AUDIO Pixels has entered into a joint development agreement with Sony to develop its patented low-cost micro-electro mechanical (MEMS) digital speakers. Sony will be funding the majority of the substantial costs associated with transitioning the MEMS speaker technology into a mass-manufacturable product. In June 2011, Sony delivered the first batch of phase-one development chips for Audio Pixels to conduct tests on. The joint …
Sydney-based Precision Mechatronics has acquired Surfx Technologies, a US company offering high-speed atmospheric plasma technology for treating microelectro-mechanical systems (MEMS), microfluidics, semiconductors, solar cells, medical devices, sensors, plastics and composites. Surfx Technologies will become a part of Precision Mechatronics as per an agreement signed in October 2011. Precision Mechatronics claims this represent…
…e. White supremacist Kevin Harpham has been charged in the case and could face life in prison. His trial begins in August. A patriot group called Flathead Liberty Bell held a convention just last weekend, featuring right-wing speakers and sale of survival gear for what organizers believe is a coming showdown with federal authorities. It was a flashback to the 1990s, when groups like the Militia of Montana regularly held such expos, McAdam said. T…
…et the monarchy,” said Powell. “I’m still shaking a little bit.” Police set up barriers to keep the protesters away from City Hall, but the demonstrators brought a pickup truck with audio equipment and speakers to amplify their chants. They carried signs reading “Pay your own way” and “The monarchy, it’s over.” The protesters chanted “RRQ,” the initials of the anti-monarchist, sepa…
…ving as it delights visitors with an anecdote from Gaultier’s life. Gaultier’s face is projected on the model using a technique developed by Quebec theater director Denis Marleau. The illusion is striking. Hidden speakers allow Gaultier and several other models in the exhibition to tell their stories, thus the exhibit itself is communicating with the spectator. Marleau had used the technology in mounting Maurice Maeterlinck’s …
… than the noise of tourist crowds. Arlen Oleson, 56, who plays the hammer dulcimer, noted that huge concerts for rock bands are organized in Central Park, bringing tens of thousands of people to trample the grass and mammoth speakers to pump out mega-decibel music. “It’s a galling hypocrisy,” he said. The street musicians have gotten some high-profile help in the last week. Norman Siegel, a prominent civil rights lawyer, has…