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Heliatek announces largest BIOPV facade installation

Heliatek has announced the largest Building Integrated OPV installation of its kind.

GreenPeak wins Deloitte Fast50 technology award

GreenPeak Technologies has again won the prestigious Deloitte Fast50 award for technology companies in the Netherlands. With an impressive 8757% growth, GreenPeak moves into the first position and has secured its spot in the top 10 for the third year in a row.

Haydale acquires EPL Composite Solutions Ltd

Haydale acquires EPL Composite Solutions Ltd to advance graphene commercialisation capabilities.

Samsung's bendy battery can wrap around your wrist

Samsung recently showed off a rollable flexible battery that can be wrapped around your wrist, potentially opening doors for manufacturers in the wearable market.

LG Chem breaks ground for China EV battery plant

Korea's LG Chem, will start construction of their new electric-car battery plant in Nanjing, China, to meet growing demand in the world's biggest car market.

Current Trends and Future Winners in Wearables

In 2014, wearable technology has seen an enormous increase in popularity. Internet searches alone have increased 10-fold since the beginning of 2013, and $1 billion will be invested in wearables in 2014 alone. With all of the largest players in the consumer electronics industry investing heavily, and the media creating a huge amount of hype on the topic.

Agreement to develop graphene-enhanced Li-ion battery for e-buses

Graphene NanoChem and Sync R&D have entered into an agreement to develop a 'next generation', graphene-enhanced lithium-ion battery for electric buses.

Rider generates power for ebike

Equipped with the new technology of Perpetual Arc Regeneration™ the rider generates power to the battery while pedaling via four different methods.

First demonstration of power transfer from wheels to power an EV

An innovative method for powering EVs that drastically reduces the number of batteries.

Construction, agriculture and mining EVs a $30bn market by 2025

Electric and hybrid vehicles for construction, agriculture and mining will be a $30 billion market in 2025.

Insulin pen uses energy harvesting

An injection pen for diabetes patients that uses the action of removing the injector cap to power the device.

Collaboration in roll to roll production of large area flexible PVs

Flexible organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells over 6m long and 50cm wide have been produced by a recent pan European collaborative research and development project named "FabriGen".

Passive RFID grows by 1.12 billion tags in 2014 to 6.9 billion

More than five years later than the industry had expected, market research and events firm IDTechEx find that the passive RFID tag market is now seeing tremendous volume growth.

Agreement to advance ultracapacitor technologies

Maxwell Technologies Incorporated has announced a joint development agreement with Corning Incorporated with the goal of advancing the state of capacitive energy storage technology by addressing the challenges frequently cited by ultracapacitor customers, including energy density, lifetime, operating environment, form factor and cost.

Canatu qualifies CN Innovations as official partner

Canatu has qualified CN Innovations as their official partner for CNB™ (Carbon NanoBud®) Film based touch sensor manufacturing.

Power-conserving chip may increase smartphone battery life

New technology could help a phone's battery last perhaps twice as long, and help to conserve energy in cell towers.

Wearable Technology Live! USA 2014

The wearable ecosystem assembles at IDTechEx's co-located Santa Clara events Santa Clara, CA, USA and Cambridge, UK - Oct. 27, 2014.

Economical process for micro energy harvesting

Researchers have developed a process for the economical production of piezoelectric materials.

Detroit Electric reveals striking fastback design

The final exterior design of Detroit Electric's all-new, pure electric two-seater sport scar, the SP:01, has been revealed as the company gears up for production.

The graphene industry finds new market opportunities in California

The 5th IDTechEx conference and tradeshow on graphene and 2D materials- Graphene and 2D Materials LIVE! - has become the annual meeting place for the global graphene industry in California.