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Energy Harvesting Europe and WSN/RTLS Award Winners

This week more than 250 people attended the second annual IDTechEx event on Energy Harvesting and Wireless Sensor Networks & Real Time Locating Systems. These two events are co-located given the overlap in topic and attendees were delighted with the breadth of subjects that were covered. The exhibition had trebled from last year to 20 exhibitors.

IDTechEx report back from SID - Day one

The first day of the SID Symposium in Seattle opened to an audience of over 1000 attendees, with a keynote presentation from Samsung, which in order to add local world renowned expertise was followed by keynotes from The Boeing Company and Microsoft Corporation.

Making the grid smarter

As the smart grid moves from concept to reality, Argonne National Laboratory is helping to ensure this technology will interact seamlessly with the emergence of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).

Applied Laser Technology's new laser processing capabilities

These include large area machining, drilling, cutting, marking, and trimming capabilities, utilizing multiple wavelengths of lasers for addressing a wide range of materials.

Graphene films clear major fabrication hurdle

Graphene films clear major fabrication hurdle

Liquavista launches ground-breaking transflective product platform

Liquavista launches ground-breaking transflective product platform

Semiconductor manufacturing technique holds promise for solar energy

Semiconductor manufacturing technique holds promise for solar energy

R&D Growth Scientist

DuPont Microcircuit Materials (part of the DuPont Electronics & Communications business) is a supplier of innovative materials to the printed electronics, automotive, photovoltaic, and telecommunication industries. As a result of the company's extraordinary growth in the past decade, an opportunity has arisen for a Development Scientist to join our team at the European Technical Centre. In return, we can offer excellent opportunities for personal development and career growth. A competitive salary and attractive benefits will form the immediate package.

Kleenspeed Technologies goes mainstream

KleenSpeed was founded as recently as 2007 to develop pure electric vehicle technology and intellectual property in the NASA Ames Technology Park in Mountain View California. Already it is selling the fastest EV race cars at about 150 mph for 45 minutes, rather like the Mission Motors Mission One pure electric motorcycle made not far away. A 200 mph Formula One version is next in line.

Metamaterials for solar cells

A group of scientists led by researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has engineered a type of artificial optical material—a metamaterial—with a particular three-dimensional structure such that light exhibits a negative index of refraction upon entering the material. In other words, this material bends light in the "wrong" direction from what normally would be expected, irrespective of the angle of the approaching light.

Breath sensor detects diabetes

ETH-Zurich researchers have developed a new kind of sensor that can immediately gauge whether a person is suffering from type 1 diabetes upon coming into contact with their breath.

Plug 'n play Mazda

US traction battery manufacturer EnerDel has a supply relationship with Nissan and Honda, though not necessarily volume orders, and its relationship with Think is progressing beyond the car.

International renewable electricity and EVs

On 21 May, the UK International Research Centre had a one day meeting in London on "International Renewable Electricity: An Essential System?"

Strong backing for Coda

US start up Coda's first car, is based on a Chinese-made Hafei Saibao sedan and it will be "less than $35,000, after tax credits".

Intelligent underwear

Joseph Wang and colleagues at the University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA have integrated chemical sensors into two brands of briefs, which will allow the constant monitoring of blood pressure and heart rate.

Ascent Solar modules installed at Prologis rooftop PV Test Site

Ascent Solar Technologies, a developer of flexible thin-film solar modules, announced today that its BIPV class of laminates have been installed at the ProLogis Rooftop Photovoltaic Test Site located in Denver, Colorado.

Innovalight establishes new record with silicon ink solar cells

Innovalight, Inc., a privately-held firm selling a platform of silicon ink-based high efficiency solar cell materials and technology, has announced that the company has achieved a new record of 19 percent conversion efficiency with silicon ink processed solar cells. The conversion efficiency of a solar cell is the proportion of sunlight energy that a cell converts to electrical energy.

T-Ink multisensory brand enhancement

Printed electronics company T-Ink has a range of applications, some already commercialized for Point of Sale (POS) integration. The current applications include floor and shelf T-Ink printed Floortalkers and Shelftalkers activated by touch or proximity.

Laminar batteries are better

Laminar batteries are increasingly adopted in electronics because they have better cooling, damage tolerance and performance in respect of charge and discharge speed when optimally designed for this shape. Companies such as Cymbet and Infinite Power Solutions already supply small laminar lithium batteries for such applications as backup power for electronics and some even continue to operate if a nail is driven through them.

CAP-XX to Speak at Energy Harvesting Europe 2010 & Sensors Expo 2010

Mr. Pierre Mars, vice president of quality and applications engineering for CAP-XX Ltd, will speak at both the IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and Storage Europe and Sensors Expo conferences on the power management challenges of battery-free wireless sensor networks (WSNs) powered by environmentally-harvested energy.