http://www.idtechex.com/research/topics/energy-harvesting-and-storage-000474.asp IDTechEx provides independent analysis on the development and application of RFID, Printed Electronics, Photovoltaics and Energy Harvesting en Copyright (C) IDTechEx Ltd 474 /research/topics/energy-harvesting-and-storage-000474.asp Highlights of last week's IDTechEx conference, Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe in Berlin, part one.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/highlights-of-energy-harvesting-and-storage-europe-2012-part-one-00004436.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/highlights-of-energy-harvesting-and-storage-europe-2012-part-one-00004436.asp?rsstopicid=47424 May 2012 Future Energy Solutions has released an exclusive design platform created to assess the feasibility of energy harvesting for customer applications. http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/energy-harvesting-platform-assesses-feasibility-of-applications-00004428.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/energy-harvesting-platform-assesses-feasibility-of-applications-00004428.asp?rsstopicid=47423 May 2012 Cortus announces the release of the latest member of their processor family: the energy efficient APS3R.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/cortus-launches-aps3r-32-bit-microcontroller-ip-core-00004433.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/cortus-launches-aps3r-32-bit-microcontroller-ip-core-00004433.asp?rsstopicid=47423 May 2012 The new production site of EpiGaN was officially opened in the presence of Flemish Minister Mrs Ingrid Lieten and Limburg Governor Mr Herman Reynders. The company selected the Research Campus Hasselt as the ideal location for the volume production of their gallium nitride epitaxial material. http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/epigan-starts-production-on-research-campus-hasselt-00004434.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/epigan-starts-production-on-research-campus-hasselt-00004434.asp?rsstopicid=47423 May 2012 A team of scientists has found a cleverly designed double-walled nanostructure that lasts more than 6,000 cycles, far more than needed by electric vehicles or mobile electronics.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/new-nanostructure-keeps-batteries-going-and-going-00004424.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/new-nanostructure-keeps-batteries-going-and-going-00004424.asp?rsstopicid=47422 May 2012 Using tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a system that may someday restore sight to people who have lost vision because of certain types of degenerative eye diseases. http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/solar-retinal-implants-may-restore-sight-to-the-blind-00004423.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/solar-retinal-implants-may-restore-sight-to-the-blind-00004423.asp?rsstopicid=47421 May 2012 Villanova University and Unmanned Ocean Vehicles, Inc., in the USA have been developing the powertrain and harvesting for an unmanned surface boat using funding from the US Office of Naval Research.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/multiple-harvesting-for-unmanned-military-boats-00004414.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/multiple-harvesting-for-unmanned-military-boats-00004414.asp?rsstopicid=47418 May 2012 G24 Innovations (G24i), the manufacturer of next-generation Dye Sensitized Photo Electric Cells, has been awarded the prestigious IDTechEx prize for the 2012 Best Technical Development of an Energy Harvesting Device at the Energy Harvesting and Storage Europe 2012 conference and exhibition.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/g24-innovations-energy-harvesting-device-wins-2012-idtechex-award-00004418.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/g24-innovations-energy-harvesting-device-wins-2012-idtechex-award-00004418.asp?rsstopicid=47418 May 2012 On Tuesday the 15th of May in Berlin, Germany, IDTechEx recognised innovation once more with the Energy Harvesting & Storage and Wireless Sensor Networks & RTLS awards, in a ceremony that took place on the first day of the IDTechEx conference on the topic.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/energy-harvesting-and-storage-and-wireless-sensor-networks-and-rtls-awards-00004416.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/energy-harvesting-and-storage-and-wireless-sensor-networks-and-rtls-awards-00004416.asp?rsstopicid=47417 May 2012 Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a way to generate power using harmless viruses that convert mechanical energy into electricity. http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/scientists-generate-electricity-from-viruses-00004411.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/scientists-generate-electricity-from-viruses-00004411.asp?rsstopicid=47416 May 2012 Wattshock recently exhibited their regenerative suspension retrofit shock. This component generates electricity from previously wasted kinetic energy in vehicles. http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/waste-energy-scavenging-in-vehicles-00004406.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/waste-energy-scavenging-in-vehicles-00004406.asp?rsstopicid=47415 May 2012 Scientists at Natcore Technology Inc using simple liquid bath processes, have created a black surface on a silicon wafer with an average reflectance in the visible and near-infrared region of the solar spectrum of 0.3%, making it the "blackest" silicon solar cell surface ever recorded.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/black-solar-cells-have-lowest-reflectance-for-silicon-solar-cells-00004402.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/black-solar-cells-have-lowest-reflectance-for-silicon-solar-cells-00004402.asp?rsstopicid=47414 May 2012 SolarPrint Limited a leading developer of high performance indoor energy harvesting technology today announced that it is to showcase the world's first self powered wireless CO2, Temperature and Humidity sensor using SolarPrint's Dye Sensitised Solar cell ("DSSC") technology as part of a joint collaboration with Analog Devices Incorporated (ADI) and Gas Sensing Solutions Limited (GSS). http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/solarprint-to-enable-next-generation-self-powered-wireless-sensors-00004404.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/solarprint-to-enable-next-generation-self-powered-wireless-sensors-00004404.asp?rsstopicid=47414 May 2012 Researchers from the University are studying how to make electricity from electrodes coated in bacteria, and other living cells, using light or hydrogen as the fuel. http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/creating-energy-and-light-from-air-00004396.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/creating-energy-and-light-from-air-00004396.asp?rsstopicid=47411 May 2012 In April this year, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) ratified a new standard - ISO/IEC 14543-3-10 - for wireless applications with ultra-low power consumption.http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/wireless-sensor-networks-energy-harvesting-and-standardization-00004399.asp?rsstopicid=474http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/wireless-sensor-networks-energy-harvesting-and-standardization-00004399.asp?rsstopicid=47410 May 2012