THE strong Aussie dollar has been blamed for many things, such as dropping exports, the higher costs of doing business locally, and Toyota’s job purge.

DNA strand sequencing can now be done at home and in the office, with electronic sequencers having been miniaturised to the size of a USB memory stick.

EMSc has opened a dedicated Powerstar office in Australia to develop its presence in the Asia Pacific and boost take-up of its voltage optimisation solution.

Patents are being acquired by companies in an escalating battle for offensive and defensive dominance.

HARVARD researchers have developed a bulk-machined MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) process, termed Printed Circuit MEMS (PC-MEMS), for creating mesoscale machines up to several centimetres in di ...

ELEMENT14’s online poll of its global electronics community has revealed interesting trends about the future of electronics design engineering.

NATIONAL Instruments has released its 2012 Automated Test Outlook, which looks into the latest test and measurement technologies and methodologies.

Australia has the sunshine and the innovation to make solar work, but political and funding problems are hampering the industry's ability to capitalise on renewable energy trends, writes the Saint.

FOXCONN Technology has raised its Chinese workers’ salaries by 16 to 25 percent.

GRAPHENE now has a role as a nano-technology platform for the development of molecule-based electronic components.

RESEARCH at Stanford School of Engineering have found a way to weld together meshes of nanowires with light.

DRAM maker Elpida Memory is in trouble, failing to obtain financing for 92 billion yen worth of bonds and loans due by April.

IT SEEMS it’s not just the Japanese LCD manufacturers like Sharp and Sony who are suffering from low demand: South Korea-based Samsung has announced it will spin off its loss-making LCD business.

THE INTERNATIONAL Sematech Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI) has chartered an Equipment Obsolescence Forum to providing alternative solutions for 200mm wafer fabs and equipment makers.

GE Global Research has announced new nanostructure systems inspired by butterfly wings, which could boost thermal imaging capabilities while lowering cost.

The CLSA believes there’s only one Australian company who would consider taking Dick Smith off Woolworths’ hands, and that player is Harvey Norman.

Obsolete passwords are being replaced by face scanning, soon to be enabling users to log into Facebook by staring into a camera.

Microsoft wants to equip its Kinect motion camera with the ability to learn. To do that it has recruited a venture that was started in a Bondi flat and has put up $200,000, hoping the investment will ...

Altinex has created a clever digital video signal detector and testing unit for AV installers that fits in the palm of the hand.

The Federal government is finally switching on to automation with the Innovation Minister, Senator Kim Carr, announcing $10 million of funding for companies in Australia.

An Australian man has hacked Apple’s Siri and is using it as the remote for his home automation system, which set him back only $110.

Melbourne's fire brigade is investigating three recent house fires to see if they might have been started by smart meters.

The home automation market is set to double in value in the next five years with a predicted boost to over $35 billion globally by 2016.

Australian home automation Company Push Control is set to launch an brand new Android application that lets users see inside their house from a Smartphone or tablet if an alarm is activated.

A major shakeup has taken place at IP control Company Control4 with the appointment of a former Real Networks engineering executive as CEO.