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Resonator features tighter frequency tolerance, high shock and drive resistance
August 29, 2012 10:59 am | Murata Power Solutions Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsMurata Americas introduced its newest member of the HCR (Hybrid Crystal Resonator) family, the ± 50ppm XRCGB-F-N series. Murata's continuous development of the HCR family has resulted in this new tighter frequency tolerance, further expanding the value proposition HCR offers to design engineers.
Liquid level sensors include ½" NPT male conduit fittings
August 29, 2012 10:53 am | Product Releases | CommentsAmerican Sensor Technologies, Inc. (AST) now supplies its liquid level sensors with ½" NPT male conduit fittings before the cable interface. Certain customers prefer to install conduit over a cable. This is beneficial if the sensor is going to be exposed to a liquid not compatible with the material, as well as adding stability in turbulent tanks.
High-bright, seven-inch TFT features 40,000-hour backlight
August 29, 2012 10:52 am | Product Releases | CommentsOSD Displays has introduced a seven-inch WVGA 800 x RGB X 480 TFT with 500 Nit backlight utilizing long life 40,000-hour LED’s. This new seven-inch TFT is fully RoHS compliant. The OSD070T0680-29 offers a 250:1 contrast ratio and supports
Relay touts compact size
August 29, 2012 10:26 am | Product Releases | CommentsGIGAVAChas introduced a new DPDT 20kV relay. The G53WF is ideal for applications requiring high continuous carry current, up to 150A, as well as high power RF circuits that require low signal loss. The combination of massive copper contacts and a vacuum dielectric provide a low and stable 12 milliohm contact resistance which means low voltage drop in DC circuits and low signal loss in RF circuits.
Ultrasonic sensor available in four different sensing ranges
August 29, 2012 10:17 am | Product Releases | CommentsAutomationDirect’s ultrasonic sensor offering now includes additional18mm round plastic DC models. The UK1 series are IP67 rated sensors with a 15 to 30VDC operating range and are fitted with an M12 quick-disconnect
Count On Tools offers nozzle series for ultra-smooth components
August 29, 2012 10:09 am | Product Releases | CommentsCount On Tools announces a breakthrough in custom nozzle engineering for ultra-smooth components from the semiconductor market. The latest series of nozzles feature precision-machined urethane tips that prevent components with very fine surface finishes, such as bare dies and wafer level components, from getting stuck on the nozzle tip during the pick-and-place process.
Stop switch ideal for space sensitive applications
August 29, 2012 10:09 am | Product Releases | CommentsMilford, CT – EAO Corporation of Milford, CT USA, a premier global supplier of Human Machine Interface (HMI) Systems and Components, introduces the Series 51 Stop Switch. These units are ideal for space sensitive applications often found within:
The most overdesigned shower ever created
August 29, 2012 9:49 am | by Kasey Panetta, Associate Editor | Blogs | CommentsIf you’ve been dying to run your business empire without ever leaving your shower, but hadn’t found a good way to do that, you should probably check out Fei Chung Billy Ho’s ‘Le Terme.’
Hon Hai to buy panel patents from Japan's NEC
August 29, 2012 2:23 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe head of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. says the Taiwan electronics manufacturer will buy key LCD panel patents from Japan's NEC Corp. Terry Gou said in Tokyo late Tuesday that the deal will be signed soon, but did not give details. Hon Hai owns the Foxconn factories in China and is a key...
Connoisseur of chaos
August 29, 2012 12:00 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsRuss TedrakePhoto: Dominick Reuter As a high school student in a Detroit suburb in the 1990s, Russ Tedrake did not fit the standard profile of a future computer science professor. Although he had a talent for math — “I won some of the little math competitions,” he says — he sp...
Fort Carson counter-IED specialists help train troops
August 29, 2012 12:00 am | by U.S. Army | News | CommentsOutside the wire on training area 11, quartermasters trolled the ground with the newest mine detection equipment, searching for command wire, homemade explosive device triggers and other material that could indicate a possible threat....
Fort Bragg research examines value of virtual reality as PTSD treatment
August 29, 2012 12:00 am | by U.S. Army | News | CommentsProfessionals from the departments of Defense and Health and Human Services are at Fort Bragg, N.C., conducting a study to see if the use of virtual reality therapy will help service members coming home from combat environments combat post-traumatic stress disorder....
A new silicon valley in the Northeast?
August 29, 2012 12:00 am | by U.S. Army | News | CommentsThe Army's Benét Laboratories, which is located at the Watervliet Arsenal in upstate New York, brought together nearly 30 of the nation's experts this month to share information about a little known resource called "black silicon."...
Donors standing by Lance Armstrong's foundation
August 28, 2012 6:59 pm | by BREE FOWLER - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsLance Armstrong's reputation may be permanently stained but in the eyes of corporate and individual donors, his charity still wears an unsullied yellow jersey. Armstrong announced last week he would no longer fight the doping allegations that have dogged him for years. He was subsequently...
Red Hat acquires business technology from Polymita
August 28, 2012 4:59 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsRed Hat Inc., which sells the Linux open-source operating system, said Tuesday it acquired business process management technology developed by Polymita Technologies SL, a Spanish startup. Financial terms were undisclosed. Red Hat said the move expands its business process management offerings. ...
