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1. Team develops 'paper' battery

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 24 September 2009

   ... parts, with the most promising materials including conductive polymers or 'plastic electronics'. One of these, polypyrrole (PPy), showed promise, but was often regarded as too inefficient for commercial ...

2. EU publishes lurid details of Intel antitrust ruling

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 21 September 2009

   ... the block rebates) were a material factor in determining HP's agreement to the unwritten conditions. As a result (...) HP [Business desktop PC division] stayed at least 95 percent aligned to Intel." AMD's ...

3. Fake trees proposed to fight climate change

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Thursday, 27 August 2009

   ... as being practical and feasible. The report envisages devices which, like trees, can remove CO2 from the atmosphere - as air passes through it, CO2 sticks to an absorbent material.  The CO2 is then ...

4. Paint your house green with solar cells

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Monday, 24 August 2009

   ...  He and his team have been working on a low-cost, nanomaterials solution. Inks could be printed on a roll-to-roll printing process on a plastic substrate or stainless steel, or even painted onto a rooftop ...

5. Americans turn to alternative medicine

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Friday, 31 July 2009

   ... classes, and materials. The majority - $14.8 billion - went on nonvitamin, nonmineral, natural products such as fish oil, glucosamine and echinacea. US adults also spent approximately $11.9 billion on ...

6. Researchers claim breakthrough in LED technology

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 28 July 2009

   ... of focusing on new device architectures to improve the performance of OLED devices." A combination of SDK’s light-emitting polymer materials and SRI’s COLED technology has enabled researchers to achieve ...

7. Irish eyes not smiling at Intel

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Sunday, 19 July 2009

   ... the Leixlip plant have been told at briefings that demand for new products is not materialising 'as quickly as expected'. Obviously they are a bit worried that the briefings indicate that Intel might want ...

8. Nanopillars form cheap, flexible solar cells

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Friday, 10 July 2009

   Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have demonstrated a way to fabricate efficient solar cells from low-cost and flexible materials. ...

9. PS3 slim and price cut rumors surface again

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 01 July 2009

   ... costs. The original PS3 design was estimated to have carried a bill of materials of close to $900, which was far higher than the retail prices of $499 and $599 for the 20 GB and 60 GB PS3s in late 2006. ...

10. Teardown reveals thin profit margin on Mac Mini

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 29 June 2009

    ... has to adjust somewhat to a much more competitive landscape, especially since the company tries to capture more market share.According to iSuppli, the bill of materials (BOM) of the $599 entry-level Mac ...

11. Apple 'makes $420 on each iPhone sold'

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 24 June 2009

    ... 16GB iPhone 3GS only costs the company three percent more to make than last year's model, with a bill of materials totalling $172.46 plus $6.50 in manufacturing costs, says the company. Apple's US carrier, ...

12. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 19 June 2009

    ... and call control button. V-MODA's proprietary technology creates high-quality audiophile sound, and reduces outside noise. It is made of premium materials, including stainless steel alloy earbuds, a sturdy ...

13. 360 mpg hydrogen car unveiled

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 16 June 2009

    ... developed by Riversimple, has four electric motors and a 6kW fuel cell which maximizes energy efficiency by utilizing lightweight composite materials, eliminating heavy mechanical components and by networking ...

14. Unlimited music downloads announced. No price yet.

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 15 June 2009

    ... demand for online music in an increasingly digital world.” Also, the firms “will be working together to protect Universal Music's intellectual property and drive a material reduction in the unauthorized ...

15. Iphones help prevent truancy in Japanese university

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 29 May 2009

    ... (the minimum requirement) or iPhone to allow for the delivery of freshman-orientation information as well as course material. Students will electronically download such material to either of those devices ...

16. AMD stifling competition? Did Palit screw AMD?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 28 May 2009

    ... engineering ideas and marketing to stay alive, much more so than other industries. And it seems that Palit had a seemingly ingenious idea to cut a bunch of dollars off their bill of materials (BOM) for ...

17. OEL breakthrough could slash panel costs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 24 May 2009

    ... are way down the line - it could be as long as five years before the method reaches volume manufacture. OEL panels save energy, the colors are displayed faithfully and use organic materials that light ...

18. Sanyo hits world record for solar cell efficiency

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 22 May 2009

    ... in the solar cell conversion efficiency is reportedly accompanied by 'significant' advances in lowering the production cost of the photovoltaic system and the reduction in the use of raw materials such ...

19. Stretchable displays coming to a garment near you soon

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 18 May 2009

    ... the stretchy material for the first time. The technique combines carbon nanotubes with a liquid containing charged molecules and a liquid polymer to make a nanotube-rubber paste. A high-pressure jet ...

20. Research promises cheaper flat-panel displays

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 14 May 2009

    ... flexed and also are compatible with plastics. Flexible solar cells could be used in a variety of materials, including the drapes of homes, the researchers suggest. Graphene is an excellent electrical ...

21. Updated: Craigslist dumps erotica amidst prostitution claims

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 13 May 2009

    ... and posting of graphic pornographic material." McMaster also threatened to initiate a criminal investigation if the site did not comply by March 15, 2009. According to McMaster, Craigslist had "not installed ...

22. Missouri students 'must buy Apple'

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 10 May 2009

    ... requirement) or iPhone to allow for the delivery of freshman-orientation information as well as course material. Students will electronically download such material to either of those devices from iTunes ...

23. Apple, Marvell and the promise of changing the world

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Opinion)

    Thursday, 07 May 2009

    ... due to capacity problems.   Savings in energy and new power plants will easily scale to the billions and, widely deployed, this would have a material impact on global warming. This product is ...

24. Giant 'sea snake' harvests wave power

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 06 May 2009

    ... that devices tend to deteriorate over time in the harsh marine environment. Anaconda is non mechanical: it is mainly rubber, a natural material with a natural resilience and so very few moving parts to ...

25. iSuppli tears apart Palm Pre

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 29 April 2009

    Market research firm iSuppi continues to take machines apart and figure out how much they cost in terms of bills of material, compared to their sales price. It is all about margins, or yields as wheat ...

26. Teardown exposes Amazon’s Kindle 2 cash cow

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 23 April 2009

    ... iSuppli is right, then Amazon spends about $185.49 in materials and manufacturing costs, excluding other costs such as development, shipping, marketing and PR. If we add a industry average of about 10% ...

27. NASA showcases spinoff technologies

    (Space/Space Features)

    Thursday, 23 April 2009

    ... and find descriptions of such technologies as temperature-regulated clothing from materials designed for astronaut suits and gloves, wireless headset telephone technology pioneered to transmit the first ...

28. Dell bites Tiger's tail

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 22 April 2009

    ... the United States...and sold and shipped infringing products bearing the mark Dell into New York without Dell's authorization or permission, and has made false representations of material fact concerning ...

29. Why I won’t be celebrating Earth Day today, and instead every day

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Opinion)

    Wednesday, 22 April 2009

    It’s April 22, and there is absolutely no way I could have possibly forgotten. For the past couple of weeks my e-mail inbox and unfortunately even my postal mailbox has been flooded with marketing materials. ...

30. iSuppli: iPod shuffle's bill of material just $22, fat margin

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 13 April 2009

    Apple's new iPod shuffle carries the biggest profit margin of all iPod models, according to the just released tear-down analysis by iSuppli. The research firm estimates the bill of materials to make ...

31. Projector company InFocus sold for $39 million

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 13 April 2009

    ... material adverse effect on the InFocus business. InFocus has struggled financially over the past year and its cash reserves were down to about $33 million by the end of last year. The company lost about ...

32. 100 mpg automotive X PRIZE contest underway, 136 vehicles, $10M

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Friday, 10 April 2009

    ... run of at least 10,000 units, meaning no extremely exotic one-shot materials. The vehicles must be practical to manufacture in this way. Vehicles will go through a series of competitive levels, with the ...

33. No money for college? Attend 100 universities on YouTube

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 09 April 2009

    ... such as virtual campus tours and promotional material. However, the channel is creating a buzz that maybe it's time for universities to begin offering digital copies of their classes online, so that those ...

34. IBM brings RFID to Volkswagen's entire supply chain

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 25 March 2009

    ... has been ground-breaking. Volkswagen is driving innovation by becoming the first vehicle manufacturer to make daily use of RFID technology in the flow of materials between suppliers and the manufacturing ...

35. AT&T converting to natural gas on 8,000 fleet vehicles

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 11 March 2009

    ... their entire southern state fleet where the sunlight is more direct.The all-electric reality is also more true now than ever with MIT's recent battery material disclosure, a revised lithium-ion manufacturing ...

36. High-temperature superconductors: The mystery is being unravelled

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 24 February 2009

    ... The team has been studying two different types of materials used for relatively high temperature superconductors. They believe with continued study the precise mechanisms in place can be identified and ...

37. Global DRAM production capacity cut by 32%

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 10 February 2009

    ... $0.59. In Q4 alone, the price drop was about 50%. This price was substantially below the actually material cost, which is estimated at $0.80 to $0.90. In such an environment, a production cut is not only ...

38. A peek inside Apple's top-secret design facility

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 23 January 2009

    ... are not the "foam prototypes" you'd find in other companies. Instead, Apple's designers use expensive CNC-controlled prototyping equipment and real materials to build prototypes which closely match the ...

39. Judge says no to RIAA on P2P fines, but opens door on file sharers

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 19 January 2009

    ... offender is an individual who is deemed to be pirating for commercial purposes an monetary gain. Second, a criminal offender is someone who distributes pre-release material, or third, someone who distributes ...

40. Do we actually need a disc? Blu-Ray's future uncertain

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 06 January 2009

    ... players and announcing price cuts on older models. Companies will also be debuting products and support for the BD Live feature which allows people to download additional material from the Internet and ...

41. JVC to showcase “super-thin” LCD at CES

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 05 January 2009

    ... less material resources and about 10% fewer LCD module parts than current JVC 32” displays, but provides the same optical and heat-dissipation features.  Following a current industry trend, the LCD ...

42. Wikipedia saved! Surpasses fundraising goals

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 01 January 2009

    ... Coordinator, the Volunteer Coordinator, and the Head of Communications as well as the costs for the annual chapters meeting in April and communication materials such as brochures and promotional products ...

43. AMD lays off more people, expects additional ATI charge

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 29 December 2008

    ... There is no number yet, but the charge will be “material”. AMD took two impairment charges earlier this year, amounting to about $2.5 billion. Sunnyvale (CA) –AMD announced that it laid off more people ...

44. Land in sight: Sony cuts PS3 production cost by 35%

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 29 December 2008

    ... especially since Microsoft has been at a breakeven point for some time and the Wii has always been profitable. According to iSuppli, the first version of the PS3 carried an estimated bill of materials ...

45. Dell greens its packaging

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 17 December 2008

    Dell announced plans to reduce desktop and laptop packaging materials by approximately 10% worldwide, increase sustainable content in cushioning and corrugate packaging by 40% and 75% of packaging components ...

46. Toshiba, IBM and AMD develop smallest, most stable FinFET SRAM to date

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 17 December 2008

    ... costs as it requires less silicon real-estate to produce similar cache sizes. High-k/metal gate The cell was developed using IBM's high-k/metal gate (HKMG) materials and process technology at 32nm. ...

47. New low-cost nickel-based fuel cell could prove revolutionary

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 16 December 2008

    ... for created electricity. Heat is also generated, though not nearly as much as burning the fuel in an internal combustion engine. Platinum has been used because the membrane material (typically a polymer ...

48. MIT research looking for cheaper, more abundant solar cell materials

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 11 December 2008

    ... terawatts of power.  The idea is simple:  Make solar cells more affordable using readily available materials and the market will naturally migrate over. Boston (MA) - Research teams at MIT ...

49. In the economic downward spiral, recycling goes down as well

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 09 December 2008

      The downward spiral of our economy seems to have annihilated the market for recycled materials such as plastic, cardboard, metal, and newspaper. All over the country these materials are accumulating ...

50. Intel creates technology for low-cost 40 Gb/s optical links

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 08 December 2008

    ... communications. Optical devices are not uncommon in certain markets with high-performance and high-bandwidth requirements. However, these products are expensive due to the use of exotic materials, are ...