Average Base Salary
per Design Work Type
Electronic Design Research | | Type | Pay | | IC, Semicon | $100.2k | | MEMS | $93.6k | | Military | $92.0k | Computer Hrdw | $91.7k | | Medical | $89.7k | | Comm Systems | $89.7k | | R&D | $87.6k | | Software | $86.3k | | Avionics, Marine | $83.1k | | T&M | $82.3k | | Consumer | $80.8k | | Components | $78.3k | | Industrial Cntrls | $77.0k | | Automotive | $76.8k | | Power | $76.8k | | Security | $73.1k |
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Asia's Economies Rated
Potential Ability to Enhance Businesse
(Max score = 10)
EE Times Research | | Country | Score | | China | 6.74 | | Japan | 6.28 | | Korea | 6.20 | | Taiwan | 6.14 | | Other | 5.89 | | Hong Kong | 5.67 | | India | 5.54 | | Asian | 5.33 |
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The device a jeweler uses to test for diamond authenticity works by measuring the heat transfer capacity of the stone. A diamond's thermal conductivity is much greater than that of any of the fakes...until recently when moissanite was developed. That synthetic diamond substitute has a coefficient very close to a diamond's, rendering the test unreliable. Even experts are challenged by the moissanite fakes. A reflectivity test had to be developed to guarantee detection. |
U.S. National Archive Digital Storage Requirements IEEE Research | | Year | Data Size | | 1995 | 57 GB | | 1997 | 249 GB | | 1999 | 255 GB | | 2001 | 268 GB | | 2003 | 546 GB | | 2004 | 1.9 TB | | 2005 | 5.1 TB |
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Top Contract Manufacturers Electronic Business Research | |
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Silicon Valley's Slice
of the U.S. Venture Capitalist Pie EE Times Research | | 2005 | 25.8% | | 2004 | 27.6% | | 2003 | 24.7% | | 2002 | 24.5% | | 2001 | 23.5% | | 2000 | 21.2% | | 1999 | 21.0% | | 1998 | 20.0% | | 1997 | 23.4% | | 1996 | 25.9% |
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Natural Amenities by County: 1970-1996 The USDA published a map that displays how desirable an area is to live based on topographic variation, vegetation, access to water, etc. Green is best, red is worst. | 
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L=(Ψ†|i∂τ-H|Ψ)+g(Ψ†|Ψ2) | You undoubtedly recognized the above equation as describing only 10 of the 11 dimensions of String Theory, as developed by Michio Kaku, et al. If you have the full equation for all 11 dimensions, please e-mail it to Michio so he can get some sleep. |
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| Data File Storage Requirements | | Information | Size | | All words ever spoken by humans | 5 EB
Exabyte
(1018) | | All material ever printed | 200 PB
Petabyte
(1015) | | All material gathered by 9/11 Commission | 1.2 TB
Terabyte
(1012) | | Pickup truck filled with books | 1 GB
Gigabyte
(109) | | Data contained on a 3.5" floppy | 1.4 MB
Megabyte
(106) | | Low-resolution JPEG file | 100 kB
Kilobyte
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Engineering Top Pay
EETimes Research | | Position | Nat'l Mean | | Top Pay States | Amount | | Eng Manager | $104,210 | | Vermont | $127,120 | | California | $123,160 | | New York | $116,120 | | Computer Eng | $85,540 | | Colorado | $99,350 | | California | $93,520 | | Massachusetts | $87,910 | | Software Eng | $83,460 | | New Hamp. | $93,670 | | California | $92,600 | | New Jersey | $92,230 | | Electronic Eng | $78,620 | | Wash. D.C. | $93,780 | | New Jersey | $88,610 | | California | $87,910 | | Electrical Eng | $75,540 | | California | $87,460 | | Texas | $84,250 | | Wash. D.C. | $81,940 |
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Ph.Ds Awarded
in Science & Engineering
IEEE Research | | Year | U.S. | E.U. | Asia | | 1975 | 12.2k | 6.9k | 4.0k | | 1980 | 11.2k | 7.7k | 5.8k | | 1985 | 12.6k | 8.7k | 7.7k | | 1990 | 16.2k | 19.1k | 9.9k | | 1995 | 19.2k | 20.1k | 14.2k | | 2000 | 18.0k | 23.9k | 18.0k |
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Weight of a 150-Pound Man in Other Gravitational Fields
Discover Magazine Data | | Object | Weight (lbs) | | Sun (Earth's) | 4,100 | | Jupiter | 380 | | Moon (Earth's) | 25 | | Eros (asteroid) | 0.1 | | Carbon Atom | 10-35 | | Dust Speck | 10-27 | | Voyager 1 | 10-7 | | White Dwarf Star | 4x107 | Milky Way's
Black Hole | 7x107 | | Neutron Star | 2x1013 |
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Dept. of Homeland Security
FY 2006 Budget Request
AAAS Research | | Biological Cntrmsrs | $363M | Radiological &
Nuclear Cntrmsrs | $246M | | Transportation R&D | $117M | Man-Portable Air
Defense Systems | $110M | | Chemical Cntrmsrs | $102M | | University Programs | $64M | Threat & Vulnerability
Assessment | $47M | | Standards | $36M | | Critical Infrastructure | $21M | | Rapid Prototyping | $21M | | Explosives Cntrmsrs | $15M | | Emerging Threats | $11M | | Other DHS Missions | $120M |
Some Sobering Stats
Going into 2006
EETimes Research | The U.S.'s share of global high-technology exports was 30% two decades ago; today it is 17%. | About 1/3 of 4th graders and 1/5 of 8th graders in the U.S. lack basic mathematics skills. | U.S. 12th graders just scored lower on basic math and science tests than the international average for 21 countries. | In Germany, 36% of undergrad degrees are in science & engineering. In China the number is 59%. In Japan it is 66%. The U.S. is currently at 32%. | In 2004, China graduated half a million engineers, India graduated 200,000, and the U.S. graduated a whopping 70,000. | Who is to blame? |
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