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Organic electronics pioneer takes over academy presidency
Professor Andrew Holmes, a pioneer in organic electronics, has become the Australian Academy of Science's new president. [ + ]
Electronic companies team up for automotive vision systems
Freescale Semiconductor has teamed up with Neusoft Corporation and Green Hills Software to create next-generation automotive vision applications. [ + ]
Apple, Google and Samsung ... is it peacetime in the patent wars?
Apple and Google agreed last week to abandon mutual litigation over smartphone software and hardware patents. Yesterday the Korea Times reported that it appears likely Apple and Samsung will also reach a similar agreement soon. [ + ]
Anti-dumping inquiry into Chinese solar
The Australian Government has initiated an anti-dumping investigation on certain Chinese crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules or panels, following an application lodged by Tindo Manufacturing. [ + ]
Wearable technology for behaviour control
The recent fitting of an alcohol-detecting band to a convicted binge drinker in the UK is a reminder of how the use of wearable electronics for behaviour control is proceeding apace. In a first for the UK, the authorities fixed a SCRAM alcohol-detecting leg band to a high-risk offender. [ + ]
Wearable technology investment frenzy
Many giant electronics manufacturers, computer services companies and conglomerates have tens of billions of dollars in the bank that is instantly available for investment to counter their saturating sales in mature markets. Samsung, General Electric and Google are examples and Apple even has $133 billion available. [ + ]
World's top fabless IC suppliers
The top 25 worldwide fabless IC sales leaders for 2013 include 14 suppliers headquartered in the US, five in Taiwan, two in China, two in Europe, one in Japan and one in Singapore. [ + ]
Safe power supply for patients
Advancement in medical technology helps minimise risk to patients and ensure fast recovery. However, it also poses a number of challenges, not least as regards the power supply.
[ + ]Becoming a nation of innovation
Now that the furore over the closure of Holden, Ford and Toyota seems to have subsided a little and now that we have stopped crying into our beer, gnashing our teeth and swearing into the sunset, we might pause for a moment and consider. [ + ]
Communications systems forecast to drive regional IC sales
Communications systems are forecast to be the driving force for IC sales in three out of the four major global geographic regions and overtake computer systems to become the largest system application for ICs for the first time in 2014, according to IC Insights. [ + ]
Importance of IGBT drivers
To ensure that power electronic components are reliably protected from the effects of non-permissible operating conditions, fast and reliable error detection and effective protective measures are essential.
[ + ]Smartphone-readable, anti-counterfeiting particles
Around 2-5% of all international trade involves counterfeit products, according to a 2013 UN report. Counterfeit products - including electronics, automotive and aircraft parts, pharmaceuticals and food - can pose safety risks and cost governments and private companies hundreds of billions of dollars annually.
[ + ]Embrace change and stay ahead
When EziKey, an Australian smart key management system company, was looking to unlock some serious quality and warranty problems, it contacted Successful Endeavours, a small, privately held, Australian electronics company. [ + ]
RF connectors explained
RF coaxial connectors have been around for so long that their beginnings are lost in the mists of time. Most people, however, are familiar with the traditional 50 Ω coax plug that went into the back of the family television set. [ + ]
Electronics and aircraft tracking
The missing Malaysian aircraft has, in some ways, highlighted the limitations of modern communications and the ability to keep track of all airliners during their scheduled flights. Today's aircraft safety electronics are, without doubt, at the leading edge of technology, which only deepens the mystery of what happened to the Boeing 777 on its flight to China. [ + ]