26 Oct 2012
Energy harvesting at eCarTec Munich
ECarTec in Munich is Europe's largest electric vehicle event but it is in decline.
24 Oct 2012
IDTechEx presented at PE12
IDTechEx was one of the speakers of the recent Plastic Electronics 2012 OLED session in Dresden, Germany, alongside the SEMICON Europe exhibition. Cathleen Thiele, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx GmbH, presented IDTechEx forecasts for OLED Lighting compared to LED lighting.
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24 Oct 2012
Seashell Technology expansion of silver nanowire product line
Seashell Technology, supplier of silver nanowires (AgNWs), now offers two additional silver nanowire products to its existing silver nanowire product line.
23 Oct 2012
Caterpillar unveils first hybrid excavator
Caterpillar unveiled the first model in its new line of hybrid excavators, the Cat® 336E H, at its Mossville Industrial Design Center last week.
22 Oct 2012
Why ultracapacitors maintain 30% market growth
Ultracapacitors, also known as supercapacitors, have seen some setbacks lately. Market leader Maxwell Technologies has seen reduced ultracapacitor sales growth in early 2012 due to softness in Europe and Nanotecture, in Europe, developing the variant called a supercabattery went out of business.
18 Oct 2012
Ultracapacitors go mainstream
Ultracapacitors, otherwise known as supercapacitors, have recently become an essential part of the toolkit of designers of aircraft, trains, road vehicles, renewable energy, office equipment and the host of small electronic devices where it all began.
17 Oct 2012
Supercapacitors USA presents the record breakers
The supercapacitor market continues to power up at 30% yearly with some little-known names taking some of the biggest orders at well over $10 million dollars each.
17 Oct 2012
A123 Systems agrees to sell automotive business to Johnson Controls
A123 Systems has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Johnson Controls valued at $125 million.
15 Oct 2012
Supercapacitors can take market share from lithium batteries
This article shares some of the research carried out for the new IDTechEx report, "Batteries and Supercapacitors for Smart Portable Devices 2013-2023: Markets, Technologies, Companies"
10 Oct 2012
New method to measure OLED molecule behavior while device is working
AIST have developed a method that can selectively measure the behavior of specific molecules at the interfaces of organic layers in a multilayered organic light emitting diode (OLED) device during light emission in collaboration with Chemical Materials Evaluation and Research Base (CEREBA).
10 Oct 2012
Highlights from Printed Electronics Asia 2012
IDTechEx held Printed Electronics Asia 2012 in Tokyo, Japan last week. This is part of the World's global event series on the topic with other events in USA (Dec 5-6) and Europe (April 17-18). Senior-level attendees from some of the biggest chemical, equipment and electronics companies were present from 23 countries, with 50% of attendees from Japan, and 66% of attendees from East Asia.
4 Oct 2012
Metrology for energy harvesting: 2012 updates
IDTechEx technology analyst Harry Zervos recently followed up on the interview he had with Dr Markys Cain, from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) last year, picking up the latest updates on the project on Metrology for Energy Harvesting that NPL is involved with.
28 Sep 2012
More from IAA Bus and Truck Show Hannover Germany
This large show covered conventional buses and trucks very well, with many on display and being demonstrated in action, the story being one of incremental improvement with very limited interest in saving the planet - more a matter of responding to ever tighter regulation. Some vehicles had chimneys rather than exhaust pipes.
28 Sep 2012
Consolidation and growth in RTLS and WSN
Recently there has been consolidation in the RTLS and WSN market, with acquisitions of companies such as Aeroscout, MicroStrain and Dust Networks.
28 Sep 2012
Lithium and gallium compounds in the new electronics and electrics
Analyst IDTechEx has been taking a close look at the elements and compounds used in the new electronics and electrics - components just entering a phase of very rapid growth in sales.