element14 has received the Best Marketing award from Tektronix at its recent 2014 Asean/ANZ Channel Partner Meeting for its distributors. The award recognises element14's e-commerce marketing programs and performance across ASEAN/ANZ for marketing and sales of the Tektronix ranges of oscilloscopes, power analysers, and test and measurement equipment. [ + ]

The BMW i8 is said to be the first production vehicle in the world to use laser headlights on public streets, and lamps and lighting systems manufacturer Osram has made a contribution, as a system partner, in the development of this laser technology. [ + ]

QNX, ARM and solvertec have received the embedded Award 2014 in the Software, Hardware and Tools categories, respectively. [ + ]

Escatec, Smart HMI and UID have launched the Smart HMI stick at Embedded World Show 2014. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a way to shrink capacitors even further, which could accelerate the development of more compact, high-performance next-gen devices. [ + ]

Bats and other flying creatures have inspired Virginia Tech researchers to design small flying vehicles known as 'micro air vehicles' with flapping wings. [ + ]

Sales in the connector industry in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, ended last year slightly better than forecast at $US8 million. [ + ]

Cleverer management of the local memory banks known as ‘caches’ could improve computer chips’ performance while reducing their energy consumption. [ + ]

Celemetrix has announced the acquisition of SmartCal, effective immediately. [ + ]

Semiconductor unit shipments (integrated circuits and opto-sensor-discrete, or O-S-D, devices) in excess of one trillion units will be the 'new normal' beginning in 2016, predicts IC Insights. [ + ]

Sandy and Rosie, two autonomous robots used for steel maintenance on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, are on display at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, as a part of the the annual Engineering Excellence exhibition. [ + ]

Australian researchers have developed Super‐directional Beamformer technology which cuts though background noise to provide super listening to hearing impaired. [ + ]

IBM has achieved a new technological advancement that is expected to help improve internet speeds to 200-400 gigabits per second (Gbps) at extremely low power. [ + ]

element14 has chosen three winners out of 18 finalists who built forward-thinking technology projects as part of the Smarter Life Competition. [ + ]

National Instruments has released NI Trend Watch 2014 - an inaugural report that summarises the latest technology trends to help engineers meet evolving demands and integrate the ever-increasing power of technology into their work. [ + ]