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Automotive chip market set to grow 23.5% in 2010, says Gartner

Mon, 5 Jul 2010 12:23:00 EDT

Gartner - Business - Automotive - Marketing and Advertising - Semiconductor

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Mon, 5 Jul 2010 12:23:00 EDT

Tearing down the 'teardown' analysis

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:28:00 EDT

Is there a value for design engineers in product teardown analysis, a phenomenon that has proliferated in recent years but which offer typically outdated information while serving as a marketing tool in the hands of some OEMs, researchers, stock traders and publishing companies?

Business - Investing - Stocks and Bonds - Research and Analysis - Original equipment manufacturer

ADI to spend $28 million on Irish R&D

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:51:00 EDT

IDA Ireland, the government agency responsible for industrial development in Ireland, has announced a 23 million euro (about $28 million) investment in R&D at Analog Devices facility in Raheen, County Limerick.

Ireland - IDA Ireland - Analog Devices - County Limerick - Raheen County Limerick

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Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:51:00 EDT

Automotive MEMS sensor market to recover in 2010, says iSuppli

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:56:00 EDT

The market for automotive microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors will rebound from a poor 2009 to grow 17.8 percent in 2010, according to market research firm iSuppli Corp.

Microelectromechanical systems - ISuppli - Technology - MEMS - Mechanical Engineering

Battery subsystem eyes X Prize, design wins

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:29:00 EDT

A team competing for $2.5 million in the Automotive X Prize is in the final stages of developing a battery management system for their entry that they hope someday will power a range of commercial electric vehicles.

Electric vehicle - Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize - Technology - Energy - X Prize Foundation

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Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:29:00 EDT

Why engineers don't like Twitter

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:13:00 EDT

Many engineers find no time, little use for social media tools like Twitter or Facebook; some use it at events like ESC

Twitter - Facebook - Social media - Social network - Online Communities

National Semi buys GTronix

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:58:00 EDT

National Semiconductor Corp. has acquired the technology of GTronix Inc., a fabless chip maker specializing in programmable and adaptive analog sensory processing technology.

Fabless semiconductor company - GTronix - Semiconductor - Business - Components

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Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:58:00 EDT

Interview: Stanford's top engineer from chips to ABCs

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:10:00 EDT

We sat down recently with James Plummer, dean of Stanford's school of engineering, for a wide ranging interview on the outlook for CMOS, engineering, education and globalization.

Stanford University - Engineering - United States - Education - Colleges and Universities

SMSC buys another wireless audio chip vendor

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:44:00 EDT

Mixed-signal IC vendor SMSC said it acquired Wireless Audio IP BV, a Dutch fabless audio chip vendor, for $22 million in cash plus performance-based payments worth up to $3 million.

Integrated circuit - Short message service center - Internet Protocol - Fabless semiconductor company - Business

Three key areas help fuel electronics resurgence: video, security, and power

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:51:00 EDT

The semiconductor industry's recovery, assuming there will be one, is likely to be led by new video and security applications, as well as breakthroughs in power ICs.

Semiconductor - Electronics - Integrated circuit - Business - Electronics and Electrical

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Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:51:00 EDT

Nano-coating cools chips four times faster

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:50:00 EDT

Nanoscale coatings could boost the efficiency with which heat can be removed from semiconductors and other devices, according to an Army Research Laboratory funded study by researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Oregon State University (OSU).

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Oregon State University - Research - United States - Technology

Philips tests home health care devices

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:24:00 EDT

Philips Research is exploring the horizon for wearable sensors that measure an increasing number of vital signs to deliver devices that make meaningful predictions about health care while keeping a lid on the devices' power consumption.

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Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:24:00 EDT

Goodbye, incandescent bulb--or maybe not?

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:55:00 EDT

Before we rush to get rid of incandescent bulbs, we should honestly acknowledge their virtues, as well as the shortcomings of electronic alternatives

Incandescence - Light - Home & Garden - Shopping - Incandescent light bulb

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Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:55:00 EDT

ESC Chicago: Machines that Tweet... and some that shouldn't

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:52:00 EDT

It started well: Wade Patterson, president and CEO of Synapse Wireless, used his opening remarks at Wednesday’s ESC Chicago keynote address to outline how a wireless embedded network OS has fundamentally changed the game with regard to ubiquitous wireless connectivity, thus enabling 27.6 billion devices to talk to each other, potentially via 140 characters or less a la Twitter. Then reality set in.

Twitter - Wireless - Chicago - Keynote - Social network

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Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:52:00 EDT

MEMS gyros seen gaining cell phone design wins

Wed, 9 Jun 2010 20:21:00 EDT

Market forecaster iSuppli predicts that micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) gyroscope market will grow from zero to 285 million units by 2014.

Microelectromechanical systems - Technology - ISuppli - Mobile phone - MEMS

Sensors Expo: Powercast demos prelude to mobile network RF energy harvester

Wed, 9 Jun 2010 00:01:00 EDT

After setting up an RF energy-harvesting demo at this week’s Sensors Expo collocated with ESC Chicago, Powercast’s director of marketing Harry Ostaffe presented a paper that outlined the concepts and paths to what he believes to be the endgame: full ambient RF harvesting capabilities that sip power from ubiquitous mobile networks and eliminate batteries and direct RF power sources completely.

Energy - Radio frequency - Business - Chicago - Cellular network

TI raises bottom end of sales target

Tue, 8 Jun 2010 17:19:00 EDT

Texas Instruments raised the bottom end of its second quarter sales target, saying the company now expects sales for the quarter to be between $3.45 billion and $3.59 billion.

Texas Instruments - Business - Dallas - Mobile phone - United States

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Tue, 8 Jun 2010 17:19:00 EDT

ESC Chicago keynote makes case for time travel

Tue, 8 Jun 2010 15:55:00 EDT

Theoretical physicist Ronald Mallett is on a lifelong mission to build a time machine. His theory of a time machine, based on Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, involves creating a circulating beam of light and exploiting the energy to produce a gravitational field.

Albert Einstein - Physics - Relativity - Time travel - Theory of relativity

10 reasons to be bullish and worried

Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:35:00 EDT

Here's 10 reasons why I'm bullish--and worried--about 2010.

Business - Stock - United States - Eastern Europe - Mark Mobius

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Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:35:00 EDT

Update: Sensor aims to be low-power electronic nose

Mon, 7 Jun 2010 03:00:00 EDT

Researchers in Europe announced a design for a highly sensitive yet low power vapor sensor that can be tailored to detect a variety of gases for use on wireless networks in applications ranging from health care to the food industry.

Wireless network - Business - Gas - Wireless - Data Communications

Update: New era dawns as SpaceX rocket reaches orbit

Fri, 4 Jun 2010 15:04:00 EDT

A new era in American space flight has dawned after a private U.S. company successfully launched a two-stage rocket carrying an unmanned test capsule to orbit.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Space - United States - Spaceflight

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Fri, 4 Jun 2010 15:04:00 EDT

Cambridge reports 'entangled' LED

Fri, 4 Jun 2010 12:04:00 EDT

Scientists at Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. and the Cavendish Laboratory of the University of Cambridge have discovered a novel light source which they are calling the Entangled Light Emitting Diode.

Cambridge University - Light - Cavendish Laboratory - England - Education

Will proteins revolutionize computing?

Fri, 28 May 2010 02:24:00 EDT

A living protein found in every cell of the human body could become a self-assembler of future information processing systems that are smaller, faster and cheaper than the inorganic computer circuitry we use today.

Protein - Biology - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Biomolecules - Proteins and Enzymes

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Fri, 28 May 2010 02:24:00 EDT

Smart grid standards expected by mid-2011

Fri, 28 May 2010 01:58:00 EDT

Engineers aim to deliver within a year a broad suite of standards needed to build smart electric grids and reported on stepwise progress at the end of Connectivity Week here.

Smart grid - Smartcards - Hardware - Organizations - Energy

Comment: Laser or Lady Gaga, what's our priority?

Thu, 27 May 2010 13:52:00 EDT

May 2010 was the 50^th anniversary of the first demonstrated laser, but it is milestone that passed pretty much unmentioned in the general media.

Laser - Business - Light - Tools and Equipment - Arts and Entertainment

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Thu, 27 May 2010 13:52:00 EDT