The R&D Dept.: Local patents for 11.7.18 | Euro Type Pop Up Socket

In all likelihood, the humble power strip rarely crosses your mind. But it can be the difference between a smoothly functioning slate of gadgets and a nonfunctional laptop/phone/toothbrush/Alexa. Chances are, the power strips you’re now using around the house are a couple years old, and they can wear out over time, no longer offering the same surge protection they once did. So if you’re starting from scratch or are just looking to upgrade or supplement, here are some surefire new ones to consider.

We’re also seeing growth opportunity in the marijuana point-of-sale industry, where barcode scanning is an integral part of maintaining state-by-state compliance. Current application partner servicing this market in the U.S., so strong growth and new opportunities resulting from Canada’s legalization efforts look very promising, particularly among one of our larger partners Shopify.

He said: “If the chargers are purchased outside of the EU then the charger structure has got to be different, and you’ve got to be very careful in terms of what are the plugs that are needed, what are the adapters that are needed, what is the level of wiring.”

Around 1 in 5 of those who put Christmas lights on their tree admitted to leaving their festive lights on overnight when they go to bed or when they leave the house.

I have one big early complaint, though. The Osmo app has an on-screen joystick to move the camera around, located at the bottom right corner of the app. It’s a little uncomfortable to reach my thumb past the Osmo to adjust camera position. I think it would be less of a concern with a bezel-free phone like the iPhone X, but not everyone has an iPhone X.

The Autowit product looks a little weird, and you might wonder if it could actually work. I know I did after unboxing it, and the people I showed it to were also skeptical.

Forced Physics starts with a microserver-based design using eight Diamond Systems COM Express Type 7 boards. Each microserver uses eight 55 W small form factor boards mounted on a JouleForce Conductor, four boards to each side, for a total of about 500 W power consumption. The Diamond Systems board hosts a 12-core Xeon-D 1500 series processor.

•Keep bulbs from touching tree branches. Never burn candles on or near the tree and never use flammable decorations.

Finally, all of our new SocketScan 700 series scanners S700, S730 and S740 were released in Q2 and feedback from resellers had been stellar. Our SocketScan series is our best yet and features improved price performance, redesign ergonomics, intuitive performance indicators, better serviceability and extended battery life. We’re particularly proud of the new S740, which creates a new price point for a universal 2D scanner and has shown strong early orders.

The demonstration unit uses heaters placed directly on the Conductor to simulate an electronics thermal load. Other than the thermometer gauges, the fans are the only moving parts in the demo system.

Usually we’d say that isn’t an issue, given most hybrid drivers don’t care about sporty driving, but Hyundai has tried to make the Ioniq a bit of an athlete in disguise. Think nerdy kid who keeps up with the jocks during the annual cross-country race…

Even buyers on Amazon praise the 400 for its ability to be used daily, acknowledging that they use it to re-charge a lawn mower battery, a weed whacker battery, and so on. You don’t find that kind of everyday use with just any random power station.