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Wireless digital plaster trials underway at London hospital

Trials have started on patients at St Mary's Hospital London on a wireless digital plaster that tracks vital signs without being hooked up to expensive bedside monitoring equipment.

New storage material improves energy density of lithium-ion battery

Researchers at the Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials have developed a new method that utilises silicon for lithium-ion batteries. Its storage capacity is ten times higher than the graphite substrate which has been used up to now, and promises considerable improvements for users.

Commercial OLED light from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

Light, thin, non-glare and warm white - Orbeos is an OLED light source from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors for premium quality functional lighting. The new energy-efficient surface-emitting panel is especially suited to applications in the premium segment such as architecture, hotels and catering, offices, private homes and shops.

Heliatek receives US$ 27 million

Heliatek GmbH, a pioneer in the field of organic solar cells, is receiving US$ 27 million (€ 18 million) in a second round of financing under the lead of the pan-European venture capital firm Wellington Partners.

Universal Display and the Flexible Display Center at ASU

Universal Display and the Flexible Display Center at ASU enhance strategic relationship to supply flexible active-matrix pholed display prototypes to U.S. Army. Universal Display also awarded $650,000 U.S. Army SBIR Phase II Enhancement Program to support demonstration of enhanced-performance AMOLEDs on plastic substrates.

Progress at Artificial Muscle

IDTechEx recently visited Artificial Muscle in Sunnyvale, CA. The company develops, designs and manufactures actuators, sensors, and power generation components based on electroactive polymers. The main focus of the company today is on haptic feedback systems - i.e. systems that give the user a physical response to the touch. Conventionally, metal dome switches are employed in keypads, for example, to provide sensory feedback to the user when something has been pressed. However, with the move to touch screen displays, the haptic response is lacking.

Harvesting energy from air flow

A group of researchers at the City College of New York is developing a new way to generate power for planes and automobiles based on piezoelectric materials, which convert the kinetic energy of motion into electricity.

Western Michigan University and Daetwyler progress Gravure Printing

Western Michigan University and Daetwyler R&D Corporation partnership. The AccuPress printing system is Daetwyler R&D's high-precision gravure press for the printing of sheet-fed, layer-to-layer applications. The unit includes many features to maintain the high-accuracy required for printed electronics uses. The unit is scheduled to be delivered to WMU in April of 2010.

New Pressurex Extreme Low® sensor film

Sensor Products Inc. announces Pressurex Extreme Low®, the newest addition to its tactile pressure-indicating sensor films.

Pressurex® Film promotes uniform nip pressure distribution

Pressurex® film from Sensor Products Inc. is a quick, accurate and economical way to detect and correct pressure variations in the lamination of dry film resist to the board substrate.

Pressurex® sensor film and solar module manufacturing

Pressurex® provides a low cost solution for quality control checks during equipment setup, calibration, as well as re-qualification of a solar module production line.

Teijin's world first silicon-on-plastic integration technology

Teijin Limited (Teijin) have developed the world's first technology to integrate silicon onto general-purpose plastic substrates, working in cooperation with NanoGram Corporation (NanoGram), a world-leading company in the development of nano materials.

Spin-coating and inkjet printing of conductive silver

Room temperature preparation of conductive silver features using spin-coating and inkjet printing

Printed supercapacitor

A group of researchers led by George Gruner at the University of California, Los Angeles, has printed a supercapacitor for the first time.

Electricity free outdoor lighting

A partnership has been struck for outdoor lighting that uses no electricity. Worldwide, the new solar-powered technology can provide light in locations without power, while saving millions of dollars and reducing carbon emissions that may contribute to global warming.

Printed Electronics: What end users want

Over 2,250 organizations around the world are developing an entirely new platform of materials, manufacturing processes and associated equipment for printed electronics. This printed electronics industry will eventually become far larger than the semiconductor industry today

Energy control system for hotels

Magnum Energy Solutions LLC has put Verde, their wireless and battery less energy control system designed for hotels and powered by EnOcean, to the test in an independent study conducted at a Wyndham Hotel.

Aerotech APT Series Pan and Tilt Systems Meet the Needs of Security...

Aerotech Pan and Tilt (APT) systems are designed for your most demanding positioning requirements. Building on Aerotech's extensive experience in building AZ/EL positioning systems, direct-drive rotary stages, and motion simulators for the military, government agencies, academic institutions, and private industry, the APT series expands our product line to meet the needs of the security, defense, and surveillance markets worldwide.

SonoPlot® introduces new Microplotter® II product

SonoPlot, Inc. have announced the release of the company's new GIX Microplotter II printing instrument at the Printed Electronics USA 2009 show in San Jose, CA.

EDI at PE USA focuses on specialised coating and film capabilities

Multi-layer flexible or thin-film structures will play a central role in coming generations of both photovoltaic (PV) and metal-ion battery technologies. At Stand 55 during Printed Electronics USA / Photovoltaics USA, Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC (EDI) will highlight film and coating die systems that it has developed for such structures—systems already applied successfully in both solar and battery applications.