The Sierra Club and some other environmental groups are harshly criticizing a new partnership that aims to create tough new standards for fracking. The criticism Thursday came a day after two of the nation’s biggest oil and gas companies made peace with some national and regional environmental groups, agreeing to go through an independent review […]
Applications
A Fireside Chat: FCT Assembly’s Tony Lentz
FCT Assembly consists of three divisions: FCT Solder, Fine Line Stencil and A-Laser. FCT has numerous facilities in the United States manufacturing lead-free and leaded solder products, stencils and precision cut parts. Here we catch up with Tony Lentz, the company’s newest field application engineer, to find out about his promotion to Field Application Engineer. […]
Haigh steps over to Charter from Midcontinent
After more than 10 years at Midcontinent Communications, David Haigh will start his new job on Monday as Charter Communication’s regional vice president of inside plant. Haigh will be based in Madison, Wis. and will report to Sean Gallagher, vice president of corporate ISP. Haigh started his cable career at Optus in Sydney, Australia. He […]
Fingernail Display Technology for Future Touch Screens
Researchers in Taiwan are developing a remote control system that will turn finger-nails into mini-display screens. Using wirelessly-enabled, light emitting diodes, the team says the technology could revolutionise the way we control and use devices such as smart phones and tablets. Ben Gruber reports.
EEVblog #440 – Triple Output Power Supply Teardown
In this EEVblog teardown, inside the Atten PPS3205T-3S 3 output precision laboratory bench power supply.
Brilliant Brunch at SXSW 2013
Excerpts from Brilliant Brunch at SXSW 2013 in Austin featuring: Jake Lodwick (Vimeo and Elepath, Founder) Carla Diana (Creative Director, Carla Diana Design)Bre Pettis (Makerbot, Founder)Beth Comstock (GE, CMO)
Danny Hillis: The Internet Could Crash. We need a Plan B
In the 1970s and 1980s, a generous spirit suffused the Internet, whose users were few and far between. But today, the net is ubiquitous, connecting billions of people, machines and essential pieces of infrastructure — leaving us vulnerable to cyber-attack or meltdown. Internet pioneer Danny Hillis argues that the Internet wasn’t designed for this kind […]
Author Andrew Solomon to be honored at Neuroscience 2013
Award-winning writer and lecturer Andrew Solomon ’85 will be the featured speaker and awardee at Neuroscience 2013, an annual symposium showcasing advances in basic and clinical neuroscience, to be held on Saturday, April 6. The event will take place 8:15 a.m.–1 p.m. in Harkness Auditorium, Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. The theme of […]
Gulf Spill Trial: Claim Dropped Against Contractor
A federal judge has dismissed all claims against BP’s drilling fluids contractor on the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, killing 11 workers and triggering the nation’s worst offshore oil spill. After plaintiffs rested their case Wednesday in the trial over the Gulf oil spill, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled […]
Robots to spur economy, improve quality of life, keep responders safe
A new roadmap for robotics presented to Congress today Robots are being used more widely than expected in a variety of sectors, and the trend is likely to continue with robotics becoming as ubiquitous as computer technology over the next 15 years. That is the message Henrik Christensen, Georgia Tech’s KUKA Chair of Robotics in […]