Fast interfaces overlap at IDF Sep 25, 2009
"We future-proofed the USB cables and connectors so they can accept optical fibres," he added. At IDF they showed working host controllers from NEC Electronics and Fresco Logic. (EETimes)
ESA astronaut returns to Earth with Columbus lab experiment Sep 15, 2009
On their second spacewalk, Fuglesang and Olivas installed avionics cables and connectors between the Station's truss and the Unity Node 1 module in order to prepare for the docking of the European-built Node 3 module named Tranquility which will be delivered by the STS-130 Shuttle mission in February 2010. Europe's technology exposure experiment returns Before this, Fuglesang also supported the mission's first EVA, during which the EuTEF payload package, which had been installed on an external... (Scientific American)
Shuttle Crew in Home Stretch of Mission Sep 7, 2009
When PMA-3 was docked to Unity's nadir, or Earth-facing port, the cables and connectors were in the expected orientation. But when PMA-3 was recently moved to Unity's left-side port, it was clocked 180 degrees from the orientation the installers of the wiring bundle apparently expected. (CBS News)
Bell boosts presence in buying The Source Mar 3, 2009
Men browse the stores' aisles looking for cables and connectors for their electronic projects, and those are products with relatively high profit margins, he said. The Source stores provide Bell with high-profile, billboard-like marketing in the malls, said Tony Chapman, chief executive of marketing agency Capital C.. (Globe and Mail)
