Music has a long tradition of using electronic technology in performance – from early electronic instruments such as the Theremin, through to today’s plethora of digital devices. With rapid technological change, there is always the risk that important works using live electronics can be become un-performable over time, due to the lack of working equipment available, lack of the associated exper...

Condition monitoring is currently widely used for industrial equipment to allow predictive maintenance of the equipment. For power electronic converters there currently is no generally accepted and widely deployed condition monitoring method. In this paper the authors investigate the benefits and desirability of condition monitoring.

Videoconferencing enables people to attend and participate in meetings from remote locations. The key problem faced by electronic attendees is the limited sense of engagement offered by the audiovisual channel. The attendee is typically restricted to a single view of the room and has no ability to interact with presentation technology at the conference site. As a first step to improving the sit...

*Corresponding Author Email: [email protected] Tel.: +886 8 8647367; Fax: +886 8 8647123 ABSTRACT: This study aims to investigate the green supply chain management practices likely to be adopted by the electrical and electronic industry in Taiwan, which is dominated by Original Equipment Manufacturing and Original Designing and Manufacturing manufacturers, after the European Union implemen...

The growth in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) production and consumption has been exponential in the last two decades. This has been as a result of the rapid changes in equipment features and capabilities, decrease in prices, and the growth in internet use. This creates a large volume of waste stream of obsolete electrical and electronic devices (e-waste) in developed countries. There...