The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) Tuesday released a study recommending that the FCC review limits placed on specific absorption rate (SAR), the amount of radio frequency absorbed by the body when using a cell phone. Today’s SAR limits were set back in 1996. The GAO is recommending that the FCC review limits adopted […]
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University of Tennessee engineering team develops chip for Mars rover
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Rover ‘Curiosity’ would have a hard time completing its mission if it were not for a successful partnership between the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a professor-student team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Rover “Curiosity” would have a hard time completing its mission if it were […]
Cost-effective production of infrared lenses
Rain pelts down on the roof of the car; it is difficult to make out anything in the pitch dark. Suddenly, a deer runs out of the forest and onto the road, but the driver cannot respond in time. When it comes to such dangerous situations, micro-bolometers constitute one way of “extending” the human eye […]
Charter narrows basic video subscriber loss in Q2
In the second quarter, Charter Communications narrowed its revenue loss, improved on the number of basic video subscribers it had lost over the previous quarter a year ago and added 29,000 new data subscribers. As the nation’s fourth-largest cable operator, it takes a lot to turn the ship around, but Charter CEO Tom Rutledge has […]
Cablevision holds the line on video subs in Q2
It was no surprise that Cablevision added data and phone customers in the second quarter, but the nation’s fifth-largest cable operator also managed to retain its basic video subscribers, as well. In addition to the satellite video providers, Cablevision faces stiff competition from Verizon’s FiOS in its New York metropolitan footprint. Verizon has backed off […]
IMJ naps top honors in CableLabs’ Innovation Showcase
IMJ Corp. emerged as the winner of an informal poll during CableLabs’ Innovation Showcase event that was part of the Summer Conference in Keystone, Colo. After 10-minute presentations, Tokyo-based Inter Media Japan beat out nine other competitors to be selected as having the best new idea for a product that was most likely to succeed. […]
A simple way to help cities monitor traffic more accurately
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Cities count the number of cars on the road in order to plan everything from the timing of stoplights to road repairs. But the in-road metal detectors that do the counting can make errors – most often by registering that a car is present when one isn’t. One common error is called […]
California’s hydroelectricity production is vulnerable to climate change
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — California’s hydropower is vulnerable to climate change, a University of California, Riverside scientist has advised policymakers in “Our Changing Climate,” a report released July 31 by the California Natural Resources Agency and the California Energy Commission (CEC). “Climate change is expected to affect the quantity and timing of water flow in the […]
Testers fear reality of genetically modified Olympians
(Reuters) – There have been “marathon mice”, “Schwarzenegger mice” and dogs whose wasted muscles were repaired with injected substances that switch off key genes. It may not be long before we get the first genetically modified athlete. Some fear the use of gene therapy to improve athleticism is already a reality. But since sports authorities’ […]
Mini Minis in athletics cause big branding stir
(Reuters) – Remote-controlled miniatures of Mini cars whizzing around the athletics stadium to shuttle javelins, discus and hammers back to the athletes have triggered branding questions at what are strictly ad-free Olympic venues at the London Games. The International Olympic Committee ensures adverts or logos of products are not visible in the fields of play […]