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Monthly Archives: May 2010

Robots – How they got off unemployment

Friday, May 28, 2010

By Bryan DeLuca Robots are probably one of the hottest and most interesting topics in engineering today. In many ways it seems humankind has also been a bit obsessed with robots, so far back as they even have many mentions in mythology.  But how did they go from our thoughts and designs to getting their [...]

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IMS2010 – Followup from show

Friday, May 28, 2010

Late Wednesday I had the opportunity to speak with the General Chair for IMS, Mr. JK McKinney and also to sit down and conduct a brief video (should be up by end of next week, so stay tune).  According the JK the conference was a success, it definitely met his expectations, had a great technical [...]

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Sales of capacitive touch screen to overtake resistive this year

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

In the run-up to the Society for Information Display’s 2010 International Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition in Seattle, WA, next week, DisplaySearch is pre-releasing some information from its June 2010 Touch Panel Market Analysis. According to the report, sales of capacitive touch screens will surpass those of resistive screens for the first time this year; there [...]

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Cadence Design buys up Denali Software

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Cadence acquires Denali

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Toshiba, Sharp moving into U.S. LED light bulb market

Thursday, May 13, 2010

At Lightfair International this week, both Toshiba and Sharp marked their entrance into the U.S. market for LED-based products designed to replace existing incandescent bulb. The two companies, which dominate the Japanese market for LED-based bulbs, will provide PAR type bulbs this month and plan to introduce A19-types — the common light bulb — to [...]

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New EISA 2007 Test Procedures for Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies

Thursday, May 13, 2010

The U.S. Department of Energy is planning to amend its EISA 2007 test procedures for battery charging systems and external power supplies. Learn more about the details and how to submit stakeholder feedback.

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Update on ENERGY STAR Server Spec V2

Thursday, May 13, 2010

The EPA has recently made available the latest draft of its computer server spec. Read more…

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