Industry News
Flexible, comfortable textiles for high-tech clothing
Researchers have developed new nonwoven materials that are electrically conductive as well as flexible and breathable, making them suitable for daily use. [ + ]
Giving e-waste a second life
Substation33 improves the mental health and wellbeing of its participants while also enabling them to give back to create something new out of something old. [ + ]
Remo Wireless selects Sequans–ST IoT platform for IoT tracker devices
Remo Wireless, a Chinese developer of IoT devices and integrated solutions, has selected the CLOE IoT tracker platform from Sequans and STMicroelectronics to design into a variety of IoT tracker products for customers in North America, Japan and China. [ + ]
Ultrathin 'elastic skin' display developed for home health care
Researchers have invented an ultrathin elastic display that can show the moving waveform of an electrocardiogram recorded by an on-skin electrode sensor that fits snugly on the skin. [ + ]
Satellite comms company Myriota to open Adelaide IoT lab
Satellite communications company Myriota will invest $1.36m in an 'Internet of Things Laboratory' in Adelaide, creating more than 50 new jobs in the process. [ + ]
Growing 2D crystals for future electronics
Growing high-quality, crystalline 2D materials at scale has proven a significant challenge for researchers — until now. [ + ]
MACOM and STMicroelectronics partner on GaN-on-silicon wafers
STMicroelectronics has agreed with MACOM Technology Solutions, a supplier of high-performance RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and lightwave semiconductor products, to develop GaN (gallium nitride)-on-silicon wafers for the latter's use across an array of RF applications. [ + ]
Pickering Electronics celebrates 50th birthday
Pickering Electronics, a manufacturer of high-quality reed relays, has announced that this year marks 50 years in business. [ + ]
Thomson Reuters names Top 100 tech companies
Thomson Reuters' inaugural Top 100 Global Technology Leaders listing identifies the industry's most operationally sound and financially successful organisations. [ + ]
Flexible lithium-ion battery shaped like the human spine
Researchers have developed a lithium-ion battery with impressive flexibility, high energy density and stable voltage, no matter how it is flexed or twisted. [ + ]
IoT technology to reduce traffic congestion
A pilot study using Internet of Things technology to help reduce traffic congestion and create the foundations for the deployment of autonomous vehicles is underway in South Australia. [ + ]
Adding touch interaction to any object, surface or space
Silicon chips from semiconductor company STMicroelectronics have enabled the creation of zForce AIR touch-sensing modules. [ + ]
Cable and connector provider Lapp launches in Australia
Lapp, a provider of cable and connector systems and integrated electrical and automation engineering solutions, is establishing a fully fledged subsidiary in Australia. [ + ]
Fabric-like supercapacitor customisable for wearable electronics
Scientists have created a customisable, fabric-like power source that can be cut, folded or stretched without losing its function, making it suitable for wearable electronics. [ + ]
Water-repellent circuits for washable electronics
US researchers have developed graphene printing technology that can produce flexible, low-cost, conductive and water-repellent electronic circuits. [ + ]