Tucson's Dataforth Corp. is allowing machines to talk back

Alona Youmagul, a surface mount technician, prepares boards for screen printing at the Dataforth manufacturing facility, 6230 S. Country Club Road. The 49-person company makes units for acquiring and controlling data, signal conditioning and data communication.

Tucson's Dataforth Corp. is allowing machines to talk back

Bill Oldham, a Dataforth technician, applies polyurethane inside of component end caps to help cushion the equipment from minute vibrations produced in industrial settings.

Tucson's Dataforth Corp. is allowing machines to talk back

The Industrial Age has merged with the Information Age on factory floors around the world, as industrial machines increasingly "talk" about their health and work with their human masters.

Tucson company helps machines 'talk' to each other

The Industrial Age has merged with the Information Age on factory floors around the world, as industrial machines increasingly “talk” about their health and work with their human masters.

Recycle your e-junk, help in 2 ways

If a computer cannot be refurbished, it is stripped down and parts of it are recycled at Rise Equipment Recycling Center.

Recycle your e-junk, help in 2 ways

A few years ago, the digital conversion of television began a flood of unwanted tube-based TV sets.

Oro Valley firm moves operations to Austin

Cirrus Logic is closing an integrated-circuit design center in Oro Valley and moving those operations to Austin, Texas.

Cirrus Logic closes Oro Valley circuit design center

Cirrus Logic is closing an integrated-circuit design center in Oro Valley and moving those operations to Austin, Texas, affecting 45 employees.

Pima County deputies make arrests in 2 separate burglary cases

Three people have been arrested in two separate burglary investigations, a spokesman for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department says.

New retailer targets the credit-challenged

Conn's Home Plus is moving into a former Circuit City building at 5530 E. Broadway and expects to be open in time for holiday shopping. The company plans to hire some 40 sales associates.

New retailer focuses on credit-challenged

A furniture, appliance and electronics store that bills itself as catering to the "underserved and underbanked" is set to open by year's end in central Tucson.

Tucson tech: Chips to monitor health data dissolve when no longer needed

A biodegradable integrated circuit may be implanted in people so that medical conditions can be monitored. Such implants may be dissolvable in water or bodily fluids.

Tucson tech: Chips to monitor health data dissolve when no longer needed

Dr. Marvin Slepian

Tucson tech: Chips to monitor health data dissolve when no longer needed

Someday perhaps in the not-too-distant future, you may have a doctor's appointment to implant a tiny electronic chip in your body to monitor a medical condition.

Investors buy Cirrus Logic's local Apex unit for $26M

A private investment group has acquired the Tucson-based Apex Precision Power business unit of Cirrus Logic Inc. for $26 million.

Investor group buys Tucson electronics firm Apex

A private investment group has acquired the Tucson-based Apex Precision Power business unit of Cirrus Logic Inc. for $26 million.

Home invasion on Rocky Point tourists prompts new U.S. warning

A shocking home invasion targeting a group of American tourists in Puerto Peñasco preceded the July 19 shootout there, prompting the U.S. consulate to issue a new advisory to travelers.

Tucson tech: Firm gets $2M contracts for special chips

Esko Mikkola, a senior principal engineer with Ridgetop Group, Inc., will lead the work. He poses here with a slide of the Large Hadron Collider, one of the accelerators that might use the company's chip.

Tucson tech: Firm gets $2M contracts for special chips

CEO of Ridgetop Group, Inc.

Tucson tech: Firm gets $2 million contracts for special chips

A Tucson-area company that has long specialized in predicting failure is prognosticating success with technology to help scientists unlock the secret life of atoms.