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Designing for heat
May 21, 2013 9:53 am | by M. Simon, Technical Contributor | Articles | CommentsI want to start off with a look at the four methods of cooling: conduction, convection, radiation, and pumping. What? They don't teach the four methods of cooling in physics class? Only the first three? The fourth method is a combination of the first three with the addition of pumps.
NSE grad student wins Heller Entrepreneurship Grant
May 21, 2013 9:37 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsNuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) graduate student Sam Shaner was one of four students recently awarded the Ronald I. Heller Entrepreneurship Grant by MIT through the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship. The grant is presented annually to an MIT student or group of students for their significant impact on the quality and overall spirit of entrepreneurship at the Institute.Shaner is an NSE PhD student and a DOE NEUP Fellow...
S&P downgrades Dell debt rating to 'BBB'
May 20, 2013 6:53 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsStandard & Poor's Ratings Service lowered its credit rating on Dell Inc. by two notches, reflecting the computer marker's worsening operating performance. Last week, the Round Rock, Texas, company issued a dismal first-quarter report, as it slashed its personal computer prices in response to...
Panel: Apple uses firms outside US to avoid taxes
May 20, 2013 5:00 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsApple Inc. employs a group of affiliate companies located outside the United States to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes, a Senate investigation has found. The world's most valuable company is holding overseas some $102 billion of its $145 billion in cash, and an Irish...
Fan-guard/filter assemblies designed to protect sensitive PCs
May 20, 2013 4:53 pm | Keystone Electronics Corp. | Product Releases | CommentsA new series of superior air-flow, Fan-Guard/Filter Assemblies designed to protect sensitive PCs, and a host of electronic apparatus, switching equipment, telecom panels and other devices is now available from Keystone Electronics. These durable, sturdy multi-element assemblies deliver a consistent, 24 CPM air flow, greater particle security and minimized fan noise.
Wireless networks balance military’s defense-in-depth, custom requirements
May 20, 2013 4:44 pm | by Chris Warner, Executive Editor | Ultra Electronics Ems Development Corp. | Articles | CommentsWireless and wired technologies have advanced to the point where automated control systems are routinely networked together. Information can be shared and tasks performed across long distances, via the Internet, linking systems in large industrial spaces, or across remote or rugged areas. Networked control systems (NCS) offer many benefits such as far greater efficiency than manual controls....
Idaho couple and Sun Valley land in Twitter tussle
May 20, 2013 4:29 pm | by JOHN MILLER - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsAn Internet entrepreneur and former Wall Street derivatives analyst contends central Idaho's Sun Valley resort and the Twitter Inc. social media site heisted his handle. Leonard Barshack, who in the 1990s founded the Internet email listing service Bigfoot, is suing Twitter and the Sun Valley Co.,...
Charge your phone in 20 seconds
May 20, 2013 4:19 pm | by Kasey Panetta, Managing Editor | Blogs | CommentsWhat’s the key to charging your phone (and other small electronics) in the blink of an eye? Invent a better supercapacitor, according to Eesha Khare, an 18-year-old, from California who was just awarded Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award and $50,000 at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her project...
Vigorous athletic activity is safe with implanted arrhythmia devices
May 20, 2013 4:01 pm | by Yale UniversityYale University | News | CommentsThere has long been concern that people with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) should not participate in any kind of strenuous sports activity for fear that their devices could fail. But a new Yale study finds that many athletes with ICDs can engage in vigorous and competitive sports without physical injury or failure to stop cardiac arrhythmia, despite ICD shocks that may occur to the heart during athletic activities....
Lower healthcare costs could mean less human interaction
May 20, 2013 3:23 pm | by Stephanie Carmichael, Contributor | Blogs | CommentsFor those who live alone, good medical care is all the more important. The machine-to-machine (M2M) communications business is growing, and the prevalence of wireless connectivity could push down the price of healthcare for the elderly, especially — but at the greater cost of human interaction.
LEDs deliver high flux density & efficacy
May 20, 2013 3:05 pm | Mouser Electronics | Product Releases | CommentsMouser Electronics announced it is stocking the new LUXEON M LEDs from Philips Lumileds, delivering high flux density and high efficacy with Freedom From Binning. Philips Lumileds LUXEON M is an illumination grade LED designed to enable indoor, outdoor, and industrial applications and is optimized either for high efficiency or low cost, where exceptional flux density and uniformity are critical.
Flip-chip Schottky diode features high cutoff frequency
May 20, 2013 2:57 pm | M/A-Com Technology Solutions, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsM/A-COM Technology Solutions announced a new broadband Flip Chip Schottky Diode for multi-market applications. The MADS-001317-1500 is designed for customers who need a versatile, low cost, ultra-small Schottky solution for Police Radar, Point to Point, Electronic Warfare, and Aerospace and Defense applications.
Explosion-proof pressure transducer designed for oil and gas well-site applications
May 20, 2013 1:54 pm | Product Releases | CommentsAmerican Sensor Technologies has released the AST46DS Explosion-Proof Pressure Transducer with Display with pressures from 1 to 20,000 PSI available. The AST46DS is a price-competitive transducer with zero function capability, voltage or 4-20mA output signals, and all 316L stainless steel sensor materials.
MIT students, alumni awarded 2013 Fulbright grants
May 20, 2013 1:50 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsSeveral MIT undergraduate and graduate students and alumni — Noam Angrist, Marvin Arnold, Dorothy Brown, Hyunjii (Justina) Cho, Deborah Hanus and Marisa Lau — have been awarded Fulbright study/research grants for the upcoming academic year. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the United States government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the peoples of th...
Blackstone group offers to take Pactera private
May 20, 2013 1:37 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsPrivate equity firm Blackstone Group LP, along with Pactera's CEO and other managers, have offered to take Pactera private in a deal that values the Chinese technology consulting and outsourcing firm at $680.4 million. Shares rose 31 percent Monday. Through Friday's close, before news of the...
