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Engineering Newswire 36: Electric car charge time cut in half
May 8, 2013 9:54 am | Videos | CommentsThe new fast-charging system from Volvo and Siemens is cutting recharge times in electric vehicles down to 90 minutes. The new 22 kilowatt fast-charger system is an on-board charger that operates on a 3-phase supply, and uses a 3-phase outlet to provide enough charge for a range of 102 miles in 90 minutes.
Should engineers be licensed: A process improvement perspective
May 8, 2013 9:29 am | by Alan Nicol, Executive Member, AlanNicolSolutions | Blogs | CommentsIn his article, “Should Engineers Be Licensed,” posted on www.pddnet.com Monday, April 22, Karl Stephen presented an interesting question that generated a great many comments and some debate among readers. Perhaps a way to answer the question is to answer the question phrased differently.
Trulia buying Market Leader for more than $300M
May 8, 2013 7:39 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsReal estate website operator Trulia is buying real estate software provider Market Leader Inc. for more than $300 million in cash and stock. Market Leader teams up with real estate brokerages and franchisors to help their agents manage their leads and convert those leads into closings. Trulia...
Dow closes above 15,000 for first time; what next?
May 8, 2013 6:06 am | by BERNARD CONDON - AP Business Writers - Associated Press | News | CommentsThe Dow Jones industrial average closed above 15,000 for the first time Tuesday. An improving outlook for the economy and record corporate earnings are persuading investors to buy stocks. Federal Reserve stimulus is also helping. The Dow has gained 15 percent this year. It has more than doubled...
iPhone helps Deutsche Telekom US customer numbers
May 8, 2013 1:45 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsDeutsche Telekom says its net income rose 3.5 percent in the first quarter as the company saw smaller deductions for the depreciation of its U.S. business. Net profit was 564 million euros ($739 million), up from 545 million euros in the same quarter a year ago. The company said Wednesday it had...
Biomaterial Shows Promise for Type 1 Diabetes Treatment
May 8, 2013 12:00 am | by Georgia Institute of Technology | News | CommentsResearchers have made a significant first step with newly engineered biomaterials for cell transplantation that could help lead to a possible cure for Type 1 diabetes, which affects about 3 million Americans. ...
Microsoft extends search guarantee in Yahoo deal
May 7, 2013 9:09 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsMicrosoft has extended a guarantee that provides Yahoo with financial protection as part of the two companies' Internet search partnership. An arrangement requiring Microsoft Corp. to pay Yahoo Inc. a minimum amount per search on Yahoo's website expired March 31. That had raised concerns Yahoo...
WebMD CEO Redmond steps down
May 7, 2013 6:37 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsWebMD Health Corp. said Tuesday that CEO Cavan Redmond is leaving the company after less than a year on the job. Redmond is stepping down as CEO and from the board of directors effective immediately. David Schlanger, WebMD's head of strategic and corporate development, will take over as interim...
Internet firms say Syria goes offline again
May 7, 2013 6:22 pm | by BARBARA ORTUTAY - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsSyria is experiencing an Internet outage similar to a two-day blackout late last fall, according to companies that monitor online traffic around the world. Jim Cowie, the chief technology officer at Renesys, said his firm saw Syria's networks go offline abruptly at 6:25 p.m. UTC (2:25 p.m. EDT)...
Funding clean-energy solutions
May 7, 2013 5:27 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsThe sixth annual MIT Clean Energy Prize (CEP) competition, held Monday night, awarded a total of $320,000 to five teams that have developed clean-energy startups and innovations. The contest, co-sponsored by Massachusetts utility NSTAR and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and open to teams from any American university, is the nation’s leading student-run energy business-plan competition. Past participants have gone on to raise a to...
Photo interrupter intended for optical switches, digital cameras, and printers
May 7, 2013 4:28 pm | Everlight Americas, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsEverlight Electronics has introduced the latest member of its ITR series of photo interrupters for use in optical switches, digital cameras and printers, the ultra small outline slotted type ITR1205ST11A/TR. A slotted type opto interrupter detects an object when it enters the gap of the slotted switch....
Stamped spring pin achieves 31 gram actuation force per pin
May 7, 2013 4:12 pm | Ironwood Electronics, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsIronwood Electronics recently introduced a new LGA socket, addressing high performance requirements for 0.5mm pitch devices - CBT-LGA-5000. The contactor is a stamped spring pin with 31 gram actuation force per pin and cycle life of 500,000 insertions.
LED light designed to run 11 hours on a single charge
May 7, 2013 3:58 pm | Larson Electronics Llc | Product Releases | CommentsLarson Electronics Magnalight made public the EPL-RPS-1MLED rechargeable, explosion proof LED light cart. Designed to run 11 hours on a single charge, the Class 1 and Class 2 Division 1 LED light can illuminate a work area of more than 5000 feet.
CommVault says strong demand helps 4Q
May 7, 2013 3:27 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsCommVault Systems Inc. reported Tuesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter profit soared thanks to major revenue gains by the data and information management software company. The OceanPort, N.J.-based company earned $17 million, or 35 cents per share, for the quarter that ended March 31. That...
Research in the news: Real-time brain feedback can help people overcome anxiety
May 7, 2013 2:34 pm | by Yale UniversityYale University | News | CommentsPeople provided with a real-time readout of activity in specific regions of their brains can learn to control that activity and lessen their anxiety, according to new findings published online in the journal Translational Psychiatry....
