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Large-sized LCD panel shipments decline

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Initiatives boost development in flexible electronics

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// - Universal flame spray system applies coatings to metal substrates

// - Femtocells and picocells target small enterprise for indoor mobile coverage

// - Economic use of millimetre wave radio technology

// - Improved analysis of composite structures

// - Battling for high definition wireless to run multiple television channels

// - Finding new ways to squeeze more energy from mature fields

// - CSEM companies cut fleet sizes as market conditions deteriorate

// - The quest for better ways of imaging oil and gas reservoirs

// - Borehole seismic acquisition gives 'high definition' results

// - Eyes on the Arctic as race to find undiscovered energy intensifies

// - High-performance polymer coating can be spray-applied

// - Vertical-axis wind turbine gets go-ahead

// - LEDs offer rare ray of hope during electronics downturn

// - China's semiconductor market to fall 5.8 per cent in 2009

// - Future success: co-operation and collaboration is imperative

// - Coriolis metering solution to measurement of bunker fuel

// - Meeting the challenge of deep-water in-line inspection

// - StatoilHydro publishes report into Norwegian rig's oil spill

// - Spot oil spills and leaks with the help of colour coded bacteria

// - Gas turbines for liquefied natural gas

// - New process could cut the cost of LEDs

// - Remotely monitor plant-floor operations

// - Car dashboard provides three-dimensional instrumentation

// - Legislation key to integrated photovoltaics growth

// - A slippery slope for contract manufacturers

// - Torque sensor helps to reduce engine friction

// - Market for photoelectric sensors to recover in 2011

// - Improving quality of power measurements with IEEE1459

// - Wireless power: the next wave in powering electronic devices

// - Speed control mounts on permanent magnet DC motors

// - Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production reliant on Sheffield engineering

// - A multitude of means to improve fuel efficiency and cut emissions

// - Mobilising machine parts to meet modern manufacturing challenges

// - Micro-manufacturing now offers advantages for specialist processes

// - Mig brazing shows its advantages over conventional welding process

// - Despite the advantages of ac, dc drives still have a future

// - Statistics and predictions for motion control market

// - Robust future for low voltage ac and dc drives market

// - Doubts raised over safety of two widely used plastics chemicals

// - New method monitors critical bacteria in wastewater treatment

// - Lubricating the wheels of innovation to reduce friction

// - Actuators must withstand high humidity, salt, wind and rain

// - UTS connector seals to IP68 or IP69K

// - Development of specialist quality materials will dominate in 2009

// - LPKF Laser & Electronics AG - Solutions for Prototype Printed Circuit Board Production

// - Precision worm-drive rotary stages last 10 times longer

// - Integrated servo motors deliver triple torque

// - Peristaltic technology tackles endocrine disrupting chemicals

// - Near-infrared technology monitors resin dosing

// - Suppressing errors in quantum computers

// - Magnetism is involved in the mechanism behind high temperature superconductivity

// - Market research shows decline in demand for low-voltage drives

// - ROV undertakes large scale photographic surveys

// - Pneumatic tubing designed for use in energy chains

// - Start-up boosts millimetre wave radio technology

// - Battling for high definition wireless to run TV channels

// - Improve fuel efficiency and cut automotive emissions

// - Peristaltic pumps tackle the problem water pollution

// - Fuel for thought: how to meet the growing demands of industry

// - Desktop printing machine costs less

// - 'Significant' potential for electric drives in the chemical industry

// - Electrically conductive foil tape

// - Mini projector is small enough for cellphones

// - Connectors: for space, medicine and test and measurement applications

// - Illumination design program delivers enhanced optimisation

// - Report highlights expanding market for customised pneumatics

// - Gas meters provide smart two-way communication of accurate data

// - Record-breaking wind-powered car gives a glimpse of the future

// - Micro Manufacturing Conference 2009

// - Product lifecycle management: IBM and Siemens team up

// - Value proposition for manufacturers in three easy steps

// - Motor drives: Chinese buyers prefer European brands

// - Hybrid robot vehicle undertakes record-breaking dive

// - Challenging times as doubts raised over CSEM technique

// - Adapt and innovate to survive impact of the financial crisis

// - Seismic fleet targets 3D and 4D high-end surveys

// - Locating the ultra-deep water edges of the Arctic with satellites

// - Fresh frontiers demand applied knowledge and new techniques

// - Better mapping and knowledge of minerals key to oil extraction

// - Tool monitors shallow internal corrosion in pipes

// - Oil characterisation is key to preventing hydrate formation

// - Flexible ceramic heat shield material is a 'first'

// - Data management software gains additional features

// - Sheathed thermocouple is 'smallest in the world'

// - Mechatronic software design package in development

// - Printed batteries suit disposable applications

// - Technical software recovery predicted in Cambashi report

// - IEC launches portal for global standards for Smart Grid

// - Labview 2009 introduces wireless sensor network platform

// - Maintenance free, passive sonar locator system

// - Wireless temperature sensors need no batteries

// - Interest grows in engineering as a career

// - CFdesign 2010 provides CFD in a CAD environment

// - Resin developments speed up the automotive production process

// - Alternatives to four-stroke engines promise an increase in efficiency

// - Electroactive polymer actuators feature microstructured surface

// - Reviewing a novel research tool for sourcing expert-level knowledge

// - Magnets offer advantages as an alternative to mechanical gears

// - Spherical roller bearings offer a high load

// - PTFE bearing materials last longer

// - Flat panel speakers deliver higher-fidelity sound

// - Embedded sensors generate their own energy

// - Networking: the key to ensuring process safety in the future

// - Torque about improving handling accuracy

// - What a blow! Rebuilding of a pneumatic conveying test

// - Safety culture key to preventing tank farm disasters in the future

// - Top five dominate process level measurement device supplies

// - Main automation suppliers focus on integration and flexibility

// - Novel wastewater purification approach by switching atoms

// - Organic Rankine cycle technology boosts onsite power projects

// - Stockpiling electrons: key to take-up of renewable energy?

// - Using virtual reality to design and simulate power plant performance

// - Innovative Pascat landing craft starts sea trials

// - Higher loads and better wear key to success of enhanced sealing

// - Pump technology advances on automated processing lines

// - Ultrasonication boosts heterogeneous reactions

// - Stainless steel is imperishable

// - Machine safety market in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand

// - Top five dominate process level measurement devices

// - Fuel efficiency drives next phase of automotive engines

// - Multi-billion dollar investment spurs US transition to smart energy grid

// - Risk analysis for low carbon systems

// - Modelling, simulating and testing of renewable energy technologies

// - Eastern European market for automation and control solutions

// - Sub-bottom survey of geological boundaries in the Arctic Circle

// - Oil supply set to grow to 2030 with no peak evident

// - Wave equation migration imaging gives clearer sub-salt definition

// - Double naming ceremony for 3D seismic survey vessels

// - NOAA Office of Coast Survey buys AUV

// - Improving profitability and performance

// - Corrosion and fatigue: new ways of warding off old enemies

// - Integrating wide swath sonar with the portable AUV

// - Hydroacoustic technology used to monitor marine biodiversity

// - Fault diagnostics in gas turbines

 
 

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