UNSW's robot soccer team to compete at RoboCup
17 July, 2014UNSW's robot soccer team and their minders are hoping they can knock their traditional rivals off the top spot in the world's largest robot competition, RoboCup Championships, to be held in Brazil next week.
Bio-bots that walk on command
03 July, 2014 by Janet Sinn-HanlonEngineers have developed walking 'bio-bots' powered by muscle cells and controlled with electrical pulses, giving researchers unprecedented command over their function.
New hub to encourage innovation in sports technologies
03 July, 2014META and the Australian Sports Technologies Network (ASTN) have launched the META Sports Advanced Manufacturing Hub to promote innovation in the sports technology industry. The hub will focus on fostering innovation in technologies such as wearable devices, smart apparel, equipment, medical technologies and health products.
An electronic switch just three atoms thick
02 July, 2014 by Tom AbateEngineers have been testing electronic systems based on new materials that are both flexible and switchable - that is, capable of toggling between two electrical states: on-off, one-zero, the binary commands that can program all things digital.
EU launches robotics program; to create 240,000 jobs
06 June, 2014The European Commission and 180 companies and research organisations, under the umbrella of euRobotics, have launched a civilian research and innovation program in robotics.
Wearable technology for behaviour control
19 May, 2014 by Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechExThe recent fitting of an alcohol-detecting band to a convicted binge drinker in the UK is a reminder of how the use of wearable electronics for behaviour control is proceeding apace. In a first for the UK, the authorities fixed a SCRAM alcohol-detecting leg band to a high-risk offender.
Antenna for monitoring wearables
24 March, 2014Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a stretchable antenna that can be incorporated into wearable technologies, such as health monitoring devices.
Graphene-copper sandwich to shrink electronics
14 March, 2014A graphene-copper-graphene 'sandwich' strongly enhances the heat-conducting properties of copper and could further help in the downscaling of electronics.
Roll-up digital screens to soon be a reality
11 March, 2014Researchers from the University of Surrey, along with scientists from Philips, have developed a new technology which could see flexible electronics such as roll-up tablet computers widely available in the near future. So far, this area of electronic design has been hampered by unreliability and complexity of production.
Withdrawing money with Google Glass
10 March, 2014Taking photos with a wink, checking one's calendar with a glance of the eye, reading text messages - Google wants to make it all possible with Google Glass.
3D graphene from sugar bubbles
24 January, 2014Researchers have created a new way of making 3D graphene using bubbles blown in a polymeric glucose solution.
Silicine, the new graphene?
22 January, 2014Researchers at the University of Wollongong have successfully fabricated single-atom-layer silicine. The material could be used to develop faster computer chips, more practical and efficient solar cells, improved medical technologies and vehicle and aircraft parts.
Wraparound electronics
17 January, 2014Researchers are developing electronics that can be wrapped around a single strand of hair. The development is expected to open up new possibilities for ultrathin, transparent sensors.
Intel outlines plans for wearables, security market
08 January, 2014Intel Corporation CEO Brian Krzanich has announced a range of initiatives to accelerate wearable device innovation. Krzanich made the announcements during the pre-show keynote for the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show. He also demonstrated Intel-developed designs for wearable devices at the show.
element14 Gertduino expansion board for Raspberry Pi
26 November, 2013element14 has announced the availability of the Gertduino expansion board for the Raspberry Pi computer. The board is Arduino compatible and plugs directly onto the Raspberry Pi. It features dual Atmel Atmega MCUs -328 and -48, both of which can be programmed from the Raspberry Pi using the Arduino GUI or the GCC Atmel compiler.
