Electronic Components Feature Articles

After years of decline, US manufacturing is set to rebound in the next five years, as China gradually loses its competitive advantage.

Graphene, the world’s thinnest, strongest and most conductive material, has received a huge research boost in the UK, set to bring the material into mainstream global commercialisation. ...

It's not quick enough to win a City to Surf, but a US-built robot that can run like a person, could soon perform duties where humans fear to tread.

A combination of two algorithms developed at MIT in the United States allows autonomous robots to execute tasks much more efficiently — and move more predictably.

While military and search-and-rescue teams have long wished for x-ray vision, the imaging systems work of Professor Abdesselam Bouzerdoum from the University of Wollongong is bringing ...

Groundbreaking Australian photonics research has taken a tiny but huge step forward in the development of the photonic chip.

Thousands of tonnes of toxic e-waste are entering the world’s atmosphere, oceans, fresh waters, soils and foodstuffs every year. This is now spreading round the planet, including ...

Ford Motor Company and an open-source hardware and software provider are teaming up to explore how to make in-car connectivity more available, affordable and personalised for the ...

A mathematician working on a new description of gravity and a scientist producing microscopic materials for the next generation of electronic devices are to receive a prestigious ...

A team of researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have developed a manufacturing technology for single-crystal thin films of ...

New standard eliminates module connector from the SATA interface easing embedded implementations.

The government says Australia is recreating itself, and building a new economy on a new type of manufacturing. Industry sees it differently.

Since Steve Jobs' return to Apple Inc in 1997 as CEO, the company has been on an unparalleled upswing, highlighted by the immense popularity of the iPad and iPhone.

As consumers crave ever faster, smaller, and more powerful PCs and data storage devices, a new method of making molecules could eventually produce nanomaterials that will allow ...

A new standard aims to deliver the benefits of ZigBee technology via the Internet.

Innovative Australians are improving the things they make and the way they make them, ensuring a fairer, richer, healthier and greener future.

Price declines for top-tier branded solar cells may provide an unexpected stimulus for solar installations in 2012, or not, depending on which analyst you believe.

With a new financial year upon us, <em>IndustrySearch</em> takes a look at the likely winners and losers across the industrial landscape in the coming 12 months.

Big Blue executive says Australia’s top bosses face new challenges in battle to stay ahead.

The explosion of smart phones in Australia is the result of a pent up demand for reliable and affordable mobile technology.