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Standards for equipment and software deliver superior multimedia content to more users
In most countries the nearly square box that brought more or less sharp TV programmes to viewers for decades is all but a distant memory. It has been replaced by a myriad of devices, such as flat screen TV sets, mobile computers, tablets, or phones, which use digital technology to off
Read MoreJune 26, 2015
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Small is beautiful and has huge potential
Nanotechnology, the manipulation of matter at the atomic scale, is seen as another key technology with the potential to change economies and lives in the future. It has been described as the resource for the next industrial revolution. Its ultimate goal is to build nanomachines, mecha
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Big Data in the power sector
As many utilities around the world are embarking on Smart Grids, installations of real-time sensors around the grids have generated an unprecedented amount of data. Terms such as ‘data avalanche’ and ‘data tsunami’ indicate that the data issue has taken some utilities by surprise, eit
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One charger for all smart phones and one for notebooks
The IEC International Standard for the universal charger for mobile phones has been widely adopted by the mobile phone industry and is already starting to help reduce e-waste. A similar IEC International Standard paves the way for a single power supply for notebook computers. Universa
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Next-generation high-speed data delivery and device charging
Universal bi-directional charging and less e-waste The IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) and the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) have expanded International Standards cooperation to include the latest USB-IF specifications for high-speed data delivery and enhanced usages
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Light brings everything at the end of the fibre
In our time new technologies are emerging all the time. They have a disruptive effect on products, manufacturing and our lives. The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) develops many of the international standards these technologies require to succeed in the market place. T
Read MoreJune 24, 2015
Printing electronics on any support
Ever wondered how your mobile phone, camera or media player got smaller and lighter, yet packed more functionalities, offered better pictures and sound over the years, and all this at ever more affordable prices? For an answer, look no further than to major advances in printed electro
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Print those parts and use them [nearly] everywhere
A technology used increasingly in hi-tech industries, such as the aerospace and automotive sectors, relies for many applications on IEC standardization work. This technology, known in industry as rapid prototyping or additive manufacturing, has been around for a while to make prototyp
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