Notable & Newsworthy

February 2015

Colorado High School students fight for top spot in battle of the brains

On February 21, hundreds of Colorado high school students will be racking their brains to quickly find answers to rapid-fire questions at the 25th Colorado High School Science Bowl from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Dakota Ridge High School, 13399 W. Coal Mine Ave., Littleton. Forty-eight teams from around the state wi

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02/20/2015

Energy Department launches Virtual Hackathon to create the next big solar software solutions

The Energy Department's SunShot Initiative launched the largest-of-its-kind, 60-day online hackathon to quickly build prototype solutions and products that address barriers to greater solar energy deployment and drive down the costs of solar energy. Approximately 700,000 coders, developers, and data scientists are

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02/20/2015

Companies explore convergence between wireline and wireless access tech for 5G

Freescale Semiconductor, a leader in advanced systems solutions for the latest virtualised networks, and Bell Labs, the industrial research arm of Alcatel-Lucent, announced they are expanding a long-term partnership in both commercial and research endeavours. As part of the expansion, the companies are colla

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02/18/2015

STMicro and Flextronics claim first plug-in charger platform with zero no-load power consumption

STMicroelectronics, a semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leader in ICs for Power Conversion, and Flextronics, an innovative supply-chain solutions company that delivers design, engineering, manufacturing and logistics services to a wide range of industries an

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02/18/2015

Mouser teams with TI to sponsor innovation challenge for university engineering students

Mouser Electronics, a leading authorized distributor with the latest semiconductors and electronic components, announced that for the third year in a row the company is proud to sponsor Texas Instruments’ Innovation Challenge European Design Contest, which is designed to encourage engineering students to submit de

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02/16/2015

fashionxtech adds fuel to New York Fashion Week

Adding fuel to the combustible energy that is Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week the most forward trending brands in fashion and technology converged on February 12 in fashionxtech. This unique two-tiered experience featured NYFW’s first ever Mobile Lounge as well as an extraordinary closing party with VIP gu

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02/16/2015

The Voltera V-One

The Voltera V-One circuit board prototyping machine promises to empower creativity

Developers and makers that enjoy building electronic circuits and boards may be interested in a new circuit board prototyping machine called the Voltera V-One. The Voltera V-One has been specifically designed to help make circuit board prototyping even easier and allows users to go from concept to creation

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02/16/2015

Three Military Bases partner with DoE to train veterans for solar jobs

Recently the first class of Marine trainees at Camp Pendleton will graduate from the Energy Department’s solar job training pilot program, which is aimed at preparing service members for careers in the solar industry as solar photovoltaic system installers, sales representatives, system inspectors, and other so

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02/13/2015

Desert Sunlight Solar Farm

America flips switch on 550MW Desert Sunlight solar farm

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Director of the Bureau of Land Management Neil Kornze joined California state and industry leaders to “flip the switch” on the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm, the nation’s largest solar project on public lands that is now delivering clean, renewable energy to American co

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02/11/2015

Mouser supports young minds with Engineers Week sponsorship

Mouser Electronics, an authorized distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, announced that once again it will be a major sponsor of National Engineers Week (E-Week), a five-day event with fun, engaging activities at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, designed to increase pu

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02/11/2015

QUANT F four-seater e-sports saloon with nanoFlowcell drive technology

nanoFlowcell presents QUANT F e-sports sedan in Geneva

nanoFlowcell, maker of the QUANT F, will have its world premiere at the 2015 Geneva International Motor Show on 3 March 2015. The four-seater e-sports saloon with nanoFlowcell drive technology is a further development of the QUANT E from 2014, the first automobile with flow cell drive to be approved by the German T�

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02/11/2015

NECTOR M power system connectors

TE Connectivity's NECTOR M power system offers a new standard for lighting and power connectivity

TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity, announces its newly enhanced NECTOR M power system. In addition to meeting IEC 61535 standards, the power system solution is designed to meet the UL 1977 guidelines and just debuted a 5-position splitter that provides power, signal and control connection op

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02/09/2015

PowerAmerica Is up and running

Rob Ivester, Deputy Director, Advanced Manufacturing Office

The excitement and drive to deliver was evident to me last week when I joined nearly 100 PowerAmerica members for their kick-off meeting at NC State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. PowerAmerica, also called the Next Generation Power Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute, will develop advanced ma

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02/03/2015

Illinois Capacitor acquired by Cornell Dubilier

Illinois Capacitor, and its affiliates have been acquired by Cornell Dubilier, This acquisition brings together two of the leading manufacturers of capacitors for the electronics marketplace. For the foreseeable future, Illinois Capacitor will operate as a separate subsidiary of Cornell Dubilier, and will continue to

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02/03/2015