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.
1 Dec 2008
Wider interest in printed electronics
At a time of financial uncertainty, companies know they must accelerate their move into the future. That is why there is a huge interest in printed electronics, a subject that pushes all the right buttons - environmental, affordable and leading to a new market of $300 billion that is just there for the taking. That is why the giant corporations are attending Printed Electronics USA, December 3-4 in San Jose, California.
27 Nov 2008
Thin films enhance thermoelectrics
Nextreme reports that solid-state thermoelectric devices have long been sought after as a solution for challenging thermal management and energy harvesting problems.
21 Nov 2008
Frontier Carbon Corporation - latest news
IDTechEx met up with Mr Mineyuki Arikawa, President of Japanese start up Frontier Carbon Corporation who is now researching electronic opportunities for his fullerine (C60 etc buckyball carbon) in Europe, notably in organic photovoltaics OPV.
19 Nov 2008
Silver and its importance to printed electronics
Any reduction in the price of silver can lead to substantial savings for a high volume manufacturer so the recent fall in the price of sliver of over 50% to under $10/oz will be good news for the printed electronics industry.
17 Nov 2008
Large End User Companies Attend Printed Electronics USA 2008
Printed Electronics is now reaching tipping point with the first major new products being launched - from flexible e-readers to fully printed RFID tags. To find out more attend Printed Electronics USA on 2 - 5, 2008 in San Jose.
17 Nov 2008
RFID robot - Shop of the future
A neat "robot" terminal has just been announced by electronics giant NEC. It combines a touch-sensitive screen in its chest with an RFID reader terminal for gathering data from the e-money phones that are popular in Japan.
14 Nov 2008
IDTechEx to launch Printed Electronics World Review Magazine
Printed Electronics World Review Magazine is to be launched at the World's biggest annual gathering of the industry - Printed Electronics USA 2008 in San Jose.
13 Nov 2008
Printed electronics - The magic arrives
How Printed Electronics is changing consumer goods and services - highlights from the forthcoming Printed Electronics USA event
10 Nov 2008
IDTechEx report on Intellipak conference held 5 November - Part One
IDTechEx report on the Intellipak conference held in Sweden on 5 November that was mainly in Swedish and partly in English with just over 40 attending and excellent content.
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.
3 Nov 2008
Wireless sensor networks 2009-2019 Part two
IDTechEx has just issued a report called Wireless Sensor Networks and we summarise the subject also known as Ubiquitous Sensor Networks in part two.
31 Oct 2008
GRAPH EXPO 2008, 26-29 September, McCormick Place, Chicago,
IDTechEx's technology analyst Dr Harry Zervos attended GRAPH EXPO 2008 and reports on the innovative technologies that could benefit from the merging of electronics and printing.
31 Oct 2008
Wireless sensor networks 2009-2019 Part one
IDTechEx has just issued a report on the hot topic of Wireless Sensor Networks WSN, also known as Ubiquitous Sensor Networks USN. The report is called Wireless Sensor Networks.
29 Oct 2008
Rapid growth expected from the OLED lighting industry
Rapid growth expected from the OLED lighting industry creating demand of up to 90% for OLED materials by volume.
27 Oct 2008
Lux Executive Summit - Emerging technologies for global challenges
IDTechEx technology analyst Dr Harry Zervos attended Lux Research's Executive Summit in Cambridge, MA - an event at which a range of leading presenters debated some of the biggest challenges of the 21st century.
23 Oct 2008
OLED100.eu research consortium to spearhead the advancement of OLEDs
OLED100.eu, an integrated research project, has brought together a consortium of experts from leading industry and academic organisations to accelerate the development of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technologies in Europe.