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New option for thermoelectrically cooled electronic enclosures makes washdowns fast and easy
June 10, 2013 1:26 pm | Product Releases | CommentsEIC Solutions has announced the new M74 clean out modification option which facilitates washdown of thermoelectric coolers mounted to electronic enclosures. The M74 option was application-driven arising from suggestions received from customers in food processing, and other process industries requiring frequent rinsing or washing of equipment.
Magnetic-mount LED flood light features 600lbs of grip
June 10, 2013 1:09 pm | Larson Electronics Llc | Product Releases | CommentsLarson Electronics has announced release of a highly versatile pedestal light that has been built to provide maximum versatility in a compact yet powerful work light design. The WAL-M-LED60-120 LED work light features a heavy duty aluminum pedestal base with 600lbs of magnetic mounting grip....
Ethernet media converter transmits data up to 100Km
June 10, 2013 12:56 pm | B & B Electronics | Product Releases | CommentsB&B Electronics Manufacturing Company released its iMcV-Giga FiberLinX-III gigabit intelligent Ethernet media converter. This highly anticipated third generation of the company’s successful FiberLinX family is a 10/100/1000Mbps copper to 1000Mbps fiber device, converting existing copper wiring-based networks to fiber optics.
Is this the connected home’s wave of the future?
June 10, 2013 12:44 pm | by Chris Warner, Executive Editor | Blogs | CommentsHere’s some news that will make couch potatoes everywhere rejoice: Computer scientists at the University of Washington have come up with a sensorless and cameraless way to detect human movements, allowing for gesture control of their electronics and household appliances.
The body electric: Researchers move closer to low-cost, implantable electronics
June 10, 2013 12:38 pm | by Ohio State University | News | CommentsNew technology under development at The Ohio State University is paving the way for low-cost electronic devices that work in direct contact with living tissue inside the body. The first planned use of the technology is a sensor that will detect the very early stages of organ transplant rejection.
2-D electronics take a step forward
June 10, 2013 12:27 pm | by Rice University | News | CommentsScientists at ORNL have advanced on the goal of two-dimensional electronics with a method to control the growth of uniform atomic layers of molybdenum disulfide (MDS). MDS, a semiconductor, is one of a trilogy of materials needed to make functioning 2-D electronic components.
When will my computer understand me?
June 10, 2013 12:25 pm | by The University of Texas at Austin | News | CommentsFor more than 50 years, linguists and computer scientists have tried to get computers to understand human language by programming semantics as software. Driven initially by efforts to translate Russian scientific texts during the Cold War (and more recently by the value of information retrieval and data analysis tools), these efforts have met with mixed success.
China marks decade of human spaceflight
June 10, 2013 12:15 pm | by CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press | News | CommentsChina's astronauts have braved the tension of docking with a space station and performed delicate tasks outside their orbiting capsule, but now face a more down-to-earth job that is perhaps equally challenging: Talking to young people about science.
New app helping Venezuelans find scarce items
June 10, 2013 12:10 pm | by FRANK BAJAK, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsHarried Venezuelans who devote hours scouring supermarkets for increasingly scarce food basics and toilet paper have just received some digital help thanks to a young software developer. A free application for mobile devices written by Jose Augusto Montiel lets people notify one another where flour, sugar, milk, cooking oil and toilet paper are for sale.
NSA claims know-how to ensure no illegal spying
June 10, 2013 12:07 pm | by KIMBERLY DOZIER, AP Intelligence Writer | News | CommentsThe supersecret agency with the power and legal authority to gather electronic communications worldwide to hunt U.S. adversaries says it has the technical know-how to ensure it's not illegally spying on Americans. But mistakes do happen in data-sifting conducted mostly by machines, not humans.
Intelligence chief defends Internet spying program
June 10, 2013 11:59 am | by JIM KUHNHENN LARA JAKES, Associated Press | News | CommentsEager to quell a domestic furor over U.S. spying, the nation's top intelligence official stressed Saturday that a previously undisclosed program for tapping into Internet usage is authorized by Congress, falls under strict supervision of a secret court and cannot intentionally target a U.S. citizen.
10 Years of Screaming at Circuits
June 10, 2013 11:53 am | by Screaming Circuits | Blogs | Commentsladies and gentlemen and engineers of all ages... Screaming Circuits, A Milwaukee Electronics company, is celebrating ten years of specializing in speedy prototype assembly.In honor of your great support, we're having a party! Come and see where it all happens....
Obama: US, China sailing 'uncharted' cyberwaters
June 10, 2013 11:48 am | by JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent | News | CommentsThe United States and China are in "uncharted waters" as they tackle the contentious issue of cybersecurity, President Barack Obama said following the opening round of talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit in the California desert.
Introduction to Fractional Factorial Designed Experiments
June 10, 2013 11:41 am | by Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog | Blogs | CommentsScientific inquiry is aided by sensible application of statistical tools. I grew up around the best minds in applied statistics. My father was an eminent applied statistican, and George Box (the person in the video) was often around our house … Continue reading →
Globally, people resigned to little privacy online
June 10, 2013 11:29 am | by FRANK BAJAK & JACK CHANG, Associated Press | News | CommentsU.S. government snooping does not surprise global Internet users, who say they already have few expectations of online privacy as governments increasingly monitor people's digital lives and Internet companies often acquiesce. Concerned privacy activists called on people to better protect their digital data.
