There are a multitude of reasons why SPARC2015, Australia's big event for the international lighting community to be held in Sydney between 27-29 May, is not to be missed, and here are the top five. [ + ]

NHP Electrical has released a new module in signalling devices to its free training program for the electrical industry. [ + ]

Loc8.com has won the CeBIT Award for Innovation 2015. Loc8.com provides an asset and maintenance platform designed to let asset owners, service providers and field technicians collaborate in real time to reduce costs, improve productivity and increase profits, through the Loc8 Service Supply Chain. [ + ]

Road safety is a complex issue and it is impossible to find one single key to reducing road trauma. Since its inception in 2007, the Fatality Free Friday (FFF) campaign has expanded its operation and is now recognised as Australia's only national community-based road safety program. [ + ]

Six in 10 employees leaving an organisation are moving sideways into a similar role and more than four out of 10 employees say the reason they leave an organisation is about money, according to this year's AIM National Salary Survey.

Pizza delivery expert Domino's has announced the roll-out of a GPS Driver Tracker, which the company says is designed to keep delivery drivers safe and provide a previously unseen level of transparency over delivery drivers. [ + ]

A 26-year-old worker was electrocuted in an industrial workplace incident in Glenella, Mackay, on 30 April. [ + ]

According to safety management software developer myosh, the current health and safety law reform before the New Zealand parliament is expected to be enacted in mid-2015. [ + ]

We know we are living in an increasingly paperless world, but in a somewhat frightening example of the perils of software bugs, a faulty app caused American Airlines (AA) to ground dozens of its jets in the US late last month. [ + ]

AFL, a global provider of fibre-optic products and services, has acquired AFC, a manufacturer, designer and integrator of fibre-optic and copper communication solutions with operations in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. [ + ]

Consumers in the US tend to use more electricity if they subscribe to an automatic payment system for their bills, according to new research from Duke University. [ + ]

In one of this week's more interesting discoveries, Apple Watch sensors appear to be negatively affected by the presence of heavy arm tattooing, also known as sleeves. [ + ]

Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas in the US have invented an electrical power converter system that simultaneously accepts power from a variety of energy sources and converts it for use in the electrical grid system.

The Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council Europe has appointed Prysmian Group Director Marketing & Business Development Netherlands Edgar Aker as its new president. [ + ]

The Australian PV Institute (APVI) has been awarded the national ENERGY GLOBE Australia Award for its suite of live generated solar photovoltaic (PV) maps and tools. [ + ]