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Patchbay normalling made easy
Clarke & Severn has released an overview of patchbay normalling made easy.
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RF system gives a lift to high-rise warehouses company
Materials handling turnkey company Industrial Conveying has developed a technology for high-rise warehouses to allow each crane to communicate with every stationary object on its racks.
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Vertically stacked flash memory enhances performance
Imec is a non-profit European research organisation specialising in the study of nanoelectronics, using the expertise of its global partners in ICT, healthcare and energy. Founded in 1984, its headquarters are in Leuven in Belgium with offices in the Netherlands, Taiwan, the US, China and Japan. Its staff of more than 1750 includes over 550 industrial residents and guest researchers. Here are some highlights from recent research projects.
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Trial of electric vehicles begins
An Australian-first trial that will monitor the performance, environmental benefits, policy, infrastructure and practical implications for electric vehicle fleets has been launched at the University of Western Australia.
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Carbon-based materials may threaten silver
NanoMarkets, a US-based analyst firm, has issued a report that predicts a US$1.9 billion market opportunity for carbon-based inks, pastes and coatings for electronics applications.
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'Cloned faces' look to behaviour
Computer scientists have developed a way of cloning facial expresssions during live conversations to help us better understand what influences our behaviour when we communicate with others.
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Reading the brain without poking it
Experimental devices that read brain signals have helped paralysed people use computers and may let amputees control bionic limbs.
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Spammers become image conscious
Symantec has published its April 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report that highlights a spam increase of almost 10% in one month, reaching heights of 85.3%, levels not experienced since September 2007.
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Managers pressured to do 'more with less'
Symantec has released the findings of its 2008 state of the data centre report that finds data centre managers caught between two conflicting goals — more demanding user expectations and higher levels of performance, yet reducing costs.
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element14 development kit range
element14 (formerly Farnell) has enhanced its development kits to include the latest technologies for design engineers and maintenance, repair and operations professionals.
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LEAF batteries being evaluated
Four companies have formed a partnership to evaluate the re-use of lithium-ion battery packs that power the Nissan LEAF electric car.
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Organic solar cells at 8.3% efficiency
Three companies have made what they claim is a crucial step towards successful commercialisation of organic photovoltaic cells.
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Robot research to help elderly
A multirobotic study at an Auckland retirement village has been launched.
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New materials for solar cells
Imec is working together with Flamac to develop new materials for solar cell applications.
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Speeding heart transplant profile
Lund University in Sweden has used MATLAB to improve long-term survival rates for heart transplant recipients.
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Embedded distributor
Metromatics is now the sole distributor in Australia and NZ for Acromag.
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Femtocell solution demonstrated
Airvana, in partnership with Hitachi Communications, has demonstrated an end-to-end LTE femtocell solution.
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Mouser in global deal
Mouser Electronics has reached global distribution agreements with International Rectifier and Texas Instruments.
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OLED lighting project
Imec and partners have launched IMOLA, OLED-based lighting modules with built-in intelligent light management.
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Mouser and IR deal
Mouser has signed an agreement with International Rectifier.
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New joint venture to manufacture power modules in China
GEM Services is establishing a joint-venture company with Mitsubishi Electric to manufacture energy-saving power semiconductor modules in China.
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Thin film R&D
Imec will become a full partner of Solliance.
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Shaken and stirred battery charging
MicroGen Systems and Cornell University's Energy Materials Centre have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop "self-charging" batteries.
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Distribution agreement
Digi-Key Corporation and Swissbit have signed a global distribution agreement.
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Belden strategic alliance
Belden Singapore has partnered with Xin Networks.
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Test assemblies agent
W L Gore has selected Richardson RFPD as the global distributor for its test assemblies.
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Altera joins 3D program
Imec is collaborating with Altera to develop CMOS scaling technologies.
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Distribution deal
Nu Horizons has signed a distribution agreement with Magnum Semiconductor.
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Brain research labs open
NERF human brain research labs have opened in Leuven.
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LED optics deal signed
Digi-Key Corporation has signed a distribution agreement.
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OK/Mektronics agreement
OK has appointed Mektronics as an Australian distributor.
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Power distribution deal
RECOM Power has formed a distribution partnership with Mouser Electronics.
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Green engineering grant program
National Instruments has announced its 2011 Green Engineering Grant program.
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Seagate/Samsung alliance
Seagate and Samsung have agreed to expand with Samsung receiving equity ownership in Seagate.
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Network management system commissioned
An Asian conglomerate has commissioned Datacraft to set up and run an end-to-end network management solution.
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Ultracapacitor deal
Richardson RFPD and Maxwell have expanded to distribute ultracapacitors.
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Digi-key joins Chinese alliance
Digi-Key has become a founding member of CEDA.
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$2.9m investment in car battery
New nanoscale cathode materials are set to revolutionise electric vehicles globally.
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Distribution deal
Digi-Key and Richtek Technology have signed an agreement to feature Richtek products on Digi-Key's websites.
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Ordering by SMS
element14 has launched a mobile interface that enables users to retrieve information via SMS from the company's inventory.
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Protection deal
element14 has expanded its partnership with Littelfuse adding 400 new products to its range.
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Wireless modem agreement
Richardson Electronics has signed an agreement with Maestro Wireless to offer its range of industrial modems and integrations services.
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Connector licence
Samtec has agreed to license Amphenol's range of BNC products.
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Panasonic partnership
element14 has extended its partnership with Panasonic to provide components to the Asia-Pacific region.
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Timing solutions deal
Arrow has signed an agreement with SiTime to distribute oscillators and clock generators.
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Digi-Key agreement
Digi-Key will distribute ITT Cannon products to users worldwide, under a new agreement between the two companies.
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MEMS companies get together
Coventor has formed a partnership to improve and expand the use of advanced design and manufacturing techniques for developing CMOS integrated MEMS.
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Imec launches optics research program
Imec has launched an industrial affiliation program on high-bandwidth optical input/output (I/O). The primary objective of the program, which is part of imec’s research platform on deep-submicron CMOS scaling, is to explore the use of optical solutions for realising high-bandwidth I/O between CMOS chips.
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Integrated products go global
Mouser Electronics has launched a major global distribution partnership with Maxim. The agreement gives design engineers immediate access to Maxim’s advanced semiconductor components and tools.
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Semiconductor joint research
IBM and Samsung say they will collaborate on basic research into new semiconductor materials, manufacturing processes and other technologies.
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Certification deal
An agreement between IEC, ILAC and IAF may help significantly reduce cost, time and complexity for the reassessment of certification bodies and testing laboratories that are accredited by IAF and ILAC Member ABs.
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Belden reaches out
Belden has bought GarrettCom, a company selling industrial networking IP-based switches and routers, and the Thomas & Betts Communications Products Business.
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ABB to acquire Baldor
ABB and Baldor Electric Company have agreed that ABB will acquire Baldor in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately US$4.2 billion, including $1.1 billion of net debt.
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Bioelectronics brings aged healthcare to the home
Smart technologies will eventually reduce doctors’ visits and hospital admissions among Australia’s ageing population, according to the academic behind a new bioelectronics degree at the University of Sydney.
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In-vitro study of brain tissue
The nanoelectronics research centre imec and Peira, a Belgium-based manufacturer of pharmaceutical and chemical research instruments, have jointly developed a slice-tilting instrument for in-vitro research on brain tissue. The new tool enables long-term studying of brain cultures through electronic stimulation and read-out, essential in getting insight into the functioning of the brain.
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Digi-Key distributes energy-friendly devices
Digi-Key Corporation has signed a worldwide agreement with Energy Micro to distribute its ultra-low-power EFM32 Gecko microcontroller products.
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RF Micro Devices awarded navy contract for GaN RF power
RF Micro Devices has been awarded a US$1.5 million R&D contract by the US Office of Naval Research to include the development of materials, device fabrication and high-power circuits, using gallium nitride (GaN) microelectronics.
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RS Components becomes distributor for Crydom
RS Components will distribute Crydom products in Asia and will become Crydom’s first strategic partner in the Asia-Pacific.
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New equation could advance research in solar cell materials
A new equation developed, in part, by researchers at the University of Michigan could help to enable a wider adoption of organic semiconductors.
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Tiny magnets may advance microelectronics
Researchers at Shanxi University in China have made progress in understanding the single-molecule magnet, which combines the classical macroscale properties of a magnet with the quantum properties of a nanoscale entity.
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Plasma treatment improves organic memory performance
A group, led by Takhee Lee from Korea’s Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, has demonstrated a combination of materials and processing for a resistive memory circuit design.
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Gresham Power Electronics wins defence contract
Gresham Power Electronics has been awarded a major contract to supply specialist battery-charging equipment and batteries for new submarines for India. The contract will last until 2016 and is valued at approx $867,000.
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Global distribution
Digi-Key and Bridgelux have signed an agreement that allows Digi-Key to distribute Bridgelux products to users worldwide.
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Video watching on 'own terms'
A report by the Australian Communications and Media Authority confirms that Australians are increasingly able to view video content on their own terms, including when, where and how they want it.
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IBM lab to be set up in Melbourne
IBM will establish a world-first global research and development laboratory at the University of Melbourne.
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Slimline switchgear supports WA wind farm
ABB has been awarded a contract worth $4.5 million to supply power technology for the Collagar wind farm project, 25 km south-east of Merredin in Western Australia.
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Farnell gives products to NSW Uni
Farnell has given about $20,000 worth of electronics products to the University of NSW to assist the university’s electrical and electronics engineering program.
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Connected hospital for Vietnam
Cisco and Hong Ngoc hospital in Vietnam have collaborated to make the hospital the first private hospital in Vietnam to commit to a technologically advanced health care system.
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Lab-on-chip for cancer diagnosis
Imec and its project partners have launched the European Seventh Framework Project Miracle that aims to develop an operational lab-on-chip for isolating and detecting circulating and disseminated tumour cells (CTC and DTCs) in blood.
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Flight research centre gets a lift
Flying, it is claimed, will be a lot safer and more efficient thanks to collision avoidance, emergency landing and separation management technologies being developed at a new joint Queensland University of Technology and CSIRO aerospace research centre.
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Emerson completes chloride acquisition
Emerson has completed its acquisition of the Chloride Group, which now joins global product brands within Emerson Network Power.
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Survey identifies high storage costs
Symantec has released the findings of its 2010 Information Management Health Check Survey, which highlights that a majority of enterprises are not following their own advice when it comes to information management.
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Electric superbike project launched
Intercad has joined forces with Triple Eight Race Engineering and Racetech Steel to champion the electric superbike project, a community-based initiative which brings together budding and experienced designers, engineers and manufacturers to create and build a unique motorbike.
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Full membership
Belden has been granted full membership by the Association of the European Rail Industry UNIFE (formerly Union des Industries Ferroviaires Européennes), which represents over 90 manufacturers of trains, control technology, safety equipment and infrastructure.
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Distributor appointment
EVS International, a company involved in solder recovery, has appointed Upton Australia as its distributor in Australia. Upton serves a national user base from its headquarters in Bayswater, Victoria, and is a supplier of PCB manufacturing, rework and repair equipment and services, serving a broad range of industries including communications, computer, industrial, motor vehicles, avionics and military.
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Bipolar process launched
Plessey Semiconductors says it has transferred its first bipolar process, the W-series process, onto its 8″ line in Plymouth, England.
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New lab will develop exascale computers
Intel, imec and five Flemish universities have opened the Flanders ExaScience Lab at the imec research facilities in Leuven, Belgium.
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Three-year UPS contract
Eaton Corporation has been awarded a three-year preferred supplier contract with Western Power.
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IMEC joins energy consortium
Imec says it will take part in the Green Touch Initiative, a consortium initiated by Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent.
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Medical beam steering magnet on line
The Opera electromagnetic simulator has played an important role in the design of the particle beam steering magnet currently being commissioned at Italy's hadron therapy centre in Milan - the Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica (CNAO).
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Carbon nanotube research concluded
The European projects ‘Carbon nanotubes technology on Si IC’s’ and ‘Nanowire-based one-dimensional electronics’ have been completed.
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GaN-on-Si program launched
IMEC has launched an industrial affiliation program to focus on the development of GaN technology for both power conversion and solid-state lighting applications.
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Pilot line set up for solar research
IMEC has established new partnerships with solar cell material and equipment suppliers.
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GaN foundry services
RF Micro Devices says it has formed a gallium nitride (GaN) foundry-services business unit to supply GaN semiconductor technology into multiple RF power markets.
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Data centre collaboration
NetApp and Cisco are collaborating to provide users with unified, dynamic data centre solutions that are based on Cisco's Unified Computing System and NetApp's Unified Storage Architecture.
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Smart metering gets a boost
A collaboration has been agreed between ETSI (the European Telecommunications Standards Institute) and the European Smart Metering Industry Group (ESMIG) that is expected to accelerate the deployment of 'smart meters' in Europe.
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Visual mail interface defined
The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) has issued its latest recommendation document that defines an open and standardised interface between visual voicemail clients and voicemail servers.
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Redefining electric current
A team of scientists from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Cambridge University and Germany’s National Measurement Institute are collaborating on research that will hopefully lead to redefining electric current with unprecedented accuracy.
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Boeing receives NATA accreditation
Boeing Defence Australia has become the first company in the Southern Hemisphere with the authority to test medium-sized military and commercial aircraft, and a range of other military equipment and commercial platforms, for electromagnetic environmental effects (E3).
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Aid for US broadband
Berkeley Varitronics, EDX Wireless, DoceoTech and EGS Technologies are collaborating to develop a package to help the rural broadband build-out that is part of the American stimulus package to provide broadband access to the rural and underserved areas throughout the US.
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Testing labs gain further recognition
The Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane laboratories of EMC Technologies have recently been appointed recognised test laboratories by YUV Rheinland.
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Electronics and ICT industry associations merge
The ICT Council and Electronic Industry Association have merged into one organisation called the Electronics and ICT Association.
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Products approved for program
Dalsa has announced that its IPD Vision Appliance products have been approved for participation in the Rockwell Automation Encompass Program.
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Students introduced to electronics design
Altium Limited, a Sydney-based Australian electronics design software company, is working with the University of New South Wales Gifted Education Research Resource and Information Centre (GERRIC) to introduce high school students to the future of electronics design.
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Three-year research agreement
National ICT Australia (NICTA) and Ericsson have announced a three-year umbrella agreement for research into next-generation mobile networks to develop technology that will optimise connectivity for the user. The agreement is with Ericsson’s global research arm and is initially valued at AU$2.7 million with scope for expansion.
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ICT industry unites under a 10-year vision
The National ICT Industry Alliance (NICTIA) has released a 10-year strategic vision for development of the Australian ICT industry.
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