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Synopsys, Inc, a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, has announced the launch of its IP OEM partner program with leading fabless ASIC companies and supply channel partners. Arrow Electronics, Inc and Global Unichip Corp.
Synopsys, Inc, a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, has announced that Creative Chips has adopted Synopsys' Galaxy Custom Designer(TM) custom implementation solution.
At a time of financial uncertainty, companies know they must accelerate their move into the future. That is why there is a huge interest in printed electronics, a subject that pushes all the right buttons - environmental, affordable and leading to a new market of $300 billion that is just there for the taking. That is why the giant corporations are attending Printed Electronics USA, December 3-4 in San Jose, California.
G24 Innovations (G24i), a solar energy pioneer, has announced the appointment of John Hartnett as chief executive officer.
Nextreme reports that solid-state thermoelectric devices have long been sought after as a solution for challenging thermal management and energy harvesting problems.
The ISRA VISION Smash PCB™ inspection system can be used in printed electronics applications to detect defects to include: mis-registration, shorts, opens, cracks, "mouse bites", and substrate defects.
Researchers discover method for mass production of nanomaterial graphene.
Researchers have developed a new type of small-scale electric power generator able to produce alternating current through the cyclical stretching and releasing of zinc oxide wires encapsulated in a flexible plastic substrate with two ends bonded.
Printed Electronics is now reaching tipping point with the first major new products being launched - from flexible e-readers to fully printed RFID tags. To find out more attend Printed Electronics USA on 2 - 5, 2008 in San Jose.
Printed Electronics World Review Magazine is to be launched at the World's biggest annual gathering of the industry - Printed Electronics USA 2008 in San Jose.
How Printed Electronics is changing consumer goods and services - highlights from the forthcoming Printed Electronics USA event
ImageXpert software is used for image analysis including drop trajectory, velocity, volume, radius, ligament and break off length, as well as other features as desired.
Energy harvesting, otherwise known as energy scavenging is needed to boost and eventually replace the batteries in printed and other low cost and miniature electronics, particularly in order to extend their life in use.
IDTechEx's technology analyst Dr Harry Zervos attended GRAPH EXPO 2008 and reports on the innovative technologies that could benefit from the merging of electronics and printing.
RFID and Smart Packaging Training is a set of courses scheduled for 10th - 13th November 2008 at the Hilton Dublin and will be facilitated by Michael Pollock, an RFID professional and presented by Dr Peter Harrop FIEE, Founder and Chairman of IDTechEx.
The new IDTechEx masterclass, called "Creating new products with printed electronics," will explore the needs by industry sector and appraise the technologies and timelines.
IDTechEx is famed for organising visits to local centers of excellence. On 30 September, delegates were treated to visits to the University of Tokyo and the skyscrapers of Sony and Toppan Forms in central Tokyo.
On the second day of the successful IDTechEx conference Printed Electronics Asia the subjects were OLED Display technology, E-Paper Display, Printing Technology, Material Advances and Future Possibilities.
IDTechEx reports on the Printing and Graphics Science Group of the IOP one-day seminar on measuring techniques for high barrier films, held at Institute of Physics, London on Thursday 25th September 2008.
BASF, Germany and Ciba Holdings, Switzerland who have both extended their portfolio into printed electronics may now combine there expertise with a planned public takeover offer to Ciba's shareholders by BASF.
Universities are invited to showcase printed electronics work. The event serves as the ideal platform to showcase your work and meet with companies that can use your technology or help you gain traction in industry.
Printed Electronics Asia 2008 is open to 100 attendees from European and American companies only, with an unlimited number of Asian companies attending, which ensures you gain maximum networking benefits from your attendance at this select event.
The IDTechEx Printed Electronics Awards recognize company innovation, success and development. This is your chance for your company to be recognized for outstanding achievements.
IDTechEx report on the Packaging Days conference held on September 23-24 at the Centre des Congres, Paris.
A World without wires is something that many of us dream about.
The European Commission is backing what it calls ambient intelligence (AMI), with a particular focus on the disabled. Printed electronics will be central in realising these ambitious concepts for unobtrusive devices.
Materials used in CDs and DVDs form the basis of a technology that one day could replace flash memory cards used in laptops, cellphones, cameras and other electronic devices.
Researcher claims to have made 3D metamaterial with a negative refractive index.
Printed Electronics Asia will display some of the latest manufacturing technologies from across the world.
$18.8 billion transaction marks pivotal point in Dow's transformation
On 1st July, The UK Trade & Investment Chemical Sector Initiative on Printed Electronics hosted a Masterclass at Haydock Park Racecourse in North West England.
Platilon ID films enable sensitive electronic items to be directly embedded by means of efficient
G24 Innovations (G24i) has won the Premier Product Award at the prestigious Business Commitment to the Environment (BCE) Environmental Leadership Awards.
HP and Xtreme Energetics have announced that they have entered into an agreement for the development of a solar energy system designed to generate electricity at twice the efficiency and half the cost of traditional solar panels.
smart paint that can be seen when driving in freezing conditions is being developed by researchers of French paving company Eurovia.
ESL acknowledges the plastic electronics revolution on flexible substrates is here to stay and will meet their customers' challenges with off-the-shelf products, and with the development of proprietary or custom formulations.
Georgetown University, Gentag, Inc., and Science Applications International Corporation, have combined forces to develop a non-invasive method for glucose measurement.
Steven V Abramson, CEO of Universal Display says that through this record milestone, white OLEDs are moving a significant step closer to becoming a key participant in the $100 billion per year lighting industry.
Printed electronics holds possibilities for applications including printed organic solar cells, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and flexible displays
East Asian giants progress flexible e-paper displays, but Europe first to commercialise
Recruitment opportunities at IDTechEx: join a fast growing, award winning company.
An imaging systems that can detect naturally occurring terahertz radiation with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution may soon be able to detect early tumors.
The IDTechEx conference Printed Electronics Asia in Tokyo on October 8-9 will reveal many new advances and initiatives by the giant corporations.
Analysts see printed electronics rising exponentially to around $300 billion in twenty years' time, with demand for conductive inks alone reaching several billion dollars yearly five years from now.
Dr Harry Zervos, Industry Analyst from IDTechEx says the move towards plastic electronics is a natural progression in the search for products and technologies which are 'greener', more efficient and ultimately more cost effective to produce.
The biggest challenge to roll out more digital displays is the regulatory environment, not the capital cost.
Conventional silicon photovoltaics is a non-starter in Antarctica because it is very poor at low angles of incidence of light let alone low levels of illumination or reflected light and it is heavy.
The latest generation of E Ink's segmented display cells provides a viewable angle of nearly 180 degrees and can be viewed under a variety of lighting conditions from direct sun to low-level ambient light.
P-series silver-based conductor pastes are designed for use on low temperature plastic substrates typically found in such applications as display electrodes, touch screen sensors, heaters, RFID antenna, biosensors and membrane switches.
Thanks to the design of an innovative jacket by a Middlesex University student in the UK, cyclists will be seen in the dark when giving hand signals.
IDTechEx has just launched a comprehensive report that gives a thorough analysis of printed and thin film photovoltaics and batteries - covering the technologies, markets and players.
Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx summarises the 33rd Annual IEEE Photovoltaics event and the state of the industry in the first part of this two part article.
Opalux has invented a low-cost battery charge indicator that provides a constant reading of the charge and health of a battery.
The new Smart Systems Campus, offers 2500 sqm of office space, lab and production floors for young start-ups and spin-offs from mid next year.
Lithium ion batteries have a relatively short lifespan and in extreme circumstances can catch fire or even explode.
Scientists at the University of Tokyo in Japan have demonstrated
Surgeons at Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK recently carried out two successful operations to implant an artificial electronic retinal device into the eyes of two blind patients.
Electroluminate makes ink jet, digitally printed ac and dc electroluminescent displays and backlights up to 1.5 meters across but capable of being assembled as tiles into much larger structures.
In a joint project scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP have developed a keypad based on organic light-emitting diodes.
German companies to develop a unique airborne pathogen detection system for the European Defence Agency.
Nanosilver is so tiny it can go right to the surface of an organism and essentially shoot ions into the organism, says a research scientist.
Physicists no longer say that the invisibility cloak of Harry Potter, the vanishing car of James Bond or the Invisible Man are an impossibility. It may be possible to make things invisible by putting a thin layer of a specially patterned material in the way.
IDTechEx conferences and reports on printed electronics have a great deal on smart substrates because they hugely leverage printed technology, making awesome new products possible.
The IDTechEx Printed Electronics Awards were given in recognition for outstanding achievement at the gala dinner.
IDTechEx visited OTB Engineering who have links to Philips and other local companies active in printed and thin film electronics.
Toumaz Technology and consortium partners win major EU funding to develop personal blood glucose predictor for diabetes patients.
Global Monitoring Leader and Life Sciences Research and Education Provider Sign.
Thin Film Electronics ASA, announces that Thinfilm has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (
Peter Harrop revealed, the printed electronics industry may have started by showing cost advantages with its membrane keyboards, printed RFID antennas, heaters and the like but more and more technical advantages are being discovered with some of the new printed and potentially printed technologies.
The IDTechEx printed electronics suppliers' database offers details on over 600 companies currently active in printed and potentially printed electronics and electrics.
The darkest material ever measured has been created by researchers in the US, making it 4 times darker than the previous recorded record.
Germany's expertise in industrial production, printing processes, and chemicals - all essential elements to printed electronics - make it a leading location for investments.
Several universities from around the world are sending the most promising academics to meet companies and explore markets for the technology at Printed Electronics Europe.
IDTechEx, along with other analysts, forecast the printed electronics market. While some agree others give widely different figures. After analyzing the industry for nine years, IDTechEx has just completed a new report covering the forecasts of the industry in great detail. Here Raghu Das, CEO, summarises the findings giving that crucial detail behind our forecasts.
Over 600 attendees registered for the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe Conference and Exhibition.
Scientists from Tokyo University have just revealed a reliable method to inkjet print dots of one micron on to flexible film.
The vibrant new printed electronics industry is being created as energetically in Germany as anywhere else in the world.
Versatile, serviceable design enhances efficiency and allows for 5x higher resolution than possible with screen printing.
OTTI, the East-Bavarian Technology Transfer Institute, will host an experts' forum on printed electronics 3-4 March in Regensburg, Germany.
A stretchable, flexible self-cleaning device that can be used as a mobile phone or keyboard that harvests solar energy and senses the environment by using nanotechnology was launched this week.
Once again transistor radios made from carbon nanotubes make the news.
Nanotechnology researchers are developing the perfect complement to the power tie: a
Fraunhofer IZM, Germany reports that high throughput manufacturing of biosensors has remained a challenge. This is due to the different environments necessary for the survival of biological components on the one hand and current MEMS technologies on the other.
SnapWatch Ltd, a UK-based start-up has patented a flexible watch concept using E paper display technology.
The recent conference Printed Electronics USA in San Francisco had a presentation by two people from the secretive company Quantum Paper.
Energy harvesting is a hot topic in printed electronics, partly because of shortcomings of printed batteries.
The first solar bag powerful enough to charge a laptop was unveiled last month and will be available later this spring.
Global solar energy is first CIGS manufacturer to achieve consistent full-scale production of 10 percent average solar cell efficiency on flexible/lightweight substrate.
Polymer Vision's e-reader with mobile phone has finally gone into production after 10 years of research & development and more than two years after the prototype was demonstrated at a consumer electronics trade fair.
Zephyr Technology, New Zealand and SIGMA SPORT® Germany announce an OEM agreement whereby Zephyr will supply best-in-class smart fabric-based, heart rate monitoring (HRM) products.
The money spent on printed and potentially printed electronics doubled in 2007, as did the number of organisations participating.
Engineers at the University of Washington, US have for the first time used manufacturing techniques at microscopic scales to combine a flexible, biologically safe contact lens with an imprinted electronic circuit and lights.
Researchers have found that a rubberlike, elastic film coated with a single layer of cardiac muscle cells can engage in lifelike gripping, pumping, walking, and swimming.
The interest in printed electronics has doubled in the last year. This is the conclusion whether you measure it by organisations active in the subject, event attendance, patent filings or in some other way.
Following the recent breathrough of the US company Kovio in printing nanosilicon transistors in thousands with much smaller size and better performance than printed polymer transistors we now have 3D printing of silicon, a completely different process.
Intel has withdrawn from one of the schemes to supply children in the developing world with $100 laptop computers after a dispute with its partners in the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project.
A dual Analog-Digital wristwatch using E Ink's electronic paper display technology was recently launched by Art Technology, Hong Kong.
In applications ranging from hospital X-ray machines to instruments for astronomy, the standard way to measure the dose of radiation is to use a detector made from an inorganic semiconductor, such as silicon.
The first fully functional radio from a single carbon nanotube has been created by a team of researchers with the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) making it the smallest radio ever made.
MIT, USA researchers have created a new structured gel that can rapidly change color in response to a variety of stimuli, and could be used as an environmental sensor at food processing plants, where the sensor could indicate whether food that must remain dry has been overly exposed to humidity.
Healthcare information systems in use today were mainly designed to manage acute illness, such as infections and injury, making them ill-equipped to cope with the growing requirement for pervasive monitoring of long-term conditions.
The accelerating and constantly changing industry of Printed Electronics is estimated to be worth 100-300 billion dollars in 15 years forecast Clemson University, USA.
In Sweden, Micromuscle AB relies on ionic effects in polymers whereas the acrylics and silicones of Artificial Muscle Inc of the USA, that can be stretched to 1000 times the area, rely on the electroactive forces in a capacitor-like structure with around 1200 volts applied.
On 20 November, the Printed Electronics Arena had a one day meeting in Norrkoping Science Park Sweden
$300 billion by 2027 predicted by IDTechEx at Printed Electronics USA for new post-silicon electronics.
Printed strain & stress sensors on textiles may provide information about the actions of the body
Inorganic semiconductor technologies with conventional patterning offer immediate solutions, according to Kodak, which offers Chemical Vapor Deposition CVD to make it happen.
557 delegates from 20 countries were present at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA event in San Francisco - the industry's largest conference and exposition on the topic. The show featured the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Awards in recognition of outstanding achievement. See who won here and why.
Plextronics, Inc., a leading innovator of printed electronics technology, announced today that it has received a strategic investment by Applied Ventures, LLC, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAT).
This two day meeting was organised by the Organic Materials Innovation Centre (OMIC) and the UK Displays & Lighting KTN and focused on research activities that address the major challenges in the chemistry, processing and physics of organic transistors, sensors, OLEDS and photovoltaic devices.
Plastic Logic announced last week that the company's Board of Directors has appointed Richard Archuleta to the position of Chief Executive Officer and member of the company's Board of Directors. In addition, the Board of Director's has appointed Stratton Sclavos as a Non-Executive Director.
Bookstore chain Selexyz will be the first bookstore in the Netherlands with the sales of the digital book reader, the iLiad.
NovaCentrix, Corp., a leader in emerging printed electronics technologies, announced today one of its revolutionary printed electronics curing systems will for the first time be on display and operating at the IDTechEx conference Printed Electronics USA in San Francisco Nov 12-15
Researchers at The University of Manchester, UK have developed high-tech battery-powered textile yarns that can be used to make clothing glow in the dark.
Laser Direct Pattern Etching (LDPE) using high-power lasers and project optics can be used to directly etch thin metal layers on plastic substrates forming circuits. With this new method of patterning, thin metal circuits can be produced at very high production rates, significantly reducing the cost of circuit production.
The recent changes in electronics technology have caused a high rate of turnover for all types of electronic products. The replaced electronic products and systems that were made obsolete by new technologies are creating a fast-growing problem of ever increasing amounts of obsolete electronic gear that is accumulating around the globe.
Printed electronics is a term that covers printed and potentially printed electronics and electrics. It is the basis of an emerging $300 billion business embracing transistors, memory, displays, solar cells, batteries, sensors, lasers and much more. Printed Electronics USA will include new developments in printed electronics and the more specific use of these new technologies.
A belt that allows a carefully controlled micro-current to flow completely through the pain source, could ease back pain for many sufferers. It will use printed batteries as more powerful versions become available and printed electronics components as suitable ones become available.
A belt that allows a carefully controlled micro-current to flow completely through the pain source, could ease back pain for many sufferers. It will use printed batteries as more powerful versions become available and printed electronics components as suitable ones become available.
The IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA conference and exhibition in San Francisco on November 14-15 is the World's largest event on the topic by many parameters. Even with almost a month to go, there are 45 confirmed exhibitors with just a few places left and more than 400 registered delegates.
Consumer electronics will mostly be made by printing in the years to come, but the interesting question is whether it will be poisonous either at the level of the factory or the level of the user?
The second version of the Organic Electronics Association (OE-A) roadmap provides a forecast for the market entry of printed electronics through 2015 and beyond.
The IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA event in San Francisco, 11-15 November, is being deluged with breakthrough products that will be on show.
Europe has far more organisations active in the subject of printed and potentially printed electronics than any other continent.
Transistors are the engine of the new electronics just as the silicon chip is the engine of the traditional electronics.
Researchers have developed and tested a wearable new light-emitting 'sticking plaster' that will revolutionise the treatment of skin cancer.
Trusted independent printed electronics and RFID consultancy moves global HQ to U.S. and appoints new German based director.
There is a much more balanced situation across the world when it comes to development and production of printed electronic and electric devices.
The European Commission holds its second working session on organic and large area electronics to direct EC funding efficiently, creating a major new European industry.
A report from the part of IS&T's Digital Fabrication conference, concerned with
At the IDTechEx conferences Printed Electronics in Asia 11-12 September and RFID Europe in Cambridge UK 18-19 September it was clear that attitudes to UHF RFID are changing.
Over 180 attendees from 12 countries came to the first IDTechEx Printed Electronics Asia conference and exhibition. The majority of delegates were from Japan, with many surprise attendances from major Japanese institutions getting involved in this exciting new topic.
The world's biggest exhibition in photovoltaics was held in parallel to the 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference in Milan, Italy, from 3rd to 7th September. It was an impressive event with overall around 500 exhibitors, 3000 scientists, industry representatives and politicians from 83 countries.
Printed electronics will eventually interest a high proportion of the seven billion people that will be on the planet because it will transform their lives. It will eventually involve over 100,000 manufacturers. Today, printed and potentially printed electronics is already of interest to over 10,000 organisations.
Plextronics, Inc. announced last week that it has completed a $20.6 million Series B financing. The round is led by Solvay North America Investments, LLC, a member of the Solvay Group, an international chemical and pharmaceutical group headquartered in Brussels.
A new energy storage device that is only slightly bigger than the size of a postage stamp has been developed by scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Now we have smart skin patches that heal wounds by restoring the natural electrical signals in the skin at the site of a wound thanks to BIOFiSICA.
UK start up company Polymertronics is developing a new nanotechnology that will allow digital inkjet printing and instant curing of flexible electronic components.
There are far more developers of inorganic compound photovoltaics than of organic versions in the world. In particular, there are more developers of copper indium gallium diselenide CIGS solar cells than for any other non-silicon technology.
As IDTechEx completes research for its trilogy of reports on printed and potentially printed electronics in, respectively, East Asia, Europe and North America, it is becoming clear how different the priorities are in these three regions.
Overall, Europe may be losing the race for the huge new business of printed electronics and the rejuvenation of society that it will bring. This is despite having far more academic institutions than East Asia working on the subject, the number being comparable to the number in the USA.
Gentag, Inc. and The CORE Institute® in the USA have announced a joint collaborative effort to develop and market RFID diagnostic Skin Patches for Medical Applications in Orthopedics.
PETeC, a unique plastics electronics technology centre, is set to establish North East England as a global leader in the application of plastic electronics.
Researchers are developing biocompatible, stretchable, waterproof electronic circuit technology that can be integrated in stretchable applications like bandages or medical implants.
IDTechEx conferences on Printed Electronics in the USA and Europe are highly regarded. By popular request, the company is now staging an annual Printed Electronics Asia conference and exhibition in Tokyo September 10-11. The title is carefully chosen because both organic and inorganic electronics have a great future. It is therefore best to explore all the possibilities and achievements.
The development of intelligent miniaturised biosensors capable of wireless communication will fundamentally change the way we monitor and treat patients with chronic disease and after surgery.
The market for organic and printed electronics will rise from $1.18 billion in 2007 to over $300 billion in 20 years, becoming a huge business as the technology offers many different benefits. Here Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx, reveals market forecasts and opportunities based on the new IDTechEx report Organic & Printed Electronics Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2007-2027.
Amir Mashkoori, Kovio Chairman and CEO, will be the keynote speaker at the annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA 2007 conference and exhibition, being held November 13-14 2007 in San Francisco. This will be Kovio's first public presentation since the company's inception.
Printing is the basis of the new electronics. As Dr Colin Marsh of The Technology Partnership in the UK says,
More savvy developers are now realizing that printed electronics can be a completely new way of doing things and we are only just beginning to understand how revolutionary and wide ranging this is.
Hosokawa Micron has expanded its range of inorganic compound nanoparticles created by its NANOCREATOR process. In electronics and electrics, the first applications targeted by Hosokawa are fuel cells but IDTechEx expects that use in thin film dielectrics for transistors and other electronic applications may come later.
Based on the latest research by IDTechEx, reported in the new report Organic & Printed Electronics Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2007-2027, the market for printed and thin film electronics will be $1.18 billion in 2007. IDTechEx forecast the market growing to $5.06 billion by 2011, and $48.18 billion in 2027.
Researchers claim to have created the first prototype of a new design for semiconductors, devices in which transparent electronics are built on top of a flexible transparent base.
Cartamundi, the company that supplied the playing cards used in the James Bond film 'Casino Royale' is going to add plastic memory to its products.
Printed transistors and memory will be the largest part of the new electronics just as silicon chips are the largest part of the old electronics. The reason is that printed logic and memory are needed in almost everything electronic. It therefore matters greatly which countries will win in printed transistors, the engine of the whole printed electronics revolution.
Nippon Hoso Kyokai NHK means Japan Broadcasting Corporation. It is Japan's sole nationwide public broadcasting corporation. Its laboratories specialize in research and development in the field of broadcasting and related technologies.
IDTechEx attended the International Conference on Organic Electronics 2007 in Eindhoven this month. Read our summary here.
Recognizing Innovation. Success. Development.
Most of the thousand or more participants in printed electronics are attempting incremental improvements to existing products and missing the big picture...
Printed electronics is a term that encompasses thin film transistor circuits (TFTCs), displays, interconnects, power, sensors and even actuators. Thousands of companies have now entered this market. The printing companies today will be the new electronic giants tomorrow.
Over 330 delegates from 30 countries attended the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe event in Cambridge, UK this week. The event hosted the inaugural IDTechEx Printed Electronics Awards in recognition of outstanding achievement. Here are the winners.
Surprisingly, Europe has been pulling ahead of the rest of the world in many aspects of printed and potentially printed electronics just lately. Learn more in this article.
Printed electronics often involves simple things such as printed conductive patterns to counter the pollution, unreliability, bulk, weight and cost of wires, solder and etched patterns. Most commonly, printed electronics will be used where traditional technology is simply not a feasible solution, such as wallpaper that generates power and doubles as a television and lighting or electronic anti-counterfeiting on 100 billion cigarette packets yearly, giving traceability at a cost of only 0.1 cents per package.
Progress with printed and thin film electronics.
Nowadays, the term printed electronics is taken to include printed electrics and even thin film devices that are likely to be printed in due course. Anything less risks missing the big picture, the subject is moving on so rapidly.
Printed Electronics Europe concentrated on commercialisation rather than academic research and the full picture of all printed electronics, not just organics. Indeed, it was revealed that inorganic electronic inks and materials are becoming more important.
We are delighted to announce that we have won the UK's most prestigious business award.
Printed electronics is rapidly moving from inventions to commercialisation. This transition will be explored in the conference Printed Electronics Europe April 20-21 in Churchill College Cambridge UK. Bookings are at a record level.
Globally the printing industry is in decline. Are the centuries of sophisticated development of the science and production technology for printing declining in a whimper? The answer is probably not. Certainly there is a fascinating escape route opening up for some. It is the printing of electronics.
Part 1
Printing Electronics - prepare for a step change in the printing and electronics industries. Here we introduce the technology and explore new opportunities as the printing and electronics industry converge.
Biomimetics is the mimicking of nature to create manufactured products. In RFID it is not new but there is much more to come and nature has lessons for those going in the wrong direction.
Printed Electronics - announcing the breakthroughs
Organic Electronics Forecasts, Players & Opportunities
Europe's largest gathering of experts
London, September 2004
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Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman IDTechEx, United Kingdom at Printed Electronics USA 2005
Mr Thomas Grinnan, Vice President MeadWestvaco Healthcare Packaging, United States at Printed Electronics USA 2005
Ms Stina Ehrensvärd, Marketing Director Cypak AB, Sweden at Printed Electronics USA 2005
New market creation (27 articles)
Smart packaging company Stora Enso has joined forces with Medixine to market a new electronic compliance monitoring service.
IDTechEx report on the Intellipak conference held in Sweden on 5 November that was mainly in Swedish and partly in English with just over 40 attending and excellent content.
IDTechEx has just issued a report called Wireless Sensor Networks and we summarise the subject also known as Ubiquitous Sensor Networks in part two.
Displays (20 articles)
The new electronic reader Hanvon N510 was used by the crew of the recent Shenzhou-7 orbital flight to take notes, read books and listen to recordings state recent reports.
NEC LCD Technologies has successfully developed A3 and A4 sized electronic paper using the microcapsule electrophoretic system.
Plastic Logic recently previewed its large, thin and lightweight e-reader. Now two more e-reader products have been launched with similar size screens.
RFID (77 articles)
A neat "robot" terminal has just been announced by electronics giant NEC. It combines a touch-sensitive screen in its chest with an RFID reader terminal for gathering data from the e-money phones that are popular in Japan.
Kovio Inc., a privately held Silicon Valley company, announced this week the development of the world's first silicon ink based RFID and launch of its printed silicon RFID platform for item-level intelligence.
A unique combination of wireless technologies will allow the next generation of cell phones, PDAs, or wireless laptops to be used as readers for virtually any sensor application, ranging from glucose testing with a cell phone to remote temperature checking of an appliance in a secondary home, using a laptop.
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