The Driving Barista smartphone app aims to reduce the number of traffic accidents in Japan's Aichi Prefecture, which has had the highest number of traffic fatalities in the country for 13 consecutive years. [ + ]

Fujitsu Laboratories has announced the development of technology to streamline the internal memory of GPUs to support the growing neural network scale that works to heighten machine learning accuracy. [ + ]

US researchers have developed a design for harvesting body heat and converting it into electricity for use in wearable electronics. [ + ]

Japanese researchers have developed a ferroelectric plastic crystal with switching properties that make it suitable for memory-related applications. [ + ]

Researchers were able to image the polaron by designing an artificial magnetic material. They demonstrated that polaron formation also occurs in a system of magnetic charges, and not just in a system of electric charges. [ + ]

Design and assembly expo Electronex returned to Australian Technology Park from 14–15 September 2016. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a method of looking inside iron core transformers, enabling them to see the tiny magnetic structures inside a transformer at work during the transforming process — a step towards building more efficient transformers in the future. [ + ]

The patterning of functionalised nanowires has received considerable interest around the world thanks to their potential for use in novel self-assembled nanodevices. A Hokkaido University research team has developed a method of patterning the nanowires' structure. [ + ]

Renesas Electronics has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Intersil Corporation, a provider of power management and precision analog solutions. Renesas will acquire Intersil for US$22.50 per share in cash, representing an aggregate equity value of approximately US$3.2 billion. [ + ]

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has celebrated the sale of the 10 millionth Raspberry Pi computer at an event at the UK House of Commons, hosted by Minister of State for Digital and Culture Matt Hancock. [ + ]

ElectroneX 2016 attendees will be treated to a presentation by Jade Vande Camp, an applications engineer at Vibration Research. Vande Camp's presentation will cover damage spectrum and vibration testing. [ + ]

Samsung Australia is voluntarily recalling 51,060 Galaxy Note7 smartphones after a manufacturing fault was discovered in the phones' battery cells. Some phones are reported to have burst into flames while plugged in to charge. [ + ]

The Australian Defence Force's electronic warfare capabilities have been boosted by the approval of a $500 million project to provide electronic warfare equipment and infrastructure to naval ships and army units. [ + ]

Carbon nanotube transistors have so far lagged far behind semiconductors in high-performance electronics. Now, for the first time, materials engineers have created carbon nanotube transistors that outperform state-of-the-art silicon transistors. [ + ]

ElectroneX opens in Sydney in two weeks. For the first time at the Sydney show, a series of free seminar sessions will be held, covering the latest hot topics in the electronics industry. [ + ]