Design News - May 15, 2006

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Closeness and warmth are good things in most affairs of the heart, but that's not true in the electronics of a heart scanner. When GE Healthcare was designing a heart scanner it says is the fastest imager available, chips that were fast enough were so power-hungry that they drove temperatures high enough to hamper reliability.

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Light Matters: The Unsung Heroes of Modern Health Care
First, let's define "no-compromise." In an ideal configuration, this lamp would use a high-brightness LED (HBLED) that is built into a small, integrated package and is able to produce a large quantity of focused light, operate with a high level of reliability and generate no audible noise. Is this difficult? Yes, but it is possible.
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Design Engineers' Portal for Sensing and Machine Safety
Whatever industry you're in, or whatever product you manufacture, the right sensors to automate your plant, and to improve your overall efficiency, quality and safety are a must. You'll find Banner Engineering to be an amazing resource of products, training and people with expertise.