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Solar plane departs Phoenix on 2nd leg of US trip
May 22, 2013 10:36 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsA solar-powered plane is flying from Arizona to Texas on the second leg of a trip across the United States. The Solar Impulse is making the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across the U.S.
EVM touts exceptional processing and graphics capabilities for industrial apps
May 22, 2013 10:20 am | Texas Instruments | Product Releases | CommentsTexas Instruments Incorporated (TI) introduced its OMAP5432 processor-based evaluation module (EVM) for high-performance industrial applications. The OMAP5432 EVM is said to enable quick, easy evaluation and benchmarking for applications demanding high-performance processing and graphics at
Industrial-grade safety disc capacitors offer reliable operation up to 125 degrees celsius
May 22, 2013 10:08 am | Kemet Electronics Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsKEMET Corporation announced the release of the new Radial Through Hole Ceramic Safety Disc Capacitors. KEMET's 900 Series encapsulated radial through-hole ceramic disc capacitors are specifically designed for interference-suppression AC line filtering applications.
Median CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012
May 22, 2013 9:43 am | by CHRISTINA REXRODE - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsCEO pay has been going one direction for the past three years: up. The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an...
EU leaders discuss fight against tax evasion
May 22, 2013 9:32 am | by JUERGEN BAETZ - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsEuropean Union leaders on Wednesday sought to advance their fight against tax fraud and close the loopholes for large corporations' tax avoidance schemes. European officials say tax fraud costs the 27-nation bloc an estimated 1 trillion euros ($1.3 trillion) a year at a time when much of the bloc...
Pactera committee to consider going-private offer
May 22, 2013 7:54 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsChinese consulting and technology services company Pactera Technology International Ltd. said Wednesday that its board has created a special committee to consider an offer from a group that includes its CEO to take the company private. The amount of the offer was not disclosed, but the company's...
Emory, Georgia Tech receive first human exposome center grant in U.S.
May 22, 2013 12:00 am | by Georgia Institute of Technology | News | CommentsInvestigators at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, along with partners at the Georgia Institute of Technology, have received a $4 million grant over four years to establish the HERCULES Center at Emory University (Health and Exposome Research Center: Understanding Lifetime Exposures). The grant is the first exposome-based center grant awarded in the United States. ...
NetApp to cut jobs, boost buyback and pay dividend
May 21, 2013 6:50 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsData storage company NetApp Inc. said Wednesday that it will eliminate 900 jobs as part of a restructuring effort to streamline operations. The company announced the cuts in its quarterly earnings release as it reported higher operating costs that outweighed increased sales of its data storage...
Reference design delivers ultra-wideband Doherty amplifiers
May 21, 2013 3:29 pm | Nxp Semiconductors | Product Releases | CommentsNXP Semiconductors N.V. announced the availability of its ultra-wideband Doherty reference design using the BLF884P and BLF884PS – asserted to be the industry’s first wideband Doherty power amplifiers capable of broadband operation (470 MHz to 806 MHz). The new 70-W DVB-T LDMOS designs
ITO coatings provide optical and electrically conductive properties
May 21, 2013 3:06 pm | Product Releases | CommentsUtilizing the latest in thin-film vacuum deposition technology, Dontech’s CAR-Series and VC1-IM-Series index-matched ITO coatings on glass filters provide exceptional optical and electrically conductive properties. For high-end display programs, CAR-Series coatings are index-matched to air and VC1-IM-Series coatings are index-matched to lamination to optimize display contrast....
Power supply offerings include multiple volt/amp combinations up to 1200 W
May 21, 2013 2:55 pm | B&K Precision Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsB&K Precision expands its DC system power supply offerings with the introduction of the model 9115 multi-range programmable DC power source. The 9115 can deliver up to 1200 W in multiple combinations of voltage up to 80 V and current up to 60 A. With a high density, compact 1U form factor and standard 19" rack-mountable design...
DC-DC converter series provides efficiencies up to 89 percent
May 21, 2013 2:38 pm | Mornsun America LLC | Product Releases | CommentsMORNSUN launched its 4200VDC Isolated 20W DC-DC converter URF series which is aimed at applications which require high isolation such as electric power monitoring systems & medical equipment. With high power of up to 20W, the unit satisfies the demand of an extended load in one system with efficiency up to 89%.
Kickstarter of the Week: Turn your smartphone into a laptop
May 21, 2013 1:57 pm | Videos | CommentsToday on PD&D's Kickstarter of the Week, we use the Casetop from Livi Designs to turn our Smartphones into a Laptop. From the bottom up, the Casetop is simply a dock for your smartphone, turning it from a handheld device into a fully functional laptop. The Casetop is compatible with any Smartphone that has a video out option and Bluetooth....
Iron-platinum alloys could be new-generation hard drives
May 21, 2013 1:30 pm | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsMeeting the demand for more data storage in smaller volumes means using materials made up of ever-smaller magnets, or nanomagnets. One promising material for a potential new generation of recording media is an alloy of iron and platinum with an ordered crystal structure.
Germany's SAP to recruit tech staff with autism
May 21, 2013 1:27 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsGerman software giant SAP AG said Tuesday it plans to recruit people with autism to take make full use of their talents to process information. Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in communicating, emotional detachment and rigid or repetitive behavior. But some people...
