Stretchable electronics is a diverse umbrella term including numerous technologies, each targeting a different market, each having different technology readiness level and each facing a different market prospect. [ + ]

Technology is transforming bike sharing and contributing to an explosion of IT-based systems that are making bike shares part of smart cities. [ + ]

Computer-on-modules are world-leading platforms for embedded system designs. What makes them so attractive and what are their limitations? [ + ]

NFC (near-field communication) is all about enabling the vision of connecting the IoT in an easy, cost-effective manner. [ + ]

The design of professional and consumer electronics front panel indicator lights is a key part of the user experience of the equipment. [ + ]

Australia's dedicated trade event for the electronics industry returns to Melbourne in September. [ + ]

An international team of researchers has revealed a new way to tune the functionality of next-generation molecular electronic devices using graphene. [ + ]

Pundits predict China's IoT market will balloon to more than $120 billion by 2022. A significant part of this market opportunity is composed of promising industrial projects around water and gas meters, smart parking, and asset monitoring and tracking. [ + ]

If flexible smartphones, e-paper and a new generation of smart watches are to succeed, they can't use existing touchscreen technology. [ + ]

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC have successfully realised piezo sensors that can continuously monitor components as hot as 900°C. [ + ]

Swiss electrochemistry researchers have developed a method that could enable a breakthrough for the lithium-sulfur battery — a promising candidate for future energy storage devices. [ + ]

Spanish researchers have developed a CMOS integrated camera consisting of hundreds of thousands of photodetectors based on graphene and quantum dots (QD), which is capable of imaging visible and infrared light at the same time. [ + ]

How do you protect yourself from disruption? How do you innovate without radically increasing the cost of doing business? It all boils down to one simple question: do you feel secure in the tools you're using? [ + ]

US and Chinese researchers have taken the same process that makes gold-plated jewellery or chrome car accents, known as electroplating, and applied it to lithium-ion battery cathodes. [ + ]

Wearable machines that enhance movement and endurance no longer belong to the realm of science fiction, with European researchers developing a smart exoskeleton that recognises loss of balance and prevents falling in elderly patients. [ + ]