Texas Instruments plans to buy National Semiconductor. The move would make TI the world's third largest chipmaker. The semiconductor firm immediately assuaged concerns about engineering layoffs by noting, "TI's goal is 100 percent retention of the product, engineering, manufacturing and sales functions." Texas Instruments says it also plans to spend money to upgrade National … [Read more...]
Researcher Awarded Navy Grant to Fund Fiber-Optic Microphone Study
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln assistant professor of electrical engineering has received $100,000 from the U.S. Department of the Navy to fund his work on developing a fiber-optic microphone. Ming Han says that fiber-optic microphones are attractive for applications in military settings because they are robust and immune to electromagnetic interference.Learn more from UNL. … [Read more...]
Milton Keynes, UK Installs Electric Vehicle Charging Posts
The first three electric vehicle charging posts have been switched on in Milton Keynes this month – a milestone in creating the UK’s most connected city for electric vehicles. The posts, catering to up to six vehicles and offering electric vehicle drivers free charging as well as free parking, are the result of Milton Keynes’ participation in Plugged-In Places and support the … [Read more...]
New Test Center to be Staffed by 200 Engineers
The Valeo Group has opened its new global Electronics Expertise Center in Shenzhen, China, which will offer electronics engineering services and is equipped with hardware test benches and thermal chambers. The new Electronics Expertise Center will be staffed by a team of more than 100 engineers by the end of the year and 200 by 2015 and will be dedicated to electronic hardware … [Read more...]
20 Companies Receive Preferred Quality Supplier Award
Intel Corporation announced 16 recipients of the Preferred Quality Supplier award. These companies are distinguished from thousands of suppliers that work with Intel and have exceeded high expectations and tough performance goals while demonstrating an industry-leading commitment to quality. In addition to the PQS award, Intel celebrates extraordinary supplier accomplishments … [Read more...]
Light Painting Wi-Fi
In the video “Immaterials: Light Painting Wi-Fi,” a team of Norwegian researchers combined long-exposure photography with Wi-Fi signal detection to plot what happens to wireless signals when they intersect with common objects. To achieve the layering of electromagnetic terrain on top of everyday scenery, the three filmmakers constructed a 4-meter-tall Wi-Fi measuring rod. A … [Read more...]
Cell Phone-Cancer Studies Pose More Problems than Answers
In an expansive New York Times article that examines the possible links between cell phones and cancer and reviews the various studies performed on the subject over the last decades, Siddhartha Mukherjee, an assistant professor of medicine in the division of medical oncology at Columbia University, determines that, thus-far, “this extraordinarily wide-cast net has yet to find … [Read more...]
NIST 'Noise Thermometry' System Measures Boltzmann Constant
Researchers at NIST have for the first time used an apparatus that relies on the noise of jiggling electrons to make highly accurate measurements of the Boltzmann constant. The technique is simpler and more compact than other methods for measuring the constant and could advance international efforts to revamp the world’s scientific measurement system.The Boltzmann constant … [Read more...]
European Test Company Buys EMC Lab
CSA Group has acquired INTRATest GmbH, a company with areas of expertise that include in-depth knowledge of the applicable standards, approval regulations and their interpretation and application in product design for Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Product Safety. INTRATest GmbH will become CSA's primary testing laboratory for medical equipment in Europe. CSA Group has … [Read more...]
New Automotive Technical Center in China to Add Engineers
NXP Semiconductors N.V.’s new China Automotive Technical Center, which focuses on technical support for electromagnetic compatibility and other issues, will be built up over the next 12 months with more than 20 specialist engineers, who will work closely with their colleagues in the European Automotive Technical Centers as well as with local Tier 1 customers and domestic car … [Read more...]
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