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Ynvisible awarded over 550,000 Euros by the Portuguese NSRF

Ynvisible is awarded a Portuguese National Strategic Reference Framework incentive for a one million Euros project.

New organic photo detector company

Siemens exclusively licenses imaging technology to Nikkoia SAS

World's first serial hybrid electric aircraft to fly at Le Bourget

Siemens AG, Diamond Aircraft and EADS are set to present the world's first aircraft with a serial hybrid electric drive system at the Paris Air Show Le Bourget 2011.

Nano-research opens way to everlasting battery

In a crucial step towards the development of self-powering portable electronics, RMIT University researchers have for the first time characterised the ability of piezoelectric thin films to turn mechanical pressure into electricity.

Extend the run-time of a solid-state battery

The client (or maybe boss) wants me or someone in my team to get that low-power system they have built running from one of those solid-state batteries and it is time to figure out how to put the whole power system together.

Keynote Presentations at IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and WSN Europe

Keynote Presentations at IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and WSN Europe, Munich, 21 June 2011.

Fujitsu and Sapporo Shirakaba-dai Hospital patient guidance system

Fujitsu Limited and Sapporo Shirakaba-dai Hospital recently announced the joint development of a clinical appointment guidance system that employs color electronic paper (e-paper). The system recently began full operations.

Winners of the IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and WSN Awards

At the Energy Harvesting & Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) awards dinner on June 21 in Munich, Germany, companies were recognized for making significant technical or commercial progress with these technologies.

Mobile phones charged using sound

Orange has announced their latest invention in the world of mobile charging technology with an innovative gadget that powers mobile phones using sound.

Extraction of light generated inside solar devices proves critical

When the scientists at Alta Devices began seeing their solar devices achieve efficiency results beyond what was previously thought possible, they realized that something scientifically important was going on. Their conclusion: a great solar cell also emits light and collecting that light increases cell performance.

OLED: Record-breaking efficiency

Researchers and developers have achieved a new efficiency record in the laboratory for OLED. The laboratory sample achieves 87 lm/W, significantly exceeding the current peak value. And the most important thing: the laboratory sample is highly proximate to the product, thus paving the way for highly energy-efficient OLED products with considerably higher brightness ...

Beneq launches roll-to-roll ALD system for wide flexible substrates

Following the pioneering work in spatial atomic layer deposition and the launch of the revolutionizing research and development tool TFS 200R for continuous ALD in 2009, Beneq has closed the deal for a roll-to-roll ALD system, the Web Coating System WCS 500. The first WCS 500 unit will be delivered to the ASTRaL laboratory at Lappeenranta University of Technology (FIN).

Stretchable electronics report how you feel

Electronics that can be bent and stretched might sound like science fiction. But Uppsala researcher Zhigang Wu, working with collaborators, has devised a wireless sensor that can stand to be stretched.

Airliners become electric vehicles

Aircraft are becoming more electric even to the extent of having electric traction just like an electric car. Curiously this is starting at the light and heavy end, with medium sized feeder aircraft adopting electrification later.

First nano self-powered device with wireless data transmission

Scientists are reporting development of the first self-powered nano-device that can transmit data wirelessly over long distances.

Mechanical energy harvesting in vehicles is better?

The use of flywheels has yet to be commercially successful in production vehicles. Decades ago they were tried as an energy source powered up before the vehicle went on its way. That proved expensive, heavy and sometimes dangerous but the technology has reappeared as mechanical storage of braking energy and therefore potentially useful in both pure electric and hybrid electric vehicles.

BYD will introduce all electric buses in Frankfurt

BYD a leading-edge provider of green energy technologies based in Shenzhen China has signed a Letter of Intent with the city of Frankfurt, Germany to introduce BYD's all-electric, long-range, eBUS.

Optomec Aerosol Jet Marathon Series for volume manufacturing

Enhanced hardware establishes new industry standard for performance in production applications

Light up your world with organic and printed electronics

Organic and Printed Electronics Association

Horrific cost of cheap Chinese batteries

The rechargeable lead batteries concerned are used in scooters, cars and some mobile phones.