The FCC yesterday launched a website that aims to keep broadcasters informed and engaged in the upcoming incentive auctions. The new LEARN website provides access to a range of information and resources that the FCC hopes will help broadcasters and other stakeholders make more informed business decisions about participating in the incentive auction, which the […]
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Public Knowledge suggests ULS is broken
Public Knowledge yesterday released research that it said shows that the Universal Licensing System (ULS) is incomplete and too complicated. In comments submitted to the FCC, the consumer advocate wrote that while searching the ULS for data to support policy positions in several spectrum proceedings, “PK noticed how challenging it is to gather meaningful information […]
Intel’s Q4 profit down
Intel, the world’s largest chipmaker, on Thursday said its fourth-quarter net income fell 27 percent from the previous year, as PC sales continued to weaken. Net income was $2.47 billion, or 48 cents per share, for the October-to-December period. That was down from $3.36 billion, or 64 cents per share, a year ago. Intel still […]
A New World Record for Solar Cell Efficiency
In a remarkable feat, researchers at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, have developed thin film solar cells on flexible polymer foils with a new record efficiency of 20.4% for converting sunlight into electricity. The cells are based on CIGS semiconducting material (copper indium gallium (di)selenide) known for its potential to […]
Black Silicon Can Take Efficiency of Solar Cells to New Levels
Researchers at Aalto University, Finland, have demonstrated results that show a huge improvement in the light absorption and the surface passivation on silicon nanostructures. This has been achieved by applying atomic layer coating. The results advance the development of devices that require high sensitivity light response such as high efficiency solar cells. – This method […]
Fiat and Mazda Seal Deal to Build Roadster
Fiat and Mazda have signed a final agreement to jointly produce convertible two-seater Alfa Romeo and Mazda sports cars. The Italian and Japanese carmakers said Friday that the roadsters will go into production at Mazda’s plant in Hiroshima, Japan, in 2015. The cars will be based on the same platform — the next generation of […]
UGA Researchers Invent New Material for Warm-White LEDs
Discovery brings hope to the widespread use of LEDs for indoor lighting. Athens, GA – Light emitting diodes, more commonly called LEDs, are known for their energy efficiency and durability, but the bluish, cold light of current white LEDs has precluded their widespread use for indoor lighting. Now, University of Georgia scientists have fabricated what […]
World’s Most Complex 2D Laser Beamsteering Array Demonstrated
New 2D optical phased array technology to enable advanced LADAR, other defense applications. Most people are familiar with the concept of RADAR. Radio frequency (RF) waves travel through the atmosphere, reflect off of a target, and return to the RADAR system to be processed. The amount of time it takes to return correlates to the […]
Bendable Phones Are Bunk
The age has come! Phones are now bendable and flexible while containing every nuance of your life. A recent AP story even said, “By showing off a phone with a flexible screen, Samsung is hinting at a day when we might fold up our large phone or tablet screens as if they were maps.” It’s […]
Toyota Settles in Case of 2 Killed in Utah Crash
Toyota Motor Corp. has settled with family members of two people killed in Utah in a lawsuit that was to go to court next month and serve as a test case for a group of hundreds more that are pending. Toyota reached the agreement in the case brought by the family of Paul Van Alfen […]