22 Nov 2013

Powered by people - harvesting energy from humans
This energy harvesting system powered by your movements could soon become as essential to your daily workout as a pair of running shoes.
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22 Nov 2013

Probably the cheapest display ever
Fully printed via conventional printing processes, paper thin, flexible and at lowest costs - that's the new development of prelonic technologies.
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22 Nov 2013

Enerize Corporation
Enerize Corp. is an emerging technology company founded by renewable energy industry veterans. The Company develops and markets proprietary technology for solar cells, lithium-ion batteries, and fuel cells. Enerize Corp. also develops non-destructive quality assurance methods and equipment for real time applications in the manufacture of renewable energy devices.
21 Nov 2013

IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & Storage USA 2013 award winners
The 5th IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & Storage and Internet of Things & Wireless Sensor Networks awards ceremony was held on Wednesday, 20 November, during the opening keynote session of the annual conference that brings together developers, integrators and end-users of these emerging technologies.
21 Nov 2013

Researchers develop novel technique to convert thermoelectric material
The current US energy economy and environment are increasingly threatened by fast-dwindling domestic reserves of fossil fuel coupled with severe environmental impact of fossil fuel combustion.
21 Nov 2013

IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA 2013 award winners
Each year the Printed Electronics industry recognizes and awards outstanding achievement to those involved in the rapidly growing printed electronics business. The annual awards were announced at the tenth annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics event this week in Santa Clara, California - the world's largest event on the topic.
21 Nov 2013

Pressure cooking to improve electric car batteries
By creating nanoparticles with a controlled shape, researchers believe smaller, more powerful and energy efficient batteries can be built.
20 Nov 2013

Invisible printed electronics using carbon nanotubes
Researchers have demonstrated the first fully printed and invisible electronics using carbon nanotubes.
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20 Nov 2013

PragmatIC Printing standard range of flexible IC logic products
PragmatIC Printing Ltd has announced a new family of flexible IC (integrated circuit) products designed to mirror the functionality of the de-facto standard 7400 series.
External press release
20 Nov 2013

UK Sensors expertise featured in mission to Silicon Valley
The Energy Harvesting SIG is in the US this week with a group of UK companies at 'Energy Harvesting and Storage USA.'
20 Nov 2013

Better batteries through biology?
Lithium-air batteries have become a hot research area in recent years: They hold the promise of drastically increasing power per battery weight, which could lead, for example, to electric cars with a much greater driving range.
19 Nov 2013

Scientists invent self-healing battery electrode
Researchers have made the first battery electrode that heals itself, opening a new and potentially commercially viable path for making the next generation of lithium ion batteries for electric cars, cell phones and other devices.
19 Nov 2013

InkTec launch a Transparent Conductive Film with Novel Properties
IDTechEx recently met InkTec at their headquarters in South Korea. The public company was formed in 1992 and had annual sales of $75 million in 2012. The printed electronics division, which includes transparent silver ink, silver paste, coated items & patterned products, has grown with an annual CAGR of 21% since 2008 and in 2012 accounted for 25% of the company's sales.
19 Nov 2013

Harvesting low velocity currents
The Deep Green 'underwater kite' marine power plant is now producing electricity in the waters off Northern Ireland.
18 Nov 2013

Analyzing the Profits in the Printed Electronics Market in 2013
According to IDTechEx research, the market for printed and potentially printed electronics, including organics, inorganics and composites, will rise from $16.04 billion in 2013 to $76.79 billion in 2023.In this article, we will detailed the market size and forecast by application, highlight which companies are making money and why, and discuss the main go-to-market strategies.
18 Nov 2013

New battery design concept
Efforts to produce a workable design for a rechargeable lithium-air battery with respectable commercial performance have been going on for years. Problems have appeared to be insoluble.
18 Nov 2013

Cure for crack-prone high-capacity batteries
Researchers have shown that mixing silicon microparticles with self-healing polymers helps prevent a longer-lasting battery from failing.
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18 Nov 2013

Kovio Inc
Kovio, Inc., was acquired in January 2014 by Thin Film. The company had developed printed silicon inks which can be used as a semiconductor. The company was founded around 2001, but began by looking to make inks to print antennas for RFID tags but later switched to making inks to print transistors. It developed a printable nano-silicon ink and has focused on printing RFID and anti theft (EAS) tags.
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18 Nov 2013

Argen Corporation
This profile summarizes the position of US-based Argen Corporation as a material supplier to the 3D printing industry. The companies current, and possible future, activities in this area are discussed.
15 Nov 2013

Better batteries through biology?
researchers have found that adding genetically modified viruses to the production of nanowires — wires that are about the width of a red blood cell, and which can serve as one of a battery's electrodes — could help solve some problems.