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Comments from S.I.D. 2011

S.I.D. is the successful display technology exhibition and conference. It was held last week in Los Angeles and had well over 5,000 attendees, and it included some aspects relevant to printed and flexible electronics. The show is often a great gauge of current interest in different display technologies and this year it was evident that the latest focus is on 3D television and touch screen technologies.

Smart transformers among top 10 emerging technologies

The smart solid-state transformers being developed by the NSF FREEDM Systems Center at North Carolina State University have been named to MIT Technology Review's 2011 list of the world's 10 most important emerging technologies.

New technique could enable fiber-based electronic and photonic devices

Researchers at MIT have succeeded in making a fine thread that could enable creation of a variety of fiber-based electronic and photonic devices.

Thermal energy harvester for turbine health sensor system

Nextreme Thermal Solutions and Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc are jointly developing a thermal energy harvesting solution for a wireless sensor system designed to monitor the health of bearings in turbine engines.

Coextrusion printing of battery and fuel cell electrodes

PARC has demonstrated a manufacturing technology—co-extrusion printing—for depositing thick films of densely interdigitated functional materials. This is a promising method for making advanced battery and fuel cell electrodes, particularly air cathodes.

New solar technology could break photovoltaic limits

Photovoltaic (PV) efficiency is a significant problem for today's commercial solar panels, which can collect only a theoretical maximum of about 30 percent of available light. Now, a team that includes a University of Missouri engineer is developing a flexible solar film that can theoretically capture more than 90 percent of available light. Prototypes could be produced within the next five years.

Volvo cars and the development of inductive charging

Volvo Car Corporation is participating in an inductive charging project. Together with Belgian technological and development specialists Flanders' Drive and others, Volvo Car Corporation is developing systems and methods that need neither power sockets nor charging cables. With inductive charging, energy is transferred wirelessly to the car's battery via a charging plate buried in the road surface.

Solar technology to capture more than 90% of light energy

A team that includes a University of Missouri engineer is developing a flexible solar film that can theoretically capture more than 90 percent of available light.

Hands on printed electronics workshop at the Sonoco Institute

On June 7-9, 2011 the Sonoco Institute will present a hands-on workshop on Printed Electronics. The two day workshop, //Printed Electronics 101//, will cover many aspects of printed electronics at an introductory to intermediate level. Some of the topics include: markets, devices, technologies, practices, challenges, manufacturing, and growth opportunities.

Energy harvesters convert waste heat into electricity

The high-efficiency thermal waste heat energy converter actively cools electronic devices, photovoltaic cells, computers and large waste heat-producing systems while generating electricity.

Philips leads innovation in OLED-based lighting

Philips leads innovation in OLED-based lighting with further investment in OLED production facility in Aachen, Germany

Best for batteries: Not too hot, not too cold

With average U.S. gasoline prices approaching $4 a gallon, drivers and automakers are thinking electric. Previously steered in this direction by concerns about pollution and dependence on foreign oil, consumer interest in electric-drive cars continues to surge. But before Americans are able to flip the switch from gasoline to electricity, automakers need batteries for the next generation of electric vehicles that can deliver the range, performance, reliability and safety drivers expect.

ImageXpert 's new website and an expanded set of JetXpert options

The JetXpert drop watcher and analysis system combines state of the art strobing technology with customized optics and powerful ImageXpert software to provide a flexible platform for analyzing the performance of any frequency actuated dispensing head for non-contact dispensing systems through drop-in-flight analysis and visualization. Please visit the new website www.jetxpert.com for more information.

European Commission makes €24.2 million available for e-mobility

The European Commission will support a cross-European electromobility initiative, Green eMotion, worth €41.8 million ($59.2 million), in partnership with forty two partners from the industries, utilities, electric car manufacturers, municipalities, universities and technology and research institutions.

E-Ink and Epson roll out world's highest resolution eReader

The highest resolution 300 dpi ePaper tablets in the world have been developed by E Ink and Seiko Epson. The new eReader is expected to attract the business and education community where huge amounts of data have to be processed, as well as in countries that use character-based text, including Japan and China, stated the companies in an announcement on Monday.

School bus to use energy harvesting and biofuel

The Georgia Institute of Technology and the Ford Motor Company Fund are partnering on the nation's first conversion of a school bus to a hydraulic hybrid vehicle that runs on recycled biofuel.

Can foreign EV makers prosper in China?

To understand the burgeoning electric vehicle EV industry, it is important to look at all forms of electric vehicle, land, sea and air. China has ambitions across all of them but none of the EV leaders are currently in China. It is bargaining access to its potentially large internal EV market in exchange for the intellectual property of aspiring foreign participants.

Greatly enhanced supercapacitor

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering have created a new porous, three-dimensional carbon that can be used as a greatly enhanced supercapacitor, holding promise for energy storage in everything from energy grids and electric cars to consumer electronics.

Spintronics: Hitting the wall

Experimental evidence of intrinsic pinning of magnetic domain walls will aid the development of next-generation memories.

Possible secondary uses for lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, industry and academia are teaming to give batteries from electric drive vehicles a "second life."