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World's first digital interactive newspaper becomes a reality

Working with technology company Novalia and colleagues from the universities of Dundee and Surrey, the project aims to revolutionise the way we consume media.

Smith and Wanxiang sign letter of intent for $25M investment

Smith Electric Vehicles and Wanxiang Group announce investment and joint venture.

Running cars on sun and water

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems inaugurated a solar hydrogen filling station.

Biofuel cells implanted in snails

A team at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York, have implanted tiny biofuel cells into brown garden snails that extract electrical power from the glucose and oxygen in the snail's blood to produce electricity.

Metamaterial more efficient at capturing sunlight

Researchers have found a way to use metamaterials to absorb a wide range of light with extremely high efficiency, which they say could lead to a new generation of solar cells or optical sensors.

World's 1st pilot factory for printed intelligence industrialisation

World's first pilot factory for printed intelligence industrialisation opens at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland in Oulu, Finland.

Printed Electronics Europe 2012: Here comes the user pull

Printed Electronics have come of age: Here comes the user pull from a large "user pool". At the Printed Electronics Europe 2012 Berlin event, every attendee will become a user after receiving a working printed electronics product.

Heliatek's groundbreaking production facility for organic solar film

The company has invested €14 million in the construction of this first production line and has created over 75 new jobs in recent years.

President Obama launches EV-Everywhere Challenge

By 2022 the USA Energy Department hopes that companies in the United States will be the first in the world to produce a 5-passenger affordable American electric vehicle with a payback time of less than 5 years and sufficient range and fast-charging ability to enable average Americans everywhere to meet their daily transportation needs more conveniently and at lower cost.

Mechanism behind capacitor's high-speed energy storage discovered

Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered the means by which a polymer known as PVDF enables capacitors to store and release large amounts of energy quickly. Their findings could lead to much more powerful and efficient electric cars.

Solar ski helmet

The new 3D solar panel developed by Fraunhofer IZM is almost invisible when mounted on a ski helmet.

Functional oxide thin films create new field of oxide electronics

This is the first time that researchers have been able to produce positively charged (p-type) conduction and negatively charged (n-type) conduction in a single oxide material, launching a new era in oxide electronics.

Solar hybrid propulsion system for advanced eco yacht

The yacht uses a 9 MW Solar Hybrid Propulsion System powered by a combination of Sustainable Sources of energy.

Reaching a wider e-mobility community

IDTechEx is once again meeting its promise to allow a wider community of e-mobility players to compare notes. As its name implies, {{Electric Vehicles Land Sea Air USA 2012|www.idtechex.com/evusa}} in San Jose California March 27-28 lets you meet people not present at events with a narrower product and geographical focus. This unique forum is vital to those widening their scope in the EV value chain, leaving behind those with tunnel vision.

Fabricating solar cells onto everyday surfaces

Barr's most recent inventive breakthrough — a pioneering approach to fabricating solar cells on a variety of everyday surfaces — could lead to widespread adoption of solar power.

The first fully stretchable OLED

Now engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have taken a step toward these handy electronics by creating the first fully stretchable organic light-emitting diode (OLED).

Thinfilm receives first order for scalable array printed memory

Delivery of engineering quantities of Passive Array Memory to customer in Q2 2012.

Flexible Organic lighting reaches high energy efficiency

Solvay, Holst Centre and several other partners demonstrate flexible 69cm2 Organic LED (OLED) lighting tiles with an efficiency of 30lm/Watt.

The murky waters of energy harvesting

The confluence of sea water and fresh water with its inherent difference in salinity is providing researchers with a new approach to energy harvesting.

BASF & Philips 1st to develop OLED for use as transparent car roof

OLED lighting concept for car roofs is a solar-powered light source, transparent when switched off.