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First use of printed radio chips realized in public field tests

Researchers performed tests on printed radio chips, produced from polymer circuits on thin, flexible polyester foil, for the first time in electronic ticketing and security.

Fund raising in printed electronics

In recent studies IDTechEx found that about 2,250 organisations are involved in developing printed electronics, double the number from two years ago.

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.

IMEC demonstrate 128 bit organic RFID transponder

Holst Centre - founded by the Belgian nanoelectronics research center IMEC and the Dutch research center TNO presented a 128 bit organic RFID transponder chip with Manchester encoding and anti-collision protocol.

Notes on Electrochemical Energy Storage meeting London 21 April

This one day meeting at the Institute of Engineering and Technology in London was staged jointly with the Royal Society of Chemistry. Here we report on two of the lectures which concerned devices that will increasingly interface with energy harvesting - rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors.

How green is RFID?

In these days of environmental consciousness, what are RFID's green credentials? Is RFID a net positive or negative contributor to the campaign to help the planet?

The latest on conductive materials

"Conductive materials for printed electronics were one of the interesting topics on the morning of the second day of the IDTechEx conference Printed Electronics Europe 2009" reports Cathleen Macher.

RFID Market Forecasts 2009-2019

IDTechEx announces the new report RFID Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2009-2019, which addresses the global RFID situation. Areas of growth, undersupply and oversupply and trends are given based on extensive new primary research. The report provides an unprecedented level of forecasts split in many ways. Here the primary author, Raghu Das, gives a summary of the report findings.

Progress in conformal and flexible displays

Cathleen Macher, IDTechEx reports on the progress of conformal and flexible displays as presented at the recent Printed Electronics Europe event in Germany.

Highlights of Photovoltaics Beyond Conventional Silicon Europe 2009

Dr Harry Zervos highlights lectures and presentations of the Photovoltaics Beyond Conventional Silicon Europe event.

Winners of the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe Awards

The annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe conference and exhibition in Dresden, Germany, last week hosted the annual awards to recognise outstanding achievement in the industry. The Deputy Mayor of Dresden, Dirk Hilbert, opened the Awards.

Energy harvesting for electric vehicles

"All car manufacturers will offer pure electric vehicles within 2-3 years" this being driven by government incentives and the fact that the new impregnated lithium ion batteries are perfectly safe and have much improved performance with further to go.

Inktec and Thin Film Electronics wins prestigious award

Inktec and Thin Film Electronics wins prestigious award for roll-to-roll high volume manufacturing of printed memories

Printed Electronics Products

In the afternoon of the first day of the hugely succesful IDTechEx event Printed Electronics Europe, there was a session on radical new electronics products

Trade & Invest Receives Printed Electronics Champion Award

For its success in helping investors set up offices and manufacturing facilities in Germany, Germany Trade & Invest has been recognized for its contribution to the printed electronics industry with the "Printed Electronics Champion" award.

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.

Printed Electronics Europe opens with Keynotes

The IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe 2009 event opened this morning in Dresden, Germany. Over 760 attendees had pre-registered with many more registering on the morning of the event.

CIGS: Almost, but not quite there yet

IDTechEx believes that the amount of venture capital investment along with the intensified work for the transition from lab scale to high-volume production is going to make CIGS a technology that will be taking up a large chunk of orders and will be dominant in the photovoltaic market.