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FREEHOLD, N.J., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Aginova Inc., a sensor technology company, is launching a Kickstarter project. The iCelsius Wireless will extend your smart phones/tablets with WiFi Wireless Sensors for home use in a myriad of applications such as cooking, health, environment, and more. Wireless based on Bluetooth and WiFi are all around. WiFi wireless is everywhere but not as common as Bluetooth devices because it is not as easy to set up. But WiFi has the huge...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Scientists currently have two prevailing theories about the high degree of biodiversity in the areas around the tropics: some believe that climate acts as a “museum,” allowing older lineages to persist through time. Others, however, see the tropics as a “cradle,” where new species are able to germinate and thrive. According to a new report in the journal Evolution, a pair of American researchers now says that both theories are...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A single ant colony can have thousands of ants, all scurrying around performing various tasks, maintaining their territory for the queen. And because they all look alike, studying them individually by eye can prove extremely difficult, if not impossible. To bypass this obstacle, Danielle Mersch and colleagues from the University of Lausanne tagged every single worker in entire ant colonies and tracked them by computer. The...
Marvell's new ultra-low-power controller and wireless control technologies enable low-cost, energy-efficient intelligent LED lamps for the mass market SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) today announced the availability of its Smart Bulb Residential Wireless Platform, which provides a cost-effective, open, end-to-end solution for manufacturers developing smart lighting systems that adhere to Energy Star power consumption requirements. The...
Highly integrated, HD-compatible chip seamlessly mixes two audio sources for home and pro audio products DALLAS, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced the industry's first 8-channel pulse-width modulator (PWM) audio processor with dual asynchronous sample rate converters (ASRCs) integrated on a single chip. The HD-compatible TAS5548 allows home and pro audio designers to seamlessly mix two audio sources, providing design...
The Polar Stride Sensor Bluetooth Smart is the beginning of a wave of new devices that are Bluetooth Smart for fitness from the leader in heart rate monitor technology. Bozeman, MT (PRWEB) April 12, 2013 The new Polar Stride Sensor Bluetooth Smart is the world's first ever Bluetooth Smart foot pod for measuring speed, distance and cadence running for any Bluetooth Smart compatible device according to the Heart Rate Watch Company. "This is a first", says Rusty Squire,...
MadgeTech, Inc., a global leader in innovative data logging solutions, is excited to announce the RFTemp2000A, a wireless temperature data logger with a digital display. Warner, NH (PRWEB) April 12, 2013 The RFTemp2000A is the latest addition to MadgeTech’s new line of wireless data loggers. This new device measures ambient temperature, making it ideal for monitoring perishable goods, chemical storage, warehouse mapping, incubator monitoring, laboratories, hospitals and more. Starting,...
Enid Burns for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The wireless space is getting crowded. Wi-Fi signals, Bluetooth devices, ZigBee sensor nodes and other electronics and protocols claiming space in the air are causing dropped calls, wasted bandwidth and bad connections. We've noticed. The situation is likely to get worse as more devices use various wireless protocols. Software developers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor are trying to alleviate that problem. They're...
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, and Virtual Extension, a leading wireless mesh networks company based in Beit-Dagan, Israel, today announced a two-chip wireless mesh network chipset and reference design that brings a new level of performance and signal robustness to applications requiring networks with high performance...
Fully-integrated modem transceiver reduces board space in a 3-mm by 3-mm package for signaling up to 115 kbps DALLAS, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced a fully-integrated, on-off keying modem transceiver that is compliant with the Antenna Interface Standards Group (AISG) v2.0 specification. The SN65HVD62 reduces power consumption by up to 50 percent compared to the competition. The transceiver modulates and demodulates...
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The Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus) is a species of passerine bird of the antbird family. It is found in the neotropics from Mexico, through Central America, Trinidad and Tobago, and a large part of South America east of the Andes as far south as northern Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. It has a wide range of habitats in both humid and arid regions. It will even occur in gardens and parks. It is one of the most common antbirds throughout its extensive range. The adult is about...
The Ground Pangolin (Manis temminckii), also known as Temminck's Pangolin or the Cape Pangolin, is one of four species of pangolin which can be found in Africa. They are the only one found in southern and eastern Africa. Although it is present over quite a large area, it is rare throughout it and notoriously difficult to spot. Its scarcity is partly because it is hunted by humans for its scales, which are used in love charms, and partly because it is often burnt in bush fires. With the...
The Aardvark, Orycteropus afer, sometimes called the "˜antbear', is a medium-sized mammal native to Africa. It lives south of the Sahara desert where there is suitable habitat for them to live. It prefers savannas, grasslands, woodlands and bush. They are not found in deserts but are found in areas where there is a good supply of ants and termites. The most distinctive characteristic of the Aardvark is their teeth. Instead of having a pulp cavity, they have a number of thin tubes of...
Southern Tamandua or Lesser Anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla, is a species of anteater from South America. It is a solitary animal, found in many habitats from mature to highly disturbed secondary forests and arid savannas. It feeds on ants, termites and bees. It has very strong fore claws that can be used to break insect nests or to defend. Geographic Range Tamandua tetradactyla is found in South America from Venezuela and Trinidad to northern Argentina, southern Brazil, and Uruguay...
The Giant Anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, is the largest species of anteater. It is found in Central and South America. It is the only species in the Myrmecophaga genus. It is a solitary animal, found in many habitats, including grasslands, deciduous forests and rainforests. It feeds mainly on ants and termites, sometimes up to 30,000 insects in a single day. Physiology The Giant Anteater is one of only two mammals without any teeth even in a mature state (the Pangolin being the...
