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Discovery boosts energy storage of supercapacitors

Researchers at the University of Central Florida have developed a technique to increase the energy storage capabilities of supercapacitors.

Cal Poly provides much needed education in printed electronics

California Polytechnic State University is commencing an online graduate certificate program in Printed Electronics and Functional Imaging aimed at working professionals.

Silver nanowires as transparent conductive materials

In this article series, IDTechEx Research will critically examine the various technology options that are emerging to serve as transparent conductive films. IDTechEx will provide a detailed briefing on the technology attributes and manufacturing processes. IDTechEx will then offer a critical SWOT analyses and examine the current and future uses of the technology. Finally, IDTechEx will offer a briefing on key players commercialising the technology. IDTechEx Research will start by examining silver nanowires and will then continue with graphene, carbon nanotubes, micro-fine, metal mesh and PDOT:PSS.

Saft to supply Li-ion batteries for Houston Harbor container cranes

Battery manufacturer Saft has been awarded a contract by MJ EcoPower Hybrid Systems to supply lithium-ion batteries for four new hybrid-powered mobile RTG (Rubber Tyred Gantry) cranes serving Houston Harbor in the US state of Texas.

Kickstarter funding for printed electronics demonstrator

UK Printed Electronics company, Novalia Limited are inviting small investors to be part of their story by backing their work through crowdfunding site, Kickstarter.

Inorganic flexible thin film solar cell fabricated by solution process

Scientists of Natcore Technology Inc. in collaboration with researchers at Rice University have successfully fabricated the first inorganic flexible thin film solar cell by solution processes.

3D-printed rocket engine gets its first fiery test

NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne recently finished testing a rocket engine injector made through additive manufacturing, or 3D printing.

Integration Technology Ltd wins Product Development Award

New product launches for 2013 from Integration Technology Ltd (ITL) have won the UK-based UV curing pioneer the Product Development Award at this year's Printed Electronics Asia show and conference.

crystalsol: new CTO signs partnership with Forster

crystalsol GmbH (Vienna) has announced the signing of a production partnership with Forster Verkehrs- und Werbetechnik GmbH. Forster will produce crystalsol's flexible photovoltaic film for integration into building elements.

Energy storage for consumer electronics - a $33 bn market landscape

Tablet and smart phone sales reached 116 million and 675 million units in 2012, exhibiting a year-to-year growth of 43 and 94%, respectively. In contrast, desktop sales have declined. The market message is clear: consumers are demanding fully portable devices. This translates into a large and growing market opportunity for energy storage devices.

Batteries 2020 - towards competitive European automotive batteries

The Basque R&D Centre IK4-IKERLAN is leading the European project 'Batteries 2020', which anticipates reusing the batteries as accumulators for renewable energies once they can no longer be used for automotive purposes.

Energy harvesting and storage technologies in rail transit

In this article we will briefly look at implementations in the rail transit sector, and the kind of technologies that are making their way onto trains, railways and waysides in order to reduce power consumption, maintenance costs and reliability of train services.

Home 3D printing - the health and safety opportunity

Readers may have noticed over the past day or two an epidemic of web-articles concerning a soon-to-be-published paper authored by the Institute of Technology in Chicago and the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon relating to emissions from desktop 3D printers.

Printed Electronics USA exhibits nears sell-out: space expanded by 30%

Printed Electronics USA, the American event forming part of the global IDTechEx event series on the topic, has neared sell-out for exhibition space four months prior to the event.

Applications of stretchable electronics

Stretchable electronics has been one of the least exploited but most researched sectors of the new electronics over the past decade. To find out more read the IDTechEx research report "Stretchable Electronics Comes to Market".

Ioxus receives $15 million in series C funding

Ioxus, a manufacturer of premium performance ultracapacitor technology for use in transportation, industrial and energy applications, received $15 million in Series C funding from investors.

Moving heat sideways with transverse thermoelectrics

The materials also have potential for refrigerating to cryogenic temperatures and converting a few degrees of temperature difference around room temperature into hundreds of volts of electrical potential — all with a single piece of appropriately shaped material.

Oxide semiconductors- where do they fit?

Several major trends have been driving technological innovation in the display industry since its early days. These trends include image quality, screen size, portability and form factor. These have determined the direction of technological innovation and shaped entire value chains.

Design students collaborate with industry innovators

MA Design and Design Management students have collaborated with The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) to promote the benefits of printable electronics.

Energy harvesting from tethered undersea kites

In a TUSK system, a tethered, rigid-winged hydro-kite is submerged in an ocean or tidal current and controlled to move in high-speed cross-current motions.