You can’t help but be drawn into something about a shrimp’s ‘dactyl club’ that includes this paragraph: “The dactyl club can reach an acceleration of 10,000g, unleashing a barrage of impacts with the speed of a bullet. Mantis shrimp come in two varieties: ‘smashers’ and ‘spearers.’ While spearers kill prey by driving a spear into …
The Next Big Thing
When, 20 years ago, wearables were the next big thing, Japan held an exhibition of wearable computers. BT displayed an ‘office-on-the-arm’ – a strap-on computer with a visor which could be operated by speech and could send faxes and email, access the internet and log into the office computer via the cellular network. The following …
Amid all the smart lighting talk, don't forget: Philips still sells bulbs too
At the Clean Energy Ministerial conference in San Francisco, the company pledges sales of 2 billion LED bulbs by 2020.
Philips Lighting IPO: Stock rises slightly one week in
The long-awaited spinout of Philips Lighting occurred by IPO on May 27, 2016 on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange with pricing in the middle of the projected share range, and shares rose moderately through one week of trading despite some pundits predicting a fall in the market.
Washington County, Md., selects Evoqua system for wastewater treatment
System saves Washington County, Md., $16 Million in wastewater facility upgrade costs.
Xylem awarded contract with City of Caldwell, Idaho
The system will help remove total suspended solids (TSS) and particulate associated phosphorus from the wastewater.
Toshiba launches chip load switch ICs
Toshiba has launched three single-chip load switch ICs, the TCK106AF, TCK107AF and TCK108AF. Integrating high performance chips in an industry-standard SOT-25 package, Toshiba’s new ICs combine on-resistance ratings down to just 63mΩ and low typical quiescent currents of 110nA with low loss, low standby current and high performance switching characteristics. Fabricated using a Toshiba CMOS …
Intel For Trump . . . . .Or Maybe Not
An intriguing apercu into the mentality of Intel’s CEO is revealed by the New York Times – he’s a Trump guy. Apparently Krzanich planned to hold a fund raising event for Trump’s campaign at his house in Atherton in Silicon Valley tonight. An Intel PR said the event would involve a “full exchange of views” …
Fable: The Mayor Hits Town
The co-founder of Silicon Valley’s two most important chip companies made a memorable appearance at the welcome meeting for the new recruits to his first Valley job. He drove to Palo Alto from Salt Lake City, in the rain, in a car described as “a piece of crap” which had a disfunctional windscreen wiper. He …
3D printing makes mock-ups in minutes
Cornell University has created a 3D printing process that can create a mock-up of a design in 10 minutes. The combination of a modified commercial printer and some clever software, is makes a physical wire-frame model of the article which is strong enough to be handled. It is an improved version of a system called …