Peugeot Sport Selects HyperWorks Suite to Streamline Development Processes

Posted on November 30th, 2009 by Kat Lorbissy

Altair’s CAE product family enables faster and more flexible design of composite structures
Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading global provider of simulation technology and engineering services that empower client innovation and decision-making, announced that Peugeot Sport, the racing department of the Peugeot brand, has chosen the HyperWorks Suite to optimize composite development processes.
“A major reason to [...]

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Cromoz Launches Carbon Nanotechnology for Target Drug Delivery System in Cancer Treatment

Posted on November 29th, 2009 by Kat Lorbissy

Cromoz Inc., located in Research Triangle Park, will initiate a water-soluble carbon nanotube-based cancer drug delivery system in Hyderabad, India. The water-soluble carbon nanotubes, which have functional groups on the walls that allows for conjugation with cancer drugs, was developed in partnership with the Indian Institute of Kanpur (ITT). The conjugated carbon nanotubes serves as [...]

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Global Fashion Group Gerry Weber Chooses Avery Dennison RFID Solution to Reduce Theft

Posted on November 27th, 2009 by Kat Lorbissy

Gerry Weber, a leading fashion and lifestyle company with 338 HOUSES OF GERRY WEBER stores and 1,400 shop-in-shop areas throughout the world, will become the first German retail company to roll out RFID technology combining inventory management and loss prevention.
Gerry Weber will be using an Avery Dennison RFID solution in over 25 million garments a [...]

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US-based Cnanoz Unveils NanoPure to Government in India

Posted on November 26th, 2009 by Kat Lorbissy

Research Triangle Park-based Cnanoz Inc. unveiled the first energy-efficient, single-treatment water purification system NanoPure developed from carbon nanotubes to Andhra Pradesh, Minister of Rural Water Supply, Hon. Minister Viswarup and other leaders in Hyderabad, India today. Initial tests, performed at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, confirmed that the majority of the drinking water available [...]

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Shell Opens State-of-the-Art Lubricants Blending Plant in China

Posted on November 26th, 2009 by Kat Lorbissy

New On-Site Technology Facility to Provide R&D Support to Auto Manufacturers
Shell Lubricants announced the start-up of its newest lubricants complex in Asia to meet growing demand in China. With a production capacity of 50 million gallons a year, and the potential for a phased development to 100 million gallons a year, the complex could become [...]

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Technorati Listing

Posted on November 26th, 2009 by Kat Lorbissy

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Global Concentrated Photovoltaic Market Worth US$266.0 million by 2014

Posted on November 24th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

The total concentrated photovoltaic market is expected to be worth US$266.0 million by 2014, growing at a CAGR of 33.0% from 2009 to 2014. Europe is expected to command the maximum market share at 59.3%, followed by the Americas, which are expected to hold 32% of the global concentrated photovoltaic market.
This is according to the [...]

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Norway opens world’s first osmotic power plant

Posted on November 24th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

State-owned utility Statkraft’s prototype plant, which for now will produce a tiny 2 kilowatts to 4 kilowatts of power or enough to run a coffee machine, will enable Statkraft to test and develop the technology needed to drive down production costs.
The plant is driven by osmosis that naturally draws fresh water across a membrane and [...]

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Cern’s Large Hadron Collider makes first collisions

Posted on November 24th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Engineers operating the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have smashed together proton beams in the machine for the very first time.
The step was described as a “great achievement” for those working on the huge physics experiment.
The low-energy collisions came after researchers circulated two beams simultaneously in the LHC’s 27km-long tunnel earlier on Monday.
The LHC is smashing [...]

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Hammacher Schlemmer Introduces The 19-mph Skateboard

Posted on November 20th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Attention bipeds: Hammacher Schlemmer brings you a way to navigate through your neighborhood that’s anything but pedestrian. The company, renowned for its unusual gadgets and problem-solving products, now offers a motorized skateboard that travels at up to 19 mph.
“Throughout our 161-year history, we’ve introduced alternative means of transportation that you can’t find anywhere else. This [...]

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Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Announces New 3D Scanning and Engineering Services Division

Posted on November 13th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc. (KMSA), the worldwide leader in the industrial measurement of color, light and shape, announces the addition of its new 3D scanning and engineering services division to its existing 3D non-contact scanner business unit.
“This is a very exciting time for us as we launch this new 3D services business,” said Jim [...]

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Comcast Forges ‘Excalibur’ for IPTV

Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Comcast Corp has an underground IPTV and video convergence project under way, code-named “Excalibur,” Cable Digital News has learned.
Comcast hasn’t released any details about the project, said to be near the top of the MSO’s priority list. But sources familiar with Excalibur say its aim is to develop a “services overlay” that would put all [...]

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Siemens wins digital marketing award