MIRA Ltd and Creative Data AG will be collaborating on future vehicle projects for original equipment manufacturers and tier 1 suppliers with operations in Germany. The alliance extends MIRA’s geographic reach in Continental Europe and expands Creative Data’s offer to its customers – enabling it to provide product and component testing as well as full-service engineering … [Read more...]
Electromagnetic Fields Offer Next Big Game Controller Technology
Kinect, Microsoft is working toward the next evolution in gaming control: electromagnetism. Thanks to modern conveniences like electrical outlets, light fixtures and computers, almost every building in existence is covered in electromagnetic fields. Microsoft's team of researchers has developed a device that detects a person's position in relation to these fields. By attaching … [Read more...]
Lightning Strikes Plane at Heathrow Airport
A recent video shows lightning striking one of the world's largest planes as it prepared to land at London's Heathrow Airport. The lightning reportedly smashed into the roof, right above the pilots' heads. The powerful jolt of electricity passed right through the body of the Emirates Airbus A380 before shooting out to continue its journey to the ground. The Emirates service … [Read more...]
Japan Disaster Hinders Supply of Crystals Commonly Used in Cell Phones and PCs
Disruptions spurred by the Japan earthquake and tsunami caused shipments of crystals to be delayed by four weeks in April. The average lead time for megahertz and kilohertz crystals rose to 12 weeks in April, up 50 percent from eight weeks in March. Unusually long lead times can lead to delivery delays and short supplies of electronic products. Delivery delays, in turn, are … [Read more...]
Companies Announce European Distribution Partnership
AE Techron and AR Europe have signed an agreement to work as Distribution Partners throughout Europe. Dr. Tom Cantle, Managing Director of AR Europe said of the partnership, "AE Techron's various products complement the range of products from AR and widen our market base."Jim Bumgardner, Sales Manager for AE Techron added, "This new agreement further extends our reach in to the … [Read more...]
African Fish Family with Shocking Communication Skills
An African family of fish has a unique recognition tool—an electrical signal that is distinctive not only to species, but also to sex, dominance, and even to individual identity. A new study found that that jump in communication skills led to a species explosion for the weakly electric group, the Mormyridae, or mormyrids. Three anatomical advances underlie the ability to send … [Read more...]
Satellites Made Osama bin Laden Raid Possible
Intelligence officials and a top secret U.S. military strike team called upon a fleet of navigation, communications and imaging satellites in the Sunday raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, to which the president and other officials had a front row seat thanks to live video beamed from satellite to satellite.The Air Force's network of secure, jam-resistant Milstar … [Read more...]
Commercial Development of Nano-based Products Moves Ahead
Nanocomposites research and the massive benefits it promises have attracted considerable press coverage over the past decade. Actual commercial development of nano-based products for composites, however, has been slow. But a new partnership between Applied NanoStructured Solutions LLC, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, and Owens Corning is about to accelerate growth. ANS has worked … [Read more...]
Navy Seeks Anti-Tamper Technologies for Electronics Systems
The U.S. Office of Naval Research recently released a broad agency announcement for the Protection of Electronics Systems program to develop long-lasting undetectable layered technologies to detect attempts to tamper with U.S. and allied military technology, yet provide no indication of when it detects a tamper attempt. The program has four primary thrusts: memory erasure, … [Read more...]
U.S. Patent Issued for Card Edge Connector
United States Patent no. 7,927,114 was assigned to Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. Ltd. "Card Edge Connector Having Additional Ground Contact Facilitating Grounding of Inserted Memory Module" was invented by Hua Li and Zhen-Hua Wang. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, “A card edge connector includes an elongated housing defining a plurality … [Read more...]
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