Electronic Components

A novel multi-user touch screen product that combines radio frequency (RF) technology with a table setting, allows multiple users to work together, provided they are seated in their chairs. The technology will initially be useful for people working with geospatial information systems in disaster relief, military mission planning, emergency response situations. Would you benefit from this technology in your workplace? How would this product improve your life professionally?

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Designed using the second-generation Graphics Tesla architecture and produced using a single 300 mm 65 nm wafer process, two new graphics video cards integrate an astounding 1.4 billion transistors. They feature 192 and 240 streaming processors running at roughly 1.2 GHz and 1.3 GHz, respectively. You can read all about the new chips and peruse the forum to view comments from people in the industry.

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A patent application recently filed by the company that brought us all the innovative "ifamily" of products suggests that it may be pursuing technology to develop solar-powered iPhones and iPods. Such a move could soon see the iPhone and iPod as truly portable and eco-friendly consumer devices. Would you buy a solar-powered iPod or iPhone?

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By using 18 high-tech batteries, university students and their mentors turned a conventional gasoline car into an all-electric automobile. Combined with a battery-management system, a battery charger, and other components, each of the lithium phosphate rechargeable batteries comes with a built-in computer that is capable of monitoring its condition and gathering data. Are you ready to modify your gas-guzzler? And what happens to all those high-tech batteries when they expire?

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In a recent interview session with RCR Wireless News, Analyst Stu Carlaw presents his views on current device trends for mobile handsets and reveals that touchscreens and improved user interfaces are on the horizon. He also pronouces that the speed of innovation will continue to increase, bringing software that will rival hardware and the appearance of micro-segmentation. Do you agree with his predictions? What other changes do you see in the future of mobile devices?

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