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The European Commission embodies and upholds the general interest of the Union and is the driving force in the Union's institutional system. Its four main roles are to propose legislation to Parliament and the Council, to administer and implement Community policies, to enforce Community law and to negotiate international agreements, mainly those relating to trade and cooperation.
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2010
12 Mar 2010
CNTs & graphene and the situation in Germany
The demands placed on new, high-tech materials are continually increasing, and existing material systems are reaching their limits. Due to their exceptional electrical and mechanical properties, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene and their composite materials offer high potential for use in diverse applications such as photovoltaics, sensors, semiconductor devices, displays, conductors, smart textiles and energy conversion devices (e.g., fuel cells, harvesters and batteries).9 Mar 2010
Imec and Altos collaborate on chip design and prototyping service
Imec and Altos Design Automation, Inc. has announced that they have entered into an agreement to set up a library re-characterization service based on Altos ultra-fast characterization tools.3 Mar 2010
Oled100.eu wins - best ICT for energy efficiency project
The European Commission's ICT for Energy Efficiency (ICT4EE) has granted its Best ICT4EE Award to the OLED100.eu project. OLED100.eu has received the First Place Award for its ICT contribution by showing that adoption of OLED lighting can lead to substantial improvements in energy efficiency and for its efforts to educate the public and disseminate the OLED (organic LED) lighting vision.25 Feb 2010
Intel teams up with Glasgow University
Intel teams up with Glasgow University to facilitate the design of future nanoscale memories A European taskforce has been set up to investigate how to design the next generation of tera-scale computer memory systems.2009
22 Dec 2009
CONTACT researches the use of carbon nanotubes in various applications
The demands placed on new, high-tech materials are continually increasing, and existing material systems are reaching their limits. Due to their exceptional electrical and mechanical properties, carbon nanotubes offer high potential for use in diverse applications.7 Dec 2009
Energy harvesting fabrics
Scientists are researching the development of energy-scavenging fabrics, with in-built nanotechnology which uses the kinetic energy from the wearer's movements and converts it into electricity for powering electronics.13 Oct 2009
HYPOLED consortium announces new partner and important milestones
The consortium for the HYPOLED project, co-ordinated by Fraunhofer IPMS, has announced collaboration with MicroOLED following the bankruptcy of MicroEmissive Displays late last year.3 Aug 2009
Rising from the ashes
The closure of several printed electronics operations has now resulted in phoenix operations rising from the ashes.3 Jul 2009
Printed batteries could be integrated into bank cards
A new printed battery that can be produced cost-effectively on a large scale could soon power small integrated displays on electronic bank cards.23 Mar 2009
First solar powered full-touch phone
Blue Earth is the first solar powered full-touch screen phone. By charging with the solar panel located on the back of the phone, users can generate enough electronic power to call anytime anywhere.24 Feb 2009
Environmental issues with energy harvesting
The runaway use of small batteries is leading to uncontrolled disposal of poisons such as lithium and highly alkaline electrolytes and exposure of children to these chemicals as they are used in everyday items such as toys and disposables such as talking gift cards.2008
1 Oct 2008
RFID Privacy, Data Protection and Security Recommendations - State of Play
European Commission
17 Sep 2008
Ruggedised and apparel RFID become popular
At Europe's largest RFID conference, RFID Europe, in Cambridge UK 30th September - 1 October, the most impressive users, developers and suppliers of ruggedised and apparel RFID will present their new advances and view of the future.16 Sep 2008
Ruggedised and Apparel RFID Become Popular
The IDTechEx Knowledgebase of over 3,500 RFID projects in 109 countries illustrates how this market of over $5 billion is rapidly diversifying.10 Sep 2008
23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition
IDTechEx's technology analyst Harry Zervos reports on the 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, in the Feria Valencia, in Spain.25 Aug 2008
Ambient intelligence
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.24 Jul 2008
Inorganic FETs on paper
In Portugal, a new field effect transistor with paper interstrate layer has now been developed.17 Jun 2008
Ultra low power electrochromic displays
US based AJJER LLC is developing ultra low power electrochromic displays and indicators operating at less than 2.4 volts and within a range of 1 to 5 mW.13 Jun 2008
OLLA final event symposium, Eindhoven 12.8.08
The final symposium of the OLLA OLED lighting project took place on the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven Netherlands 12.6.08 with about 80 attending the exhibition and about 60 attending the half day conference.12 Mar 2008
Printed electronics focuses in Dresden
The vibrant new printed electronics industry is being created as energetically in Germany as anywhere else in the world.