Industry News
Driverless car trial greenlit for Adelaide CBD
The South Australian Government has granted autonomous vehicle technology company Cohda Wireless permission to trial driverless cars on city streets for the first time. [ + ]
Battery research hub shortlisted for CRC Program
The Future Battery Industries CRC would harness new energy materials, including lithium, vanadium, nickel, cobalt and graphite, for the future of energy storage. [ + ]
element14 launches IoT webinars, Halloween competition
element14.com, the online community for engineers, is launching a new webinar series and competition. [ + ]
Part-organic semiconductor could enable bendable phones
A new semiconductor can convert electricity into light very efficiently — and is thin and flexible enough to help make mobile phones bendable. [ + ]
GaN-on-Si collaboration for power conversion applications
STMicroelectronics and Leti have announced their cooperation to industrialise gallium nitride-on-silicon technologies for power switching devices. [ + ]
Vicor to participate in leading data centre conference
The Open Data Center Committee (ODCC) Summit will be held in Beijing from 16–17 October. [ + ]
OLED display market to hit $25.5bn this year
The OLED industry will be worth $25.5 billion in 2018, rising to $30.72 billion in 2019 and eventually growing to $58 billion in 2025, according to IDTechEx Research. [ + ]
QUT investigating automated vehicle safety
Queensland will next year welcome its first purpose-built automated vehicle, following an international agreement at the Australian Intelligent Transport Systems Summit. [ + ]
Electronic skin mimics human-like sense of touch
Inspired by human skin, researchers have constructed a tactile sensor that detects pressure and pulses, replicating the experience of pressurised human touch. [ + ]
Tiny camera lens may help link quantum computers
The lens is made of a silicon film with millions of nanostructures forming a metasurface that can control light with functionalities outperforming traditional systems. [ + ]
Competition: Can you design a drone with a sixth sense?
The Sixth Sense Design Challenge asks engineers to create a small remotely operated or autonomous vehicle with remote vehicle sensing and data collection capabilities. [ + ]
Hong Kong Electronics Fair and electronicAsia open next month
The twin fairs will be held concurrently at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 13–16 October. [ + ]
EMC specialist Keith Armstrong wins IEEE award
Global electromagnetic compatibility specialist Keith Armstrong has become the first person to receive the IEEE's Excellence in Continuing EMC Education Award. [ + ]
Graphene+ conference set to debut in Melbourne
Graphene+2018 will take place on 8 October in the Hawthorn Arts Centre, forming a focal point for all participants in the advanced materials ecosystem in Australia. [ + ]
Kaga Electronics to acquire 70% shares in Fujitsu Electronics
Kaga Electronics will acquire 70% shares in Fujitsu Electronics Inc from Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited. [ + ]
