According to ECSN chairman Adam Fletcher, the electronic components industry requires clearly developed skills and expertise in the technical disciplines

TESEQ AG, the Switzerland based manufacturer of EMC measurement and test devices, has won the Swiss Economic Award for 2012, the country’s most important start-up company prize. TESEQ AG, which was founded in 2006 from the test device division of Schaffner AG, was winner in the category high-tech/biotech for its corporate achievements. According to company CEO Johannes Schmid, who accepted the prize, the company “will keep on growing”. ...

The base of the table - upon which structures for shaking can be placed or built - measures 20 metres by 15 metres. It can take a load of up to 1200 tonnes...

Run out of batteries? Just spray-paint some new ones. Researchers have created five sprayable paints that form a lithium-ion battery when layered together, letting you store energy on walls, tiles or even your favourite mug.

Orbital Sciences' Antares space launch vehicle is now eligible to carry NASA payloads under the current NASA launch services (NLS II) contract.

Cambridge Consultants has launched a guide to help technology startups avoid failure.

Atmel is sampling its first 2Mbyte embedded flash Cortex-M4 processor-based microcontroller. The SAM4SD32 runs at 120MHz operating frequency and features cache memory for accelerated code execution out of flash. “We are continuing to expand our ARM portfolio of devices for higher performance applications and growing memory requirements in the consumer and industrial segments,” said Ingar Fredriksen, senior director of microcontrollers, Atmel. The ...

Researchers at the University of Oxford have won £25,000 towards replacing indium tin oxide (ITO) transparent conductors with cheaper zinc-based coatings. "Currently, Indium tin oxide (ITO) is used by over 97% of the ...

20 years ago a bunch of TI-ers came up with a jolly jape.

Designed to support networks running at 25 to 28Gbit/s, the OIF CEI 3.0 Implementation Agreement covers eight interfaces with nearly 120 tests