Students are using 'smart' spy technology to cheat in exams
17 May, 2016 by Ritesh Chugh, CQUniversity AustraliaStudents at a medical college in Thailand have been caught using spy cameras linked to smartwatches to cheat during exams. They used wireless spycams in eyeglasses to capture exam questions, transmit them to associates elsewhere and receive responses through linked smartwatches.
Tokyo Tech discovery could aid organic electronics applications
12 May, 2016A breakthrough by Tokyo-based scientists will enable the fine-tuning of phosphorus heterocycle materials' electronic properties — a development that will be useful for applications such as the fabrication of organic electronics and hydrogen fluoride sensors.
Powering wearables
31 March, 2016 by Chris Francis*The wearable electronic device market is expected to reach $10bn by 2020. These devices are small and so are the batteries, so the designers need to be careful and creative to ensure the device has a battery life of months or years instead of days or hours.
Robotics competition to build interest in STEM
14 March, 2016This year's Australian Regional FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) will run from 17–19 March at Sydney Olympic Park.
Stretchable hydrogel electronics
11 December, 2015MIT engineers have designed a sticky, stretchy, gel-like material that can incorporate temperature sensors, LED lights and other electronics, as well as tiny, drug-delivering reservoirs and channels.
Photonic 'sintering' could lead to new solar, electronics manufacturing technologies
03 December, 2015A recent breakthrough in photonic 'sintering' could lead to new advances in solar cells, flexible electronics, various types of sensors and other high-tech products printed onto something as simple as a sheet of paper or plastic.
Self-healing gel for flexible electronics
27 November, 2015A 'first-of-its-kind' self-healing gel repairs and connects electronic circuits, creating opportunities to advance the development of flexible electronics, biosensors and batteries as energy storage devices.
Making transparent conductors — by spreading polymers like butter on toast
10 November, 2015Flexible, transparent electrical conductors with record-high performance can now be made by spreading polymers on a clear surface with a tiny blade, like a knife spreading butter on toast.
$340K funding for Adelaide Uni's wearable textile antennas
02 November, 2015The Australian Government has announced $245 million in new Discovery Projects scheme funding as part of the Australian Research Council's (ARC) 2016 Major Grants Announcement in Adelaide.
CSIRO robot speeds up next-gen testing
20 October, 2015CSIRO has launched a new robot that can automatically screen and evaluate next-generation materials around the clock.
Eco-friendly graphene for flexible electronics
16 October, 2015A new eco-friendly process enables spatial control over the electrical properties of graphene oxide. This two-dimensional nanomaterial has the potential to revolutionise flexible electronics, solar cells and biomedical instruments.
Wearable energy storage
13 October, 2015Australian researchers have created new fibre structures and used traditional knitting and braiding techniques to introduce the ability to monitor human movement using wearable structures, and even to store the energy required to power such a function.
Australian memory technology to revolutionise printable electronics
08 October, 2015 by Myles GoughAustralian researchers have developed a new material that can store digital information and be printed onto various surfaces. It could be used for memory cells in next-generation, large-scale printable electronics.
New method could lead to cheaper electronic tattoos
30 September, 2015Researchers have developed a faster and inexpensive method to produce disposable tattoo-like health monitoring patches.
Big investments boost flexible sensors market
29 September, 2015 by Guillaume Chansin, Senior Technology Analyst, IDTechEx ResearchThe US Department of Defense recently awarded $75 million to establish a new Manufacturing Innovation Institute (Mii) for flexible hybrid electronics in San Jose, California.
