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An Interview with Embedded.com
December 18, 2009 11:57 am | by An Engineering Mind | CommentsSo the folks at Embedded.com found my videos and asked if we could do one for their embedded customers. Not being one to shy away from the limelight, I accepted. You can check out the video here:http://bit.ly/631FJW (scroll down a bit to the player on the right side of the page)Or here's...
Powering the 2009 World Games
December 18, 2009 11:54 am | by Tyco Electronics | CommentsTyco Electronics solar products helped power the 2009 World Games in Taiwan's Kaoshiung Stadium. This venue is the world's first multi-function stadium powered by Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) solar energy. The 1.2 megawatts of electricity generated by this system eliminates up...
Google fined $14,300 a day in France over books
December 18, 2009 11:00 am | by GREG KELLER - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | CommentsA Paris court ruled Friday that Google Inc.'s expansion into digital books breaks France's copyright laws, and a judge slapped the Internet search leader with a €10,000-a-day fine until it stops showing literary snippets.Besides being fined the equivalent of $14,300 for each day in violation,...
Growth in Mobile Data Triples Backhaul Capacity Demands
December 18, 2009 10:53 am | by In-Stat | CommentsThe need for more backhaul capacity will grow 3 fold between 2009 and 2013.
Working with Legal
December 18, 2009 9:55 am | by An Engineering Mind | CommentsThis isn't going to show up on the new website until next week, but in case you're subscribed to this blog, here you go:
Briggs-Rauscher Oscillating Reaction
December 18, 2009 9:53 am | by Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog | Commentsvideo showing the Briggs-Rauscher Oscillating Reaction. From Wikipedia: The first known homogeneous oscillating chemical reaction, reported by W. C. Bray in 1921, was between hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and iodate (IO3?) in acidic solution. Due to experimental difficulty, it attracted little...
40 Years Later, The Final Frontier Ain't What it Used to Be
December 18, 2009 8:39 am | by Jason Lomberg, Technical Editor | Comments40 years ago, Neil Armstrong emerged from the Lunar Module Eagle, and stepped into history. He became the first human being to step foot on the moon, forever changing the scientific and engineering communities. And yet, 40 years later, the space program is a shell of its former self.
Researchers Fabricate Picoscale World Map
December 18, 2009 7:09 am | CommentsThe Photonics Research Group of Ghent University-IMEC has fabricated a world map on a scale of 1 trillionth. Using CMOS fabrication tools, IMEC has reduced the 40-thousand-kilometer circumference at the equator down to 40 micrometer, about half the width of a human hair.
Japan central bank says won't tolerate deflation
December 18, 2009 6:00 am | by JAY ALABASTER - Associated Press Writer - Associated Press | CommentsJapan's central bank said Friday it was crucial for the country to beat deflation and it would not accept continued price declines."It is a critical challenge for Japan's economy to overcome deflation and return to a sustainable growth path with price stability," the bank said in a statement...
Vitter elected AAAS Fellow
December 18, 2009 5:55 am | by Texas A&M University | CommentsDr. Jeffrey S. Vitter, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been awarded the distinction of Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by...
Cuts for British Science
December 18, 2009 5:53 am | by Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog | CommentsCuts mark ’sad day for British science’ Britain’s physics community is reeling from a “disastrous” day of funding cuts that will force scientists to withdraw from major research facilities and see PhD studentships fall by a quarter. Space missions and...
Will a carrot or a stick prompt purchase of more carrots?
December 18, 2009 5:53 am | by Cornell University | CommentsWould a so-called Twinkie tax help curb obesity rates? Should shoppers who buy healthy goods earn rebates? A new study will seek to unravel the likely implications of legislative attempts to promote healthy eating.
BNL Associate Lab Director Gerald Stokes Will Head State Energy Policy Institute
December 18, 2009 5:52 am | by Brookhaven National Laboratory | CommentsNew York Governor David Paterson has announced that the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Institute headquartered at Stony Brook University will lead the newly created New York Energy Policy Institute.
Novel drug combo improves breast cancer survival
December 18, 2009 5:17 am | CommentsSome women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. A combination of two drugs that more precisely target tumors significantly extended the lives of women who had stopped responding to other medicines, doctors reported Friday.
Greenpeace CES Press Conference: The New Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics
December 18, 2009 5:06 am | CommentsAt the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Greenpeace will release the latest version (number 14) of its Guide to Greener Electronics, which assesses and ranks eighteen global manufacturers of personal computers, mobile phones, TVs and games consoles according to their policies on toxic chemicals, recycling and climate change.
