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Predicting success in electric vehicles

This article shares some of the research carried out for the latest in the series of 18 IDTechEx reports on electric vehicles and their components.

Ionic-liquid-based gel electrolyte boosts flexible supercapacitors

A newly developed ionic-liquid- and silica-based gel electrolyte greatly improves both the energy and power density of flexible supercapacitors, say researchers at Korea University.

Cybergo driverless bus

Oxis Energy Ltd of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK has joined forces with Induct of France to spearhead the latest technology in electric vehicles.

LasX introduces precision converting services group for contact laser

LasX Industries, Inc., a leader in laser digital converting equipment and services, is proud to announce the addition of the Precision Converting Services group to better serve the electronic and industrial markets.

Harnessing nature's solar cells

Within a few years, people in remote villages in the developing world may be able to make their own solar panels, at low cost, using otherwise worthless agricultural waste as their raw material.

First electric vehicle to finish the Dakar rally

The Latvian built OSCar eO has become the first range-extended electric-drive vehicle to complete the Dakar rally, an 8400 km long gruelling challenge through Argentina, Chile and Peru. The two week rally is arguably the toughest motorsport event in the world with less than half of the starters making it to the finish podium in Lima.

New touch screen technology

Kodak and Heraeus demonstrate first use of PEDOT in projected capacitive touch screens

Implanted biofuel cell converts bug's chemistry into electricity

An insect's internal chemicals can be converted to electricity, potentially providing power for sensors, recording devices or to control the bug, a group of researchers at Case Western Reserve University report.

Thin film transistor technology is moving fast

IDTechEx summarises the latest work on thin film transistors.

Battery that can be woven into clothing

Researchers at the Polytechnic School of Montreal in Canada have built a battery that can be woven into a garment.

Tokyo and San Jose: bellwethers of EV success & failure

IDTechEx is currently in Silicon Valley having spent over a week in Tokyo at EV clients and events. Both are a bellwether of what is really happening on the ground with EVs because they have a relatively large number of early adopters.

Polyera achieves world-record organic solar cell performance

Polyera has achieved a certified world-record 9.1% efficient polymer/fullerene organic solar cell in an inverted bulk heterojunction architecture using its newest proprietary ActivInk® PV2000 semiconductor material.

INSIDE Secure NFC solutions now Kovio RF barcode ready

INSIDE Secure announced that its family of NFC solutions can now be used to interact with the Kovio RF Barcode™ wireless tag, an affordable NFC tag solution based on Kovio's printed silicon technology platform.

Solar cells from grass clippings

Within a few years, people in remote villages in the developing world may be able to make their own solar panels, at low cost, using otherwise worthless agricultural waste as their raw material.

Meet the WattStation from GE

General Electric recently unveiled their WattStation electric vehicle charging stations; both pedestal and wall mounted.

Printed Electronics for Electric Vehicles

More and more giant corporations are buying into printed electrics by acquiring companies partly or wholly in the field. The world's second largest chemical company Dow bought Rohm & Haas (materials), 3M bought into Printechnologics (printed patterns read by mobile phones) and DuPont bought Innovalight (nanosilicon layers to increase photovoltaic efficiency).

Pacemaker powered by heartbeats

Aerospace engineers from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have developed a prototype device that could power a pacemaker using vibrations in the chest cavity that are due mainly to heartbeats.

Highways to wirelessly charge moving cars

A Stanford University research team has designed a high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet apart. The long-term goal of the research is to develop an all-electric highway that wirelessly charges cars and trucks as they drive down the road.

Smart paint could revolutionise structural safety

The environmentally-friendly paint uses nanotechnology to detect movement in large structures, and could shape the future of safety monitoring.

Flexible and Stretchable Electronics at Printed Electronics Europe

Stretchable and conformal electronics is a relatively new but rapidly emerging and fascinating field in microelectronics.