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May 17, 2012
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On The Inside Of Big Innovation
When Forbes first asked me to contribute, they told me they wanted insight and opinions from the inside of a high-tech, high-growth company. What's it ...
Forbes
Industry News
You Can Use Honda's Segway-Like Vehicle While Sitting: There Goes the Human Race
Remember the day the Segway came out and you thought that you'd never have to walk again? Honda has announced an even better machine, the Uni-Cub. ...
PCWorld
A New Discovery Dubbed 'Super-Turing'
New discovery dubbed "Super-Turing" computation is an adaptable computational system that learns and evolves, using input from the ...
IPC Outlook
Porsche's 918 Spyder hybrid on track for 2013 release, now with 770 bhp and 94 mpg
Porsche's hybrid 918 Spyder is a 770 bhp supercar that can top 320 km/h (200 mph), accelerate to 100 km/h (62 mph) from standstill in under three ...
Gizmag
DRAM market’s woes are over in 2012
The market for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) is expected to partially reverse the drastic losses it incurred in 2011 and achieve revenue growth ...
ElectroIQ
Social media is reinventing how business is done
When Red Robin Gourmet Burgers introduced its new Tavern Double burger line last month, the company had to get everything right. So it turned to the ...
USA Today
Best Practices for Controlling Moisture in PCBs
Paper provides info of moisture diffusion processes, governing models, and dependent variables.
IPC Outlook
Sony and Panasonic in talks to make OLED TVs
Sony and Panasonic are reportedly in talks to develop the technology needed to mass produce next-generation OLED televisions, according to Reuters. ...
BGR News
Lawmakers Want High-Tech Foreigners to Stay in the U.S.
Top American universities attract some of the planet's brightest minds to pursue graduate and doctorate degrees in the U.S. But thousands of ...
Mashable
HP Sized Up Sun as a Technology Gold Mine
Unsealed court documents show that in 2009, Hewlett-Packard thought about buying Sun to boost its technology portfolio under a project code-named ...
Bloomberg Businessweek
Global mobile phone sales now in decline
Despite some vendors seeing record smartphone sales, worldwide sales of mobile phones declined 2% year-over-year to 419.1 million units in the ...
BGR News
Is Facebook Sucking Oxygen Out of the IPO Market?
As Facebook increases the size and price range of its initial public offering, the rest of the IPO market is starting to sputter. According ...
Bloomberg Businessweek
TSOP Component Soldering Problems
I supervise no-clean, lead-free SMT lines in an area with no control over humidity. We are seeing a high fallout due to insufficient paste ...
IPC Outlook
Better efficiency, increased reliability key objectives in transistors & diodes
China makers of transistors and diodes are improving signal integrity, heat dissipation, efficiency and voltage while lowering power consumption. ...
Global Sources
Oracle Goes for Broke in Court Battle With Google
Oracle has made an all-or-next-to-nothing bet in its ongoing court battle with Google. Oracle said that if Judge William Alsup rules that the Java ...
Wired
The newest phone app teens will hate but parents will love
With 11 teens killed while texting and driving per day, it shouldn't surprise anyone that parents are turning towards apps to limit their ...
GigaOM
Berkley Sends 100 Robots Down River
Berkley's Floating Sensor Network project launched 100 floating robots equipped with GPS-enabled smartphones down the Sacramento River on ...
Robots.net
Controlling a Robot With Your Mind
Brain implants, a robotic arm, thought control -- it sounds far out. But in Brown University's BrainGate experiment, the combination worked. Scientists ...
Wired
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Teradyne & Corelis Announce Agreement to Bolster Boundary-Scan ICT
Teradyne has entered into an agreement with Corelis, Inc. to sell and distribute ScanExpress that bolsters boundary-scan test capabilities of Teradyne's ...
Teradyne, Inc.
Henkel Records Solid Sales Growth and Boosts Profitability
Henkel had a good start to the fiscal year in spite of a challenging and volatile market environment. We achieved solid organic growth and substantially ...
Henkel Electronics
GOEPEL electronic presents new generation of Inline Onboard Programmer
GOEPEL electronic introduced RAPIDO(TM), a new family of multi-site inline programmers designed for high-speed in-system programming (ISP) of non-volatile ...
GOEPEL electronic
IPC Midwest Spotlights New Resources and Solutions
BTU International's Zeping Zheng Receives Award from SMTA China
Rochester Institute of Technology Partners with MARTIN
Ultra Light-Weld 3013 Adhesive from Intertronics Bonds Dissimilar Materials
Cognex Webinar Explains New Foundation For Image-Based Barcode Readers
TÜV Rheinland Celebrates 140th Year Anniversary
Panasonic to Highlight High Mix at Inaugual SMTA Carolinas Expo
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Reflow of Double Sided Micro BGAs
What is the best way to process a 30 mil FR406 circuit board assembly that has micro BGAs that need to be soldered on both sides?
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Virtual Access Techniques Augments Test Coverage on Limited Access PCB Assemblies
There's Life in the Old Dog yet – Quality Control of PCBs with THT Placement
What is really inside your AOI?
How Clean is Clean?
Improve work processes with new software technology
Non-Intrusive Board Bring-Up: Software tools ensure fast prototype bring-up
Time Savings in Placement through Family Setups
Advantages of Multiple Resolutions in Automated 3D X-Ray Inspection
Calendar Submit
May 15, 2012 - International Conference on Soldering and Reliability
May 15, 2012 - SMTA Tampa Expo and Tech Forum
May 16, 2012 - SMTA Toronto Expo and Tech Forum (In Conjunction with ICSR)
May 17, 2012 - SMTA Oregon Expo and Tech Forum
May 21, 2012 - Polymers and FTIR Course
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