Smoothing Out Kinks in Electromagnetic Propulsion Will Bring Technology From Research to Practical Use

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Jul 23, 2004 | 3.8 / 5 (4) | 0

When electromagnetic propulsion was first demonstrated more than a century ago, it inspired science fiction dreams of rocket-less space launches, magnetic levitation (maglev) vehicles and super guns. Many years ...

'Cool' fuel cells could revolutionize Earth's energy resources and make power plants virtually obsolete

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Jul 23, 2004 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

As temperatures soar this summer, so do electric bills. Researchers at the University of Houston are striving toward decreasing those costs with the next revolution in power generation. Imagine a power source so small, yet s ...

LSI Logic Announces Availability of Single-Chip RF Tuner Supporting FCC Digital TV Requirements

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Jul 23, 2004 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

RF Tuner chip can be use to receive both terrestrial and cable TV signals LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI), a leader in multimedia processing for the Digital Home, announced the industrys first highly integrated radio freque ...

Novel Ear-like Dual Microphone System Tunes Out Background Noise In Cellphones

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Jul 23, 2004 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Background noise that interferes with cellphone conversations could be a thing of the past thanks to a dual microphone system developed at the University of Toronto. ...

NEC Electronics Expands 8-Bit Microcontroller Series to Enable Compact, Economical and Advanced-Function Sensor Systems

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Jul 23, 2004 | 2 / 5 (1) | 0

NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) and its subsidiary in Europe, NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, announced the development of two new series of microcontrollers (MCUs), the µPD789863 and the µPD789864, desi ...

NEC Electronics Introduces 3G Mobile Phone Chip Enables High-Speed Serial Data Transmission

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NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) and its subsidiary in Europe, NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, introduced the µPD161451 bridge IC for 3G mobile handsets, a chip that facilitates development of handsets ...

FIRST SINGLE-CHIP BLUETOOTH PLATFORM CAPABLE OF CD-QUALITY SOUND ANNOUNCED BY ZEEVO

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Zeevo, Inc., a leading provider of single-chip Bluetooth communications solutions, announced today its third-generation, high performance Bluetooth microcontroller solution that is the first in the world to permit the transmission of C ...

SST Announces Production of 64-Mbit MPF+ Flash Memory Devices

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SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., NASDAQ: SSTI), a leader in flash memory technology, announced initial production and availability of its 64-Mbit Multi-Purpose Flash Plus (MPF+) product family. The 64-Mbit MPF+ S ...

High Resolution Printed Circuit Boards with Conductors Down to 10 µm Wide

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With ever increasing demands for greater miniaturisation and the use of flexible circuitry the need for improved fabrication methods for high resolution printed circuit boards is becoming more important. By ...

Austriamicrosystems First to Adopt the Fabless Semiconductor Association Mixed-Signal/RF Process Design Kit

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Austriamicrosystems' Full Service Foundry announces that it is the first to adopt the Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) mixed-signal/RF Process Design Kit (PDK) guidelines for it's foundry customers. A PDK is a set ...