20 Apr 2011

E-books, E-readers begin to catch on with college crowd
Study finds growing acceptance, but preference for print textbook continues .
20 Apr 2011

Gorillas like Electric Vehicles
The seven largest companies participating in the event, "Electric Vehicles Land Sea Air" in Stuttgart 28-29 June have a total sales value exceeding $570 billion. Clearly the gorillas of industry are intimately involved in electric vehicles.
20 Apr 2011

TI's world's lowest power capacitive touch solutions
TI offers the world's lowest power capacitive touch solutions with new easy-to-use software, silicon and tools for all MSP430™ microcontrollers. New capacitive touch portfolio enables ultra-low-power touch sense capabilities such as buttons, sliders, wheels and proximity sensors on 16-bit microcontroller platform.
20 Apr 2011

New top speed record set for electric motorcycle
The SWIGZ.COM Pro Racing team has set a top speed record for an electric motorcycle of 190.6 mph in the Mojave Mile Shootout.
20 Apr 2011

Electric Vehicles for Military, Security and Police - Land, Water, Air
This article shares some of the research carried out for the new IDTechEx report, "Electric Vehicles, Military, Security, Police 2011-2021".
19 Apr 2011

Researchers brighten future of OLED technology
Researchers have found a simple method of using chlorine to drastically reduce traditional OLED device complexity and dramatically improve its efficiency all at the same time.
19 Apr 2011

New GS Yuasa traction battery orders
GS Yuasa Corp has just announced that it has reached a broad agreement to supply lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles now under joint development by PSA Peugeot Citroen and Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
19 Apr 2011

Development of ocean power harvesters
Battelle and Levant Power Corporation have announced that the two companies plan to develop and commercialize wave energy harvesting technology for ocean systems.
18 Apr 2011

Henkel will join the Holst Centre in the field of flexible electronics
Their expertise in adhesives will be useful to the Holst Centre's shared research programs for large-area flexible OPV and OLED lighting and signage.
18 Apr 2011

Case Western fuel cell breakthrough
Leaders in practicable fuel cells in electric vehicles by land sea and air include Intelligent Energy of the UK while DLR German Aerospace Center, EADS in Germany and France, ENFICA-FC in Italy, Mercedes in Germany and others are extending fuel cell use to manned aircraft, airport Ground Support Equipment GSE, mainstream cars and more.
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18 Apr 2011

Woodside Capital Securities LLC
Woodside Capital Advises InVisage on its Series C Financing from Intel Capital
18 Apr 2011

Hyundai 90 kW vehicle fuel cell
Hyundai has showcased a hydrogen fuel cell concept Blue2 at Seoul Motor Show. It delivers hydrogen fuel stack power of 90kW.
18 Apr 2011

River water and salty ocean water create electricity
Stanford researchers have developed a battery that takes advantage of the difference in salinity between freshwater and seawater to produce electricity.
18 Apr 2011

Range extenders for hybrid vehicles -2nd vs. 3rd generation
We are in the decade of the hybrid electric vehicle despite the fact that most off road and underwater vehicles are pure electric.
15 Apr 2011

Ultra fast bus charging
In April 2011, it was announced that Sweden will test the world's first fast rechargeable hybrid bus in Umeå City with a pantograph-based fast charging station, Bůsbaar, developed by Opbrid Transporte Sostenible S.L. It will be a Volvo 7700 diesel converted to hybrid.
15 Apr 2011

SDK and NovaCentrix to cooperate in printed electronics
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) and NovaCentrix, of the United States, have agreed to cooperate in the promising area of printed electronics.
15 Apr 2011

Heavy funding of photovoltaics and EVs
A new analysis by Ernst & Young reveals where US venture capital for green projects is now being directed.
14 Apr 2011

Solar suitcase teaches renewable energy
Schools all over Germany will soon be able to carry out practical experiments on solar energy, with the help of SCHOTT Solar's experimental suitcase.
14 Apr 2011

Applied Materials set up Center of Excellence
Applied Materials is to set up a Center of Excellence in Advanced Packaging in Singapore with the Institute of Microelectronics, a research institute under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research
14 Apr 2011

AeroVironment Global Observer experiences mishap during testing
AeroVironment Global Observer Experiences Mishap During Extended Duration Flight Testing. No injuries or damage to other property reported during envelope expansion flight testing. Investigation Board will be convened to probe cause and provide details of mishap.