Andrew W. Chesterton takes the helm.
Documentary highlights San Diego region’s water history
Water Authority’s “To Quench a Thirst” series chronicles regional search for water supplies, from historical to modern times.
EPA Reaches Settlement with Acme Foundry, Coffeyville, Ks., for industrial stormwater violations
Under the settlement, Acme Foundry must comply with its industrial stormwater permit, pay a penalty of $28,975, and implement a Supplemental Environmental Project.
EPA, Organic Resource Management, Inc., and St. Louis Composting Inc., reach settlement on Clean Water Act violations
As part of the settlement, the companies have agreed to pay a cash penalty of $24,000, perform a Supplemental Environmental Project.
EETimes sold to Arrow Electronics
EETimes has been sold to the distributor Arrow Electronics. The deal is part of a portfolio of publishing assets sold by EETimes’ owner, UBM, to Arrow. Other titles in the group being sold are EDN, ESM, EBN, Embedded, TechOnline and Datasheets.com. UBM says it got $23.5 million for the lot. According to UBM the titles collectively …
70mm optic gets 10° beam from 6mm led
Ledil’s Carmen S B is a 70mm diameter (37mm high) optic that can produce a +/-5° beam from CoB leds with a 6mm diameter emitting surface. To be honest, I am a bit unclear how it works. Ledil explains it thus: “This hybrid of transparent reflector and lens maximizes the optical performance when compared to other …
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 …
Natural material is so tough, the US military wants it
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 …
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.