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Sony introduces 360? “Safety Cocoon” concept for automotive image sensors at CES

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That sensor is capable of capturing high-resolution color images even in light conditions as low as 0.005 lux—darker than a star-filled night sky. In 2015, Sony acquired Belgium-based Softkinetic Systems S.A. This image sensor is capable of high-definition image capture of distant road signs up to approximately 160 meters ahead.

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AMITRAN project developing CO2 assessment methodology for intelligent transport systems

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Seven organisations are cooperating as part of AMITRAN’s consortium: TNO (coordinator, the Netherlands); PTV – Planung Transport Verkehr (Germany); ERTICO – ITS Europe (Belgium); TECNALIA (Spain); DLR – Germany National Research Center for Aeronautics and Space (Germany); ECORYS (the Netherlands); and TEAMNET (Romania). million (US$3.4

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The Future of Moore's Law Is Inside This Willy Wonka Machine

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That’s a sort of definitive fact. But extreme ultraviolet is definitely cooler. And with extreme ultraviolet lithography, you are using a wavelength of light that’s only 13 and a half nanometers long. Cass: So these things have to be vacuum-sealed because this light gets absorbed by the air. Moore: Sure thing.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

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The most notorious problem was “sparkle,” a defect that caused small spots of light to appear on the display screen. The next product definition was going to be thought up by one group, and another group was to be responsible for getting things into production, and Al’s group would do R&D on chips only.” “If

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