Rolling luggage has to be one of the greatest engineering innovations of all time, so it's a real pity that their telescoping handles are so frequently a dismal failure.

JAE Europe has launched the MM60 PCI Express Mini Card connector system, which provides secure retention for the whole card.

Tyco Electronics introduces its rugged, user-friendly and sterilisable Medical CPC connector for use in applications such as surgical power instruments, RF and

Emerson has agreed to acquire Motorola’s Embedded Communications Computing (ECC) business for $350m in cash. Based in Tempe, Arizona, Motorola’s ECC business has approximately 1,100 employees. It develops embedded computing products and services to communication infrastructure and equipment manufacturers in telecommunications, medical imaging, defense and aerospace and industrial automation. Motorola’s ECC business had revenues of approximately $520m in 2006. According to ...

There’s now every chance of getting a decent pint in Tokyo. A number of brew-pubs, micro-breweries and bars selling real beer are flourishing there, and a few, discerning Japanese are beginning to learn there’s more to life than the frozen, fizzy, tasteless offerings of Kirin, Sapporo, Asahi et al.

Cambridge-based design consultancy Plextek has been appointed as approved third party design house by Taiwanese gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry WIN Semiconductor

September’s list of Top 10 Most Read Blog Entries proved to be a mixed bag. Leading the charge was Steampunk Workshop’s keyboard makeover, followed by a device created to help minimise car damage and to make parking your car in the garage a little bit easier. 1. Retro keyboard not just a pretty face Jake, proprietor of the Steampunk Workshop ...

Following the record breaking flight of Qinetiq’s Zephyr solar powered plane (EW 26/09/07), we spoke to Qinetiq technologist Jonathan Dixon to find out what is inside.

The IET is to collaborate with the JANET network for research and education to allow universities to stream research seminars over the Internet

The Curse of the Wires. The Bane of the Boxes. The Misery of the Rat’s Nest. Whatever you like to call it, it’s practically over. Next year the box manufacturers start to put wireless USB interfaces in their products.