Researchers from the University of Nottingham and from the Lashkarev Institute of Semiconductor Physics in the Ukraine, have produced a new type of acoustic laser device called a Saser. It’s a sonic equivalent to the laser and produces an intense beam of uniform sound waves on a nano scale. In addition to having the paper on their research published in the Physics Journal, the team has also won a grant of £636,000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to develop Saser technology over the next four years. For more details.
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The latest inovation in lasers, “Sasers”, coming with the help of Ukraine!
Friday, July 10th, 2009Second Generation Outsourcing
Saturday, September 13th, 2008There has been alot made of what is called “Second Generation Outsourcing”. For purposes of this discussion, I will use the definition set by the vendor which claims to have pioneered “Second Generation Outsourcing (SGO)”, Anantara Solutions.
In look at how they define “Second Generation Outsourcing”; combining business consulting and IT services. I would like to just ask the question, “How does this differ from the services that for example, IBM, has been providing for years? They used a huge network of specialized vendors to assist in providing services to their clients all of the world. Is this SGO model really any different?
Softjourn supporting Entrepreneurs and Startups!
Saturday, June 14th, 2008On June 20th, in Mountain View, California, Softjourn will be sponsoring the next Visibility Conference hosted by Righthand Partners and taking place at the offices of Fenwick & West LLP, 801 California Street.
The event begins at 8:00AM and continues until 2:00PM. Righthand Partners has selected seed and early stage (Series A, B, C, & Restart) companies who will each give a 10-minute presentation, and receive 10 minutes of feedback and questions from investors sitting in the audience. Usually there are more than 20 VC’s in attendance. For more information go to the Right Hand Partners site:
Softjourn is very pleased to be sponsoring this event and supporting entrepreneurs and Startups and wishes all presenters the best of luck!