Analysts from Lux Research have ranked the global hotspots for wearable electronics innovation based on three broad criteria: research and development, funding and adoption. [ + ]

Germany's Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) has announced novel developments and advancements in its diode lasers and UV light-emitting diodes (LEDs). [ + ]

MIT researchers have collaborated with infrastructure contracting company Forrevial in developing a monitoring system for streetlights that is inexpensive and highly automated. [ + ]

US researchers have been seeking a solution to a fundamental limitation of solar cells: the dark of the night. [ + ]

Pinshape has announced the 'Design for Electronics' contest, challenging participants to create a design that can be brought to life or used with electronics. [ + ]

Researchers from India's Jadavpur University have explored recycling fish by-products into an energy harvester for self-powered electronics. [ + ]

STMicroelectronics showcased its latest technologies and products for smart driving, smart cities and homes, and smart things at electronica India 2016. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

Renesas Electronics has announced that it will withdraw from the microwave semiconductor device business, instead focusing on optoelectronics devices among the compound device business. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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

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. [ + ]