Industry News
Program to prepare businesses for Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Industry 4.0 Testlabs for Australia program is designed to prepare businesses for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, with the help of six selected Australian universities. [ + ]
Cree and STMicroelectronics announce silicon carbide wafer supply agreement
Electronics company Cree has signed a multiyear agreement to produce and supply its Wolfspeed silicon carbide (SiC) wafers to STMicroelectronics. [ + ]
Shape-conformable batteries based on 3D printing technology
Researchers have successfully manufactured various kinds of battery shapes — such as ring-type, H-shape and U-shape — using 3D printing technology. [ + ]
Megadrone breaks record for lifting heaviest load
With the help of its 16 propellers, Forvola's megadrone lifted a box full of spare parts weighing 101 kg to a height of almost 1.5 m for more than one minute and three seconds. [ + ]
The power of spin-orbit coupling in quantum computing
Researchers are investigating pathways to scale up atom-based computing architectures using spin-orbit coupling — the coupling of a qubit's orbital and spin degree of freedom. [ + ]
New institute to create ethically aware AI
The Gradient Institute was founded to research the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI) and develop ethical AI-based systems. [ + ]
Cheaper, more efficient perovskite solar cells
A newly synthesised molecule assembles itself into a monolayer which can cover a variety of surfaces and can function as a hole-transporting material in a perovskite solar cell. [ + ]
Ferrimagnetic materials make spintronic memory more stable
A new magnetic memory device is able to manipulate digital information 20 times more efficiently and with 10 times more stability than commercial spintronic digital memories. [ + ]
REDARC expands Lonsdale headquarters, creates jobs
The advanced electronics manufacturing firm has undergone a $22m development that has resulted in the creation of an additional 3000 m2 of manufacturing space. [ + ]
2D sensors could be embedded into devices
US researchers have developed a method to make atom-flat sensors that seamlessly integrate with devices to report on what they perceive. [ + ]
Matrix Electronica M2M devices now available in Australia
Australis M2M, a specialist provider of industrial cellular M2M hardware and services, has acquired distributorship for Matrix Electronica's MTX range of M2M devices. [ + ]
'Fitness tracker for cows' monitors livestock movements
The new technology, which takes the form of a smart ear tag, produces similar data to that delivered by consumer smart watches. [ + ]
Design developed for aluminium-ion batteries
Scientists demonstrated a strategy for designing active materials for rechargeable aluminium-ion batteries, bringing us closer to making the science behind the technology work. [ + ]
A guide to Industry 4.0 across the world
EU Automation has released a book charting the development of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and how countries around the world are digitalising. [ + ]
Mouser offers free design resources, receives anti-counterfeit accreditation
Mouser has announced a new partnership with SamacSys and received accreditation to AS6496. [ + ]
