Entries open for NSW Mining Suppliers Awards
01 August, 2013Businesses in New South Wales have an opportunity to demonstrate how they are helping to build value and improve efficiency and productivity in mining at the 2013 NSW Mining Suppliers Awards in October.
Stop speaking garbage
31 July, 2013 by Mike Smyth, specialist technical writerIs it just me or have you noticed that we are being taken over by American sounds and language? Slowly but surely, Americanese is invading our lives from voices over television advertisements to the prostitution of the written and spoken word.
OEM chip spend set to grow; Apple and Samsung top buyers
25 July, 2013The global spend of semiconductors by original equipment manufacturers is set to grow by 4.2% to $265.2bn in 2013 from $254.4bn in 2012, according to a Semiconductor Spend Analysis Market Tracker Report from information and analytics provider IHS.
Mouser and Intel sign global distribution deal
24 July, 2013Mouser Electronics and Intel have signed a global distribution agreement. Included in Mouser’s Intel portfolio are the latest 22 nm Core i7, i5, i3, Pentium, Celeron and Xeon processors - ranging from the most advanced 4th generation core through previous generation core and atom processors.
Chip equipment spending to increase by 21%
22 July, 2013Industry association SEMI forecasts semiconductor equipment sales to reach $43.98 billion in 2014, a 21% increase over estimated 2013 equipment spending, according to the mid-year edition of the SEMI Capital Equipment Forecast.
Funding boost for hearing research
19 July, 2013The HEARing Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) has received confirmation that it has been awarded $662,115 by the NSW Government Medical Devices Fund (MDF) to develop a device that monitors brainwaves to determine how well people can hear.
RCM Scheme summary available on Comtest website
17 July, 2013 | Supplied by: Comtest GroupComtest has reviewed the new RCM (Regulatory Compliance Mark) Scheme and has prepared a summary document, which is available on its website.
SmartKem wins Technical Development Materials Award
12 July, 2013SmartKem, the developer of organic semiconductor materials for flexible electronics, has announced that its SmartKem p-FLEX product has won the Technical Development Materials Award at the recently held IDTechEx Printed Electronics Asia event.
Mouser signs global distribution deal with Plessey
12 July, 2013Mouser Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement for Plessey’s complete range of products including Epic sensor and Magic GaN LEDs.
Put an end to annoying packaging
09 July, 2013 by Mike Smyth, specialist technical writerLudwig van Beethoven wrote a frenetic piece of piano music that was entitled Rage Over a Lost Penny and the composition reflected his impotence at not being able to find the coin. While not so elegantly executed, I have a similar frustration with trying to extract common objects from fiendish and devious packets that enclose many of today’s products. And many of these packets contain electric items from batteries to memory sticks.
ACCC works with industry to improve button battery safety
08 July, 2013The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission recently held a meeting with button battery manufacturers, importers, retailers and industry associations to discuss improvements to button battery safety.
Engineering job vacancies decline by 7%
08 July, 2013Engineering job vacancies have declined in recent months, new data from the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations shows.
Mouser Electronics focuses on medical imaging
05 July, 2013Mouser Electronics has released an enhanced version of its medical applications site. New features focus on medical imaging solutions including MRI, portable ultrasound and digital X-ray, helping engineers to solve a unique set of design challenges.
CSIRO and DSTO join forces
28 June, 2013The CSIRO and the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) have signed a strategic relationship agreement aimed at high-impact research priorities.
Use of open source hardware and software set to grow
28 June, 2013The use of open source hardware and software will continue to grow among both professional engineers and the hobbyist community in 2013, according to the results of a new survey from element14.
