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Philips Designs the 'Light Blossom,' an Intelligent Street Light Concept
Oct 17, 2008 |
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Designing nighttime lighting solutions for urban areas presents a challenge for city planners. Too much light results in light pollution - not just limiting the enjoyment of stargazers, but also interfering ...
Philips showcases production-ready Lumalive textile garments
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 24, 2006 |
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Philips Research intends to impress the visitors at this year’s IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) with a world-first demonstration of promotional jackets and furniture featuring its innovative Lumalive technology. ...
Researchers demonstrate for the first time how light squeezes through small holes
May 08, 2008 |
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How does light pass through a tiny hole" For the first time, Dr Aurele Adam and Prof. Paul Planken of Delft University of Technology, in conjunction with two South Korean and one German research groups, have succeeded in ...
Scientists demonstrate a breakthrough in fabricating molecular electronics
May 04, 2006 |
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Scientists from Philips Research and the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) have for the first time fabricated arrays of molecular diodes on standard substrates with high yields. The molecular diodes are as thin as ...
Varibel, the glasses that hear
Apr 07, 2006 |
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Today a new hearing aid in the form of a pair of glasses was unveiled. These hearing-glasses are called 'Varibel' and offer older people the chance to stay active longer - free from the aesthetically unpleasing and technologically ...
Anti-Ad Blockers Sure to Irk Viewers
Apr 21, 2006 |
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Inventors Philip Newton and Declan Kelly, at Philips Electronics (Eindhoven NL), have come up with a system to stop you from changing channels when viewing an ad and fast-forwarding past ads on recorded material.
'Readius' Cell Phone First to Incorporate Foldable E-Display
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 23, 2008 |
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Polymer Vision, a spin-off company from Philips, has recently announced the first cell phone to offer a roll-up e-display for reading your favorite Web sites. The 5-inch (13-cm)-diagonal display rolls out ...
Philips 'Entertaible' combines the excitement of electronic gaming with the fun of traditional board games
Jan 04, 2006 |
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Philips announced today that it will unveil its prototype of ‘Entertaible’ – a tabletop gaming platform that marries traditional multi-player board and computer games in a uniquely simple and intuitive way, ...
Philips Lighting The Way Through the 21st Century
Dec 05, 2007 |
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Philips scientists envision a future of eco-friendly and aesthetic lighting solutions for consumers. Their R&D work in the area of OLED lighting will bring light to walls, ceiling, furniture, windows and most ...
LG Philips develops 100-inch LCD screen, the largest in the world
Mar 08, 2006 |
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LG Philips, a Dutch-South Korean joint venture, said Wednesday it had developed a 100-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) screen, the world's largest. LG Philips said the new television screen was 1.5 times larger ...
Tech File: NXT plc makes audio waves
May 31, 2006 |
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UPI recently caught up with Graham Ryan, chief commercial officer of NXT plc, a publicly listed company on the London stock exchange. For those who don't know, NXT is a provider of unique sound solutions, best known for its ...
Multi-gigabit wireless research could make wired computers and peripherals obsolete
Jul 19, 2007 |
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New research at the Georgia Institute of Technology could soon make that tangle of wires under desks and in data centers a thing of the past.
Wired Wallpaper Offers Alternative to Outlets
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 12, 2008 |
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Philips has recently designed a type of wallpaper with conducting stripes running through it, enabling electrical devices to be hooked up to just about anywhere on the wall.
Laser remote makes watching TV even lazier
Mar 06, 2008 |
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Modern-day remote controls can be complicated. But, thankfully, researchers are making TV the relaxing, mindless pastime that it was always intended to be with a new easy-to-use remote control. The controller ...
Dean Kamen's LED Island Goes Off the Grid
Dec 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dean Kamen, best known as the inventor of the Segway scooter and a thought-controlled prosthetic arm, has taken a personal interest in reducing energy consumption.
