NTT DOCOMO has developed what it claims is the world's first spherical drone display — an unmanned aerial vehicle that displays LED images on an omnidirectional spherical screen while in flight. [ + ]

US researchers have synthesised thin carbon nanotube (CNT) textiles that exhibit both high electrical conductivity and a level of toughness that is about 50 times higher than the copper films currently used in electronics. [ + ]

The winning design of the International Space Station (ISS) Design Challenge, an initiative of Mouser Electronics, has been 3D printed in space. [ + ]

Australian and Spanish researchers have made a significant breakthrough in the quest to create smaller everyday electronic devices. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a microprocessor based on atomically thin materials, in a breakthrough which could contribute to the evolution of traditional processors as well as new applications in the field of flexible electronics. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a technique for converting positively charged (p-type) reduced graphene oxide (rGO) into negatively charged (n-type) rGO, creating a layered material that can be used to develop rGO-based transistors for use in electronic devices. [ + ]

Researchers from Germany and Canada are paving the way for mass-producing printable electronics by demonstrating a fully inkjet-printable flexible resistive memory. [ + ]

Metals business Nyrstar is upgrading its smelter in Port Pirie, South Australia, to a multimetals processing and recovery facility that will also provide the technology to process e-waste. [ + ]

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed elastic, touch-sensitive fibres that can interface with electronic devices. [ + ]

FUTEK recently partnered with the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition on its latest exoskeleton, the Mina v2, which will provide paraplegics with gait mobility. [ + ]

The IDTechEx Show!, to be held from 10–11 May in Berlin, Germany, presents the latest emerging technologies at one event. [ + ]

Engineering experts have developed what they claim are the quickest, smallest, highest-capacity memories for flexible and transparent applications, using a hybrid of graphene oxide and titanium oxide. [ + ]

RS Components, the trading brand of Electrocomponents, the global distributor for engineers, has recorded 100,000 users of the educational network licence for the company's free-for-download DesignSpark PCB design tool. [ + ]

Power electronics manufacturer CUI has developed an infographic to help keep OEMs up to date with the rapidly changing regulatory environment for power supplies. [ + ]

STMicroelectronics is extending the focus of its eDesignSuite online design environment with the addition of complementing components from Würth Elektronik, a major transformer manufacturer, to help customers complete their new projects quickly and cost-effectively. [ + ]