Green power for broadcast site
22 October, 2010
Broadcast Australia has commissioned its first site to be majority-powered by renewable energy. The Mount Owen site near Queenstown in Tasmania has been upgraded to use site-generated wind and solar power, which are together expected to meet the site's 8 kW power needs for 80 to 90% of the time.
IBM lab to be set up in Melbourne
22 October, 2010
IBM will establish a world-first global research and development laboratory at the University of Melbourne.
Slimline switchgear supports WA wind farm
22 October, 2010
ABB has been awarded a contract worth $4.5 million to supply power technology for the Collagar wind farm project, 25 km south-east of Merredin in Western Australia.
Phone touch displays spur larger screens
20 October, 2010
After only a 4% growth in 2009, the mobile phone display market is set to grow by 14% in 2010, with shipments forecast to reach 1.68 billion units, according to the latest DisplaySearch Quarterly Mobile Phone Shipment and Forecast Report.
US solar market may grow tenfold
20 October, 2010
Despite a challenging domestic economic environment, the US solar market grew 36% in 2009, according to the United States PV Market 2010 from Solarbuzz, part of the NPD Group.
Farnell gives products to NSW Uni
20 October, 2010
Farnell has given about $20,000 worth of electronics products to the University of NSW to assist the university’s electrical and electronics engineering program.
Harting wins award
20 October, 2010
Harting Hong Kong has won the Brand Conscience Award for 2009 organised by the Hong Kong Institute of Marketing.
Eaton buys Wright Line
19 October, 2010
Eaton is to acquire Wright Line Holding, subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions.
OLED lighting may reach US$6b
15 October, 2010
According to NanoMarkets, OLED lighting will generate US$6.0 billion in revenues by 2015 driven by the need for cost-efficient lighting in a number of different applications, including general illumination, architectural lighting, backlighting, vehicle lighting and signage.
Connected hospital for Vietnam
15 October, 2010
Cisco and Hong Ngoc hospital in Vietnam have collaborated to make the hospital the first private hospital in Vietnam to commit to a technologically advanced health care system.
Symantec Enterprise Vault 9.0 and Enterprise Vault Discovery Collector
08 October, 2010 | Supplied by: Symantec (Australia) Pty Ltd
Enterprise Vault 9.0 and Enterprise Vault Discovery Collector, to help organisations store, manage and discover information across the enterprise, is now available.
Flight research centre gets a lift
29 September, 2010
Flying, it is claimed, will be a lot safer and more efficient thanks to collision avoidance, emergency landing and separation management technologies being developed at a new joint Queensland University of Technology and CSIRO aerospace research centre.
Emerson completes chloride acquisition
29 September, 2010
Emerson has completed its acquisition of the Chloride Group, which now joins global product brands within Emerson Network Power.
Lab-on-chip for cancer diagnosis
29 September, 2010
Imec and its project partners have launched the European Seventh Framework Project Miracle that aims to develop an operational lab-on-chip for isolating and detecting circulating and disseminated tumour cells (CTC and DTCs) in blood.
