Self-Cleaning Solar Panels, Windows, and more!

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One thing I dislike about my solar panels is the amount of dust that can collect on them.  Especially after 90 days of no rain at my house.  Dust is going to accumulate no matter where you live - but in Arizona, where there can be no long stretches of rain, the dust build up […]

On the wings of a butterfly

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How can a butterfly help us understand RFID technology?  Help create anti-counterfitting measures?  What can we learn?  Apparently, we can learn a lot from butterfly wings.  In the article Butterfly reasearch to improve RFID technology, the butterly wing has many secrets.
To get a close look at a butterfly wings, the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge […]

10 Emerging Techs for 2010

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EE Times has the list of ten emerging technologies to watch in 2010. 

Biofeedback or Thought Control Devices - These are already in some game controllers.  This industry will explode in the coming years. 
Printed Electronics - These should be hot off the presses in 2010.
Plastic Memory - I know I should not think of Legos when I think […]

Webinars Galore

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This month we are having a lot of webinars.  If you are interested in Nanotechnology, this Friday NetWorks is hosting the NACK Nanotechnology in the Classroom Labratory.  Next Wednesday (11/18), the ATE Center, Evalua|t|e is hosting Evaluate Basics for New ATE Grantees.  And finally, eSyst a Systems View of Electronics will have its third in […]

Space Elevator - going up?

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Continuing with our space theme this week, right now the Space Elevator Games, sponsored by the Spaceward Foundation, is going on to see which company can win the offered prizes.  For those who never thought of a space elevator, I am sure you question is, “can scientist make a space eleavator?”
This week in the Mojave Desert, three […]

Space Hotel

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Have you ever wanted to lounge around in space for a few days?  Train on a tropical island before take off?  If so, the opportunites are starting to arise.  The Galactic Suite Space Resort is schedule to open 2012.
The Barcelona-based architects of The Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost 3 million euro ($4.4 […]

Electronic Engineering Technician Jobs

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Many people want jobs that don’t require going to school for four years.  They also want a job that pays well.  Here is one that this Yahoo HotJobs website found:
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technician
Companies that design, test, and sell electrical and electronics devices need professionals to staff their labs. You won’t need a master’s degree in […]

More Feedback from “an all too familiar letter”

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The other day I wrote about Vino Scott’s feedback letter.  I also promised Julie Formen’s of OP-TEC response.  
12.     Response from Julie Forman, Associate Director of Partnerships and Communications, OP-TEC:  National Center for Optics and Photonics Education
My name is Julie Foreman and I am with the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education.  We are one of […]

Feedback from “an all too familier letter”

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The ETD  list server response was great for the “all too familier letter” that was posted August 11 that had been sent out to the ETD list serve.  The letter was written by  Vino Scott, Professor & EET Dept. Chair of New England Institute of Technology.  Below are the responses that he recieve and compiled.
Thanks […]

What is an Engineering Technician?

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If you want to know what an Engineering Technician is, or what the pay is, what is required, or the job outlook for 2008-09, I found the government website with thier definition and statistics.
The difference between a Technical School and a Community College?  “Community colleges offer curriculums that are similar to those in technical institutes […]

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