Electronic Products and Technology : Headline News

Mouser to sponsor NASA in-flight interactive event

Electronic Products and Technology — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:00:00 EST

Mouser Electronics Inc., has announced its plans to sponsor a NASA In-Flight Education Downlink designed to inform and entertain students. The event is scheduled for January 31. [Full Story]

Obzerv Technologies supplies range-gated cameras to Indian coastguard

Electronic Products and Technology — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:00:00 EST

Obzerv Technologies Inc., Quebec City, has received a contract from Bharat Electronics Ltd. to supply 46 of its ARGC-2400 cameras. Obzerv's electro-optic cameras will be integrated by Bangalore-based defense Public Sector Company Bharat... [Full Story]

Waterloo region tech sector ecosystem continues to thrive

Electronic Products and Technology — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:00:00 EST

Tech sector momentum continues to grow in Waterloo Region, as that 450 startup jobs and 300 new companies emerged in the Region during 2011, along with continued hiring in established companies, according to a report from Communitech.Companies... [Full Story]

Demand for Li-Ion batteries explodes by 447%

Electronic Products and Technology — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:18:00 EST

Global production of lithium-ion batteries will almost quadruple in 2012 to feed growing demand generated mostly by plug-in vehicles according to research firm IDC Energy Insights, Framingham MA. [Full Story]

Observations on energy harvesting, storage and wireless sensor networks + RTLS

Electronic Products and Technology — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:00:00 EST

This article provides an overview of the keynote presentations from the Energy Harvesting & Storage and Wireless Sensor Networks & RTLS USA 2011 conference held recently in Boston. Leading innovators and adopters of energy harvesting... [Full Story]

Consumer confidence in economy, technology increases: CEA

Electronic Products and Technology — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:00:00 EST

Consumer confidence in technology reached a yearly high in December, while confidence in the overall economy also improved this month, according to data release today from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Arlington VA. [Full Story]

Research In Motion names Thorsten Heins president & CEO

Electronic Products and Technology — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:43:00 EST

Acting on the recommendation of its co-CEOs to implement a succession plan, the board of directors of Waterloo-based BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has unanimously named Thorsten Heins as president and chief executive officer. [Full Story]

Digi-Key inks global disty deals with 3 vendors

Electronic Products and Technology — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:19:00 EST

Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corp., Thief River Falls MN, has signed a global distribution agreement with Vicor Corp. maker of high efficiency, high density power distribution architectures that enable customers to efficiently... [Full Story]

Engineers find solder finish, BGAs, reflow soldering as most challenging: poll

Electronic Products and Technology — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:48:00 EST

Electronic engineers have identified solder finish, ball grid array (BGA) components and reflow soldering as the greatest challenges they face, according to a survey of more than 350 engineers who attended last week's IPC webinar. [Full Story]

Raytheon Canada awarded contract for NextGen HFSWR

Electronic Products and Technology — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:00:00 EST

Raytheon Canada Ltd. Waterloo ON, has been awarded a technology demonstration program for its next generation High Frequency Surface Wave Radar (HFSWR) by the Canadian Department of National Defence, Defence Research and Development Canada... [Full Story]