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Electronix Express Newsletter
July 2005 Issue
Welcome to the July, 2005 issue of the Electronix Express Newsletter.
STORIES
1. Nanotechnology and smelly feet?
2. Electronic Gaming on the Move
3. Microchip Outer Limits
4. LCD module pumps up colors for mobile phones
5. Brave new bio-chip world
6. China's Growing Electronics Industry
1. Nanotechnology and smelly feet?
A company in Pennsylvania hopes to use nanoparticles to create less-stinky socks. NanoHorizons, based in State College, Pa., has begun to sell a line of metallic nanoparticles. This means that silver, gold and other metals that kill bacteria and odor-causing microbes can be incorporated into shoes, athletic equipment and other plastic or nylon products. Incorporating enough nanoparticles to substantially reduce foot odor will probably add around 20 cents to a dollar to the cost of the product.
The socks should be out in about a year.
2. Electronic Gaming on the Move
Video games have come a long way from "Pong" in the early 1970s to today's DVD-based models. Electronic gaming continues to evolve with some of the newest consoles. Super hi-resolution graphics, surround-sound, DVD-movie functions and Web access are just some of the features. These added features are satisfying second and third generation players as well as the new kids.
According to CEA Market Research, gaming systems are in 38 percent of adult households in the U.S.
3. Microchip Outer Limits
The basic building block of most high-technology products, is the semiconductor. It is important to remember how the microchip came to be the most amazing innovation of the last century as we look to the future.
At the heart of the semiconductor is the transistor, a technological accomplishment born at Bell Labs in 1947. The first transistor was made of germanium, a weak or "semi" conductor of electricity. Then, in1958, Texas Instruments' Jack Kilby introduced the world to the integrated circuit (IC). Today's most powerful processors contain 42 million transistors that work together to store and manipulate data so that the microprocessor can perform a wide variety of useful functions.
Is it unreasonable to claim that microchips will be the foundation of the 21st Century? We can expect the semiconductor chip to power most advancements in transportation, biotechnology and medicine. We have barely scratched the surface of future semiconductor applications.
4. LCD module pumps up colors for mobile phones
Royal Philips Electronics today introduced a transflective LCD module. They claim the device significantly improves picture quality in mobile phones. Called the Nemesis P8894-I, it includes a group of patented algorithms to enhance the video for better color appearance.
The Nemesis P8894-I features a 41.2 x 53.8-mm screen and provides the same color performance in both light and dark settings, according to Philips.
The target price is $25, depending on volume.
5. Brave new bio-chip world
Biochips were originally expensive custom designs for genetic research. They typically were used in machines handling glass slides coated with biological material. But now two parts of the market are driving growth
First, companies are developing simple, low-cost blood screening tests that can be used in emergency rooms and eventually in doctors' offices. The new chips screen blood samples for things like toxins and proteins that indicate a heart attack.
6. China's Growing Electronics Industry
China's Electronics industry is growing at a speed greater than any other region in the world.
According to the data released by the market analysis firm IC Insights, China's Integrated Circuit (IC) market registered a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 46 percent from 2001 through 2004. In 2005, China's IC market is forecasted to grow another 11 percent to $34.3 billion, making it the largest regional IC market in the world.
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