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Dyson's Bladeless Fan

Dyson Unveils His Bladeless Fan (w/ Videos)

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (38) | comments 25

(PhysOrg.com) -- James Dyson, inventor of the bag-less vacuum cleaners has taken his invention one step further with the unveiling of the bladeless fan. Using 'Air Multiplier' technology the bladeless fan ...


Fujitsu Develops Millimeter-Wave Gallium-Nitride Transceiver Amplifier Chipset

Fujitsu Develops Millimeter-Wave Gallium-Nitride Transceiver Amplifier Chipset

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Fujitsu announced today the development of the world's first gallium-nitride HEMT-based transceiver amplifier chipset for broadband wireless transmission equipment operating in the millimeter bandwidth, the ...


The Ultimate Long Distance Communication

The Ultimate Long Distance Communication

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (19) | comments 11

Anyone who's vacationed in the mountains or lived on a farm knows that it's hard to get good internet access or a strong cell phone signal in a remote area. Communicating across great distances has always ...


Hearing the words beneath the noise

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hearing aids and cochlear implants act as tiny amplifiers so the deaf and hard-of-hearing can make sense of voices and music. Unfortunately, these devices also amplify background sound, so they're less effective in a noisy ...


Smaller, cheaper cell phones possible

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ph.D. candidate Sataporn Pornpromlikit played a critical role in research at UC San Diego that made a big impact at a recent conference, and might provide manufacturers with the means for making cell phones ...


National Semiconductor Introduces Industry's Lowest-Noise Frequency Synthesizer

National Semiconductor Introduces Industry's Lowest-Noise Frequency Synthesizer

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

National Semiconductor today announced the industry’s lowest-noise, fully integrated frequency synthesizer. The PowerWise LMX2541 provides less than 2 milli-radians (mrad) root-mean-square (rms) noise at 2.1 ...


New High Frequency Amplifier Harnesses Millimeter Waves in Silicon for Fast Wireless

New High Frequency Amplifier Harnesses Millimeter Waves in Silicon for Fast Wireless

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- New imaging and high capacity wireless communications systems are one step closer to reality, thanks to a millimeter wave amplifier invented at the University of California, San Diego and ...


Low-power 60GHz solution in digital 45nm CMOS

IMEC develops low-cost low-power 60GHz solutions in digital 45nm CMOS

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

At this week’s International Solid State Circuits Conference, IMEC presents a 60GHz front-end receive chain, phase-locked loop and power amplifier in 45nm digital CMOS technology. These building blocks pave ...


Fujitsu Develops C- to X- Ultra-Wideband Gallium-Nitride HEMT Power Amplifier Featuring High Output and Efficiency

Fujitsu Develops C- to X- Ultra-Wideband Gallium-Nitride HEMT Power Amplifier Featuring High Output and Efficiency

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 04, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fujitsu Laboratories announced today the development of a high-performance power amplifier based on gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistors (HEMT), which as a hybrid amplifier ...


First Tunable, ‘Noiseless’ Amplifier May Boost Quantum Computing, Communications

First Tunable, ‘Noiseless’ Amplifier May Boost Quantum Computing, Communications

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 15, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado (CU) at Boulder, have made the first tunable “noiseless” ...