High-speed , reproducible and reliable processes, such as roll-to-roll display manufacturing is proving effective in the fabrication of light-emitting polymers (LEPs).

Electus Distribution are now the Australian and New Zealand distributor for Taiwanese toolmaking and moulding supplier - Gainta. Designed for manufacturers, assemblers and contractors, the range features boxes and enclosures in various materials including diecast aluminium, polycarbonate and ABS plastic. They come in a variety of shapes, sizes and features, including sealed enclosures, T-cases, moulded enclosures, hand held cases and instrument cases.

Heyco Products has an ISO 9001:2000 Certificate of Registration for its quality management system, superseding the company's previous ISO 9000 registration dating from 1994.

An Australian research team has achieved a breakthrough in the control of complex networks, in applications ranging from defence radar networks to water supply management.

Anritsu’s MT8850A/MT8852A Bluetooth test sets have received ‘Test System Validation’ status from the Bluetooth Qualification Review Board — claimed to be the only integrated test sets to have achieved validation status for radio layer measurements.

AEEMA has announced the integration of Automatic Data Capture Association (ADCA) into AEEMA. ADCA will be a forum of AEEMA’s ICT Australia division and will be known as the Automatic Data Capture Australia forum.

Seiko Epson has developed the uFR (micro flying robot), which it claims as the world’s smallest flying prototype microrobot.

NewTek Sales and IneoQuest Technologies have signed an agreement under which NewTek is the distributor to promote IneoQuest MPEG over IP technology for cable operators and equipment manufacturers pursuing video-on-demand applications.

Engineers at Princeton University and Hewlett-Packard have invented a combination of materials that could lead to cheap and super-compact electronic memory devices for archiving digital images or other data.

Blackburn North based Rectifier Technologies has signed an agreement with the Wuhan Pution Telecom Equipment Group that will see state-of-the-art Victorian designed rectifiers being used under licence in China.

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories developing ultraviolet light-emitting diodes recently demonstrated two deep UV semiconductor optical devices that set records for wavelength/power output.

Samtec's support of the IBIS Interconnect Modelling Specification (ICM Version 1.0) and early adoption of this specification for interconnect modelling has resulted in an invitation to join the IBIS Open Forum as a member organisation. IBIS (I/O Buffer Information Specification ) is entering its thirteenth year as an industry-wide standard method for describing buffer electrical behaviour including databook buffer timing and signal integrity requirements.

Philips and IBM are to jointly develop customer systems for radio frequency identification (RFID) and smart card applications. They plan to address the growing need for advanced high-security smart cards and RFID technology in day-to-day business processes, operations and consumer lifestyles.

RS Components has launched its Online Trading Platform localised for Australia and New Zealand. The Internet Trading Channel (ITC) is now live in Australia http://www.rsaustralia.com/ and New Zealand http://www.rsnewzealand.com/

In the future, powering up your laptop may require you unroll it first. Engineers at the University of Toronto have constructed flexible technology that could lay the groundwork for future generations of bendable television, computer and mobile phone screens.