Bluetooth has found a new use in a plant sensor. Parrot launched the $59 Flower Power sensor, due in stores in November, that’s designed to monitor and analyze soil moisture, presence of fertilizer, ambient temperature and light intensity. The data for a plant is stored in the device’s flash memory and automatically transferred via Bluetooth Smart to a mobile device equipped with a Flower Power app. Users can view plants’ data and analysis on a smartphone, check guidance and set alert reminders for care and maintenance. The device will be sold by Verizon and Brookstone, Parrot said.
The International Trade Administration issued its quarterly list of (i) completed antidumping and countervailing duty scope rulings and (ii) anticircumvention determinations. The following list covers completed scope and anticircumvention rulings for the period April 1, 2013, through June 30, 2013:
The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices for Sept. 18 (Note that some may also be given separate headlines.)
Industry tributes poured in at a rapid flow Friday to the news that Dolby Labs founder Ray Dolby, 80, died of leukemia Thursday at his San Francisco home. Dolby Labs said in a news release that its founder also had been living with Alzheimer’s Disease in recent years.
Uralchem’s NS 30:7 fertilizer is subject to antidumping duties under the order on ammonium nitrate from Russia (A-821-811), said the Commerce Department Aug. 6 in a final scope ruling. Uralchem argued the fertilizer is not an ammonium nitrate product, citing testimony and other evidence it gave Commerce. But Commerce said the “(k)(1)” factors like the petition, records the investigation, and prior scope determinations were enough to find the fertilizer in scope, so examination of any other factors like Uralchem’s evidence would have gone against its regulations.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 16, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
On July 24, the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices for July 19 (Note that some may also be given separate headlines.)
In the race to bring quantum dot-enhanced backlights to market, Nanosys appears to have a slight numerical edge on QD Vision in patents pending and those granted, according to our search of patent documents.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 31, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)