A robot car named Martti has been hooked up to a 5G network, allowing the car to detect objects with improved range and share its observations with other vehicles. [ + ]

Fujitsu and Fujitsu Laboratories have developed a crystal structure that increases both current and voltage in gallium-nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors. [ + ]

Susy Webb and Jasbir Bath will bring a wealth of electronics design and manufacturing knowledge to the Electronics Design and Manufacture Conference. [ + ]

Engineers have, for the first time, affordably 'printed' high-mobility semiconductor nanowires onto flexible surfaces to develop high-performance, ultrathin electronic layers. [ + ]

Australian and international Internet of Things (IoT) experts will assemble at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) from 10–11 September at IoT Impact 2018. [ + ]

Over 80% of consumers all around the world would like 'electronic devices of the future' to make their lives easier, according to the electronica Trend Index. [ + ]

Associate Professor Madhu Bhaskaran's work combining oxide, elastic and plastic materials at high temperatures has led to sensors that can be worn as electronic skin. [ + ]

Researchers have found a way to improve the capacity of sodium-ion batteries, bringing them closer to potentially succeeding lithium-ion batteries in mainstream use. [ + ]

A newly developed energy storage system, based on a nanomolecule that can store electric power or hydrogen gas, can be used as a flow battery or for hydrogen storage. [ + ]

Semiconductor manufacturing company Silanna is setting up a high-tech advanced manufacturing research facility at the University of Adelaide. [ + ]

Scientists have proposed a method for the fabrication of transparent, electrically conductive, stretchable tough hydrogels modified by single-walled carbon nanotubes. [ + ]

Flakes of phosphorene, a 2D form of phosphorus only a few atoms thick, are being used to boost the energy capacity of dye-sensitised solar cells. [ + ]

Semiconductor company STMicroelectronics has reported its US GAAP financial results for the second quarter ended 30 June. [ + ]

SEMICON Taiwan will be held from 5–7 September, featuring over 1900 booths, 650 exhibitors and more than 45,000 attendees from the global electronics manufacturing supply chain. [ + ]

A new type of nanowire-based nanostructure enables light to perform logic functions, allowing simple addition and subtraction operations. [ + ]