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DSIT, an Acorn Energy Company, Secures New Order for PointShield(TM) Portable Diver Detection Sonar

2012-10-22 11:21:42

GIVAT SHMUEL, Israel, Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DSIT Solutions Ltd., an Acorn Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACFN) company announced today the receipt of a new order for its PointShield(TM) Portable Diver Detection Sonar (PDDS) system. The PointShield(TM) PDDS is specifically designed to provide underwater protection for navy ships, private yachts and commercial vessels. The PointShield(TM) may also be operated using a fixed installation. (Logo:...

Acidification Changing Ocean Acoustics To Resemble Cretaceous Period

2012-10-19 14:07:43

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Along with negatively impacting marine life and global climate change, the acidification of the Earth’s oceans could have the unintended side effect of changing the acoustics beneath the water’s surface. New research suggests that a future, more acidic ocean would resemble the one that existed around 110 million years ago, when dinosaurs still roamed both the land and sea. Climatologists have been raising concerns in recent years...

Dolphins Employ Unihemispheric Sleep Tactics To Stay Vigilant For Days On End

2012-10-18 11:28:52

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The demands of living at sea require constant vigilance, including when these animals’ circadian rhythms dictate the need for sleep. Dolphins meet these 24-hour security requirements by sleeping with one half of their brain while surfacing to breath and avoiding predators with the other half, according to new research published this week in PLoS ONE. A group of San Diego researchers has shown that these marine mammals have evolved...

Manage Code quality with Packt's new book on Sonar

2012-09-30 23:00:24

Packt is pleased to announce Sonar Code Quality Testing Essentials a new book that teachers readers to take full advantage of the Sonar platform and its visual components to track code quality and defects. Written by Charalampos S. Arapidis, this book guide readers to taking full advantage of the Sonar platform and its visual components to track code quality and defects. (PRWEB) September 30, 2012 Packt is pleased to announce Sonar Code Quality Testing Essentials a new book that teachers...

DSIT, an Acorn Energy Company, Receives Multiple Recurring Orders for Development and Production

2012-09-05 06:23:37

GIVAT SHMUEL, Israel, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DSIT Solutions Ltd., an Acorn Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACFN) company, disclosed today the receipt of several recurring orders for development and production from a number of its customers in Israel. The total value of these orders is approximately $1.1 million. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120504/NY01339LOGO ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120426/NY96114LOGO ) DSIT's Projects Department, headed by VP...

Fingerprint Digital Secures Investment from Corus Entertainment to Expand Kids' Mobile Gaming Network

2012-09-05 02:37:34

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fingerprint Digital, Inc, a mobile gaming startup that creates educational and engaging gaming apps for kids, today announced that Corus Entertainment Inc., an integrated media and entertainment company, has made an investment to further grow and expand Fingerprint's learning and entertainment platform, known as Fingerprint Play. As the lead investor, Corus will bolster Fingerprint's position as one of the key contenders in the growing...

DSIT, an Acorn Energy Company, to Build a Sonar Simulator for an Asian Defense Contractor

2012-08-21 06:20:38

GIVAT SHMUEL, Israel, Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DSIT Solutions Ltd., a subsidiary of Acorn Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACFN), announced today that it has received an order for an advanced Sonar Simulator from a leading defense contractor in Asia. The value of the contract is approximately $700K. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120504/NY01339LOGO )(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120426/NY96114LOGO ) This order follows a lengthy bidding and evaluation process in...

Coda Octopus Group, Inc.

2012-08-20 06:21:05

LAKELAND, Fla., Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (OTC: CDOC.PK), announces that it has recently been awarded a contract for the supply of an Underwater Inspection System (UIS(TM)) to the City of Long Beach Police Department ("LBPD"). This system has now been successfully delivered to the LBPD. The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest seaport in the United States and is a major gateway for trade with Asia, handling over six million containers annually. The...

iBatsID: New Tool Can Differentiate Bats By Sound

2012-08-07 11:17:02

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Have you ever tried to tell the difference between 34 different bat species? Like a fingerprint or the specific pitch and timbre of a person’s voice can differentiate one human from another, so, too, can the subtleties in squeaks and squelches set one bat apart from the others. Now, a team of ecologists have built an echo-location tool which can identify specific bats based on their vocal signatures. The new tool, called...

Temple, Georgia Whistleblower Settles Case Against Defense Subcontractor

2012-07-30 06:21:11

ATLANTA, July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Whistleblower James Brown of Temple, Georgia, has settled his False Claims Act retaliation lawsuit against Alabama defense subcontractor Robbins, LLC. According to Brown's lawsuit, in 2009 Robbins used an out-of-date ingredient, Elastomag 170, when it mixed a rubber compound to be used in making sonar nose cones for U.S. Naval frigates. Robbins then altered the lot number on the documentation to make it appear that the ingredient was still...