Potential Energy Lighting Collection From Whatswhat Collective

Potential Energy Lighting is the unique lamp created and designed by the Whatswhat Collective they are John Astbury, Bengt Brümmer and Karin Wallenbäck. the designers from from different countries but sharing a Scandinavian connection. The Potential Energy lighting collection is their first project together. The lamps represent the presence of both suggested and actual movement. Each piece expresses a different take on potential energy, playing... 

Muzeum Sztuki Café by designers Paulina Stepien and Magdalena Piwowar

Polish famous designers Paulina Stepien and Magdalena Piwowar of Wunderteam create unique design by combining a café and bookstore for the Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz, Poland. the concept is modernize 19th and 20th century art and adapt it for new functions. the appropriateness of the ‘packing case’ concept for a museum and gallery. The connection to how art is moved around reinforces the visitors connection to the surroundings. The objective of this... 

Cat C175 Engine, Refined Drive Train and Efficient Body Designs for 797F Mining Truck

First as the Cat 797, then as the Cat 797B, the design of the largest Cat mining truck has proven its productivity, durability and low cost of operation through more than 10 years of service in the world’s most challenging mining operations. Now, the 797F, with 4, 000-horsepower (2983 kW) and rated payload capacities to 400 tons (363 tonnes), combines the strengths of its predecessors with a new engine, redesigned operator station and custom... 

Caterpillar 793F Mining Truck

The new 793F Cat Mining Truck, the fifth generation of the 793, builds on the proven, 20-year performance record of its predecessors with a powerful new engine, choice of power train options, choice of body systems and a completely redesigned operator station. These refinements take the 793F—now with 2, 650 horsepower (1976 kW) and a 250-ton (226.8-tonne) payload capacity—to higher standards of productivity, durability, operating ease, altitude... 

Cooper Lighting’s Halo LED Downlight Earns ENERGY STAR Listing

Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries Ltd., announces that its Halo® LED recessed downlight is the first in the industry to meet stringent ENERGY STAR® requirements for solid state lighting (SSL) luminaires. The Halo LED Downlight’s performance earns an ENERGY STAR qualification by meeting the ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Solid State Lighting Luminaires: Eligibility Criteria – Version 1.0 for Category A – Recessed Downlights.... 

Vicon Offers New Low-Cost Version of Its RoughneckTM V910 Impact-Resistant Camera Domes

Vicon Industries Inc., a leading designer and producer of digital and IP video surveillance systems, announced today the expansion of its Roughneck line of impact-resistant camera domes to include two new cost-effective models. One is analog; the other is IP. Designed for use in potentially abusive conditions, such as correctional facilities, warehouses and loading docks, the new models feature digital noise reduction, allowing them to perform in... 

DNF Security Unveils Robust Portable IP Surveillance Systems to Handle Off-Site and Remote Monitoring Applications

DNF Security, a Dynamic Network Factory (DNF) business unit and provider of mission-critical IP surveillance solutions, today at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) unveiled the JetX Portable series of all-in-one surveillance systems for mobile, off-site monitoring and recording. The JetX product family includes three models with one to three built-in LCD displays. The triple-display model will be available for demonstration in DNF Security’s booth,... 

The Classical Language of Architecture

Classical architecture is a visual ‘language’ and like any other language has its own grammatical rules. Classical buildings as widely spaced in time as a Roman temple, an Italian Renaissance palace and a Regency house all show an awareness of these rules even if they vary them, break them or poetically contradict them. Sir Christopher Wren Wren

Bmcm publishes updated version of their catalog for measurement systems

Maisach/Munich/Germany. Under the title “DATA ACQUISITON”, BMC Messsysteme GmbH (bmcm) introduces a revised product overview of their data acquisition systems, measuring cards, data loggers and amplifier measurement systems in the field of PC-based data acquisition. In measurement technology, data acquisition (DAQ) is the area responsible for recording and processing a physical quantity (e.g. voltage, temperature, speed). The field of... 

Cooper Lighting Introduces Halo® LED Recessed Lighting

Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries, Ltd. announces the addition of LED recessed lighting to its Halo downlighting product line. Designed for new construction and existing applications, the LED recessed lighting features a Halo LED module that installs into a new construction housing or into existing Halo and All-Pro housings. The new Halo LED downlight offers the benefits of energy savings, long life, improved quality of light, reduced...