Satellite technology is increasingly being used to improve health care by providing high-bandwidth, multimedia patient information to aid shared clinical decision-making and early diagnosis. [ + ]

Many services now offer low-cost custom board fabrication with quick turnaround. The real challenge is creating a good PCB board design. [ + ]

Scientists have developed a semiconductor laser made of germanium and tin, whose efficiency is comparable with conventional GaAs semiconductor lasers on Si. [ + ]

Jos Martin reveals the major trends he expects to see in 2020 to help professionals foresee the technologies that will define the next decade — and where the factory of the future is headed. [ + ]

Researchers have invented a novel class of reconfiguration techniques that adaptively extends both the minimum power consumption and the maximum performance of digital circuits. [ + ]

When developing satellite electronics, testing occurs throughout all stages of spacecraft development. [ + ]

Swiss and UK researchers have discovered structures based on two-dimensional materials that emit tailor-made light in any colour you could wish for. [ + ]

Researchers found that 6G communications will need to be more secure, protect people's privacy, be ubiquitously accessible and affordable, and safeguard users' mental and physical wellbeing. [ + ]

Modern cars already feature a range of sophisticated systems, but the self-driving cars of the future will also have auditory capabilities. [ + ]

For some spacecraft manufacturers, the use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) parts is the only option to meet the performance and cost needs of a mission. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a solar cell, made of the semiconductors perovskite and silicon, that converts 29.15% of the incident light into electrical energy — believed to be a world record. [ + ]

What is the (true) cost in specifying your enclosure? [ + ]

Focusing on some of the main challenges during the production of the printed circuit board, Hawker Richardson explores how to overcome some key obstacles. [ + ]

The touch-responsive technology is 100 times thinner than existing touchscreen materials and so pliable it can be rolled up into a tube. [ + ]

2020 marks the beginning of a new decade and will thus be a seminal year for the products that will change our lives during the next 10 years. [ + ]