Test & Measurement

Nikon Instruments Partners with Koshland Science Museum to Create the Museum's First-Ever 'Microbe Lab'

Nikon Places Coolscope Microscope at Koshland Science Museum to Give Visitors Unique Hands-On Experience with State-of-the-Art Scientific Equipment WASHINGTON and MELVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 15 -- Nikon Instruments, Inc. (www.nikoninstruments.com) today announced a partnership with the Marian Koshland Science Museum and the National Academy of Sciences to place a Coolscope Microscope in the museum's...

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IMEC Speeds Up Scalable Video Decoder (SVC) by a Factor of 20

LEUVEN, BELGIUM - January 15, 2008 - IMEC has further improved its source-code for standard-compliant Scalable Video Decoding (SVC = H.264 extension), now performing 20 times faster and using only a tenth of the memory footprint compared to the SVC standard reference code. These groundbreaking results were obtained by further optimizing the code mainly through the removal of redundant code and...

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LifeRing - Powerful Common-Operational-Picture Software -- Adds White-Boarding

Visually Enhancing PDA-GPS Link Between Command-Center and Field Personnel JUPITER, Fla., Jan. 14- ResQdraw(TM) - a new command-and-rescue GPS screen-drawing function providing instant, two-way visual communication between command centers and field personnel - has just been incorporated into LifeRing(TM) mobile collaboration Common Operational Picture (COP) software from Advanced Ground...

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ZPower Selects Texas Instruments for its First Battery Gas Gauge Solution for Silver Zinc Batteries

CAMARILLO, January 14, 2008 - ZPower, Inc., a leading global provider of silver-zinc, rechargeable battery technology for consumer electronic devices, has chosen Texas Instruments, a premier developer of analog, digital signal processing, RF and semiconductor technologies, as the company's first notebook battery gas gauge solution for silver zinc batteries. Based on the Texas Instrument's bq2084...

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Canadian Tire to Deploy Fujitsu U-Scan Self-Checkout

Deal Marks the Largest Non-Grocery Rollout of Fujitsu Self-Checkout Systems FRISCO, TX, October 24, 2007 - Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. today announced that Canadian Tire will install Fujitsu's U-Scan Genesis self-checkout system at more than 100 of its 468 stores across Canada. Customer service is a top priority at Canadian Tire and the Fujitsu self-checkout systems will provide a new and...

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Moore Industries NCS Intelligent Remote I/O System Acquires cFMus Approvals for Use in General and Hazardous Locations

Moore Industries NCS Intelligent Remote I/O System Acquires cFMus Approvals for Use in General and Hazardous Locations

FM approvals allow the tough, rugged I/O system to be used virtually everywhere. NORTH HILLS, CA- The NCS (NET Concentrator SystemÂ-®) industrial I/O system from Moore Industries has achieved Factory Mutual (FM) approval as a Non-Incendive Apparatus (multiple device system), allowing the smart and rugged I/O system to be used in Class I, Division 2, Groups A, B, C & D Hazardous Classified...

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Thermal Simulation Dramatically Reduces Time to Design Complex Burn-in Test System

Thermal Simulation Dramatically Reduces Time to Design Complex Burn-in Test System

(January 15, 2008) - Antares Advanced Test Technologies used Flomerics' Flotherm thermal simulation software to develop a new burn-in test system for electronic components in one-third the amount of time that would have been required using conventional design methods. The design of the test system was challenging because of the need to maintain low thermal resistance between the heating and...

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Portable OTDR facilitates in-field fiber fault analysis.

With dynamic range capable of measuring 200+ km of fiber length and small dead zones, FTT(TM)-1000 Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) is suited for installation and troubleshooting/maintenance of access, metro, and long haul networks. Battery life of 8+ continuous hours on one charge allows testing of fiber optic cables without interruption. Solution comes in 2- and 3-wavelength versions,...

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Package Test System targets medical device manufacturers.

Package Test System targets medical device manufacturers.

Lippke(TM) 4000 Series is designed to perform leak and seal strength tests on flexible, rigid, and porous materials while simultaneously assessing package ability to seal contents against contamination. Using self-adhesive septum, system conducts tests at 3 pressure levels and includes flow booster technology. Available as standalone unit (Model 4000) or PC-operated, bench-top unit (Model 4500),...

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ZK Celltest and Brightcomms Lead Cell Phone Network Optimization in Central and South America

SUNNYVALE, CA, January 15, 2008 .....ZK Celltest, a world leader in wireless network drive test solutions, today announced that Brightcomms Inc., a top network planning and optimization services provider, has selected ZK Celltest to contribute to Brightcomms' multi-vendor network planning and optimization services in the GSM/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA, CDMA EV-DO REV.A, and WiMAX arenas. The partnership...

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