LG front load washing machines ranked first in the prestigious Italian and Swedish consumer groups

LG Electronics (LG) announced that its F1495BD front load washing machine, received top rankings in Italy's largest consumer group, the Swedish document submitted by Altroconsumo and influential consumer magazine Council & Rön was performed. LG washers to achieve excellent performance through the company's direct access to the technology and a powerful 6 Motion inverter direct drive motor. LG's washer took the Cup in a document submitted by Altroconsumo to the third consecutive time, gets the acclaim last year, and twice at the end of this year. It also won for the second consecutive year Council Sweden & Rön was performed.

"We are honored to receive the products identified as well look to the consumer," said Mr. John Lee, President of LG Electronics Finland. "Direct Drive Motor and 6 Motion directly to the use of technology, the LG washers received glowing recommendations from many of the world's major markets. We will continue to retain the number one position in the washing machine brand by further improving our core technological. "

LG front load washing machine (model: F1495BD) received the highest scores in its category in the document submitted by Altroconsumo. Washer reaches the Ottimo (excellent) ranking of the best product tag and Buono (good) class, who has donated time and energy-saving for most models. Document submitted by altroconsumo to the largest and most popular is the Italian non-profit consumer organization. Test and evaluate the results of each year, the magazine, the first and second half of consumer goods. LG's washing machine had compared with twenty-six other models available on the Italian market and the cheaper in different categories such as washing, rinsing, drying, energy efficiency, noise level and comfort.

More recognition for the LG front load washing machine (model: F1495BD) is derived from the Swedish of the most respected consumer product rating magazine, Council & Rön was performed. Impressed by the model of the wash times, energy efficiency and overall performance, the Swedish magazine gave top marks to the LG for the second year in a row.

Strong indications is largely due to the innovative use of technology and Motion straight 6, Direct Drive motor. LG's 6Motion ™ technology employs a wash of six motions, tumbling, Rolling, Scrubbing, Stepping, filtering, and Swing, with various combinations of fabrics, and is based on a deep penetration gives a great cleaning results. The inverter directly to the motor LG technology to remove the belts and pulleys can be found in conventional machines, resulting in more power, lower energy consumption and lower the noise level.

About LG Electronics, Inc.

LG Electronics, Inc. (KSE: 066570. KS) is the global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, mobile communications and home appliances. 117. the event around the world, LG achieved worldwide sales of $ 49 billion (54.26 billion in South Korea) in 2011. LG consists of four business units-home entertainment, mobile communications, home appliance, air conditioning and energy solution & – and is one of the world's leading flat-screen TVs, mobile devices, air conditioners, washing machines and refrigerators. LG Electronics is an ENERGY STAR ® Partner of the year 2012. News and information about LG Electronics, please visit www.LGnewsroom.com.

LG Electronics Home Appliance Company

LG Electronics Home Appliance Company is the world's leading home appliance industry, for a healthier and greener products, smart technology and trend-setting design, and offers a complete solution for improving everyday life. LG's insightful products such as refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers, cooking equipment, vacuum cleaners, built-in appliances and health care products have been designed to resonate with consumers around the world. LG's innovative technologies and convenient features, such as the world's first intelligent refrigerators, Steam oven, a washing machine and a Lightwave to set new trends in the industry. For more information about www.lg.com.

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SchmartBoard Offers a $30/Hr

SchmartBoard is better known for its line of prototyping products, and less so, for its prototyping related services. SchmartBoard is planning a significant push to introduce companies to our service offerings through the 1st quarter of 2010.  To begin the campaign, during the months of December 2009 through January 2010, PCB layout will be offered at 72% off our normal pricing of $108/hr.

“SchmartBoard has become the de facto product for hand soldering surface mount circuits together, which we are very happy about”, says Neal Greenberg, SchmartBoard’s VP of Sales and Marketing.  “We also have a vibrant and competent engineering team who can add significant value to customers of SchmartBoards’ by offering other services to augment their prototyping needs.  SchmartBoard gains most of its service customers from those who use our boards and referrals.  They include everyone from start-ups to large corporate entities.”

In addition to PCB layout, SchmartBoard can offer PCB design, PCB fabrication, small and medium volume manufacturing, mechanical engineering and full turn-key services.  We have an office in Fremont, CA and in Taiwan with all of the benefits of Asia at our disposal.

Inquiries can be made at info@schmartboard.com or by calling the main office.  More information on our engineering and manufacturing services can be found at: http://www.schmartboard.com/index.asp?page=services

About SchmartBoard (www.schmartboard.com)
SchmartBoardTM is committed to helping engineers, students and hobbyists develop electronic circuits faster, easier, and less expensively than previously possible. SchmartBoard’s patented Electronic Circuit Building Blocks makes this possible. SchmartBoard’s “EZ” Technology and Solder By NumbersTM program makes the soldering of surface mount components and circuit creation accessible to virtually anyone.

The SchmartBoard system is the fastest and easiest electronic circuit prototyping system ever conceived. The system supports through hole and surface mount components.

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Canon 70D with dual-pixel CMOS AF: The first DSLR that can autofocus videos

Canon says its new Canon EOS 70D digital SLR is the first DSLR with serious autofocus for video as well as still shooting. Canon uses dual-pixel CMOS autofocus technology that effectively each of the camera’s 20.2 million pixels in half to perform highly accurate phase detection autofocus. With most DSLRs, when you press the record button, serious autofocusing goes away, leaving the user to take a stab at following focus — with continuous dual-pixel CMOS autofocus, the 70D could be exactly what the videographers ordered.

The Canon 70D also adds features from costlier cameras in the Canon line, making the price something of a bargain if you value video autofocus that works. The price is an estimated $1,200 for the camera body, $1,350 with an 18-55mm lense, or $1,550 with an 18-135mm lens. Still, the Canon 60D it replaces is now $600. Actually, if the video works as well as claimed when the 70D is released September, some videocentric buyers might sidestep costlier Canon DSLRs for the 70D, especially when it also has built-in WiFi, the ability to shoot 7 frames per second, and touchscreen operation from the rear viewfinder.

The Canon 70D uses a variant — a significant variant — of phase detection autofocus. With a traditional high-end DSLR using phase detection, when light from the image arrives at the lens, the camera measures how far out of phase (how far apart) the images are from the left and right (or opposite) sides of the lens when they converge and strike the autofocus sensor. The camera quickly makes an adjustment, the image is in focus, and the picture is captured.

But there’s a problem with these DSLRs: The autofocus sensor is separate from the image sensor. It captures light that hits the mirror and reflects down to the dedicated AF sensor. It works great when you look through the viewfinder. When the mirror flips up to capture the picture, or when you go to live view to capture a video (and the mirror locks up), the autofocus sensor doesn’t see the image for continuous focusing.

Some digital cameras, including some entry Canon DSLRs, use limited on-chip phase detection, but they have had issues with accuracy and work less well (sometimes not at all) in low light. They use comparatively few focusing points across the main sensor.

Canon’s new dual-pixel autofocus system splits every one of the camera’s 20.2 million pixels into pairs during focusing. One half tracks the image coming from one side of the lens, the other half tracks the image from the other half, same as with a dedicated AF sensor, but this one is always available, even when the mirror is up in live view or video mode. When the image is captured, the pixel halves combine to form the single pixel. Canon says two-thirds of the frame is used for phase detection autofocus, not just a handful of locations. It’s effective enough that the face-detect feature (focus keyed to faces, not trees or walls) works. Canon says it also works with high apertures (f/11), which you’d use on very bright days.

For shooting videos, some DSLRs employ slower contrast detection autofocus, where an out-of-focus object is lower contrast; as autofocus racks back and forth, the camera settles on the position with the most contrast. (The 70D has contrast detection as well as dual-pixel phase detection.) With current DSLRs, the process goes something like this: The video starts out in focus, then the subjects move, you try to manually focus and find that doesn’t work so well, you press the refocus button and for an agonizing second the camera hunts for the best focus, locks in, and then you go through the wash-rinse-repeat focus process again. That had some photographers buying a dedicated video camera, swapping the high resolution, image quality, and wide range of lens offerings for focus that worked.

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SchmartBoard Offers a $30/Hr. Layout Special For First Time Customers

SchmartBoard is better known for its line of prototyping products, and less so, for its prototyping related services. SchmartBoard is planning a significant push to introduce companies to our service offerings through the 1st quarter of 2010.  To begin the campaign, during the months of December 2009 through January 2010, PCB layout will be offered at 72% off our normal pricing of $108/hr.

“SchmartBoard has become the de facto product for hand soldering surface mount circuits together, which we are very happy about”, says Neal Greenberg, SchmartBoard’s VP of Sales and Marketing.  “We also have a vibrant and competent engineering team who can add significant value to customers of SchmartBoards’ by offering other services to augment their prototyping needs.  SchmartBoard gains most of its service customers from those who use our boards and referrals.  They include everyone from start-ups to large corporate entities.”

In addition to PCB layout, SchmartBoard can offer PCB design, PCB fabrication, small and medium volume manufacturing, mechanical engineering and full turn-key services.  We have an office in Fremont, CA and in Taiwan with all of the benefits of Asia at our disposal.

Inquiries can be made at info@schmartboard.com or by calling the main office.  More information on our engineering and manufacturing services can be found at: http://www.schmartboard.com/index.asp?page=services

About SchmartBoard (www.schmartboard.com)
SchmartBoardTM is committed to helping engineers, students and hobbyists develop electronic circuits faster, easier, and less expensively than previously possible. SchmartBoard’s patented Electronic Circuit Building Blocks makes this possible. SchmartBoard’s “EZ” Technology and Solder By NumbersTM program makes the soldering of surface mount components and circuit creation accessible to virtually anyone.

The SchmartBoard system is the fastest and easiest electronic circuit prototyping system ever conceived. The system supports through hole and surface mount components.

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