Samsung recently announced plans to build a new, cutting-edge wafer fab - a $14.7bn investment for the company that will be located in Pyeongtaek, a city south of Seoul. [ + ]

MIT researchers have developed a new circuit design that could make simple superconducting devices much cheaper to manufacture. And while the circuits' speed probably wouldn't top that of today's chips, they could solve the problem of reading out the results of calculations performed with Josephson junctions. [ + ]

Rockwell Automation's CEO emphasised how the 'connected enterprise' improves industrial performance at the Internet of Things World Forum. He noted how industry is at a major inflection point, driven by the convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT), and enhanced by the industrial Internet of Things (IoT). [ + ]

Siemens ambassador and recently retired Tour de France winner Cadel Evans will be a key speaker at Convention 2014 - Australia's largest-ever engineering event. [ + ]

Stanford engineers are working on tiny electronic devices that could be planted deep inside our bodies to monitor biological processes and deliver pinpoint therapies to treat illness or relieve pain. [ + ]

Lighting and LED technology is going to be a hot topic at electronica 2014, the 26th international trade fair for electronic components, systems and applications. The event will be held at the Messe München trade fair centre from 11-14 November. [ + ]

An emerging class of electrically conductive plastics called 'radical polymers' may bring low-cost, transparent solar cells, flexible and lightweight batteries, and ultrathin antistatic coatings for consumer electronics and aircraft. [ + ]

Scientists at German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed a 2-in-1 electric motor that increases the range of electric vehicles. [ + ]

The CSIRO has appointed Dr Larry Marshall as its new chief executive. [ + ]

Taitronics, the 40th Taipei International Electronics Show, kicked off on Monday, 6 October. [ + ]

The US Food and Drug Administration has finalised recommendations to manufacturers for managing cybersecurity risks to better protect patient health and information. [ + ]

Future computer chips could be based on 3D arrangements of nanometre-scale magnets, instead of transistors, according to researchers at Technische Universität München (TUM). [ + ]

Renesas Electronics Singapore has appointed Shigechika Motoyama as the new managing director. [ + ]

BAE Systems has signed an AU$28 million contract with the Defence Materiel Organisation's Maritime Electronic Warfare Systems Program Office for SEA 1397 Phase 5B, the upgrade of the Nulka launch subsystem. [ + ]

Mouser has launched an HV components technology site that provides developers with the resources they need to learn about the latest advances in this technology segment. [ + ]