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Microrings could nix wires for communications in homesMicrorings could nix wires for communications in homes

Purdue Univ. researchers have developed a miniature device capable of converting ultrafast laser pulses into bursts of radio-frequency signals, a step toward making wires obsolete for communications in the homes and offices of the future.

Robot dives into danger to retrieve 3-D images

Robot dives into danger to retrieve 3-D images

Built by university students in Missouri, the tractor-tread-equipped robot relies on an infrared camera and LIDAR technology to relay photographs of tight interior spaces like buildings or caves. Suitable for hunting terrorists or structural damage, the robots weighs about 200 pounds and costs $25,000. Future versions will likely get lighter and smaller.

Artificial foot recycles energy

Artificial foot recycles energy

An artificial foot that recycles energy otherwise wasted in between steps could make it easier for amputees to walk, its developers say.

'Nobel of computing' goes to early PC designer

A Microsoft researcher has won the $250,000 Turing Award, one of technology's most coveted prizes, for his work helping design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer.While at Xerox Corp.'s famed Palo Alto Research Center, or PARC, in the 1970s, Charles Thacker...

General Dynamics gets $228M contract from FAA

The information technology unit of General Dynamics Corp. has won a $228 million contract to modernize a phone system for the Federal Aviation Administration over 10 years, the company announced Tuesday.The company will provide technology updates and maintain the FAA's Administrative Voice...

Cisco to introduce new heavy-duty Internet router

Cisco Systems Inc. announced Tuesday that it is upgrading one of its biggest pieces of networking hardware, a router that's used to power the most trafficked parts of the Internet backbone.Routers play an important role as the Internet's traffic cops, shunting packets of data to their...

Microsoft rolls out new MSN site design

Microsoft is rolling out the new design for its MSN Web portal in the U.S.The software maker is saying goodbye to MSN.com's blue background and its blocks of text links. Instead, starting Tuesday, the site is sporting more white space and fewer categories.Microsoft Corp. hopes to get more Web...

Google welcomes chance to export to Iran, Cuba

A senior Google executive welcomed on Tuesday a U.S. decision to relax restrictions on exporting Internet communications services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba.Bob Boorstin, Google's director of policy communications, said the Web search company would now be able to offer some of its other products...

Daytime running light has just two LEDs

Daytime running light has just two LEDs

The new OSTAR Compact LED from OSRAM has been developed specifically for use in vehicle headlights. Despite drawing just 5 W, the device provides 300 lumens of power and meets ECE/SAE color binning requirements for use on motor vehicles.

Lexmark CEO gets 2009 pay of $2.2M, down 36 pct.

The chairman and CEO of printer and copier maker Lexmark International Inc. received compensation worth $2.2 million in 2009, down 36 percent from the year before, according to an Associated Press calculation of figures filed with regulators.Paul Curlander, 57, drew a salary of $1 million in...

Dassault Systemes and BMW sign agreement for sustainable innovation

Dassault Systèmes (DS) announced that BMW and DS have signed a strategic 5-year global agreement to pave the way to meet the automotive market’s new challenges.

Life sciences gets push from Mo. policymakers

State and regional economies can benefit from Missouri's push into biotechnology and the life sciences, Gov. Jay Nixon said Monday."There is no sector of our economy riper for opportunity than the life sciences," the Democratic governor said, speaking to about 300 scientists and businesspeople...

Elevating America one veteran at a time

Posted by Pamela Passman Corporate Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs Pamela Passman, Corporate Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs Earlier today while speaking to the annual conference of the National Association of Workforce Boards in Washington...(

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Call for collaboration

Call for collaboration

The world of R&D is full of collaboration. R&D Magazine has seen this directly through some of the winners of the R&D 100 awards in the past. However, not only is collaboration important to the world of R&D, but it is essentially important to all aspects of life. For the Army, it is not different.

Disaster apps bring hope

Disaster apps bring hope

Connectedness is not a luxury—it’s a tool for survival because it stimulates response. Haitians and their loved ones see the direct benefits in efforts by Google to provide up-to-minute news on the whereabouts of individuals. And, more indirectly, the rapid giving model is accelerating philanthropy in ravaged lands.

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Daytime running light has just two LEDs

The new OSTAR Compact LED from OSRAM has been developed specifically for use in vehicle headlights. Despite drawing just 5 W, the device provides 300 lumens of power and meets ECE/SAE color binning requirements for use on motor vehicles.

Sigma-Aldrich teams with 3M to provide high-performance organic semiconductor

TIPS Pentacene, a soluble organic semiconductor for printed and flexible electronics, is manufactured by 3M under the name 3M Organic Electronics Semiconductor L-20856 and is the first in a family of soluble Pentacene-based semiconductors developed by 3M Electronics Markets Materials Division in collaboration with Dr. John Anthony, professor at the Univ. of Kentucky and founder of Outrider Technologies LLC.

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Airflow in subways could spread contaminants

As part of a Homeland Security study on the spread of airborne contaminants released in subway systems, Berkeley Lab researchers are measuring the flow of gas throughout tunnels and cars. Subways created significant airflow as they move through tunnels, which could raise risk in the event of a terrorist attack or spill.

USB I-O module for PC-based automation

Dajac Inc. announced its newest PC-based automation control module the Expert I/O 1000. The input/output control module is suited for numerous automation needs.

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