Industry News
ISO recognition
Heyco Products, the US end represented in Australia by NPA, has earned an ISO 9001:2000 Certificate of Registration for its quality management system, superceding the company's previous ISO 9000 registration dating from 1994.
[ + ]Test laboratory restructured
Comtest Laboratories has been restructured following the sale of EMC Technologies' 40% shareholding. Chris Zombolas and Les Dickenson have left the Comtest board leaving it in the hands of the current executive directors Peter Arms and Greg Caspar.
[ + ]Methanol fuel cell
Toshiba has announced the prototype of a highly compact direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) that can be integrated into devices as small as digital audio players and wireless headsets for mobile phones.
[ + ]New twist on fibre optics
By twisting fibre optic strands into helical shapes, researchers have created unique structures that can precisely filter, polarise or scatter light.
[ + ]Doping nanotubes
A technique has been developed at Oxford University in Britain for producing high value semiconducting carbon nanotubes from samples of single- and multi-walled carbon nanotubes.
[ + ]Polymer processing shows the light
By chemically attaching a difficult-to-process solid-state fluorescent material to a universal polymer backbone, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built what may be a foundation for a new generation of opto-electronic display devices based on inexpensive organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).
[ + ]Cool move to Britain
iCurie Lab Holdings will establish its global operations in Britain to enable a former NASA scientist and his team to exploit environment-friendly nano-scale cooling technology systems.
[ + ]152 GHz record circuit speed
A Team led by Britain's BAE Systems aerospace and defence group has achieved what it claims is a record digital circuit speed as a result of developing next-generation transistor technology.
[ + ]Foreign ICT industries agree on collaboration
During the 10th World Electronics Forum (WEF) recently, representatives of two WEF members, the Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (AEEMA) and the South African Electronic Industries Federation (EIF), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to foster collaboration between the two industry associations.
[ + ]Library turns over new leaf
New Zealand's first public library application of RFID (radio frequency identification) has been announced.
[ + ]TransTech distributor appointed
TransTech has appointed EPIC Controls as its NSW distributor, for the range of electrical controls, process controls, and industrial electronics.
[ + ]Suppliers join forces
Adelaide-based Tytronics and Tekelek have merged their businesses in the specialist electronics service sector.
[ + ]Telematics grant
Australia has taken a step forward in the development of a globally competitive telematics industry with the announcement by the government of a $300,000 industry grant to the Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (AEEMA).
[ + ]The future may be in the eye of the beholder
Our window into the digital universe has long been a glowing screen perched on a desk. It's called a computer monitor, and as you stare at it, light is focused into a coin-sized image on the retina in the back of your eyeball. The retina converts the light into signals that percolate into your brain via the optic nerve.
[ + ]Jaycar relocates
Jaycar Electronics has moved from Gore Hill to new premises at 96 Pacific Highway, St Leonards.
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