Hybrid Electronics Australia manufactures thick film hybrid (hybrid) electronic circuits which can replace PCBs, be integrated with PCBs or upgrade PCBs. [ + ]

Findings published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) show that proteins on the surface of bacteria can produce an electric current by simply touching a mineral surface. [ + ]

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have won a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to develop 3D chip cooling technology able to handle heat loads as much as 10 times greater than systems commonly used today. [ + ]

Ultralow power RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor has announced that o-synce is employing a Nordic nRF24AP2-8CH 2.4 GHz transceiver to provide ANT+ wireless connectivity for up to eight ANT+ sensors in its Screeneye X head-up, cap-based display for runners and other outdoor sports enthusiasts. [ + ]

Appropriate heat radiation design will extend the lifetime of a power converter and reduce the possibility of failure or safety issues. This article will discuss heat radiation design in power converter applications. [ + ]

This article introduces how you might implement design ideas and design methods of power supplies, which are essentially the energy heart of every system, encompassing the whole machine and its electromagnetic compatibility problems. [ + ]

The MIO Alpha sports watch employs optical technology to accurately and continuously measure heart rate of athletes without requiring a conventional heart-rate strap. Measured data can be transmitted live or after training to any Bluetooth v4.0 enabled smartphone via a Nordic Bluetooth low-energy wireless link. [ + ]

In electronic systems terms, power supplies are usually considered to be the heart of the system. This is because reliable operation of the whole electronic system depends on the power supplies’ performance and reliability. As well as this, one should also take the input and output voltage ranges into consideration. [ + ]

Semiconducting polymers are an unruly bunch, but University of Michigan engineers have developed a new method for getting them in line that could pave the way for cheaper, greener, ‘paint-on’ plastic electronics. [ + ]

University of Canterbury scientists have discovered a new way of assembling atoms that could lead to increases in the power of mobile phones, computer tablets and memory sticks. [ + ]

Graphene has played a major role in providing an answer to an almost century-old problem of pink and flicker noise. [ + ]

A CSIRO invention that turns a conventional lead-acid battery into a two-energy super storage device could contribute to a wider take-up of hybrid electric vehicles among other uses. [ + ]

A new video standard enables a fourfold increase in the resolution of TV screens, and an MIT chip was the first to handle it in real time. [ + ]

Researchers have successfully created a magnetic soliton - a nano-sized, spinning droplet that was first theorised 35 years ago. These solitons have implications for the creation of magnetic, spin-based computers. [ + ]

With world demand for batteries of all types forecast to reach a value of $132 billion by 2016, there is always going to be an opening for new types. Now GE is developing a longer lasting and more durable battery that charges more quickly and could contribute to raising the efficiencies of solar and wind power. [ + ]