Researchers from five Japanese and Taiwanese universities have identified a potential candidate for use in small-scale electronics: a molecule called picene. [ + ]

With an increase in the levels of urbanisation and improvement in healthcare facilities, the need for medical electronics is set to grow, predicts research firm MarketsandMarkets. The firm expects the total value of the medical electronics market to reach $56.50 billion by 2020. [ + ]

Wearable electronic activity monitors hold great promise in helping people to reach their health goals. [ + ]

Engineering experts across all disciplines will debate the future of Australia's manufacturing sector, climate change and the role of nuclear energy and more at Convention 2014 - the largest engineering event ever in the Southern Hemisphere. [ + ]

ABB has unveiled YuMi, a human-friendly, dual-arm robot designed for a new era of automation, eg, in small parts assembly, where people and robots work hand-in-hand on the same tasks. YuMi is short for ‘you and me,’ working together.  [ + ]

Siemens has ranked first in industrial sustainability in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. [ + ]

LX Design House has developed a koala tracking device that is helping protect the threatened species. [ + ]

US-based engineers have developed an ant-sized radio that gathers all the power it needs from the same electromagnetic waves that carry signals to its receiving antenna. [ + ]

element14 has launched Design Center, a new resource that offers development tool information alongside product details and supporting material. [ + ]

With touch-screen tablet computers dominating growth across the entire personal computing market, total shipments of personal computing systems are forecast to rise 12% in 2014 to 585 million units, according to IC Insights. [ + ]

The Surface Mount and Circuit Board Association (SMCBA) is presenting a free seminar on purchasing/manufacturing offshore at this week's ElectroneX expo. [ + ]

Mouser has signed a global distribution agreement with fabless semiconductor company Broadcom Corporation.  [ + ]

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated how low-cost, wearable inertial sensors could detect firearm usage. [ + ]

The European Commission (EC) has fined Infineon, Philips and Samsung €138m for setting up a smartcard-chip cartel.  [ + ]

Optoelectronics devices, such as touch screen panels, liquid crystal displays and solar cells, require transparent conductors. The transparent conductors currently used for such applications are made of indium tin oxide (ITO).  [ + ]