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The State of the Transistor in 3 Charts

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But size isn’t the only feature engineers have been improving. Behind that barely conceivable number is the continued reduction in the price of a transistor, as engineers have learned to integrate more and more of them into the same area of silicon. Seeking raw speed, engineers at Northrop Grumman made a HEMT that passed 1 terahertz.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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But it was true what semiconductor engineers in South Korea whispered about his former students: They were everywhere. Starting in the mid-1980s, as chip manufacturing in the country accelerated, engineers who had studied under Kim at. Kyungbang , Korea’s iconic manufacturer of yarns and fabrics. Chang Hae-Ja.

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Old empires could be the key to a new car future – ET Auto

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The most promising path to exploiting hydrogen is to store the gas in a tank, as you would gasoline, then feed it into a fuel cell where it combines with oxygen to create an electric current, with water as a byproduct. All three automakers are part of larger business empires — called chaebol in South Korea and keiretsu in Japan.

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Video Friday: Reflex Grasping

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Looking to give robots a more nimble, human-like touch MIT engineers have now developed a gripper that grasps by reflex. This arrangement provides the dual function of adapting to objects with different geometries, varying surface contact force characteristics, and storing energy in the form of elastic potential. Enjoy today’s videos!

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Wärtsilä VOC recovery system for LNG systems can save tons of fuel each year for two new shuttle tankers

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The technology group Wärtsilä will supply its Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) recovery technology, LNG fuel gas handling systems and the auxiliary engines for two new shuttle tankers being built for Singapore-based AET Tankers at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea.

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Video Friday: May the Fourth be With You

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Luckily, our team of brilliant engineers stumbled upon the stranded robot and moved it to the repair bay. Agility Robotics ] Oh My DOT is a soup noodle specialty store where you can enjoy a combination of 10 types of unique soup base called “Soup DOT” and 3 types of noodles to enjoy your favorite taste. Happy May the 4th from KIMLAB!

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SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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A consortium of leading global companies and top institutions have joined with SGH2 and the City of Lancaster to develop and implement the Lancaster project, including: Fluor, Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley, Thermosolv, Integrity Engineers, Millenium, HyetHydrogen, and Hexagon. Now, most of these materials are stored or sent back to landfills.

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