MathWorks has attained TÜV SÜD certification for its Simulink technology for use in IEC 62304-compliant development processes. The certification gives engineers designing medical devices greater confidence when using the company's model-based design tools. [ + ]

UNSW researchers have developed a solar cell configuration that pushes sunlight-to-electricity conversion efficiency to 34.5%, establishing a world record for unfocused sunlight and edging towards the theoretical limits for such a device. [ + ]

Mobileye and STMicroelectronics are co-developing the fifth generation of the former's SoC, the EyeQ5, to act as the central computer performing sensor fusion for fully autonomous driving (FAD) vehicles starting in 2020. [ + ]

A Japanese research team has demonstrated spin-to-charge current conversion by spin pumping from a ferromagnetic permalloy (Ni₈₀Fe₂₀) to a Cu/Bi₂O₃ interface. Cu/Bi₂O₃ is a metal/insulator interface which the researchers say will make it easier to control the spin-charge current conversion with an external electric field in the future. [ + ]

Scientists have created a wearable GP-based patch that enables accurate diabetes monitoring and feedback therapy by using human sweat. [ + ]

An international research team has created a new electronic material that heals all its functions automatically, even after breaking multiple times. The researchers say their breakthrough could improve the durability of wearable electronics. [ + ]

AVX Corporation has achieved NASA specification for its BME capacitors, following several years of extensive testing and a months-long review of the qualification data. [ + ]

STMicroelectronics has made its free development tools for STM32 microcontrollers available to Mac computer users, who can now easily create embedded designs without leaving their preferred operating environment. [ + ]

A breakthrough by Tokyo-based scientists will enable the fine-tuning of phosphorus heterocycle materials' electronic properties — a development that will be useful for applications such as the fabrication of organic electronics and hydrogen fluoride sensors. [ + ]

element14 has been approved as an official manufacturer of the original BeagleBone Black, an open-hardware, community-supported embedded computer for developers and hobbyists. [ + ]

Emona Instruments has been announced as the distributor of the Optomec range of production-grade additive manufacturing systems for 3D-printed metals and 3D-printed electronics in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

There's only one way to boil water, right? Apparently not. Researchers say they've discovered new ways of inducing and controlling boiling bubble formation that could make advanced electronics work better and last longer. [ + ]

Australian innovation has been given a boost, with the University of Adelaide awarded $2.6 million in federal funding to establish the Australian Research Centre (ARC) Research Hub for Graphene Enabled Industry Transformation. [ + ]

Faulty resistors have stalled production on the US Navy's Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM), causing delays in future deliveries of the weapon. A fault in a batch of resistors installed on circuit card assemblies has been pinpointed as the cause of the issues. [ + ]

The possibilities for medical research and treatment could get a huge boost thanks to research that's taken us one step closer to creating tiny electronic sensors and devices that can be implanted in the body and then dissolve once they've completed their task. [ + ]