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| EnCana unveils smaller Deep Panuke project |
27 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
EnCana Corp. hopes to avoid formal public hearings as it proceeds with a scaled-back version of its original Deep Panuke offshore natural gas project. The Calgary-based company shelved development of the gas field, about 250 kilometres southeast of Halifax, three years ago, saying it was too costly to proceed at the time. |
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| New York school to benefit from hydrogen fuel cell power supply |
26 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
A New York State school is to establish its own fuel cell power source on its grounds in an effort to save on energy costs and educate students on new energy technology. |
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| Proton motor delivers fuel cell hybrid bus to the city of Barth |
25 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH last week delivered one of the first Zero Emission Buses with Fuel Cell Hybrid Technology to the City of Barth (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), which will in turn take ownership of the bus. |
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| General Motors unveils most technologically advanced fuel cell car |
24 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Major car manufacturer General Motors today unveiled what it claims is a road version of 'the most technologically advanced automobile ever built', featuring an advance fuel cell propulsion system. |
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| New World Trade Centre to incorporate fuel cell power |
23 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
New York governor George Pataki has announced a new package of energy measures to be incorporated into the designs for the new World Trade Centre development, including fuel cell power generation. |
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| State of the Tech: The best 300-tonners in stock |
22 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
It is generally agreed among molding machine suppliers that the most popular size of injection press sold to U.S. molders is a 300-ton machine. And according to the data in IMM’s 2006 media kit (available at www.immnet.com/mediakit/IMM06Media.pdf), most U.S. molders subscribing to IMM, meaning most U.S. molders, period, are custom molders with 10 machines or less. |
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| Better molded parts through optimum mold cooling |
22 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Robert Beard of Robert A. Beard & Assoc. Inc. (Kenosha, WI) has seen firsthand the changes the plastics industry is undergoing, and the pain this is causing processors and mold manufacturers alike. In his observation, 80% of the surviving molding companies have taken over the business of the 20% that didn't survive, and now that 20% is going to China. Resin is typically 40% of a molder's cost, and we all know what's happening to resin pricing. For processors to capture and retain work for U.S. plants, increase productivity, and optimize resin usage while reducing costs requires thinking outside the typical moldmaking box. |
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| Auto makers see future in hybrid, diesel engines |
22 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Sustained consumer interest in cars that use alternative energy sources, such as hybrid and diesel engines, will largely depend on US gasoline prices remaining high, auto industry executives said at the Reuters Autos Summit in Detroit this week. |
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| Study acquits sun of climate change, blames humans |
22 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The sun's energy output has barely varied over the past 1,000 years, raising chances that global warming has human rather than celestial causes, a study showed on Wednesday. |
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| Wind power begins to flow for Kansas City power & light |
22 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Kansas City Power & Light, a subsidiary of Great Plains Energy, announced its Spearville Wind Energy Facility is fully operational. The site's 67 wind turbines are capable of producing 100.5 megawatts of electricity. That is enough clean, renewable electricity to serve the annual energy needs of approximately 33,000 homes. |
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| High Tech's the name; higher tech's the game |
21 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
This laser lens holder for a Philips CD player is complex . . .
. . . but this lens holder for a DVD player is more complex and smaller . . .
. . . so Engel’s X-Melt high-speed injection technology was brought in . . .
. . . but every precision micro-tolerance mold was made in-house. |
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| Almanac: The state of automation |
21 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
A beam-mounted pin marker for date coding and other marking requirements increases robot utilization, all within the existing molding cycle. Automation has been the next big thing in molding for several years, but it wasn’t until recently that many injection molders were forced to automate to help reduce labor, build efficiencies, and remain competitive. One expert looks at the current technology and trends in automation. |
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| Velcro molded on a wheel |
21 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The mold for continuous injection molding of Velcro hooks consists of several dozen thin plates mounted on a wheel. Thanks to purpose-designed Velcro fasteners, a field crew can perform ceramic-composite armoring of military vehicles. |
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| Robots are designed for welding and measuring |
21 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Robots speed and accuracy will allow manufacturers to increases cost-effectiveness of a welding cell by reducing scrap in applications such as laser cutting, welding and measuring. |
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| Flouting traditional central drying pays off |
20 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Each of the 21 injection machines serviced by this JIT material handling system can access any of 50 materials. North American Lighting’s decision to use 50 separate desiccant-free dryers in its JIT material handling system defies the traditional approach of a large central dryer, and pays off in vastly diminished splay-caused rejects. |
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| Smarter molders buy smart pumps |
20 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Energy-efficient Unigy pumping system retrofits at Injex Industries, an automotive molder in Hayward, CA, save Injex about $105/day in energy costs on two of its 950-tonners. Above is the Mitsubishi, and pictured below that is the company’s Toshiba molding machine. |
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| Vertical IM design helps automate overmolding |
20 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The Engel production cell at ZIMK overmolds complex and delicate metal parts and does full inspection unattended. Overmolding “flimsy” complex metal grids for auto electrical conductors could be tricky. This production cell knows the trick, and does it repeatedly at high speed, unattended. |
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| Faster, better, more: Multimolding takes off |
20 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
A standout multimolding project, the Tide Kick (called Arial in Europe) detergent applicator consists of a top and bottom, both PP overmolded with TPE. They are molded inline with one another on two presses, then snapfit together with a roller ball and layer packed. A system from Hekuma automates every step in the process. |
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| IMM's Plant Tour: A Texas transplant |
19 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Precision insert molding and the precision injection molding of gears and other small technical parts have been family traditions the Sholtis family has brought to the Borderland, according to Charles A. Sholtis, PMT’s CEO. Below right is PMT’s new 40,000-ft2 El Paso facility. |
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| A growing number of injection molding machine suppliers |
19 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
They can demonstrate their ability to provide custom-built manufacturing cells to a captive and, hopefully, captivated audience. Open house events also are used in a more traditional way, to celebrate the opening of a new facility. All generally showcase working equipment displays and informative technical presentations. |
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| Sputtered single-use silverware |
19 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
WNA’s Reflections cutlery looks too good to be disposable, but it is. D2 In-Line Solutions’ vacuum metallizing technology set the table for an innovative new line of single-use injection molded cutlery. |
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| Natural nano files nanocomposite patent for wide range of uses in polymers and plastics industries |
19 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
NaturalNano, Inc., a nanotechnology and materials science company that commercializes naturally occurring nanotubes, today announced that it has filed a U.S. patent application for advances in the production of nanocomposites in the polymers and plastics industry.
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| Federal microArray quality control study |
18 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The FDA-led MicroArray Quality Control project findings announced show that microarray gene expression data from the commercial platforms tested in the study show high degrees of correlation. The results, published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Biotechnology, indicates that scientists have the ability to choose a gene expression platform based on value, ease of use and quality of content, with little to no legacy data concerns. |
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| GMO testing vital for SADC |
18 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Twenty-six scientists from Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Swaziland, Namibia and Zimbabwe attended a four-day Sadc GMO testing training course at the Tobacco Research Board centre at Kutsaga in Harare, which was jointly run by the TRB and the University of Zimbabwe. |
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| UC Santa Barbara and Intel develop world's first hybrid silicon laser |
18 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara and Intel Corporation have built the world’s first electrically powered Hybrid Silicon Laser using standard silicon manufacturing processes. This breakthrough addresses one of the last major barriers to producing low-cost, high-bandwidth silicon photonics devices for use inside and around future computers and data centers. |
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| Productivity advances resulting from the technology revolution are reshaping global competition |
18 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
U.S. manufacturing technology consumption in May grew to $319.40 million, according to data compiled by the Association of Manufacturing Technology and the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association. The total was up 21.4% from April and up 29.7% from the total of $246.27 million reported for May 2005. |
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| Bacteria commonly exchange genetic information by the horizontal transfer of conjugative plasmids |
17 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Bacteria commonly exchange genetic information by the horizontal transfer of conjugative plasmids. In gram-negative conjugation, a relaxase enzyme is absolutely required to prepare plasmid DNA for transit into the recipient via a type IV secretion system. |
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| Like a 1950's Detroit automaker, it appears that nature prefers to build its proteins around a solid |
17 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
A new study combining advanced computational modeling and cutting-edge experiments by molecular biologists at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine suggests that the most stable parts of a protein are also the parts that fold first. |
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| Molecular medicine comes to the rescue |
17 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Lilly Jaffe, a six-year-old North Shore suburban girl who had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was one month old, checked into the Clinical Research Center at the University of Chicago Medical Center. She checked out, starting to make her own insulin, well on her way to insulin independence and ready to get in a few days of beach time in Michigan before starting first grade. |
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| The hmuQ and hmuD genes from Bradyrhizobium japonicum encode heme-degrading enzymes |
17 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Utilization of heme by bacteria as a nutritional iron source involves the transport of exogenous heme, followed by cleavage of the heme macrocycle to release iron. Bradyrhizobium japonicum can use heme as an iron source, but no heme-degrading oxygenase has been described. |
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| What is a genetically modified organism? |
16 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
A genetically modified organism is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using techniques in genetics generally known as recombinant DNA technology. Recombinant DNA technology is the ability to combine DNA molecules from different sources into the one molecule in a test tube. Thus, the abilities or the phenotype of the organism, or the proteins it produces, can be altered through the modification of its genes. |
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| Biologists probe the machinery of cellular protein factories |
16 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Proteins of all sizes and shapes do most of the work in living cells, and the DNA sequences in genes spell out the instructions for making those proteins. The crucial job of reading the genetic instructions and synthesizing the specified proteins is carried out by ribosomes, tiny protein factories humming away inside the cells of all living things. |
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| Allocating HIV drugs to South African cities would prevent the greatest number of infections |
16 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The most effective way to control the AIDS pandemic in hard-hit South Africa would be to concentrate the allocation of scarce antiretroviral drugs in urban areas. This, however, would not be the most ethical approach, according to an innovative new study from the UCLA AIDS Institute. |
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| Modeling the movement of electrons at the molecular scale |
16 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Finding more efficient ways of storing and using energy requires scientists to first look at the particles that set these fundamental processes in motion the electrons. Controlling the movement of electrons through individual molecules could allow for the development of new technologies such as small-scale circuits to be used for a variety of applications including improved solar cells. |
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| Transcriptional profiling of bacillus anthracis life cycle in vitro & an implied model |
15 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The life cycle of Bacillus anthracis includes both vegetative and endospore morphologies which alternate based on nutrient availability, and there is considerable evidence indicating that the ability of this organism to cause anthrax depends on its ability to progress through this life cycle in a regulated manner. |
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| Pseudomonas syringae HrpJ Is a Type III secreted protein that is required for plant pathogenesis |
15 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The bacterial plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae requires a type III protein secretion system to cause disease. The P. syringae TTSS is encoded by the hrp-hrc gene cluster. One of the genes within this cluster, hrpJ, encodes a protein with weak similarity to YopN, a type III secreted protein from the animal pathogenic Yersinia species. |
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| Plastics researchers design polymer macromolecules as gene transfer agents |
15 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Gene therapy depends upon foreign DNA, even viruses, to deliver genes, therapeutic proteins, or medicine to cells within the body. Many scientists are looking for better chaperones across the cell membrane. Virginia Tech researchers think polymer molecules can be created to do the job. |
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| Forms RNAi collaboration with academic research leaders |
15 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Sigma-Aldrich, a leading $1.7 billion life science company and member of The RNAi consortium, is pleased to welcome researchers from The Wistar Institute, Mayo Clinic, Tufts University, Princeton University, the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego, and Washington University in St. Louis to the Sigma RNAi Partnership Program. |
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| Transposon mutagenesis identifies genes associated with mycoplasma pneumoniae gliding motility |
14 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The wall-less prokaryote Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a common cause of chronic respiratory tract infections in humans, is considered to be among the smallest and simplest known cells capable of self-replication, yet it has a complex architecture with a novel cytoskeleton and a differentiated terminal organelle that function in adherence, cell division, and gliding motility. |
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| Two genes encoding new carotenoid-modifying enzymes in green sulfur bacterium chlorobium tepidum |
14 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum produces chlorobactene as its primary carotenoid. Small amounts of chlorobactene are hydroxylated by the enzyme CrtC and then glucosylated and acylated to produce chlorobactene glucoside laurate. |
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| Critical gaps cited in evidence for how best to treat children's behavioral & mental health problems |
14 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Limited access to services for children and adolescents with behavioral problems or mental illness often leads to inadequate care and treatment based on insufficient scientific evidence of safety and effectiveness, concludes a report by the American Psychological Association released today. |
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| Distinguishing friend from foe in the battle against cancer |
14 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The latest generation of cancer chemotherapeutic drugs specifically targets mutant enzymes or 'oncoproteins' that have run amok and now promote uncontrolled cell growth. As promising as these drugs are, cancer cells with their backs against the wall have the tendency to fight back. A major goal of cancer research is to frustrate these acts of cellular desperation. |
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| Spleen may be target of successful therapy for lupus |
13 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found clues that might lead to better treatment of lupus, showing that the spleen is the likely source of cells that are the origin of the disease. Michael Karin, Ph.D., professor pharmacology in UCSD's Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Signal Transduction, led the study to be published on line September 14 in advance of publication in the September issue of the journal Immunity. |
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| New investigations into B-modulated regulatory pathways |
13 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The commonly used Staphylococcus aureus laboratory strain 8325-4 bears a naturally occurring 11-bp deletion in the B-regulating phosphatase rsbU. We have previously published a report (M. J. Horsburgh, J. L. Aish, I. J. White, L. Shaw, J. K. Lithgow, and S. J. Foster, J. Bacteriol. 184:5457-5467, 2002) on restoring the rsbU deletion, producing a B-functional 8325-4 derivative, SH1000. |
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| Identification of a novel galactosyl transferase involved in biosynthesis of the mycobacterial cell wall |
13 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The possibility of the Rv3782 protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis being a putative galactosyl transferase (GalTr) implicated in galactan synthesis arose from its similarity to the known GalTr Rv3808c, its classification as a nucleotide sugar-requiring inverting glycosyltransferase (GT-2 family), and its location within the 'possible arabinogalactan biosynthetic gene cluster' of M. tuberculosis. |
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| Researchers image molecular motor structural changes |
13 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
An international team of researchers has shed new light on how tiny molecular motors that transport materials within cells generate the energy that powers their movements. |
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| Characteristic features in structure & collagen-binding ability of a thermophilic collagenolytic protease |
12 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
A collagen-degrading thermophile, Geobacillus collagenovorans MO-1, extracellularly produces a collagenolytic protease with a large molecular mass. Complete nucleotide sequencing of this gene after gene cloning revealed that the collagenolytic protease is a member of the subtilisin family of serine proteases and consists of a signal sequence for secretion, a prosequence for maturation, a catalytic region, 14 direct repeats of 20 amino acids at the C terminus, and a region with unknown function intervening between the catalytic region and the numerous repeats. |
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| Nerve regeneration: Cyclopeptides imitate structure & effect of carbohydrate from natural killer cells |
12 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Carbohydrates play an important role in a broad spectrum of physiological as well as pathological processes. For example, polysaccharides on the surface of tumor cells or pathogens are possible points of attack for therapeutic drugs or vaccinations. |
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| Novel mechanism of protein processing found |
12 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Understanding medical research problems often relies on the direct, linear relationship between the sequence of a protein and the DNA encoding that protein. In fact, colinearity of DNA and protein sequences is thought to be a fundamental feature of the universal genetic code. |
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| Molecule helps cells plug leaks following lung injury |
12 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have identified a molecule that plays a critical role in the recovery of lung tissue following severe injury. |
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| Digital powder DOSER for precise and reproducible addition of powdery substances |
11 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The LAMBDA DOSER powder doser is a unique laboratory scale „pump” for the controlled addition of powders and powdery or crystalline substances. It has been developed to make the usual spoon-like additions of substances into reaction vessels obsolete. With the LAMBDA DOSER the addition of chemicals becomes not only reproducible and safe, but also conforms to modern safety and quality regulations required in the laboratory manipulation of chemicals. |
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| Team creates uncanny cell replicas for treatment, research |
11 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Call them genuine fakes. Brown University biomedical engineer Diane Hoffman-Kim and her research team have made plastic replicas of real cells through a novel two-part molding process. The copies looked so authentic, Hoffman-Kim couldn’t tell if they were real or rubber at first. |
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| Rare revolutionary example of Recent embosymbiont offers clues to how plants came to be |
11 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Plastids are the photosynthetic engines in all algae and plants, and their origin and spread among eukaryotes, ultimately giving rise to land plants, was fundamental to the evolution of plants and animals on our planet. Plastids, which possess genomes that are distinct from the primary, nuclear genomes of cells, are thought to have arisen from so-called endosymbiosis, in which a cyanobacterium is captured by another cell, leading the conversion of the cyanobacterium to a plastid organelle that is an essential constituent of a eukaryotic cell. |
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| Parkinson's-like cell death blocked by stopping inflammatory factor |
11 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Blocking one of the body's natural inflammatory factors gives substantial protection against cell death in the brain associated with Parkinson's disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in a study on rats. |
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| Childless women risk poorer health in later life |
10 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Childless women run the risk of earlier death and poorer health in later life. A new study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council finds that not only childless women but also mothers of five or more children, teenage mothers and mothers who have children with less than an 18 month gap between births all have higher risks of death and poor health later in life. |
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| Defects in crucial brain protein implicated in memory loss |
10 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The ability to recognize familiar objects and companions is lost when levels of a protein crucial for recycling a chemical messenger in the brain are reduced, mimicking some of the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, an international team led by Duke University Medical Center scientists has discovered. |
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| Cracking poplar DNA code promises new possibilities for sustainable energy |
10 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Sustainable or renewable energy, in the form of bio-ethanol, for example, can be produced for us by trees. The influence trees have on our daily life is enormous. Forests cover 30% of the world's land area, accommodate two thirds of life on earth, and are responsible for 90% of the biomass on solid ground. |
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| Back-to-back scientific papers offer a revolutionary look at battlefield where plant diseases are fought |
10 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The laboratory of Sheng Yang He at Michigan State University has changed the textbook description of a plant’s surface terrain and is unveiling new knowledge of how bacterial pathogens invade plants and take hold. The most recent paper, published in the Sept. 8 edition of Cell, redefines the role of the plant’s pores in defense against invading bacteria and how some bacteria can overpower plants. |
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| Possible treatment for Type 1 diabetes with new vaccine |
09 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
A new vaccine being tested in a human clinical trial holds a great deal of promise for treating type 1 diabetes, a disease that newly afflicts 35,000 children each year. The research that established the foundation for this vaccine was conducted in UCLA research laboratories. The drug is still being tested and is not likely to be available for at least a few years. |
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| Full Humanization of therapeutic proteins from yeast |
09 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Researchers at Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth Medical School, and the biotechnology firm GlycoFi, Inc., report a significant advance in the production of therapeutic proteins. Reported in the journal Science, the Dartmouth/GlycoFi team announced the complete humanization of the glycosylation pathway in the yeast Pichia Pastoris. |
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| Codexis, Inc. achieves development milestone in research agreement with Schering-Plough Corporation |
09 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The objective of the collaboration with Schering-Plough is to rapidly generate a novel biocatalytic process to produce a key intermediate for an undisclosed human therapeutics compound. This program is based on Codexis' proprietary MolecularBreeding(TM) pharmaceutical process re-engineering platform, and is expected to reduce manufacturing costs and environmental waste in the final production process. |
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| Mutation plays key role in Hypertension |
09 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
A gene mutation of a key enzyme that regulates smooth muscle contraction and blood pressure in rats has been identified by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The finding, the first genetic link to muscle contraction and high blood pressure, may lead to improved treatments for hypertension. |
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| Possible treatment for Type 1 diabetes with new vaccine |
09 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
A new vaccine being tested in a human clinical trial holds a great deal of promise for treating type 1 diabetes, a disease that newly afflicts 35,000 children each year. The research that established the foundation for this vaccine was conducted in UCLA research laboratories. The drug is still being tested and is not likely to be available for at least a few years. |
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| Full Humanization of therapeutic proteins from yeast |
09 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Researchers at Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth Medical School, and the biotechnology firm GlycoFi, Inc., report a significant advance in the production of therapeutic proteins. Reported in the journal Science, the Dartmouth/GlycoFi team announced the complete humanization of the glycosylation pathway in the yeast Pichia Pastoris. |
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| Codexis, Inc. achieves development milestone in research agreement with Schering-Plough Corporation |
09 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Codexis, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company, announced it has achieved an important development milestone under a research agreement with Schering-Plough Corporation. |
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| Mutation plays key role in Hypertension |
09 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
A gene mutation of a key enzyme that regulates smooth muscle contraction and blood pressure in rats has been identified by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The finding, the first genetic link to muscle contraction and high blood pressure, may lead to improved treatments for hypertension. |
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| Carbohydrates can be attractive, especially when they come packaged in candy bars or never-ending bowls of pasta |
08 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Even viruses, those bits of occasionally harmful genetic material enclosed in shells of protein and fat, crave carbs. Except viruses aren't seeking a taste treat. They want to latch onto the carbohydrates that protrude from the surface of our cells and mount an invasion. |
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| National Institutes of Health to map genomic changes of lung, brain, and ovarian cancers |
08 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute, both part of the National Institutes of Health, announced the first three cancers that will be studied in the pilot phase of The Cancer Genome Atlas project. The cancers to be studied in the TCGA Pilot Project are lung, brain (glioblastoma), and ovarian. These cancers, which collectively account for more than 210,000 cancer cases each year in the United States, were selected because of the availability of biospecimen collections that met TCGA’s strict scientific, technical, and ethical requirements. |
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| Nokia D500 enables triple play services including IPTV, converged video, voice and data services |
07 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Espoo, Finland -Nokia and Estonian telecommunications service provider Elion Enterprises Ltd. have agreed on the supply of Nokia's broadband Digital Subscriber Line solution, the Nokia D500 IP Multi Service Access Node. |
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| Intel confirms marketing and IT layoffs |
07 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Intel announced plans to lay off thousands of workers over the next year after a strategic review designed to prepare the company for life with a smaller share of the chip market. |
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| Wi-Fi product watch |
06 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Symbol Technologies will provide the Wi-Fi and other parts that will be used in a new handheld gaming/gambling on demand system for casinos to be made by and Shuffle Master. The array will support the Wi-Fi QoS standard of 802.11e, plus will tag wireless packets with 802.1Q virtual LAN and 802.1p prioritization when sourced on the wired network. The company says tagging and prioritization will extend wired QoS to Wi-Fi, and that previous switched WLANs couldn't tag or prioritize packets moving from the AP to the wiring closet. is reporting on a transceiverprints, a technology under investigation that could transform wireless security. The law, to take effect in January after being signed by the Governator, instructs vendors who make and sell Wi-Fi equipment to include instructions on how to set up security to prevent 'piggybackers' who would 'steal' access, which they state is against the terms of service of many broadband providers. |
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| Electromagnetic design system video – Watch and Win! |
06 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Watch a video from Agilent EEsof providing an overview of the new Electromagnetic Design System, and enter to win a pair of Noise-Canceling Headphones. This nine-minute video of Agilent’s new full 3-D EM simulator provides a tour of the product’s capabilities and integration into Agilent’s Advanced Design System, as well as future directions for the product. Click here for more information. |
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| Southern Cross tackles growing bandwidth demands with Nortel Optical Solution |
05 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Southern Cross Cables is significantly increasing the capability of its U.S. terrestrial optical network with a Nortel optical solution. Nortel will supply, deploy and maintain the optical solution on the U.S. mainland's west coast as part of Southern Cross' 30,500-kilometer submarine cable network that acts as the major link for broadband services and Internet traffic from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Hawaii to the U.S. |
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| Zyxel develops MAX-100 series PCMCIA cards |
05 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The P-2301HWL-P1supports 802.11g wireless LAN capability and allows users to enjoy the low cost of phone calls via the Internet and the convenience of wireless mobility in the network, the company said in a press release. The P-2302HWL-P1 comes with a WAN port for high speed Internet connection and a built-in four-port switch that allows users to connect up to four network devices. |
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| Hit games transplanted onto mobiles |
04 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
As mobile phones get smarter and more sophisticated, mobile phone games are evolving. Some mobile games now feature high-quality graphics and exciting game plays equal to that of popular console and online games. |
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| Add-on photonic systems protect Jiangsu Telecom's DWDM backbone within 10 milliseconds of a link failure |
04 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China - Nanjing Putian, a major vendor to the Chinese telecommunications industry, and Lynx Photonic Networks, a provider of network-availability and business-continuity solutions, announced the deployment of their co-branded LightLEADER protection systems at Jiangsu Telecom. The Lynx protection systems will provide Jiangsu Telecom with guaranteed protection of its critical dense wavelength division multiplexing backbone within less then 10 milliseconds of a link failure. |
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| Lucent Technologies and Westell collaborate on IMS Solution |
03 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Lucent Technologies and Westell Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of broadband acces0s products and conferencing services, today announced the completion of a global reseller agreement under which Lucent is reselling Westells IP Multimedia Subsystem gateway as part of its IMS-based solution. VersaPort2 dedicated Ethernet WAN up-link port that supports emerging access technologies, such as Fiber-to-the-Premises, or any other existing broadband connection such as a cable modem. For more information on Lucent Technologies, which has headquarters in Murray Hill, NJ, USA, visit About Westell TechnologiesWestell Technologies, Inc. headquartered in Aurora, Illinois is a Broadband Access Solutions company that provides leading broadband products, service solutions, and conferencing solutions for carriers, service providers and business enterprises around the world. Westell delivers innovative, open broadband solutions that meet the markets needs for fast and seamless broadband connection. |
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| Rugged mobile technology: Compact new intermec CN3 rugged mobile computer |
03 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
Intermec Inc. today introduced the CN3, the smallest rugged mobile computer in the world. The CN3 mobile computer is packed with communications capabilities that ensure users have access to voice and high-speed data wherever they go, for increased productivity. With integrated GPS and Bluetooth capabilities, the CN3 increases efficiency and improves safety by enabling onscreen and hands-free turn-by-turn voice navigation. |
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| China set to be top broadband market by 2007, says research firm |
02 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
China set to be top broadband market by 2007, says research firm. We believe China's broadband development will continue to benefit from a booming economy, growing incomes, expanding PC penetration and new applications such as Voice over Internet Protocol and IPTV. China Telecom and China Netcom are the dominant providers of broadband access services in China, with a combined broadband market share of 87% of subscribers. DSL technology will be the key driving force for broadband growth', says Lee. Growing IPTV deployment is expected to encourage broadband uptake in China. |
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| WiMax Briefs |
02 October 2006 - DTI Globalwatch
The company says its new CPE and notebook PC Card will support 802.16e, the mobile version of WiMax (not yet ratified, not that that's stopping anyone). May 31, 2006 analysts say that WiMax is responsible for invigorating the stagnant broadband wireless access market in the Asia Pacific region. They expect the lack of infrastructure there not only helps the WiMax growth potential, but also makes it a perfect testbed to see how viable the technology really is. Wi-LAN’s IP in the world of WiMax now belongs to former partner. |
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| New network helps SMEs access new composites |
13 December 2004 - DTI Globalwatch
Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt has announced the establishment of a National Composites Network to help UK organisations capitalise on the country’s world-leading research into composite materials, at a time when lighter, stronger composite technologies are increasingly being used in many sectors. |
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| Novel chemical surface coating for healthcare and life sciences |
13 December 2004 - DTI Globalwatch
Plasso Technology has developed and refined a novel chemical surface coating technique with huge potential in the healthcare and life sciences sectors. |
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