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Wangle data optimisation technology to progress to hardware implementation

WESTERN Australian company Wangle Technologies has agreed with Israel-based Power Skills to design, build and deploy a microchip integrating its data-optimisation technology.
March 1, 2016 0 comment
Nanostructured field-effect transistors help with cancer detection

NANOSTRUCTURED silicon field-effect transistors are at the centre of an ultrasensitive cancer sensing technology developed by a collaborative team from UniSA and researchers from Germany.
March 1, 2016 0 comment
New active antenna system improves beamforming and enables 5G communications

NEC has developed a prototype of an A4-sized massive-element Active Antenna System (AA)S for 5G small cell base stations.
February 26, 2016 0 comment
Improved silicon cell design may lead to water-splitting solar cells

SOLAR cells which can be submerged in water, and produce clean, renewable fuel by splitting water into its chemical components may not be far off.
February 22, 2016 0 comment
The power of thought – with brain implants

MICROSCOPIC electronics will allow paralysed patients to use their thoughts to walk, thanks to a project to develop a “stentrode”.
February 22, 2016 0 comment
Researchers discover first P-type 2D semiconducting material

ENGINEERS at the University of Utah have discovered a new kind of 2D semiconducting material, opening the door for faster computing devices that also consume less power.
February 22, 2016 0 comment
The answer to tougher graphene: glass

SCIENTISTS have developed a simple and powerful method for creating resilient, customised and high-performing graphene: by layering it on top of glass.
February 19, 2016 0 comment
Big potential in development of encapsulation materials for flexible electronics

IDTECHEX says a major new market could lie in the development of barrier layers for flexible electronics.
February 19, 2016 0 comment
Flexible smartphone allows new ways of interacting with virtual content

RESEARCHERS at Queen’s University have developed the world’s first full-colour, high-resolution, wireless and flexible smartphone.
February 19, 2016 0 comment
Glass disc stores 360TB of data for billions of years

SCIENTISTS at the University of Southampton have developed a digital storage method and medium capable of surviving for billions of years.
February 19, 2016 0 comment
2D semiconductor heterostructure shines light on new optically-active electronics

SCIENTISTS in the USA have successfully created a new two-dimensional heterostructure which could have potential uses in clean energy and optically-active electronics.
February 16, 2016 0 comment
High speed digital lithography tool for flexible organic thin film transistors

RESEARCHERS in the UK have developed a new high resolution, high speed roll-to-roll digital lithography tool for the manufacture of flexible organic thin film transistors (OTFT).
February 16, 2016 0 comment
New thin-film transistor architecture takes advantage of tunneling

A new transistor architecture could revolutionise thin-film electronic devices, leading to the development of flexible devices with wide-ranging applications.
February 12, 2016 0 comment
Ultrathin semiconductor sensor integrates seamlessly with mainstream electronics

RESEARCHERS at the University of Texas at Arlington are developing an ultrathin semiconductor sensor that can be integrated with mainstream electronics on the same silicon substrate, with increased capacity and energy efficiency.
February 12, 2016 0 comment
Printed electronic sensors for real-time monitoring of metal machining

RESEARCHERS in the UK are developing embedded sensors and electronic components for the real-time monitoring of machined metal parts.
February 12, 2016 0 comment
New conversion efficiency world record for organic PV cells

HELIATEK has set a new conversion efficiency world record for organic photovoltaic multi-junction cells, of 13.2 percent.
February 9, 2016 0 comment
Conductive polymer film coating could put sensors in contact lenses

RESEARCHERS from the Future Industries Institute of University of South Australia have completed research on a polymer film coating which could turn contact lenses into wearble health monitors.
February 9, 2016 0 comment
Film which circularly polarises light could be key to next generation cancer detection

A LIGHT, flexible and easy to produce film could help provide simpler, more cost-effective detection of cancer recurrence in survivors.
February 9, 2016 0 comment
Breakthrough expands potential applications for GaN CMOS FETs

RESEARCHERS at HRL Laboratories have achieved the first demonstration of gallium nitride (GaN) complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) field-effect-transistor (FET) technology.
February 9, 2016 0 comment
New camera video processing circuit block to enable autonomous driving processing

RENESAS Electronics says it has developed a new camera video processing circuit block for autonomous driving, boasting low latency, high performance and low power consumption.
February 4, 2016 0 comment
