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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers wrote in the journal Nature that they discovered a social chromosome in fire ants that explain why some colonies allow for more than one queen ant. Red fire ants live in two different types of colonies, including some that strictly have a single queen, and others that contain hundreds of queens. Scientists discovered that this difference in social organization is determined by a chromosome that carries one of two...
HOUSTON, Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Helping customers develop end products requiring on-site connectivity, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced its newest 32-bit, real-time C2000(TM) Piccolo(TM) F2806xU microcontrollers (MCU) with integrated USB connectivity. In many applications, such as consumer and industrial motor control systems, industrial power systems, telecom and data systems, wind and solar energy generation and general power electronic...
OTTAWA, Jan. 11, 2013 /CNW/ - Espial((R)) Group Inc. ("Espial" or the "Company"), (TSX: ESP), a leader in on-demand TV software and solutions, today announced that the shareholders of ANT plc ("ANT") approved the acquisition of Ant by Espial. Closing of the transaction remains conditional on the satisfaction or waiver of certain remaining regulatory conditions including the sanction of the acquisition by the Court. The dates of the Court hearings to sanction the acquisition...
A joint project between leading EV charging station provider ClipperCreek and proven ZigBee product manufacturer Smartenit has resulted in the first commercially available device that can connect to smart meters in a home area network (HAN). San Juan Capistrano, CA (PRWEB) January 10, 2013 A joint project between leading EV charging station provider ClipperCreek and proven ZigBee product manufacturer Smartenit has resulted in the first commercially available device that can connect to...
ATLANTA, Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Southern Indiana (USI) and Dr. Paul Kuban retained Adapt IP Ventures to monetize their patent covering the CAN-Bee Interface, the name reflecting the creation of a Controller Area Network (CAN) to ZigBee Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) interface. The interface integrates conventional hardware components and custom firmware and is covered by U.S. Patent No. 7,991,351 titled "Extension of wired controller area networks to...
AUSTIN, Texas and RENO, Nev., Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RF Code and Server Technology today announced an integrated data center solution making it significantly easier to monitor and manage the factors that impact the efficient, fiscally-smart running of a data center. The joint offering is an integration of RF Code's wire-free Sensor Manager solution with Server Technology's Sentry Power Manager (SPM) data center power monitoring solution via an SPM API integration....
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wearable body monitoring pioneer BodyMedia today announced the BodyMedia CORE 2, the next generation of the activity/health tracker armband used on The Biggest Loser®. Packing four sensors into a housing smaller than an iPod Nano, the CORE 2 will be the smallest wearable multi-sensor device of its kind as well as the first to offer a choice of interchangeable jewelry- like faceplates, straps and cuffs for a fashion look. It will also feature a...
LAS VEGAS and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MIO, maker of the world's first strapless heart rate monitor watches, today announced the launch of its new MIO ALPHA, the world's first continuous heart rate monitor sport watch that accurately records heart rate continuously without a chest strap, even at performance speeds up to 12 mph. With no uncomfortable chest strap and no need to stop and hold a fingertip to a sensor, MIO ALPHA is the only sport and...
CEDARBURG, Wis., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LS Research (LSR) today announced availability of the BeagleBone Cape with TiWi-BLE(TM) or TiWi5(TM), Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR, Bluetooth low energy (BLE) 4.0, FCC / IC / CE multi-antenna certified modules. Designers can easily and affordably develop Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n or a/b/g/n, Bluetooth®, and Bluetooth low energy (BLE) solutions utilizing these plug-in boards for the widely-adopted BeagleBone Linux computer platform....
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wireless connectivity is becoming a key feature in automobiles for sharing and viewing content from smartphones and tablets to in-car systems, easy pairing of devices, navigation and replacement of expensive cables for in-car communication. To answer this need, today Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN) introduced the WiLink(TM) 8Q family of wireless automotive connectivity solutions. With its multi-radio...
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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...
