With a key milestone in the technology of invisibility, Fractal Antenna Systems recently reported the first practical, 3-dimensional invisibility cloak. Working at a broad microwave bandwidth, the invisibility cloak diverts waves around large objects and makes them appear 'see through'. Future cloaks promise invisibility at infrared and visible light.
The downside of all technologies is their abuse for destruction. The cloak's inventor, Nathan Cohen, spent the last three years considering this issue and arrived at counter-efforts that can thwart such abuse. "Inventors have a responsibility to let the technology be used for the good. You can’t stick your head in the sand,” said Cohen. Cohen cites an example which is frequently asked – can an invisibility cloak bypass a security scan? Modern ‘full body’ scanners use microwaves to image and detect dangerous wea- pons. "Covering a dangerous object with an invisibi- lity cloak is pretty dumb, as you’ll still see the other side. If you see a large hole in someone’s body from the cloak, that would trigger the alarm. If anything, invisibility cloaks increase the security afforded by scanners rather than compromising it."
Put simply, Cohen answers the question of security scanner concerns: "None. I have no fears of flying."
Even in its early forms the invisibility cloak, made possible by the firm’s exclusive fractal antenna and fractal metamaterial technology, has a wide swath of applications. "There are many situations where removing RF obstructions with a cloak is an inexpensive and enabling solution that improves people’s ability to communicate and lowers costs. That’s what we are going after first."
http://www.fractenna.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BrVxpPYMiA
GigOptix, Inc. (NYSE MKT:GIG), a leading fabless analog semiconductor company enabling high-speed end-to-end information streaming over optical fiber and wireless networks announced the engineering sample release of the EXE8602-DNT power detector die for high capacity wireless point-to-point E-band radios. The EXE8602- DNT is a small formfactor GaAs MMIC die power detector designed to operate over the 71 to 76 GHz and 81 to 86 GHz E-band frequency bands for applications requiring power detection over a wide RF power range.
http://www.gigoptix.com
Headwaters (NYSE:HW) announced results for its third quarter of fiscal 2012. The third quarter 2012 revenue increased by 9% to $175.6 million from $160.7 million for the third quarter of 2011. Gross profit increased by 19% to $52.4 million in the third quarter of 2012, compared to $44.0 million in the third quarter of 2011. Operating income improved from $13.6 million in 2011 to $15.9 million in 2012, and Adjusted EBITDA improved by $0.2 million to $28.7 million.
Headwaters records the majority of its incentive compensation in its third and fourth quarters of the fiscal year due to the seasonality of its business. In the current quarter, Headwaters recorded incentive compensation greater than its original plan due to substantially improved operating performance compared to 2011, and increases in the Company's stock price. The additional incentive compensation recorded in the quarter was $5.5 million.
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