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St. John Neumann baseball goes high-tech to electronically send pitch calls to the mound

14/08/2024Diah Kusuma

St. John Neumann catchers Gavin Lind and Daniel Mayor have their shared pregame routine.

They go over scouting reports, talk strategy, and warm up. This season the routine got an addition ― making sure their earpieces are charged and ready to go.

Starting this season, the National Federation of State High School Associations allows catchers to wear an earpiece in their helmets to receive pitch calls from a coach using a walkie-talkie or clip-on microphone. Communication is only one way, from the dugout to the catcher, and coaches can only talk before a pitch is thrown and after the play on the field is over. The technology has been used at the college level since 2018 and was fully adopted by the NCAA for the 2021-22 season.

Neumann Celtics catcher Daniel Mayor (6) sets up his electronic communication device prior to a game against the Riverdale Raiders at St. Louis. John Neumann High School in Naples on Monday, March 11, 2024.

“It’s the best thing for us honestly, because whenever (Neumann head coach Charlie) Maurer needs to tell us he sees something on the bases or sees something with a hitter, he can be in the game with us,” Mayor said. “Telling us what he sees, or don’t do this, or don’t be late on your block. It helps us stay in the game and gives us that edge on other teams so we’re

FUJIFILM Electronic Materials Shizuoka Site achieved Platinum Status in RBA assessment

24/07/2024Diah Kusuma

FUJIFILM Electronic Materials Co., Ltd. (Yokohama, Kanagawa; President Shigeki Kobayashi) is pleased to announce that its Shizuoka Site has scored 200 points (full marks) and achieved the highest Platinum status after receiving assessment under the Validated Assessment Program (VAP), which examines factories for their compliance with RBA’s (Responsible Business Alliance) ^*1 Code of conduct.

In its CSR program “Sustainable Value Plan 2030” with the target year of 2030, the Fujifilm Group expresses its resolve to enhance its management of the entire supply chain, which is the foundation of business activities, from the viewpoint of CSR (environment, ethics , human rights, etc.). As a member of the Fujifilm Group, FUJIFILM Electronic Materials will apply experiences gained from the latest Platinum recognition for the Shizuoka Site to other manufacturing sites to contribute to reinforcing the CSR foundation of the Group-wide supply chain. Furthermore, as a leading company in electronic materials products making on-going contributions to the technological innovation of the semiconductor industry, we will continue to work with stakeholders to strive to solve social issues.

Vietnam Amends Law on Electronic Transactions

16/07/2024Diah Kusuma

The law in Vietnam on e-transactions, issued in March 2006, exhibits some deficiencies concerning modern electronic transactions. Therefore, to promote electronic trade, the National Assembly of Vietnam in June 2023 approved the revised Law on Electronic Transactions. Here’s what this might mean for foreign firms.

In June 2023, the Vietnamese government approved the amended Law on Electronic Transactions (LoET) No. 20/2023/QH15. This was to ensure that Vietnam’s economy would keep pace with global technological advances and accurately conduct real-time transactions online.

The new law lays the groundwork for electronic transactions and adds new features to the original scope of application, definitions of e-transactions, e-contract performance, data sharing, and regulations on databases.

These efforts were made to reduce cross-border transaction fees for foreign firms and facilitate business transactions in the electronic environment. The amendments to the new law have also abolished unnecessary administrative procedures in the implementation of certain e-transactions, helping foreign firms to quickly adapt to the ever-evolving global digital payments landscape.

What’s an e-transaction?

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As per the LoET 2005, an e-transaction is defined as a transaction that is carried out by electronic means, which are unrestricted by geographical boundaries and are devoid of direct face-to-face interactions.

Professor to develop electronic devices made entirely of paper

08/07/2024Diah Kusuma

Imagine if you could build an electronic device made entirely of paper. A nontoxic, cost-effective and biodegradable alternative to silicon- and plastic-based components would be a game-changer for a planet quickly filling up with the “e-waste” of discarded gadgets and single-use sensors.

That’s the vision of Binghamton University Professor Seokheun “Sean” Choi. He’s worked for years creating better biobatteries that use bacteria or human sweat to generate energy. Some of those batteries have been paper-based, and now he hopes to apply that knowledge to circuit boards and related parts.

A new $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will fund development of what he calls integrated papertronics. The three-year award is his ninth federal grant since coming to Binghamton — seven from the NSF and two from the Office of Naval Research.

The primary goal is to print multilayered, high-performance circuit boards on paper using densely concentrated, highly conductive metallic wires, and to create flexible paper-based components that can