May 24, 2007

A 3.1-megapixel system-on-chip camera for mobile phones incorporates antishake circuitry to eliminate blurred images, a first says Micron Technology Inc., Boise, Idaho.

The National Academy of Engineering awarded prizes to three winners of its 2007 Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability.

IBM researchers have used MRI techniques to view nanoscale objects, a first and a major step toward microscopes able to image individual atoms in 3D.

Phlatlight LED technology from Luminus Devices Inc., Woburn, Mass., goes in Digital Light Processing projection HDTVs with 1,080-pitch resolution, replacing arc lamps and color wheels.

The Bocemix, a mixing dispenser for orthopedic bone cement, works smoothly and reliably thanks to five key parts, says its maker Bidoia S.a.s. of Peroga di Vigonza near Padua, Italy.

What is said to be the world's first LED that runs directly from ac power comes from Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. in Korea.

Innovative automotive parts took all but one of the top honors at the recent International Die Casting Competition.

A switch from standard vinyl to a PVC elastomer lets SoftSwipe cleaners better withstand abuse as golfers scrape mud, sand, and grass from their nonmetal spiked and cleated golf shoes.

Boeing researchers and their European partners plan flight tests of a manned airplane powered only by a fuel cell and lightweight batteries.

Engineers have long been looking for ways to make electronic devices that bend, stretch, and expand to use as sensors for artificial muscles.

The 156 Lee Chek high-pressure check valve from The Lee Co., Westbrook, Conn. (theleeco.com), weighs only 0.7 gm, and has a 0.156-in. diameter.

In heavy-manufacturing environments, sensitive electronics and process-control systems need sealed, temperature-controlled enclosures.

The Medical Design & Manufacturing (MDM) East Exposition and Conference will run from June 11 to 14 in the Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center in New York, N.Y.

NASA's Dawn satellite will take off next month on an eight-year, 3.2 billion mile trip through the Asteroid Belt, a region between Mars and Jupiter.

Roofing strips made from body-colored plastic and Fluorex Paint Film match the paint on select models of Audi A8 sedans.