Lloyds Bank, HSBC invest in Scottish marine energy firm SuboceanPower Engineering - Online Articles in, 22 hours ago
LDC, the private equity arm of the Lloyds Banking Group, has invested in fast-growing Aberdeen-based business, Subocean Group.
African Development Bank lends Morocco EUR109m to enhance power gridPower Engineering - Online Articles in Industry Briefs, December 19, 2009
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has loaned Morocco EUR109m ($157m) to fund improvements to its power transmission and distribution infrastructure.
Russia Launches 3 More Glonass Satsspace, December 19, 2009
The constellation now has 19 working sats, with two down for maintenance and another waiting to be deorbited.
New Protective Film Pairs Acrylic with PVDFDesign News, December 19, 2009
Evonik Industries has developed a new coextruded film that provides ultraviolet and other...
3S Photonics to acquire Avensys for telecom components and fiber sensorsMilitary & Aerospace Electronics, December 19, 2009
December 18, 2009--3S Photonics (Nozay, France; formerly Alcatel Optronics), manufacturer of optical and optoelectronic components for telecommunications networks, entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire Avensys Group subsidiaries Avensys Inc. and ITF Laboratories Inc., for a total of $9....
Cessna Delivers First Skycatcherbusav, December 19, 2009
As promised, it went to student pilot Rose Pelton, wife of Cessna Chairman, President and CEO Jack Pelton
Areva T&D secures $400m order in Brazil for world's longest transmission linePower Engineering - Online Articles in Projects/Contracts, December 19, 2009
Areva T&D has been awarded an order worth $400m for a 600 kV High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) bipole from IE Madeira for the world's longest power transmission line, with a total length of 2375 km.
EPA will delay smog standard revisionsPower Engineering - Online Articles in Environmental, December 19, 2009
The U.S.?Environmental?Protection?Agency (EPA) said it will delay a decision on changes to national smog standards until January.
Software lets users design the way they thinkMachine Design, December 18, 2009
SpaceClaim Style helps accelerate product ideation by providing flexible tools to create, edit, and validate design concepts. The software lets designers work collaboratively with customers and the entire development team. It provides a way to realize new ideas and convert hand-drawn, 2D and surface...
Mubadala Supplants DAE As UAE Aerospace Forcemro, December 18, 2009
Mubadala seems sheltered from Dubai's financial straits, but DAE is not so lucky.
Market Intelligence Report: Sensors & VisionControl Design - Industrial Automation, December 15, 2009
Control Design's Managing Editor Mike Bacidore and Rixan Associates' Director of Egineering, Mark Battisti, go over Control Design's results of its latest survey on machine sensors and vision systems. The survey asked its participants about the type of sensing they currently used in their machines i...
Solar decathlon 2009Power Engineering - Current Issue, November 26, 2009
For three weeks in October, the U.S. Department of Energy hosted the Solar Decathlon—a competition in which 20 teams of college and university students competed to design, build and operate the most attractive, effective and energy-efficient solar-powered house.
Emerson sells millionth valve controller unitPower Engineering - Current Issue, November 13, 2009
Emerson Process Management sales offices have sold its one millionth Fieldvue digital valve controller worldwide.
Vattenfall considers building nuclear plant in SwedenPower Engineering - Online Articles in, November 03, 2009
Swedish state-owned power firm Vattenfall has unveiled plans which could result in the construction of a new nuclear power station.
Optimizing Cancer TreatmentSensors Mag - Today at Sensors, October 23, 2009
One of the things that's become clearer, as we achieve a greater understanding of how our bodies actually work, is how genetics can affect the efficacy of drugs. Now, a new sensor biochip could allow doctors to test whether a given cancer drug will work on a patient's specific cancer.
ADT Security Services Joins The Z-Wave AllianceSensors Mag, October 23, 2009
The addition enhances the organization's position in next-generation interactive services; demand for next-gen home services is fueling growth of the global z-wave ecosystem.
Keyence digital barcode reader handles 1300 scans/sTMWorld, September 17, 2009
The BL-1300 digital barcode reader from Keyence offers noise reduction and compensation functions to overcome the reading performance difficulties of conventional analog circuits.
2 stroke engines in racing motorcyclesThink Engineering, August 07, 2009
Although two stroke engines have long since been updated with four stroke racing bike engines, two stroke engines provide a lightweight and suitable solution for racing bikes, motocross and dirt bikes. Earlier on, the two stroke engines in racing bikes were quite popular, but they have since then ha...
FEI adds dual-axis automation to its electron tomography solution for 3D biological ultrastructureMicroscopy and Analysis, November 19, 2008
Xplore3D software package now updated to include data acquisition and reconstruction for dual-axis electron tomography. The new capability provides more complete information for the reconstruction of complex biological ultrastructure from high-resolution scanning/transmission electron microscopy (S/...
