Plastic electronics technology has many economic, manufacturing, form factor and environmental benefits, assuring that it will replace silicon in a variety of devices in the future.
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That might be about to change, though, as South Korea's state-owned Korea Electronics Technology Institute has announced a new image sensor chip that promises to take "vibrant photos" in extreme low-light conditions -- all the way down to 1 lux, which is the equivalent light output of a candle shining one meter away.
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The focus is on the joint development of electrical drive technology, power electronics and charging technology as well as the integration of those systems into Volvo C30 Electric vehicles.
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At the nexus of the consumer electronics-technology convergence sits Cisco, which makes many of the routers, switches, and other Internet protocol networking products that carry Internet content to the home.
Google, with the growing popularity of its Android mobile OS and the recent introduction of Google TV, packaged into electronics by technology companies like Logitech, is growing its reach to the point where it could perhaps mount a challenge to H.264 across all screens.
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It's high-voltage, high-current DC, which is not too far off of automotive electronics from a technology standpoint.
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Its strengths are in fields such as electronics, information technology and biotechnology.
It looks centered on the first two areas, electronics and industrial technology.
At a meeting in Los Angeles last month, more than 100 companies from the music, consumer electronics and information technology industries finalized the standards.
Consortiums in the industry have a long history of complications because of the vast array of different agendas within the studios, consumer electronics companies and technology companies.
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Mr. Marcombes is a soft-spoken, earnest electrical engineer and self-proclaimed geek who loves technology and electronics.
Look for more technology and electronics companies to enter the sponsorship game with Riot this year and in the future.
Sophisticated Made in Italy technology and innovative design were presented at the keynote at CES in Las Vegas, the world's most important event dedicated to technology, electronics, design and innovation.
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"The FS700 is already accepted worldwide as a high-performance production tool for everything from documentaries to commercials to features, " said Peter Crithary, marketing manager for large sensor technology, Sony Electronics.
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Wall Street knows me very well, and if I say that Tessera has a very bright future inventing smaller, faster, and cheaper technology for the electronics business, they can take that to the bank.
Dr Rosi Armstrong, from the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology in Belfast, said that many cookies are very functional and useful but some can also build up a profile on people over time.
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Anybody with a passing interest in technology and consumer electronics is now aware that Nokia designed their new smartphone camera to work in incredibly low lighting conditions and has some fantastically complicated image stabilisation technology.
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The SunShot initiative focuses on bringing down costs by pursuing innovations in four particular areas, including solar cell technology, power electronics that optimize the performance of installations, improvements in manufacturing processes, and installation and system design.
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"We are a car company that through market-driven, customer focused innovation is learning to think and act like an electronics company, leveraging partnerships with fresh, innovative technology leaders, " added Mulally, who delivered the Consumer Electronics Show keynote address on Thursday.
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We are using our proprietary technology leadership in plastic electronics to create a range of innovative products.
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The Consumer Electronics Show--usually the technology industry's biggest party--promises to be a subdued affair in Las Vegas this week.
Consequently, Japanese electronics manufacturers lost the ripest global technology-hardware market of the past decade, and perhaps the next decade as well.
The exploration of space has led to advances in weather forecasting, in communications, in computing, search and rescue technology, robotics and electronics.
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Last year, an alliance of technology companies including Samsung Electronics Co.
"The ATSC Mobile DTV standard offers broadcasters remarkable flexibility to address the changing demands of consumers and advertisers, " said Dr. Skott Ahn, president and chief technology officer, LG Electronics, Inc.
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And they will become increasingly prevalent (and also smaller) as information technology switches from pure electronics to so-called optoelectronics, in which light is employed alongside electrons for the carriage and processing of data.
Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences.
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"The fact you can pack more technology into different consumer electronics devices, on an unrelenting and steady pace defined by Moore's Law, means there will always be another gee-whiz gadget that will intoxicate, " says IDC analyst Crawford Del Prete.
In the case of the Argus II, the bionic eye or more accurately, the artificial retina, will turn darkness into light through a system comprised of electronics in the eye and wearable technology which wirelessly transmits a signal to the implant in the eye that lets the patient see again.
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Apple is the only major consumer electronics company that has not adopted OLED technology.
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