RMIT University is hosting a free public forum about the latest developments and future visions for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) on 24 January.

ENGINEERS at Sandia National Laboratories in the US are developing power-over-fibre (PoF) communications cabling, with total electrical isolation.

RESEARCHERS with the Semiconductor Materials Research Division at Linkoping University in Sweden say it is possible to produce cheaper and purer silicon carbide.

SIEMENS is seeking to improve the range and efficiency of electric motors to increase the range of electric cars.

OSRAM has achieved a new efficiency record with a flexible OLED panel, with the unit generating 32 lumens of light per watt of electricity.

RESEARCH by Randy Abrams and Kevin Chan of Credit Suisse into the Asian semiconductors sector has found the trend toward 2.5D and 3D packaging could benefit packaging subcontractors.

APPLE’s annual release of its Supplier Responsibility Report has this year been appended with a list of the 156 companies in its supply chain for 2011.

SCIENTISTS from IBM Research have demonstrated the ability to store information in 12 magnetic atoms.

TAIWAN has become the country/region with the largest share of installed wafer capacity, with 21 percent of global capacity.

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has succeeded in manufacturing high-performance silicon-based prototypes of blue and white LEDs.

CONFIRMING rumours from 2010, Apple has bought Israeli company Anobit Technologies, which makes flash memory technology.

IMS Research says 2011 saw high revenues from programmable logic controllers (PLCs), although slowing growth means uncertainties for 2012.

IFI CLAIMS Patent Services has announced the top 50 list of global companies, ranked by the number of US patents each company was awarded in 2011.

US researchers have come up with a controllable endoscopic capsule which can swim through the body after being swallowed.

MIKOH says it has received an order from a high security US government agency for 10,000 of the firm’s Smart&Secure tamper evident passive RFID tags.

SYDNEY-based HeartWare International has entered into an agreement with Dualis MedTech to develop wireless energy transfer systems for its medical devices.

FORD Motor Company has announced plans to open a new research laboratory in Silicon Valley, extending the company’s scope into consumer mobility.

HYDROMET has is preparing to acquire a major interest in PGM Refiners, a Victoria-based electronic waste operator.

RESEARCHERS at The University of Texas have created a new form of graphene which could keep electronic devices cool.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES and IBM will jointly manufacture advanced computer chips at the companies’ semiconductor Fab 8 facilities in New York.