Most can IT managers can recount horror stories about how bad luck, human error, or just simple incompetence brought their server rooms down. This free white paper analyses several of these incidents and makes recommendations for how a basic monitoring system can help reduce the occurrence of these unanticipated events.

The 2012 Energy White Paper from the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism has under-emphasised the potential impact that access to cheap photovoltaic panels could have for the country’s power use.

An Australian start-up is making waves in the brain research community with its low-cost electroencephalography headset.

Successive reduction of chip features has allowed designers to pack hundreds of millions of transistors onto a chip. But the day is coming when the only way to add more will be to work in three dimensions.

THE MoleMap program was launched in 2012, a camera technology and procedure originating from New Zealand which inspects moles visually in order to detect melanoma.

Are academic institutions providing potential engineers with the skills needed by industry? Do colleges even know what employers want?

We talked to Commercialisation Australia CEO Doron Ben-Meir about Commercialisation Australia’s role, some of the issues facing Australian innovators, and what they can do to ensure they optimally leverage the resources available to maximise their opportunity of thriving in the market.

Smart meters and smart grids are not just a high-tech dream for a distant future: they are real solutions for a problem which is rapidly coming to a head.

The home and office is awash with conflicting radio signals. And yet we take seamless wireless connectivity between our consumer devices for granted.

A new wave of automotive technology could both drastically cut the road toll, and allow better traffic management.

A changing market is transforming the role of electronics firms in Taiwan, away from hardware design and manufacturing towards turnkey software- and service-integrated solutions.

Testing is one of the most crucial parts in the manufacture of any product. It can also be expensive, and in many cases, faulty products can cost the company even more money in loss of customers and litigation. This is perhaps why in-line test jigs are so important.

Many UAS engineers are adopting to commercial off-the-shelf tools for model-based design, in the face of continual developmental demands.

Challenges of iterative AUTOSAR workflows in software development with Volcano VSA and MATLAB & Simulink.

Today’s global economy has allowed the easy flow of goods from one country to another. However, with this free movement of goods also comes other consequences, and one such repercussion is the grey market economy.

Gérard Bouvet, Marketing and Sales Manager of GeeseWare, and Dominique Jugnon, Microcontrollers Development Tools Manager of STMicroelectronics look at GUI design and implementation for embedded systems.

THE logic behind multicore technology is the ability to engage in multiple operations in parallel. With physics constraining the number of transistors that can be crammed onto microchips, manufacturers are adding on more cores in a bid to multiply performance.

Designing an RFID transceiver involves meeting a diverse set of goals before time and money run out, and competition is fierce.

As the electronics market picks up, supply chains are becoming more vulnerable to counterfeits. How can the risks from fakes be mitigated?

How can companies continue to source obsolete components, while minimising the risk of buying counterfeits?