Industry News
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. [ + ]
Silicon laser uses sound waves to amplify light
Rapid growth in silicon photonic technologies has created a need for new silicon lasers to power integrated circuits — a problem that has been historically difficult due to silicon's indirect bandgap. [ + ]
STMicroelectronics accredited to personalise eSIMs for mobiles and connected IoT devices
STMicroelectronics has become the first embedded SIM (eSIM) manufacturer to be accredited by the GSMA for loading eSIM chips with connection credentials such as certificates and operator profiles before shipping. [ + ]
IQD signs global distributor agreement with Digi-Key Electronics
The agreement will see Digi-Key distribute IQD's frequency products worldwide. [ + ]
Robotics Roadmap to guide automation in Australia
'A Robotics Roadmap for Australia' was pioneered and produced by QUT's Australian Centre for Robotic Vision, in an effort to grow robotics and automation in Australia. [ + ]
Defence seeks to enhance stealth of uninhabited aerial systems
SMEs are invited to submit proposals for new technologies that will make uninhabited aerial systems harder to detect. [ + ]
Driverless electric shuttle trialled in South Australia
The shuttle is transporting members of the public around the Tonsley Innovation District as part of a five-year trial of autonomous vehicle technology. [ + ]
'Electronic nose' recognises a variety of scents
A newly developed sensor can be taught different scents, sniffing out potential hazards — such as smouldering cables or spoilt food — earlier than a human being. [ + ]
Pharmaceutical material could be deployed in batteries
Scientists in the US have developed a highly reversible, water-soluble material based on phenazine, an organic molecule used in dyes and antibiotics. [ + ]
Start-up raises $12.5m to develop deep learning processor
Hailo's deep learning processor will be able to run embedded AI applications on edge devices that are installed in autonomous vehicles, drones and smart home appliances. [ + ]
ARC centre to tackle the growing energy costs of computing
The $33.4 million centre will use the emerging science of topological materials and atomically thin 2D materials to create ultralow-energy electronics. [ + ]
Physicists predict topological insulators with conducting edges
Higher-order topological insulators are crystalline solids with edges that conduct electric current while the rest of the crystal remains insulating. [ + ]
