Industry News
Textile Lithium Battery offers high energy density and flexibility
Hong Kong researchers have developed a 'Textile Lithium Battery' that offers a stable, durable and safe energy supply for wearable electronics. [ + ]
Design your dream sensor board
The Dream Sensor Board campaign leverages the element14 Community, comprising makers, engineers and designers, to crowdsource the best combination of sensor modules. [ + ]
IoT start-up Morse Micro secures $23.8m funding
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. [ + ]
STMicroelectronics joins Car Connectivity Consortium
STMicroelectronics has joined the Car Connectivity Consortium — a cross-industry organisation advancing global technologies for smartphone-to-car connectivity solutions. [ + ]
Bent nanowires could be less likely to fail
Arranging silver nanowires in bent configurations may make them more durable and less likely to fail inside electronic devices. [ + ]
element14 adds product portfolios from GW Instek, OsramOptco
Development distributor element14 announced the addition of product portfolios from two new suppliers in recent weeks. [ + ]
Light beam device packs more into optical fibre
Researchers have developed a light beam device that could lead to faster internet, splitting light into the shapes it is made up of. [ + ]
Manipulating superconductors to create new materials
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. [ + ]
Washable, wearable batteries could be woven into clothes
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. [ + ]
Partnership to bring more lithium-ion batteries to Australia
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. [ + ]
Superfast, low-energy computing using light pulses
Scientists have created superfast data processing using light pulses instead of electricity, using the power of magnets to record computer data. [ + ]
EMC Technologies receives further NATA accreditation
Testing house EMC Technologies has advised that it can now provide NATA accredited testing to IEC 61000-4-18 or EN 61000-4-18. [ + ]
Smallest pixels ever created could light up entire buildings
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. [ + ]
High-frequency transmission line based on graphene
South Korean researchers have developed a graphene-based high-performance transmission line with a faster operating speed than those using existing metals. [ + ]
Labor commits to Geelong-based battery manufacturing facility
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. [ + ]