Industry News
Australia's first computer back on display
The world's longest surviving first-generation computer has found a new home at Melbourne's Scienceworks museum. [ + ]
Supercomputer hacking halted by new algorithm
IT experts have devised a post-quantum secure privacy-preserving algorithm — so powerful it can thwart attacks from supercomputers of the future. [ + ]
Ultrathin capacitive sensor has low resistance to motion
The thin and flexible sensor can move with the airflow made by even the softest noises and addresses issues with accelerometers, microphones and similar sensors. [ + ]
Tuning in: scientists unlock signal frequency control of qubits
UNSW researchers have tuned the control frequency of a qubit by engineering its atomic configuration — a new milestone in their approach to creating a quantum computer chip in silicon. [ + ]
IT industry leaders partner to promote the sector
IT media channel Technology Decisions has teamed up with the Information Technology Professionals Association (ITPA) with the goal to promote and grow the IT sector in Australia. [ + ]
Electrical safety guide for battery systems released
The Best Practice Guide: Battery Storage Equipment — Electrical Safety Requirements will provide important guidance for professionals installing energy storage units. [ + ]
Plastic sensors could monitor health conditions
Researchers have developed a low-cost sensor made from semiconducting plastic that can be used to diagnose or monitor a wide range of health conditions. [ + ]
STMicroelectronics acquires GUI software specialist Draupner Graphics
Semiconductor company STMicroelectronics has announced its acquisition of software specialist Draupner Graphics. [ + ]
Quantum transistor made from a semiconductor
US researchers have made one giant leap towards quantum computing with their demonstration of the first single-photon transistor using a semiconductor chip. [ + ]
Forget the World Cup — are you ready for the World Robot Olympiad?
Every year since 2004, at least 23,000 teams from more than 60 countries have taken part in the World Robot Olympiad competition. [ + ]
How to control the excitation of electronics
An international team of scientists have made an important step towards the control of excitonic effects in two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures. [ + ]
Chinese researchers create stretchy circuits
Researchers have made a new hybrid conductive material — part elastic polymer, part liquid metal — that can be bent and stretched at will. [ + ]
Nanocrystals light up the path to next-gen data storage
Nanosized crystals of salt encoded with data using light from a laser could be the next data storage technology of choice. [ + ]
New world record set in quantum computing simulation
Melbourne scientists have simulated the output of a 60-qubit quantum computer, which in general would require up to 18,000 petabytes, or more than a billion laptops, to describe. [ + ]
Nanoscience company to produce super-strength carbons
The Ig Nobel Prize-winning Vortex Fluidic Device will be manufactured for commercial sales by newly formed nanoscience company 2D Fluidics. [ + ]
