Augmented reality for space station maintenance
02 May, 2017The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is leading an international project to develop a new augmented reality (AR) tool for the European Space Agency (ESA).
Femtosatellite launcher 3D printed in space
20 April, 2017The winning design of the International Space Station (ISS) Design Challenge, an initiative of Mouser Electronics, has been 3D printed in space.
Australia's biggest e-waste recycling plant
10 April, 2017Metals business Nyrstar is upgrading its smelter in Port Pirie, South Australia, to a multimetals processing and recovery facility that will also provide the technology to process e-waste.
Renesas joins LoRa Alliance
28 March, 2017Renesas Electronics has joined the LoRa Alliance, a non-profit association that supports the standardisation and adoption of LoRaWAN.
Advanced manufacturing facility opens in Launceston
23 March, 2017The University of Tasmania has opened its new Advanced Sensor Manufacturing Facility (ASMF), to be operated in partnership with Launceston firm Definium Technologies.
New technique to measure 2D wonder materials
14 March, 2017Researchers have developed a method to measure the electronic structures of stacks of two-dimensional materials, whose features such as flatness, atomic thinness, high conductivity and extreme strength make them highly desirable for use in electronic devices.
Exploring the next generation of wireless R&D
13 March, 2017 by Ken KarnofskyIn 2017 and beyond, the next generation of wireless communications systems is driving a new level of technology integration.
Miniature MEMS actuators under development
27 February, 2017STMicroelectronics is collaborating with audio start-up USound on the industrialisation and production of the world's first miniature piezoelectric MEMS actuators for smart audio systems in portable devices.
Ingestible sensors powered by stomach acid
13 February, 2017MIT researchers have designed a voltaic cell that is sustained by the acidic fluids in the stomach.
STMicroelectronics joins EV charging initiative
08 February, 2017The Charging Interface Initiative, founded to develop and establish the Combined Charging System (CCS) as the standard for charging all kinds of battery-powered electric vehicles, has announced STMicroelectronics as its newest member.
Turning soybeans into graphene
03 February, 2017Scientists led by CSIRO have made the world's strongest material more commercially viable with the help of the humble soybean.
'Textile muscles' enabled through electroactive fabric
01 February, 2017By coating normal fabric with an electroactive material, Swedish researchers have endowed the fabric with the ability to actuate in the same way as muscle fibres.
High currents can pass through graphene
10 January, 2017European researchers have discovered that electrons in graphene are extremely mobile and react very quickly, enabling high currents to pass through the substance and allowing imbalances in electric charge to be rapidly rectified.
Advantech joins LoRa Alliance
09 January, 2017Intelligent systems provider Advantech has joined the LoRa Alliance, a non-profit association committed to developing a new industrial standard to empower the Internet of Things (IoT).
Growing atomic-scale materials
17 November, 2016New York University scientists have developed a method for growing an atomic-scale electronic material at what is said to be the highest quality ever reported.
