SAN DIEGO — One of the most innovative research platforms used by Scripps Institution of Oceanography officially retired earlier this month after more than six decades in service, the research center ...

In September, Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) announced the TMS320C6720 floating-point DSP. Operating at 200 MHz and priced at a modest $5.75 in 10,000 unit quantities, the chip is the latest and least ...

LA JOLLALA JOLLA — When Bruce Appelgate was in fourth grade, he read a book featuring world explorers. Among them was the FLoating Instrument Platform, or FLIP. Little did Appelgate know that one day, ...

HOUSTON (April 6, 2009) — Combining the ease-of-use and precision of floating-point programming with the connectivity and lower-cost options of fixed-point devices, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) ...

An iconic ship that appears to capsize has been saved from the scrapyard - by a Bristol-based firm. The FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform) was a pioneering research vessel operated for more than ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A showstopping art installation at Virgin Hotels Nashville features a dozen floating musical instruments. In the lobby of the new hotel that opened in July, artist John ...

Follow these directions to make a working scale model of Scripps's Floating Instrument Platform and a regular surface boat so you can compare how they behave at sea. 1. Estimate the lengthwise center ...

This strange looking 355 foot-long ship is designed to partly capsize to carry out ocean research. The RP FLIP – short for Floating Instrument Platform – was created by the US Navy in 1962 and it is ...