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Siltronic AG joins Imec's GaN-on-Si research program

Siltronic AG and the Belgian nano-electronics research institute imec have concluded an agreement to collaborate on the development of silicon wafers with a gallium nitride layer as partner of imec's GaN-on-Si industrial affiliation program.

PragmatIC delivers printed electronic greeting cards for Tigerprint

Enables interactive functionality in ultra-thin form factor

Plans for Nissan lithium-ion battery plant in Portugal

Nissan and the Portuguese Government are in discussions to establish the manufacturer's second Lithium-Ion battery manufacturing facility in Portugal.

Energy harvesting sensors for aircraft

Joint research by EADS Deutschland GmbH (Germany) and the Vienna University of Technology results in sensor elements that do not require any external power supply.

Maxwell Technologies doubles ultracapacitor production capacity

Maxwell Technologies reported recently that it has more than doubled production capacity for ultracapacitor electrode, cells and modules over the past year, and is moving forward with additional capacity expansion to satisfy rapidly increasing demand for its BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor products.

Silver pen has the write stuff for flexible electronics

The pen is writing whole new chapters in low-cost, flexible and disposable electronics.

World's smallest bacteria powered fuel cell

Carnegie Mellon University's Kelvin B. Gregory and Philip R. LeDuc have created the world's smallest fuel cell powered by bacteria.

Conformal electronics co, MC10, raises $12.5m series B financing

The $12.5 million Series B round is led by new investor, Braemar Energy Ventures, and joined by returning investors North Bridge Venture Partners, Osage University Partners, and Terawatt Ventures.

New developments with electric aircraft

There was extensive coverage of manned and unmanned electric aircraft at the recent "Electric Vehicles Land Sea Air" in Stuttgart Germany with considerable questioning by a fascinated audience.

Thinfilm launches printed memory for secure documents

Thinfilm launches printed memory for secure documents and high-volume consumer applications. Thin Film Electronics have launched the Thinfilm Passive Array Memory, a fully printed non-volatile rewriteable memory suitable for secure documents. The capacity is doubled compared to Thinfilm's standard memory.

New alloy that converts heat into electricity

University of Minnesota engineering researchers in the College of Science and Engineering have recently discovered a new alloy material that converts heat directly into electricity.

Dust Networks demonstrate self-powered IPV6 wireless sensor network

Dust Networks® demonstrated a SmartMesh® IP 6LoWPAN wireless network running on harvested energy at the IDTechEx Wireless Sensor Network & RTLS Summit in Munich, Germany, June 21 - 22.

Ynvisible awarded over 550,000 Euros by the Portuguese NSRF

Ynvisible is awarded a Portuguese National Strategic Reference Framework incentive for a one million Euros project.

New organic photo detector company

Siemens exclusively licenses imaging technology to Nikkoia SAS

World's first serial hybrid electric aircraft to fly at Le Bourget

Siemens AG, Diamond Aircraft and EADS are set to present the world's first aircraft with a serial hybrid electric drive system at the Paris Air Show Le Bourget 2011.

Nano-research opens way to everlasting battery

In a crucial step towards the development of self-powering portable electronics, RMIT University researchers have for the first time characterised the ability of piezoelectric thin films to turn mechanical pressure into electricity.

Extend the run-time of a solid-state battery

The client (or maybe boss) wants me or someone in my team to get that low-power system they have built running from one of those solid-state batteries and it is time to figure out how to put the whole power system together.

Keynote Presentations at IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and WSN Europe

Keynote Presentations at IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and WSN Europe, Munich, 21 June 2011.

Fujitsu and Sapporo Shirakaba-dai Hospital patient guidance system

Fujitsu Limited and Sapporo Shirakaba-dai Hospital recently announced the joint development of a clinical appointment guidance system that employs color electronic paper (e-paper). The system recently began full operations.

Winners of the IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and WSN Awards

At the Energy Harvesting & Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) awards dinner on June 21 in Munich, Germany, companies were recognized for making significant technical or commercial progress with these technologies.