Posts Tagged ‘ efficiency ’

It was once thought that the great promise of gas-electric hybrids was to offer new levels of fuel efficiency. In other words, adding even a modest battery pack and motor to a compact or subcompact car could boost the fuel efficiency of a small car from the mid-30-mpg range into the 40- or...
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LogicalSolutions.net Changes 2010 Focus to Datacenter Growth, Energy Efficiency, and Completes SAS70 Type II Audit CertificationAfter 15 years in business, LogicalSolutions.net has changed their business strategy to focus on Datacenter and Enterprise hosting services. The new 2010 business strategy allows a strategic focus on the significant growth that they have seen in the Datacenter...
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David Hermance The 2010 Chicago Auto Show, which kicks off later this week, is the location for the inaugural presentation of the Hermance Vehicle Efficiency Award. The award recognizes the most efficient new car with the greatest consumer appeal. The award is given in honor of the late David Hermance, Toyota’s highly respected executive...
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Experts see limits to “moon shot” approach for reducing car emissions. President Barack Obama will propose that the US dramatically reduces greenhouse...
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Experts see limits to “moon shot” approach for reducing car emissions. President Barack Obama will propose that the US dramatically reduces greenhouse...
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MIPS Technologies Inc. and EE Solutions are teaming up to provide semiconductor companies in China and Taiwan with easy access to MIPS’ industry-standard technology. EE Solutions licensed the synthesizable MIPS32 24KEc core as part of its digital IP portfolio and will work with MIPS to provide value-added solutions to joint customers. EE Solutions has developed...
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Accurate, low power, and tamper proof are the key features of the new generation of smart meters that will enable the infrastructure of the smart grid. Targeting that market, Texas Instruments has added the MSP430F471xx to its 430 family of ultra-low-power microcontrollers for smart-power-meter applications. The device has accuracy better than 0.1% and a...
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Society can dream, hope and even plan for a future in which every car on every street of every country in the world will be free from emissions. But as things stand today, you have to agree with Bente Øverli, a Norwegian consumer ombudsman who famously said two years ago to Toyota and other carmakers...
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The electronics industry is in a time of flux. The recession has placed a stranglehold on the economy, product life-cycles have shortened, and organizations reacting to the recession are preparing to lay off workers. In essence, global market forces are causing havoc in an industry that has found comfort with steady, incremental change. But...
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For those who are interested in finding creative items in Computex, the showground in the second floor of the World Trade Center Convention Hall One is a spot not to be missed. In last year’s Computex, we found the TOPlay OCS earphone here. This year we drop by for a revisit. We are glad to...
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DuPont Displays Inc announced that it developed new OLED materials designed for coating process. Among these new materials, a green light-emitting material has a luminance half-life of more than one million hours with an initial luminance of 1,000cd/m2, according to the company. This is equivalent to 100 or more years of continuous emission. The green...
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