SOS Lighting Devices

THE WEEK IN HISTORY.
New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand); 11/24/2007; 679 words; ...battle off the Virginia coast. 1906 - The SOS distress signal is adopted at the International...1995 - France explodes fourth nuclear device in the South Pacific in what it claims...junior world mile record holder Ron Clarke lighting the flame. NOVEMBER 24 1642 - Dutch explorer...

Rescue me! Useful signaling devices range from the basic mirror to the high-tech Personal Locator Beacon.(Survival)(Buyers guide)
Sports Afield; 10/1/2007; 1662 words; ...out that possibly lifesaving SOS. Starting at the low-tech...flashes with an improvised device, hold one hand at arms length...its visibility. (These same devices, it should be noted, can...be used both for emergency lighting when it's dark, and also...Electronic communication devices form ...

PRISON ATTACKS ALARM BLUNDER; Jail wardens issued faulty SOS devices.(News)
The Mirror (London, England); 9/24/2005; 518 words; ...work. Staff at Glenochil Prison in Clackmannanshire carry the devices to summon help in the event of an attack. The alarm is supposed...stunned guards discovered that the wrong locations have been lighting up on monitors. During one incident, staff rushed to a different...

Electronic chatter: appliances get smart.(The Wired House)
Custom Home; 9/1/2004; 1569 words; ...could dispatch an SOS to a service technician...solutions for security, lighting, and appliances...compatible with X-10 devices. A basic installation...between any two devices can reach the device either exclusively...hand-held control devices such as Palm organizers...the company ...

Value-added wafers push chips ahead.
Semiconductor International; 11/1/2002; 3127 words; ...dioxide. The isolation of the device's active domain lowers the...called silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) and somewhat less clever...technology particularly suited to devices requiring resistance to radiation...of high-performance logic devices at IBM's Microelectronics...display, power-conversion and ...