Tag Archives : silicon

One of the leading names in mobile application platform, Snaptu, has now reportedly been acquired by the social networking behemoth, Facebook Inc. for an estimated $70 million, though some reports suggest that the acquisition could be as a low as $40 million. Founded in the year 2007, Snaptu, with its headquarters in London and offices in Tel Aviv [...]

Ziiiro, the watch manufacturing company has designed two watches that look like a watch only in its form. Dial is not at all like a traditional watch as it is free of hands or any other traditional markings. The design is a new concept that uses the constantly changing interaction of two rings to indicate the time at a given moment. Ziiiro has named [...]

It is very annoying if you run out of ice when you are having a long session with guests. Perhaps half the ice melts away before you can use them. This has been a common problem with people who entertain a lot. Williams-Sonoma has tried to overcome this problem by designing generously sized exclusive trays. These are basically flexible silicon trays [...]

Kyosemi Corporation has actually come up with an idea to materialize the concept of using solar cells for domestic use. Do we even have to talk about the importance of alternative sources of energy? Sphelar solar cells have made it possible for us to incorporate the idea of solar energy into our daily life. The Tokyo based company unveiled these tiny [...]

The University of New South Wales’ ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence previously held a record for the highest solar cell efficiency of 24.7% which has been lately modified by the same centre to 25%. This is just one among the six records achieved by the newly devised cells. With this the International Standard of measurement of efficiency of [...]