Weaker, Cheaper, Better MRIs
...weaker magnetic field would not heat up or pull at the metal biopsy needle
Read on at IEEE Spectrum
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Japanese Car Makers Wear 'Aging Suit' for Making Cars more suited for Senior Citizens
...weaker, you get sloppy and your midriff expands, but we don't need someone rubbing that in our face! Nissan Motor is developing a specialized driver's suit and goggles to simulate the bad balance, stiff joints, weaker eyesight and extra five kilograms (11lbs) that affect the aged. Associate chief designer Etsuhiro Watanabe says the suit's...
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Device That Sorts Through Structural Isomers of Neutral Molecules
...weaker and the electric field has a weaker effect on it. "We also filter out the molecules in the lowest rotation quantum states," says Küpper. This allows the molecules to be oriented in space particularly well. The researchers hope that, in future, they will be able to get all the particles with arms facing in the right direction moving...
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Why Samsung and LG Scare Motorola
...Weaker Currency Helping Koreans
The stellar performance compares with a sharp plunge in shipment growth and earnings suffered by Sony Ericsson. The Japanese-Swedish venture's first-quarter net income was halved, to $212 million, while sales slipped 7.6% to $4.2 billion. The growth in its device sales was a mere 2% against 64% a year earlier,...
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Nokia cuts phone prices, pressuring rivals
...weaker DJ Stoxx European technology index
Market data from its home country Finland showed the sharpest falls were in the average retail price of the 5310 and 5610 music phones and the multimedia N81 8GB
This is basically a way to run away from competition. You're putting a lot of pressure on your less competitive peers," said David...
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Nokia's Reduced Outlook
...weaker economy world-wide and a decision to stay out of a handset price war. It said it now expects its third-quarter market share to be lower than initially signaled in July, when it predicted market share of 40%, unchanged from the previous quarter. It still targets an increase in its 2008 market share
Friday's warning is the latest sign...
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Handset PCB makers optimistic about 1H 2008
...weaker orders for the suppliers
But orders from other handset clients have managed to boost handset PCB suppliers' shipments in the second half of 2007, with Unimicron Technology, Compeq Manufacturing and Unitech Printed Circuit Board seeing their monthly sales hit company records during the fourth quarter
The handset PCB makers are...
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Kodak EasyShare Z712 IS features ISO 3200
...weaker. The LCD is 2.5" with 230K pixels, and the viewfinder is also 115K pixels. Kodak claims to have Best-in-class click-to-capture speed of 0.26s. We'll have to wait for the reviews to see if it's really as good as the claim. In ISO 3200 mode, pictures are limited to 1.2 megapixels, quite small but might be useful for example in a dark...
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AIRcable Host XR Bluetooth USB Adapter has a 30km Range
...weaker Bluetooth devices like cell phones and headsets by hundreds of meters. Thanks to its high sensitivity and long-range it can extend the range of shorter-range Bluetooth devices up to 100 m. The AIRcable Host XR hooks on to any computer with a USB port and works with Windows, Mac and Linux supporting practically any Bluetooth profile...