Going for the affordable end of the smartphone market, Motorola’s Moto G Play is designed for those looking for smartphone essentials – staying in touch with friends, catching up on the latest news, or watching a latest YouTube video – without breaking the bank. It has a quad-core processor designed to help users watch seamless … Continue reading Cheap smartphone from Motorola →

Honeywell’s PM42 mid-range industrial label printer is designed to help businesses address evolving operational needs for information technology, networking and automation, says the company. With its intuitive user interface, the PM42 printer features enhanced processing capability and flexible open operating architecture to integrate into most IT infrastructures, deploying quickly into existing Honeywell or mixed-printer environments. … Continue reading Mid-range printer integrates into most IT infrastructures →

Netscout has announced it has enhanced its OneTouch AT G2 Network Tester with new wifi features. The v5 firmware release gives the OneTouch AT new troubleshooting capabilities, letting technicians and network engineers validate performance of high-capacity wifi networks where numerous access points are required, such as at stadiums and theme parks. The new firmware also … Continue reading Network tester has new wifi features →

KuangChi Science Limited has agreed to become a strategic investor in Agent Video Intelligence (Agent Vi) an Israeli video analytics company. The $4.3million investment will expand the company’s portfolio of technologies that are claimed to enable safe, smart cities. The company is investing alongside Motorola Solutions, which first invested in Agent Vi in 2012. According … Continue reading KuangChi Science invests in Israeli video analytics company →

Power management company Eaton has launched an Australian developed wall mount power system for oil and gas, mining, and transportation industries that require battery backed DC power. The system is also suitable for industrial control, electrical switching and telecommunications industries as well any business that designs and manufactures large turnkey process control systems. Traditionally, DC … Continue reading Aussie developed mount power system →

It is the double helix, with its stable and flexible structure of genetic information, that made life on Earth possible in the first place. Now a team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has discovered a double helix structure in an inorganic material. The material comprising tin, iodine and phosphorus is a semiconductor with … Continue reading Flexible semiconductor for electronics →

e2v, a leader in the high-reliability semiconductor market, and Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., founder of RF SOI (silicon on insulator) and pioneer of advanced RF solutions, have introduced the PE97640, an ultra-low phase noise FRAC-N phase-locked loop (PLL) for commercial space applications. Available exclusively through e2v, the PE97640 is the first new space product since e2v … Continue reading Ultra-low phase noise phase-locked loop for commercial applications →

Conxall Mini-Con-X and Switchcraft EN3s are now available with 2-Metre cable for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 position connectors with straight or right angle overmoulds. The cable is able to withstand harsh environments, is blunt cut on the opposite end for maximum flexibility and colour coded tissue paper separates conductor wires for easy … Continue reading 2m cables with new position connectors →

Based on its recent analysis of the video conferencing market, Frost & Sullivan has recognised Pexip with the 2016 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation. Pexip’s solution is founded on an advanced, flexible, and differentiated video conferencing platform that helps organizations scale quickly and affordably, and efficiently connect people to create agile businesses. … Continue reading Frost & Sullivan rewards video conferencing industry disruption →

Backplane Systems has released the Neousys Technology Nuvo-6000 Series, a Fanless Box PC based on latest Intel 6th-Gen Skylake platform. It features up to five PCIe/PCI slots to provide the same level of expandability as traditional Industrial Computers, while its fanless design offers superior reliability. Powered by the Intel 6th-Gen LGA1151 socket-type CPU, the Nuvo-6000 … Continue reading New fanless PC →

Hot on the heels of the launch of the new grid-scale energy storage research facility, CSIRO has announced the launch of its Centre for Hybrid Energy Systems. The centre, launched on Thursday, will be a national hub for collaborative research into cutting edge renewable and hybrid energy technologies, in particular to identify, improve and tailor … Continue reading CSIRO launches new hybrid energy R&D hub →

The US government has expanded its sanctions against Russia over Moscow’s actions in Crimea and Ukraine, according to an announcement made by the Bureau of Industry and Security. The sanctions list now contains 81 companies under 86 names. Seven of them are located in Crimea – which Washington refers to as “Ukraine’s Crimean region,” 75 … Continue reading New US sanctions target Russian electronics sector →

Large quantities of fish are consumed in India on a daily basis, which generates a huge amount of fish “biowaste” materials. In an attempt to do something positive with this biowaste, a team of researchers at Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India explored recyling the fish byproducts into an energy harvester for self-powered electronics. The basic … Continue reading India to use fish scales to harvest energy for electronics →

By reinventing and fully automating the manufacturing process, spring probe pins can now deliver high performance at price of a stamped contact for high density, fine pitch applications. For decades the spring-loaded probe aka pogo-style pin has delivered excellent mechanical and electrical performance in a highly compliant contact. However, this often came at a high … Continue reading Reinventing the spring-loaded probe pin →

Icon Labs has released a new whitepaper focusing on device security for networked and web-connected equipment. The whitepaper outlines security requirements for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices and software solutions that are available today for securing these devices. The IIoT is driving investment in new technology and manufacturing methodologies as companies rush to capitalize … Continue reading Device Security for the IIOT →

CSIRO today launched its Centre for Hybrid Energy Systems, a collaborative facility to research cutting edge renewable and hybrid energy technologies. The centre will be a hub for researchers and industry to identify, improve and then tailor energy technologies to meet specific requirements. Combining two or more forms of energy generation, storage or end-use technologies, … Continue reading New hybrid energy centre transforming low-emission technologies →

The government of South Australia has committed to building a defence technology centre to integrate all land combat arms systems. The South Australian Land Integration and Innovation Centre would be dedicated to supporting the Australian Army’s entire Land Combat System. South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill said the centre would allow for an agile response to … Continue reading SA centre operates combat arms systems →

HI-TECH polycarbonate cells are being used to give tanks camouflage capabilities in constantly changing environments. The adaptive camouflage cells were developed by researchers from the University of South Australia’s Future Industries Institute in collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Group. The cells are made from conducting polymers wrapped in polycarbonate sheets that are able to … Continue reading Colour change tech allows tanks to be chameleons →

Apple has released new information about the new iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 models at its event today. iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Performance: The new chip powering the phones is called the A10 Fusion, which is more powerful than the previous chip but also features a new kind of architecture. The processors has … Continue reading Apple unveil iPhone7 and Apple Watch 2 →

Advantech is set to demonstrate their application-ready building blocks for satellite navigation seconded video processing solutions at InnoTrans. They are designed, pre-tested and verified to build video data based fleet monitoring and surveillance solutions -including local video analytics such as movement detection and recording storage -as well as live video based infotainment systems that offer … Continue reading Advantech has based GNSS fleet monitoring and surveillance with live video data →