Development of Industry’s Thinnest Glass Sheet for Next Generation Displays by Asahi Glass
Asahi Glass Company has made an announcement on development of ultra-thin glass sheet which has been made based on float manufacturing process. Measuring only 0.1mm in thickness, it is the world’s thinnest glass sheet, making it roughly as thin as sheet of paper. The new glass sheet is made of alkali-free glass, which is used as glass substrate for TFT-LCDs is expected to be used in next-generation displays, lighting, touchscreens as well as high-tech application such as medical devices. Read more
Release of ZigBee Compatible Remote Control and Receiver by SMK
SMK has announced the development of a remote control and receiver with company’s RF module which contains a built-in 2.4GHz band antenna compatible with ZigBee™ RF4CE1 for use in regular remote controls. The newly developed remote control is capable of N-to-N high reliability two-way communication, low power consumption, co-existence with other 2.4GHz band RF as well as security settings. The remote control comes in a form factor of 131mm x 58mm x 17mm and the receiver come in a dimension of 24mm x 16mm x 8mm. The receiver has a USB interface. The transmission distance is at minimum of 10 meter, with frequency range of 2400 to 2483.5MHz. The remote control has a supply voltage of 2.1 to 3.4 VDC, and for the receiver is 4.4 to 5.25 VDC. Read more
Wind Turbine with a style
Most of us by now are familiar with usage of wind turbine that utilizes wind power to generate electricity and most of them look the same where you have the propeller that moves with the force of wind and in turn creates electricity or it save this generated electricity to a connected grid for later use. Read more
Power generating floor
Imagine yourself as a self generating powermachine. You go to catch your train and walk through the gate or walk in your office building entrance or walking through the entrance of shopping mall. And imagine in all these scenarios you are producing electric power to help in lighting or cooling the station or your office building. Read more
