4 Jun 2009

Progress with electrowetting displays
Electrowetting is a proven process, used for focus mechanisms in cameras and cellphones. As a display technology, it is gaining increased attraction due its excellent colour range, high contrast and versatile operation mode capability.
20 May 2009

Progress with energy harvesting solutions without batteries
IDTechEx is in San Jose CA this week, and has attended a conference covering aspects of energy harvesting. Here are some of the highlights of company developments.
23 Apr 2009

Energy harvesting - which technology wins
Energy harvesting is popularly defined as converting ambient power to electricity to make small devices self-sufficient, often for decades. Even hundreds of years of life is in prospect.
8 Apr 2009

Energy harvesting moves from theory to adoption
There are several conferences on the theoretical aspects of energy harvesting and they have an important function to perform. However, in 2009, the subject is finally coming of age with widespread early adoption and market pull after so many years of little more than supplier push.
3 Apr 2009

Energy harvesting without batteries
Usually, dispensing with any form of battery can give even longer life, lower cost, smaller size, greater reliability, convenience, labour saving and reduced environmental problems.
20 Mar 2009

Energy harvesting light switches
The switches are powered by energy harvesting technology where the act of clicking the switch creates the energy necessary to control devices.
23 Feb 2009

The hot applications for energy harvesting
IDTechEx finds that consumer applications are and will remain the greatest market for energy harvesting on small devices by value.
14 Jan 2009

Paybacks from energy harvesting
This article shares some of the research carried out for the new IDTechEx report "Energy Harvesting and Storage for Electronic Devices 2009-2019".
1 Dec 2008

Highlights from the Energy Harvesting Technology Event, London
Raghu Das, CEO at IDTechEx reports on the Energy Harvesting Technology event which looked at the use of technologies to generate electricity from the environment which can be used to power electronics and electrics.
7 Nov 2008

Energy harvesting
Energy harvesting, otherwise known as energy scavenging is needed to boost and eventually replace the batteries in printed and other low cost and miniature electronics, particularly in order to extend their life in use.