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Fuller Enters the Electronic & Assembly Materials Market with New “Eco-system” Approach http://www.pddnet.com/news/2013/05/hb-fuller-enters-electronic-assembly-materials-market-new-%E2%80%9Ceco-system%E2%80%9D-approach <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span class="styles file-styles large media-element file-default" data-file_info="%7B%22fid%22:%22167071%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D"> <img src="http://www.pddnet.com/sites/pddnet.com/files/styles/large/public/H%20B%20%20Fuller%20Electronics%20Launch%202013.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 10px;" /></span>H.B.</p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/news/2013/05/hb-fuller-enters-electronic-assembly-materials-market-new-%E2%80%9Ceco-system%E2%80%9D-approach" rel="tag" title="H.B. Fuller Enters the Electronic &amp; Assembly Materials Market with New “Eco-system” Approach">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about H.B. Fuller Enters the Electronic &amp; Assembly Materials Market with New “Eco-system” Approach</span></a></li><li><a href="/news/2013/05/hb-fuller-enters-electronic-assembly-materials-market-new-%E2%80%9Ceco-system%E2%80%9D-approach#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/304876">Comments</a></li></ul> Fri, 17 May 2013 18:22:50 +0000 mfassbender 304876 at http://www.pddnet.com World’s Smallest Droplets http://www.pddnet.com/news/2013/05/world%E2%80%99s-smallest-droplets <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span class="styles file-styles large media-element file-default" data-file_info="%7B%22fid%22:%22167081%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D"> <img src="http://www.pddnet.com/sites/pddnet.com/files/styles/large/public/collective-flow-behavior.jpg" alt="A three-dimensional view of a p-Pb collision that produced collective flow behavior. The green lines are the trajectories of the sub-atomic particles produced by the collision reconstructed by the CMS tracking system. The red and blue bars represent the energy measured by the instrument's two sets of calorimeters.&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;" /></span></p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/news/2013/05/world%E2%80%99s-smallest-droplets" rel="tag" title="World’s Smallest Droplets">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about World’s Smallest Droplets</span></a></li><li><a href="/news/2013/05/world%E2%80%99s-smallest-droplets#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/304871">Comments</a></li></ul> Fri, 17 May 2013 18:21:33 +0000 dmantey 304871 at http://www.pddnet.com Why Google Glass? http://www.pddnet.com/videos/2013/05/why-google-glass <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IessjPY9gwI" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe></p> <p>It's not a demo, more of a philosophical argument: Why did Sergey Brin and his team at Google want to build an eye-mounted camera/computer, codenamed Glass? Onstage at TED2013, Brin calls for a new way of seeing our relationship with our mobile computers -- not hunched over a screen but meeting the world heads-up.</p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/videos/2013/05/why-google-glass" rel="tag" title="Why Google Glass?">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Why Google Glass?</span></a></li><li><a href="/videos/2013/05/why-google-glass#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/304866">Comments</a></li></ul> Fri, 17 May 2013 18:12:38 +0000 mfassbender 304866 at http://www.pddnet.com Chaos Group’s V-Ray 1.6 for SketchUp Now in Open Beta http://www.pddnet.com/news/2013/05/chaos-group%E2%80%99s-v-ray-16-sketchup-now-open-beta <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Significant Enhancements to Rendering Speed, Workflow, Visualization and Lighting Features; Ready for Use in Professional Design and Engineering Projects</em></p> <p>Artists, architects and designers always want their software to do more. More detail, more speed, more quality. With the announcement of Chaos Group’s V-Ray 1.6 for SketchUp open beta, these users now have the biggest expansion to SketchUp’s rendering capabilities right at their finger tips. More is here.</p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/news/2013/05/chaos-group%E2%80%99s-v-ray-16-sketchup-now-open-beta" rel="tag" title="Chaos Group’s V-Ray 1.6 for SketchUp Now in Open Beta">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Chaos Group’s V-Ray 1.6 for SketchUp Now in Open Beta</span></a></li><li><a href="/news/2013/05/chaos-group%E2%80%99s-v-ray-16-sketchup-now-open-beta#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/304861">Comments</a></li></ul> Fri, 17 May 2013 18:06:59 +0000 mfassbender 304861 at http://www.pddnet.com TTI, Inc. Earns Distributor of the Year Award from API Technologies http://www.pddnet.com/news/2013/05/tti-inc-earns-distributor-year-award-api-technologies <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Adding to the list of top supplier awards received at the Electronic Distribution Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, TTI, Inc. has announced the company has garnered the Distributor of the Year Award from API Technologies, formerly Spectrum Advanced Specialty Products.</p> <p>This recognition marks the fourth year API Technologies has awarded TTI with this prestigious award. The award cites a combination of top point of sale (POS) market share in overall filtered connectors and low pass filters.</p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/news/2013/05/tti-inc-earns-distributor-year-award-api-technologies" rel="tag" title="TTI, Inc. Earns Distributor of the Year Award from API Technologies ">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about TTI, Inc. Earns Distributor of the Year Award from API Technologies </span></a></li><li><a href="/news/2013/05/tti-inc-earns-distributor-year-award-api-technologies#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/304856">Comments</a></li></ul> Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:40 +0000 mfassbender 304856 at http://www.pddnet.com Automation GT Speeds Up Medical Syringe Assembly http://www.pddnet.com/articles/2013/05/automation-gt-speeds-medical-syringe-assembly <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span class="styles file-styles large media-element file-default" data-file_info="%7B%22fid%22:%22167056%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D"> <img src="http://www.pddnet.com/sites/pddnet.com/files/styles/large/public/automation_gt_speeds_up_medical_syringe_assembly.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 10px;" /></span><em>Pharmaceutical companies often assemble medical syringes by hand. Manual assembly is time-consuming, potentially dangerous and lacks the repeatability and reliability of an automated solution.</em></p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/articles/2013/05/automation-gt-speeds-medical-syringe-assembly" rel="tag" title="Automation GT Speeds Up Medical Syringe Assembly">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Automation GT Speeds Up Medical Syringe Assembly</span></a></li><li><a href="/articles/2013/05/automation-gt-speeds-medical-syringe-assembly#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/304851">Comments</a></li></ul> Fri, 17 May 2013 17:56:37 +0000 mfassbender 304851 at http://www.pddnet.com The Missing Piece of Einstein's Theory http://www.pddnet.com/news/2013/05/missing-piece-einsteins-theory <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span class="styles file-styles large media-element file-default" data-file_info="%7B%22fid%22:%22167046%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D"> <img src="http://www.pddnet.com/sites/pddnet.com/files/styles/large/public/andrew-geraci.jpg" alt="A new window into the nature of the universe may be possible with a device that would detect elusive gravity waves from the other end of the cosmos.&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;" /></span></p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/news/2013/05/missing-piece-einsteins-theory" rel="tag" title="The Missing Piece of Einstein&#039;s Theory">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about The Missing Piece of Einstein&#039;s Theory</span></a></li><li><a href="/news/2013/05/missing-piece-einsteins-theory#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/304846">Comments</a></li></ul> Fri, 17 May 2013 17:43:43 +0000 dmantey 304846 at http://www.pddnet.com Using Earthquake Sensors to Track Endangered Whales http://www.pddnet.com/news/2013/05/using-earthquake-sensors-track-endangered-whales <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span class="styles file-styles large media-element file-default" data-file_info="%7B%22fid%22:%22167031%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D"> <img src="http://www.pddnet.com/sites/pddnet.com/files/styles/large/public/whale-sensors.jpg" alt="A seismometer was inserted into a hole drilled in seafloor lava. Eight of these instruments were installed at an ocean spreading-center volcano 150 miles off Vancouver Island. A data recording device is enclosed in the yellow sphere.&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;" /></span></p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/news/2013/05/using-earthquake-sensors-track-endangered-whales" rel="tag" title="Using Earthquake Sensors to Track Endangered Whales">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Using Earthquake Sensors to Track Endangered Whales</span></a></li><li><a href="/news/2013/05/using-earthquake-sensors-track-endangered-whales#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/304841">Comments</a></li></ul> Fri, 17 May 2013 17:33:22 +0000 dmantey 304841 at http://www.pddnet.com NASA: New Pump Resolves Big Space Station Leak http://www.pddnet.com/news/2013/05/nasa-new-pump-resolves-big-space-station-leak <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span class="styles file-styles large media-element file-default" data-file_info="%7B%22fid%22:%22167021%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D"> <img src="http://www.pddnet.com/sites/pddnet.com/files/styles/large/public/nasa-pump-replaced.jpg" alt="In this Saturday, May 11, 2013 photo made available by NASA, astronaut Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn, not pictured, perform a space walk to inspect and replace a pump controller box on the International Space Station after an ammonia coolant leak was discovered.&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;" /></span></p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/news/2013/05/nasa-new-pump-resolves-big-space-station-leak" rel="tag" title="NASA: New Pump Resolves Big Space Station Leak">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about NASA: New Pump Resolves Big Space Station Leak</span></a></li><li><a href="/news/2013/05/nasa-new-pump-resolves-big-space-station-leak#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/304836">Comments</a></li></ul> Fri, 17 May 2013 17:21:45 +0000 dmantey 304836 at http://www.pddnet.com The Future of Google Glass http://www.pddnet.com/blogs/2013/05/future-google-glass <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>There has been a lot of talk about Google Glass lately, mostly due to the prototype debut, but one interesting aspect of that public viewing is that developers –outside of GoogleLand—can take a crack at coming up with interesting uses for the technology. By allowing new voices into the conversation, the world is seeing even more possibilities for Google Glass.</p> <p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/S80mE3kQTJ0" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe></p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/blogs/2013/05/future-google-glass" rel="tag" title="The Future of Google Glass ">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about The Future of Google Glass </span></a></li><li><a href="/blogs/2013/05/future-google-glass#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/304831">Comments</a></li></ul> Fri, 17 May 2013 17:18:02 +0000 mfassbender 304831 at http://www.pddnet.com