leading position in OLED market

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

According to a press release from Novaled AG (Dresden, Germany), the newly formed So-Light (from solid-state lighting) Project group will work on new materials (transport materials, redox dopants, triplet-emitters, matrix materials), lighting-application characterization, new optical technologies for guided light distribution, and further development of process technologies for small-molecule organic light-emitting diodes. Planning to complete the [...]

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Everyone Gets an A+

Monday, December 14, 2009

European Union Revises Appliance Labeling System – Mr. Green takes a look at the latest developments in the EU’s (European Union’s) appliance efficiency labeling system.

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Swansea home for one of UK’s most sophisticated electron-microscopes

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Swansea University’s School of Engineering will be the new home for one of the most technologically-sophisticated electron microscopes in the UK after securing £267,700 in funding from the Welsh Assembly Government’s Academic Expertise for Business (A4B) Programme. Known as a cryo-scanning electron microscope, the device is capable of examining single cells or even single molecules [...]

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2010 RFIC website now open for abstract submissions

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

The website http://www.rfic2010.org/ is now open for uploading your abstract submissions for the 2010 IEEE RFIC Symposium that will be held in Anaheim, California, May 23-25, 2010. Note the deadline for paper summary submission is January 5, 2010.

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A great little robot video

Friday, December 4, 2009

Jumping 38-cm-high robot Developed by Tomotaka Takahashi, CEO of Robo Garage at VBL Kyoto University Yoshidahonmachi, Ropid the robot stands up, jumps walks, and runs in response to voice commands. http://hearst.feedroom.com/?fr_story=4d9fbb80e1f9b4e98c28855b9bc3829883141d1d&rf=bm Enjoy.

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ENERGY STAR Amplifies Energy Savings with New Audio/Video Efficiency Specs (Part 2)

Friday, December 4, 2009

In Part 2 of his discussion of ENERGY STAR’s new audio/video spec, ENERGY STAR Introduces New Automatic Power Down (APD) Spec for Audio/Video Equipment: Mr. Green looks at the details of the spec’s APD requirement. The APD component has some interesting aspects you’ll want to know about.

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