The end of the traditional navigating table on ships and their dependence on traditional paper charts is now in sight with the development in Britain of an electronic chart and navigation system.

Blackburn North-based Rectifier Technologies Pacific has signed an agreement with the Wuhan Putian Telecom Equipment Group that will see state-of-the-art Victorian designed rectifiers being used under licence in China.

Kingston Technology has announced a worldwide memory marketing agreement with computing systems developer, Silicon Graphics.

An improved method for correcting nano- and micro-scale friction measurements has been developed by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The new technique should help designers produce more durable micro- and nano-devices with moving parts, such as tiny motors, positioning devices or encoders.

Engineers at Oregon State University have created what is claimed to be the first transparent transistor, a see-through electronics component that could open the door to many new products.

Molex has receive approval for its CoolFin heat sink from AMD for the next generation 64 bit processor, the Athlon 64. As the result of meeting strict thermal resistance and other design requirements, Molex is one of a few vendors to receive AMD's approval on this new platform.

ADC has announced its completed acquisition of Krone Group, global supplier of copper and fibre based connectivity solutions, cabling products and services used in public access and enterprise networks.

A new type of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) is being developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories to help bring the goal of a micro fuel cell closer to realisation using diverse fuels like glucose, methanol, and hydrogen.

Eaton Corporation has announced an agreement with Invensys PLC to purchase its power systems business, Powerware Corporation. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the second quarter, following regulatory review and the approval of Invensys shareholders.

An optoelectronics company is set to revolutionise the laser market. Driven by the worldwide demand for inexpensive lasers, British firm Stratophase is targeting a range of markets, from missile jamming to bacterial detection, through developing new ways to create, control and change the colour of light.

Because dirty power destroys electronic devices, it's an important concern to anyone working with electronics.

A MyData surface mount assembly line and a three-dimensional x-ray inspection system are giving Christchurch electronics manufacturer GPC Electronics (NZ) an edge over rival companies.

Mitsubishi Electric has developed a ‘reversible’ liquid crystal display that can display images on both its front and rear surfaces.

The rapid growth in indoor and outdoor public access kiosk applications is fuelling an increased demand for robust and reliable touchscreens that give high levels of performance while withstanding a wide range of environmental, accidental and malicious physical threats.

Polycom will implement a nationwide videoconferencing network for China’s Ministry of Agriculture.