RS Components has signed an exclusive global deal with Red Pitaya to distribute open-source test and measurement instrument. [ + ]

Most electrical vehicles won't take you farther than 160 km on one charge. Japanese researchers are working towards increasing the range to 480 km or more with the help of a breathing battery that could one day replace the lithium-ion technology of today's EVs. [ + ]

Following three consecutive years of decline, the IC market for total personal computing systems is forecast to grow by 6% to $77.7 billion in 2014 and climb another 6% in 2015 to $82.1 billion, according to IC Insights' report: IC Market Drivers - A Study of Emerging and Major End-Use Applications Fueling Demand for Integrated Circuits. [ + ]

The worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment totalled $31.58 billion in 2013, representing a year-over-year decrease of 14%, according to SEMI. [ + ]

Singapore-based researchers have developed a chip-scale tunable laser that could enable telecommunication providers to deliver bandwidth on demand at higher profit margins. [ + ]

Micro- and nanoelectronics research centre Imec has achieved 8.4% conversion efficiency in fullerene-free organic solar cells. The achievement is said to be an important step to bring organic photovoltaic cells to a higher level in the competitive thin-film photovoltaics marketplace. [ + ]

Agile is offering a three-day PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) prep course from Sydney, 19-21 March. [ + ]

Researchers 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. [ + ]

Data on a hard drive is stored by flipping small magnetic domains. Researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich have altered the magnetic arrangement in much faster than is possible with today's hard drives. [ + ]

Researchers are incorporating a mix of renewables into the design of a smart grid for Germany's largest charging station where up to 30 electric cars can be recharged at a time. [ + ]

Taking 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. [ + ]

Researchers at University of Cincinnati are discovering ways to manipulate light to better view the world's tiniest objects through a super-lens, as well as hide an object in plain sight. [ + ]

M2M Connectivity has been appointed the authorised distributor of Libelium wireless sensor network products in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

Consumer electronics and portable devices are becoming increasingly thinner and more power hungry, according to IDTechEx. The multiple functionalities at device level represent variable power demands. The new components are allowing a more efficient use of energy in portable devices. [ + ]

Freescale Semiconductor has introduced Kinetis KL03 MCU, which is said to be the world's smallest and most energy-efficient 32-bit MCU based on ARM technology. The MCU builds on the previous generation Kinetis KL02 device with new features, advanced integration and greater ease of use - all in an even smaller 1.6 x 2.0 mm² package. [ + ]