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How Deposition Plays a Role in the Food Industry
Written by: Denton Vacuum, LLC Summary: Learn how the food industry utilizes the process of deposition. In the food packaging industry, plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) and Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) are both important applications that are widely used throughout the industry. Two of the most important types of application in food packaging in regards to coating are silicone oxide and amorphous carbon solely based on their properties. PECVD is a process where a thin film is produced on top of a particle. It utilizes plasma to allow for deposition at lower temperatures. The process consists of a substrate, the target, being layered with a film that starts out as…
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Douglas Engelbart and Modern Computing
By Samuel Phineas Upham These days, most of us interact with computers which means that almost all of us use a mouse to interact with elements we see on the screen. That human-computer interaction is the brainchild of Douglas Engelbart, who was one of the earliest pioneers of the power of the Internet. He worked with the Augment Research Center Lab, where he pioneered the study of how humans interacted with computers. There, he developed important ideologies that guide much of computer usage today. Aside from the mouse, Engelbart also helped to develop a pre-cursor to the graphical user interface. During the early 1950s, he stopped thinking about his career…
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This Medical Breakthrough Will Change Debilitating Injuries
Meet the world’s first recipient of a mechanical hand. Imagine a world where someone who loses a hand or a foot is able to carry on exactly the way that they used to. We already saw some of this amazing work on display at the Olympics, where we’ve seen runners with missing limbs, but a new breakthrough is promising to unlock the potential of robotics in medical science. Staff Sergeant James Sides was on his second tour in Afghanistan when he uncovered an improvised explosive device buried in the road. He attempted to utilize his training in ordinance diffusing, but the bomb went off close to his body. The blast…
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Your Site Won’t Succeed Without a Good Shopping Cart
By Secure Net Shop Do you have dreams of seeing your ecommerce website hitting the highest possible heights in terms of revenue? Of course you do! While you may have other goals for it as well, obviously, you need to turn a profit. Otherwise, eventually, it will be financially infeasible to continue with your dream of having a reputable website. However, before you go in every direction trying to make your site a success, be sure you know all the ingredients that are involved. Amongst them is an ecommerce cart. You really can’t have a site without one of these, so it might seem like a strange piece of advice…
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Time Clocks Give You More Return on Every Employee
By Allied Time Just about every company has a few things in common, no matter what they do or what industry they’re in. Amongst other things, one of the most important commonalities they all share is employees. Aside from s few exceptions, organizations depend on their employees each and every day. Without them, they couldn’t get anywhere close to meeting their goals. However, that’s not to say that employees are solutions in and of themselves. Unless you’re getting everything you need from them, you can’t expect that just hiring people will actually give you any real benefits. Companies have failed because they had plenty of employees and no idea what…
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Ready for a New Career?
By Brand College Just about everyone these days has some level of understand as far as technology goes. It only makes sense that we would when you consider how big a role tech plays in our everyday lives. Whether it’s our personal computers, the ones we use at work, our smartphones or our tablets, we’re constantly surrounded by some type of technology. If it hasn’t already, though, this should give you some good ideas about your prospects in terms of careers. Poll after poll shows that most people just aren’t happy with their current position. It only makes sense, then, that you start thinking about how you could move along.…
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Standards That Determine “Viewability”
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Three Types of Advanced Manufacturing
Written by: Denton Vacuum, LLC Advanced manufacturing allows to create devices and parts that “borrow” the property of one substance and lend it to another. A good example of this borrowing is the screw, which can be made out of plastic and metalized with steel or iron to increase its durability. The precise cooling of materials has led to several manufacturing breakthroughs. Here, we explore three major methods used in a variety of consumer and industrial-grade products. Sputter Deposition Sputtering is an important part of the natural sciences, although you might not believe it at first glance. A sputter coating of a conductive metal is often applied to a scientific…
