Abstract: A thermally conductive material includes a supercritical fluid and a number of carbon nanotubes incorporated in the supercritical fluid. The supercritical fluid may be selected from a group consisting of carbon dioxide, water, ammonia, ethane, ethane, nitrous oxide, propane, butane, pentane, and so on. The carbon nanotubes may be selected from the group consisting of single-wall carbon nanotubes, double-wall carbon nanotubes, mult-wall carbon nanotubes, or other kinds of carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes have an average length of less than 1 micron and an average diameter of less than 100 nanometers. The supercritical fluid has dual characteristices of a liquid and a gas, and the carbon nanotubes have excellent thermal conductivity. As a result, the thermally conductive material becomes a nano-super heat conductor with excellent thermal conductivity and high efficiency of thermal conductivity, and is suitable for heat dissipation of various heat sources.

Abstract: An exemplary sputtering apparatus is provided. The sputtering apparatus includes a chamber, a workpiece carrier and at least a sputtering cathode. The chamber defines a sputtering cavity. Disposed in the sputtering cavity, the workpiece carrier includes a rotating disk and a plurality of rotating rods extending through and slidably engaged with the rotating disk. The rotating rods are configured for mounting multiple workpieces thereon and rotatable around a central axis of the rotating disk. The rotating rods are also rotatable around respective central axes of themselves. Disposed in the sputtering cavity, the sputtering cathode carries a target and is configured for sputtering the target material onto the workpieces on the rotating rods.

Abstract: An abrasive composite, a method for making the abrasive composite, and a polishing apparatus using the abrasive composite are disclosed. The abrasive composite includes a matrix and a plurality of nano-particles distributed therein. The nano-particles are made of at least nano carbon sphere particles and fullerene particles. A ratio by weight of the nano carbon sphere particles to the fullerene particles is advantageously in the range from about 1:2 to about 1:1. The fullerenes are preferably C60 fullerenes. The abrasive composite further includes an amount of diamond particles admixed in the matrix, for improving hardness of the abrasive composite so as to accelerate polishing rate. The abrasive composite is preferably in a form of pellets. The pellets have an average grain size in the range from about 10 nanometers to about 200 nanometers.

Abstract: An exemplary die-casting mold core includes a mold body, an intermediate layer and a diamond-like carbon film. The mold body is made of a steel alloy containing carbon, chromium, manganese, silicon, vanadium, and iron. A molar percentage of hydrogen in the diamond-like carbon film is in a range from 2% to 25%. The die-casting mold core has excellent mechanical hardness, good corrosion resistance, good wear resistance, long lifetime and ease of separation.

Abstract: An optical system (10) operatively associated with lenses (120) with adjustable focal length is provided. The optical system includes a first lens assembly (12), at least one heat control device (122) and a first barrel (14). The at least one heat control device is configured for regulating a temperature of the at least one lens so as to finely change a refractive index of the at least one lens, whereby the focal length associated with the first lens assembly is adjusted. The first barrel is configured for receiving the first lens assembly therein.

Abstract: A motion detector (10) includes a chamber (102), a resilient suspension arm (104), an air bearing slider (110), at least one piezoresistive sensor (106), and an infrared sensor module (112). The chamber has a front plate (1024) and a back plate (1026) located on the opposite side of the chamber, and each of the front plate and the back plate has a first through hole (1030) and a plurality of second through hole (1032) formed therein. The resilient suspension arm is arranged in the chamber, and has a free distal end (1042). The air bearing slider is moveable coupled to the free distal end of the resilient suspension arm. The at least one piezoresistive sensor is attached on the air bearing slider. The infrared sensor module is arranged on the front plate of the chamber, for sensing infrared light.

Abstract: A surface light source (4) includes a light guide plate (2) and a light source (5). The light guide plate has an incident surface (21) and an emitting surface (22). The light source is adjacent to the incident surface of the light guide plate for radiating light beams into the light guide plate through the incident surface. The emitting surface defines a large number of prisms (221), in which the distance (L) separating each two adjacent prisms changes according to an intensity of the light beams received from the light source. In particular, the pitch between two prisms decreases with increasing distance away from the light source. By the cooperation of the prisms and the light source, the surface light source has uniform illumination over the whole emitting surface.

Abstract: A backlight module (10) includes a flat cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) (30) having an output interface, and a light guiding plate (20). The output interface has a nano-material layer coated thereon. The light guiding plate includes an incidence interface (21), an emission interface (23), and a reflection interface (22), wherein the emission interface and the reflection interface respectively have nano-sized V-shaped grooves provided thereat. A pitch of the V-shaped grooves of the emission interface gradually increases from the incidence interface to a side of the light guiding plate distal from the incidence interface, and a pitch of the V-shaped grooves of the reflection interface gradually increases from the incidence interface to the side of the light guiding plate distal from the incidence interface.

Abstract: An exemplary IR receiver configured for capturing IR signals is provided. The IR receiver includes an aspherical lens, an IR bandpass filter, a wavefront encoding wave-plate, and a sensor. The aspherical lens defines an optical axis and an image side. The IR bandpass filter, the wavefront encoding wave-plate, and the sensor are sequentially arranged (i.e., in that order) at the image side of the aspherical lens, along the optical axis. The sensor is configured for detecting the IR signals sequentially passing through the aspherical lens, the IR bandpass filter and the wavefront encoding wave-plate and is thereby configured for capturing the IR signals. An exemplary IR transmitter/receiver module includes an IR transmitter configured for emitting IR signals and the IR receiver, as above-mentioned.

Abstract: An infrared remote control module (10) includes an infrared detecting module (11) configured for receiving optical signals and converting the optical signals into digital signals, a signal processing module (12) communicating with the infrared detecting module; and a controlling feedback module (13) communicating with the signal processing module. The infrared detecting module includes a lens barrel (110), an infrared band-pass filter (112) arranged in the lens barrel, a lens assembly (113) arranged in the lens barrel, an image pickup module (114) arranged in the lens barrel, and a collimator device (116) selectably moveable into or out from the lens barrel. By being moveable in such a fashion, the collimator device is configured for selectively collimating the optical signals, and, thus, the remote control module can be used for shooting or motion-based actions.

Abstract: An exemplary apparatus and an exemplary method for displaying multipoint communication information are provided. In the method, video information from multi-point mobile video communication terminals in a multi-point video communications are displayed in a number of windows on a display screen simultaneously. The window associated with one of the remote mobile video communication terminals will be displayed in a highlighted manner, at occurrence of the decoded signal of the one remote mobile video communication terminal containing audio information. Participants of the multi-point video communications can see all the other participants clearly and hear who is speaking simultaneously.

Abstract: The mobile communication terminal includes a body, a lens module, a first accelerator sensor, a second accelerator sensor, a range finder, and a processor. The lens module, the first accelerator sensor, a second accelerator sensor, and a range finder are disposed on the body. The lens module is configured to pick up an image of an object. The first accelerator sensor and the second accelerator sensor are configured to measure accelerations of the lens module in different directions. The range finder is configured to measure a distance from the object to the lens module. The processor electrically coupled to the range finder module, the first accelerator sensor and the second accelerator sensor. The processor is configured to restore the image blurred by vibrations of the lens module based on values of the distance, the first acceleration, and the second acceleration.

Abstract: A method for treating a surface of a polymer article is includes steps of: generating a gas plasma with a working gas using an electric glow discharge device (step 101); treating a surface portion of the polymer article using the gas plasma so as to convert the surface portion into a glow discharge treatment layer (step 102); forming a basecoat layer on the glow discharge treatment layer (step 103); forming a metallic layer on the basecoat layer (step 104); and forming an overcoat layer on the metallic layer (step 105). A polymer structure (300) includes a polymer article (310), a glow discharge treatment layer (320), a basecoat layer (330), a metallic layer (340), and an overcoat layer (350).

Abstract: A backlight system has a light guide plate. The light guide plate includes a transparent plate having a light incidence surface and an opposite light emitting surface, and a light transmittance enhancement layer. The light transmittance enhancement layer is provided on either or both of the light emitting surface and the light incidence surface, and is made of silicon dioxide or magnesium fluoride. The thickness of the light transmittance enhancement layer is in the range from 58˜69 nanometers.

Abstract: A surface light source device (2) includes a plurality of electron sources (20), a plurality of magnetic coils (201), and an anode (22). Each electron source includes two cathodes (203) and at least one filament (202). The two cathodes face to each other and define therebetween a space (200) having a first opening (207) and a second opening (208). The second opening faces to and is larger than the first opening. The at least one filament is located at the second opening and is configured for emitting electrons to escape the space from the first opening. Each magnetic coil is located at one second opening. The anode includes a transparent electrically conductive layer (222) and a phosphorescent layer (221). The phosphorescent layer faces towards the plurality of electron source. The present surface light source device can achieve high brightness and is environmentally friendly.

Abstract: An exemplary portable electronic apparatus having a remote control module is provided. The portable electronic apparatus includes a housing, a mobile communication module disposed in the housing, a remote control module disposed in the housing, and a radio frequency (RF) module electrically connected with the mobile communication module. The remote control module includes an infrared sensing module and a digital signal processing (DSP) module electrically connected with the infrared sensing module and the RF module. The RF module is configured for receiving external RF signals and transmitting information received from said mobile communication module and said DSP module with RF signals. The portable electronic apparatus can be used for infrared remote control and mobile communication.

Abstract: A micro-mirror projector (2) includes a light source (100), a converging member (200), a color wheel (300) having red, green and blue segments, a shaping member (400), a micro-mirror chip (500) having a plurality of micro-mirror members (540) formed thereon, a diffraction member (600), and a projection member (700). The converging member converges a light beam emitted from the light source to the color wheel. The color wheel rotates across the converged light beam to generate red, green and blue lights. The shaping member shapes the red, green and blue lights as parallel lights and transmits the parallel light to a corresponding micro-mirror member. The micro-mirror member transmits the parallel lights to the diffraction member. The diffraction member diffracts the received lights to the projection member. The diffracted light is relatively fine/highly resolved, thereby resulting in a better display on a projection screen (800) via the projection member.

Abstract: An optical lens testing device (10) includes a light source (12), a resolution test chart (16), and a diffusion plate (14). The diffusion plate (14) is disposed between the light source (12) and the resolution test chart (16). The diffusion plate (14) includes a base (141) and a diffusion layer (142) formed thereon. The diffusion layer (142) has a plurality of nano-sized silicon dioxide particles (144) dispersed therein for uniformly dispersing the light beams emitted from the light source (12) so as to improve the precision and reliability of the optical lens testing device (10).

Abstract: A traffic regulation system (100) includes a first traffic light (110) for controlling traffic in a first direction, a second traffic light (120) for controlling traffic in a second direction intersecting the first direction, an infrared light detector (130) for receiving an infrared light signal transmitted from a pedestrian proceeding in the second direction on a pedestrian crossing and producing a corresponding feedback signal associated with the infrared light signal, and a control unit (160) for receiving the feedback signal from the infrared light detector and instructing the first traffic light and the second traffic light to signal the pedestrian to proceed in the second direction.

Abstract: A vehicle safety system for use in a vehicle includes a plurality of image pick-up systems adapted for being mounted on the vehicle, the image pick-up systems being configured for recording video images of inside and/or outside statuses of the vehicle; and a computer system connected to the image pick-up systems, the computer system comprising a signal transmitting device configured for transmitting the video images to an intended receiver for help upon occurrence of an mishap accident. A vehicle having such safety system is also provided.