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Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp(SAIC) of China and General Motors, the US auto giant have signed a deal on Wednesday to work together on the production of new engines and transmission technology. Chairman of SAIC Motor, Hu Maoyuan commented that this deal is a milestone and would see both the companies sharing intellectual property. The deal will also support SAIC raise the value chain of the industry, added Maoyuan.

At a signing ceremony in Shanghai, Hu stated that this is for the first time that a Chinese automaker has collaborated with a leading international group for developing a core technology while sharing intellectual property on a global scale. He further added that this will even boost SAIC’s efforts to master the core technology and marks movement to the higher end of the value chain.

General Motors, Vice Chairman of Global Products Operations, Tom Stephens, commented that Detroit’s engineers and researchers as well as their joint venture’s research centre in Shanghai will together develop a new fuel-efficient engine and also the front wheel drive transmission. In comparison of the conventional six-speed automatic transmissions, the new transmission would be 10 percent more fuel-efficient. Also when combined, the engine and transmission would be able to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by a fifth in comparison to the other cars on sale in China, added Stephens.

Michael Albano, spokesman of General Motors, said that the new technology is likely to reach the market by 2012 at the earliest. Albano added that according to the agreement, SAIC Motor, China’s leading automaker by sales, will be able to use the technology in its own car brands like Roewe. General Motors is the market leader in China. This US automaker and its joint venture partners are expecting to sell more than two million cars in the country this year. Earlier in the year 2009, they had sold 1.83 million cars.

First, a few notes about the Magellan ColorTRAK GPS. It is so amazing that it has an internal lithium battery back-up that keeps the memory active for 10 years! That is a really long time! The Magellan ColorTRAK GPS is also scraggy and has a waterproof construction so you don’t have to worry it dunk into the water.

GPS for truck tracking is relatively new and have shown very good effects. It has been proved that tracking of your vehicles will keep your overhead down. For example GPS Tracking can eliminate the need for having your truckers fill out driving logs. The mileage tracking will allow fleet managers to observe vehicle performance and maintenance from the convenience of their computer.

GPS tracking is the term given to the process of being able to locate the exact location of a receiver on earth. Today, the devices can be very small. They are often used for a variety of purposes, and truck tracking is what actually remains as the most popular and widespread uses of GPS.

Today, mobile communication devices are becoming much more technologically advanced and offer more than the ability to just carry on a conversation. Cell phone gps tracking is one of those advances. With GPS technology now more commonplace in many new cell phones, this means that the location of anyone carrying a compatible cell phone can be accurately tracked at any time. So GPS tracking is an excellent tool to use and take advantage of throughout our lives.

Tracking systems reduce vehicle costs by putting a spotlight on speeding employees, who waste fuel, cause excessive engine wear and drive up insurance rates. Vehicle tracking systems will also remind you when it is time for preventive maintenance, like oil changes, helping you keep your vehicles on the road and making you money.

GPS tracking systems are continuously offering something new and amazing for your use. Some also included the feature that allows you to track your own car via the Internet. GPS tracking systems are also great solutions to track the vehicles should it be stolen. In the near future we should expect most new vehicles to have GPS equipment. That will reduce the huge costs that is now associated with the transportation sector. Trucks and the cargo they carry are stolen and the cost estimates now show that the figures are not millions of dollars but billions of dollars. Every year.

Technology has contributed a lot and is still contributing much to make our lives simple. It has eased communication to such an extent that we can be mobile and still stay in touch with each other. It is not only communication that is eased but a lot of other things which are more suitable to the changing needs of the fast paced individuals. One such change is in the way one used to find the directions.

Gone are the days when maps and compass were used to find directions. Although such techniques were useful but not accurate as the new age GPS system, which is the most accurate way of finding directions using a digital map. GPS or the Global Positioning System works with the help of satellites orbiting the earth and allows you to use it in many applications other than finding directions.

Although GPS is used with many applications, it has found an all new dimension when used with the wrist watch. Yes! A GPS device included in your wristwatch is not a dream but reality. With the wide use of GPS technology many tech savvy companies have tried and developed a wrist watch which is equipped with GPS. Now there are many companies which offer you a wrist watch with GPS technology.

The GPS wrist watches are meant for sportspersons and adventure buffs who want to spend more time in the open. This GPS watch is an expert navigator which can keep anyone on track in the mountains, forests, rivers or lakes without getting lost.

The GPS wrist watches are more or less like wrist computers and do have more than one set of functions. The only thing which you need to understand in these wrist watches is the limited size of the screen and restricted number of keys which means that the device must have different modes for displaying sufficient information on each topic on the screen.

The downside of such small screen is that you have to change modes al lot during complex operations. For example, if you want to access GPS and you happen to have the altitude mode on, you have to apply a fairly long sequence of keystrokes to go through the menu system. Some of the GPS watches do have as many as five different modes, which are time, altimeter/barometer, compass, GPS navigation and activity mode for measuring speed and distance.

The GPS watches are quite essential if you are planning an outdoor adventure. They are best to guide you to the location which you want to reach. They are also beneficial for trekking and mountaineering with the altimeter feature which keeps you updated on the height.

Some of the latest GPS watches also have an Activity mode, which shows you the speed, distance traveled, time from start and other values. Your trail is recorded in the device memory and this information can later be used for the Track Back function, or viewing the route at home via a PC.

Stimulation of muscles and nerves by the use of electrical stimulation, notably TENS and EMS, has long been part of pain management. But recent developments, such as implanted technologies and the small size/low cost systems, have created a pathway for increased usage and revenue growth. The growing approval of these applications by government regulators and insurance carriers have helped boost demand.

Since publisher’s last look at this market six years ago, several implanted electrode therapeutic systems have recently emerged in the market and the potential of this market has clearly caught the eye of pharmaceutical and microelectronics companies, which are actively expanding their stake in electrode therapeutics through research, collaborations, and acquisitions. These actions will push more applications into the marketplace, and medical insurance will likely recognize a long-term savings for electronic treatment of chronic and debilitating conditions.

Electrical and Magnetic Neurostimulation: Applications, Technologies, and Market Potential, looks at the market for these devices and provides current market and forecast for the following segments:

External Electrical and Neurological Stimulation Devices, including:

Bone Growth Stimulators

TENS

EMS

Ultrasound-accelerated Fracture Healing

Other (ECT/TMS)

Implanted Electrical and Neurological Stimulation Devices, including:

Implantable Bone Growth

Cardiac Rhythm Management

Deep Brain (DBS)

Gastric Electrical (GES)

Sacral Nerve (SNS)

Spinal Cord (SCS)

Vagus Nerve (VNS)

As part of its comprehensive coverage of electrical and magnetic neurostimulation, the report looks at several trends that will have positive and negative effects on the marketplace. These include:

Neurostim and Obesity

Implantable Therapy for Resistant Hypertension

New Developments and Alternative Technologies

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

Magnetic Stimulation and Depression Treatment

Magnetic Stimulation and Neurological Trauma Therapy

Magnetic Stimulation and Auditory Hallucinations

Magnetic Stimulation and the Effects on Cerebral Blood Flow

TMS Potential

TMS/rTMS Instrument Parameters

Neuroprosthetics

Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES)

Bidirectional Neuroprotheses

Retinal Implants

Neurostimulation for Depression

The Neuron-Silicon Interface

Physiology of EMS Applications

Endurance Training by Increased Oxygen Supply

Muscle Recovery via Increased Blood Flow

Muscle Diagnostics with Electromyography

Uncertainties in Electrostimulation Business Development Management

New Technology Challenges

As Kalorama Information’s report details, this could be very god timing for these devices. Combined with new telemedicine strategies, implanted sensors, and drug delivery systems, electrical and magnetic neurostimulation can usher in a new wave of care for the chronically ill.

This Kalorama Information report is based primarily on interviews with technology suppliers, other market participants, and analysts in the industry and on comprehensive searches of current research, product literature, company reports, market data, and other sources.

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Launched with the namesake of books given to students in US by university administration to help them know each other better – “Facebook” today has grown to be one of the largest social media networking sites. Facebook is all about connecting a face with an identity. You can create either your personal identity or your corporate profile here. By creating Facebook corporate pages, a company gets the opportunity to connect and interact with its potential customers across the Web. The main motive behind creating corporate pages in Facebook is to introduce the brand name in the market. It has been found that Facebook corporate pages can support a variety of goals like staff recruitment and retention, brand image building, target audience interactions, e-commerce, and awareness about the products and services of the company. Today almost all of your competitors might have Facebook corporate pages. So, to establish your brand image and to retain it in the market, you need to work really hard!

While making a Facebook corporate page to represent your business, you must remember that social media marketing is quite different from that of an advertising media. You need to build your profile, grow you network, and then proceed to measure your success according to the number of customers you have been able to attract based on your interactions and discussions.

Building Facebook corporate pages

You can create corporate pages either to assist the human resource department to interact and recruit staffs or to help the marketing and public relations department to communicate and survey the potential markets. Thus you can see that incorporating applications that would enable different departments to coordinate with each other and to communicate with the masses would be beneficial for your business. Corporate pages in Facebook generally include software applications for information about new brands, events, links to newsletters and blogs, and websites.

Growing with more updates

It is not just enough to have Facebook corporate pages but to regularly update your page with relevant information and news. In social media marketing it is necessary to have installed applications that would enable you to have two-way interactions with your clients. Once the pages are created, you have to take the initiative to add more clients by increasing the access of the Internet crowd to your pages. If you are post updates regularly, people would feel more interested to connect with you.

Some tips for starting

Make your Facebook corporate pages more interesting by incorporating various software applications in your pages. These applications will make your profiles look good and make them user-friendly too.