Industry News
AEEMA represented in Singapore
Singapore-based Sydney Innovation Technology Centre (ITC) has signed an agency agreement with the Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (AEEMA) for representation in Singapore and joint promotion across ASEAN countries.
[ + ]Longer lives for organic LEDs
The performance of organic light-emitting diodes can be improved by doping them with carbon-60 according to scientists at Samsung in South Korea.
[ + ]SA boosting its 'secret' technology
If results of a South Australian survey are anything to go by, that state is harbouring an unknown high tech industry in Adelaide's suburbs.
[ + ]Networking company offers free workshops
Networking and connectivity products manufacturer D-Link has announced a series of free channel-based technical workshops and certification training programs start from July across Australia.
[ + ]Diamonds are a hacker's worst friend
A Melbourne University research team has developed technology that will ultimately make it impossible to eavesdrop on communications and steal information - and it all depends on growing diamonds in a microwave oven.
[ + ]Soanar sold
Fermionics Group is acquiring the businesses of Hagemeyer Asia Pacific Electronics across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and India. The businesses include Soanar Electronics, Soanar Plus and Hcom.
[ + ]LCDs continue popularity rise
The Australian total PC monitor market finished last year on a positive note, with shipments in the final quarter growing 1.9% sequentially from the third quarter of 2004, contributing to the 19.1% expansion from 2003.
[ + ]Old phones blossom
An unwanted mobile phone is planted and turns into a beautiful bloom. This novel idea has its roots in down-to-earth science.
[ + ]Microelectronics research centre
Binghamton University, State University of New York, has established a Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing.
[ + ]Image scanner for the pocket
An image scanner that can be rolled up and carried in a pocket could be just around the corner, thanks to scientists in Japan.
[ + ]Raman laser
A team of US scientists claims to have made the world's first electrically-driven Raman laser, a development that could lead to a new type of semiconductor laser operating at wavelengths that conventional laser chips cannot reach.
[ + ]Technology boost for handsets
Intel has announced technology that will provide mobile handset users with clearer graphics, faster video and improved power efficiency.
[ + ]Crossbar latches take on transistors
US scientists have made nano-scale devices they claim could one day replace current transistor technology. The tiny devices, 'crossbar latches', are made up of a combination of crossed-over platinum wires with steric acid molecules set at their junctions.
[ + ]Supercomputer on a chip
IBM, the Sony Group and Toshiba have disclosed in detail the multi-core architectural design - featuring supercomputer-like floating point performance with observed clock speeds greater than 4 GHz.
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