Hong Kong researchers have developed a 'Textile Lithium Battery' that offers a stable, durable and safe energy supply for wearable electronics. [ + ]

The Dream Sensor Board campaign leverages the element14 Community, comprising makers, engineers and designers, to crowdsource the best combination of sensor modules. [ + ]

Morse Micro, an Australian semiconductor IoT start-up, has secured $23.8 million in Series A funding to take its ultralow-power Wi-Fi HaLow chip to mass production. [ + ]

Arranging silver nanowires in bent configurations may make them more durable and less likely to fail inside electronic devices. [ + ]

STMicroelectronics has joined the Car Connectivity Consortium — a cross-industry organisation advancing global technologies for smartphone-to-car connectivity solutions. [ + ]

Development distributor element14 announced the addition of product portfolios from two new suppliers in recent weeks. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a light beam device that could lead to faster internet, splitting light into the shapes it is made up of. [ + ]

Physicists have found a way to manipulate superthin, wafer-like monolayers of superconductors such as graphene, thus changing the material's properties to create new artificial materials for future devices. [ + ]

Graphene and other related materials can be directly incorporated into fabrics to produce charge storage elements such as capacitors, paving the way to textile-based power supplies. [ + ]

Lithium Australia and DLG Battery have signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture for the supply and sale of DLG lithium-ion batteries, packs and modules in Australia. [ + ]

Scientists have created superfast data processing using light pulses instead of electricity, using the power of magnets to record computer data. [ + ]

Testing house EMC Technologies has advised that it can now provide NATA accredited testing to IEC 61000-4-18 or EN 61000-4-18. [ + ]

The smallest pixels yet created, made by trapping particles of light under tiny rocks of gold, could be used for new types of large-scale flexible displays. [ + ]

South Korean researchers have developed a graphene-based high-performance transmission line with a faster operating speed than those using existing metals. [ + ]

Deakin University has welcomed the Labor Party's pledge to support a battery manufacturing plant in Geelong if it wins the federal election, to help accelerate an electric vehicle future. [ + ]