Silicon-carbide power electronics from STMicroelectronics have enabled the creation of the ZapCharger Portable, claimed to be the world's smallest, smartest and safest electric-car charging station. [ + ]

NEC Corporation has announced device-to-device communication technology that enables emergency response personnel to transmit high-quality images from the scene of a disaster or accident when outside of the service area of the public safety long-term evolution (PS-LTE) network. [ + ]

Master Electronics, a global distributor of electromechanical, interconnect and passive components, has been named Distributor of the Year by three separate companies. [ + ]

Platinum electrode catalysts for fuel cells, manufactured by Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo, are being used by Honda Motor in its Clarity Fuel Cell hydrogen-powered vehicle. [ + ]

Semiconductor company STMicroelectronics and V2X chipset pioneer Autotalks have announced their fusion of GNSS technology and V2X ranging. [ + ]

Dr Kyeongjae Cho has discovered new catalyst materials for lithium-air batteries that jumpstart efforts at expanding battery capacity. His team's research could open the door to phone and car batteries that last five times longer than current ones. [ + ]

Engineers have created stretchable integrated circuits, with a unique structure inspired by twisted-pair telephone cables, which are being touted as the fastest circuits of their kind in existence. [ + ]

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. [ + ]