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New Nytro PCIe Flash Products for Adoption by 1U Server and Thermally Challenging Environments (2014.09.17)
Seagate Technology plc announced the expansion of its Seagate Nytro XP6000 product family with the introduction of two new PCIe flash accelerator cards— the Nytro XP6302 and XP6209 cards.
The new cards are designed to address market demands both for high performance and high capacity in a smaller form factor and for thermally challenging environments, such as low-profile servers with lower airflows |
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Gartner's 2014 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies (2014.09.16)
As the Gartner Hype Cycle celebrates its 20th year, Gartner said that as enterprises set out on the journey to becoming digital businesses, identifying and employing the right technologies at the right time will be critical.
Gartner's 2014 Hype Cycle Special Report provides strategists and planners with an assessment of the maturity, business benefit and future direction of more than 2,000 technologies, grouped into 119 areas |
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Medical Legend, Pride of Taiwan (2014.09.15)
Dr. Wei Fu-chan is a renowned plastic surgeon and an academician of the Academia Sinica. Credited with the development of three major important surgical techniques, he has been named the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery’s Harry J |
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Typical Family Home Could Contain More Than 500 Smart Devices by 2022 (2014.09.11)
According to Gartner, the falling cost of adding sensing and communications to consumer products will mean that a typical family home, in a mature affluent market, could contain several hundred smart objects by 2022.
"We expect that a very wide range of domestic equipment will become 'smart' in the sense of gaining some level of sensing and intelligence combined with the ability to communicate |
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The Rising of Robots in Taiwan (2014.09.03)
Robots will play an important role in providing physical assistance and even companionship for the elderly” said Bill Gates. The leader of the PC revolution predicts early in 2007 that the next hot field will be robotics. Many Taiwanese companies work hard in manufacturing robots, especially the industrial ones |
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Ovum: M2M Market to Reach US$66B By 2019 (2014.09.02)
The latest forecast from the world’s largest telecom analyst firm projects that the cellular M2M market will bring in a total of US$252bn for the 2015–19 period, presenting an attractive revenue opportunity for operators that choose to invest in their existing capabilities |
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Interests in Wearables and IoT Boost APAC Governments' Mobility Competencies (2014.09.02)
Wearable technologies will boost Smart Mobile Government (Smart mGovt) projects and consequently, pave the way for public sector Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems, says IDC Government Insights.
An IDC Government Insights report |
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1.50mm Wire-to-Board Connector System Offers Widest Range of Mechanical and Electrical Options (2014.09.01)
Molex Incorporated solves common design challenges faced by electronic engineers with its CLIK-Mate 1.50mm Wire-to-Board Connector System, which offers a variety of circuit sizes, mounting styles and wire gauges to meet next-generation power and signal needs |
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Hon Hai: Already Planning Investment in Indonesia (2014.08.28)
TAIPEI, Taiwan- Regarding Indonesian President’s invitation for Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Chairman Terry Gou, Hon Hai stated that they are very honored and are actively making plans.
Indonesian President-elect Joko |
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HOLTEK’s BS84B06A-3 New Touch Flash MCU (2014.08.22)
Holtek announced the release of a new Touch Key Flash MCU with LED Driver, the BS84B06A-3. In addition to having 6 touch keys, and including all the advantages of its predecessor device, it also consumes less power, and has a higher detection update rate as well as improved anti-interference abilities |
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Gartner:Consumer 3D Printing Is More Than Five Years Away (2014.08.20)
3D printing is evolving rapidly, although many technologies are still five to 10 years away from mainstream adoption. Consumer adoption will be outpaced by business and medical applications that have more compelling use cases in the short term, according to Gartner |
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Miniature Immersion Sensor Enables Fast and Accurate Fluid Temperature Sensing (2014.08.20)
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. introduced a new miniature immersion sensor for fluid temperature sensing from its Vishay BCcomponents Non-Linear Resistor division. Offering a stainless steel housing for permanent contact with fluids, the Vishay BCcomponents NTCAIMME3 provides a very fast response time of 1 |
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Outstanding Taiwanese Women in Science (2014.08.20)
They say that behind every successful man is a great woman. The late, great female nuclear physicist Wu Chien-shiung, who was often called “the Chinese Madame Curie,” is a case in point, as she was arguably the driving force behind Nobel laureates Lee Tsung-dao and Yang Chen-ning |
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GFK: Customers in Cambodia Spends $300 Million in Handsets in 2013 (2014.08.18)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Smartphones are thriving in Cambodia, according to a research firm GFK that customers in Cambodia spent $300 million dollars in purchasing 2 million smartphones in 2013. However, HTC onced said that it will be only two giants survived in the high-end handsets market, which is also coherant to the fact in this Indochina Peninsula country |
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Basic Research Begins on Breaker Technologies for DC Power Grids (2014.08.12)
Direct current offers many advantages compared to the conventional alternating current used today: For example, losses in power grids and electric devices are a total of 5 to 7 percent smaller than with alternating current. D |
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Trend of Unmanned Container Yard in Taiwan (2014.08.12)
TAIPEI, Taiwan－ KMTC, a subsidiary of the Yangming Group,, will unveil its second-phase of the Port of Kaohsiung Intercontinental Container Terminal on September this year. At that time, KMCT will have four berths with a total length of 1,500 meters and expect to raise its annual operation capacity to 2 |
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Post-Show Report: SENSOR + TEST 2014 (2014.08.11)
This year’s exhibition was held at the Nuremberg Exhibition Center in Halls 11 and 12 as well as outdoor exhibition spaces and other conference venues. The exhibition was also held in combination with other events, such as the European Telemetry and Test Conference (etc2014), the 34th Conference of European telemetry test, and the ITG/GMA-Fachtagung Sensoren und Messsysteme and ANSYS Conference & 32 |
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Foxlink to March Robot Group in August (2014.08.07)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Robot is a hot issue, Foxlink is not going to miss the chance to make their production line better. Thirty-five six-axis robotic arms will be introduced to Foxlink's Dong Xing firm in Dong Guang city in China, practicing automated production that the final goal of which is to manufacture robot by robot |
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China Factory Explosion Maybe the Last Push for Full Automatic Production (2014.08.07)
TAIPEI, Taiwan- Few days ago, factory in Kunshan exploded. Caused at least 70 dead and 200 injured. This makes some factories tend to use robot in production line.
In 2011, Foxconn’s factory in Chengdu also exploded. Caused 3 dead and 61 injured |
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Taking Science Out of the Classroom (2014.07.25)
A new wave of creativity is emerging from the world of the natural sciences, one that washes away the old image of science as staid and boring, replacing it with enthusiasm and enjoyment.
Making your own pinhole camera; learning about astronomy at a planetarium; constructing devices from electronic building blocks |
