TyroMotion GmbH (AT)

French Atomic Energy Commission CEA Liten

CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives) is a French government-funded technological research organisation. CEA has several research labs across France, but Grenoble is the location where most of the activities in printed electronics take place. In 2011, CEA launched a prototyping fabrication facility under the name PictiC. The printing equipment is housed in a 650 m2 clean room and is dedicated to the design and fabrication of devices on plastic foils.

London store marks the arrival of Model S in the UK

Tesla Motors has opened its first retail design store in the UK at London's Westfield Shopping Centre in White City, one of the capital's most popular shopping destinations.

A battery free RFID magnetometer tag

Small, embeddable battery free RFID tags that can be wirelessly queried for an instant magnetic field measurement are now available.

Success in dye absorption structure control

The Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Photovoltaics Group of the NIMS, Global Research Center for Environment and Energy based on Nanomaterials Science (GREEN), elucidated the relationship between the photocurrent and the peculiar changes in the absorption structure occurring in the vicinity of the molecular-electrode interface in dye-sensitized solar cells, by conducting a soft X-ray radiation experiment at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK).

Meet adopters at Printed Electronics USA

Next week the IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA 2013 event (www.PrintedElectronicsUSA.com ) will open in Santa Clara, CA, to more than 160 exhibitors and over 1,800 pre-registered attendees. The event, which is over 20% bigger than last year at this point - with several hundred more people expected, also features over 200 presentations.

The story behind the world's first large-scale R2R pulsed light sinter

At this year's Printed Electronics USA show in Santa Clara, XENON Corporation is featuring a breakthrough in PE technology: a live demonstration of the SINTERON™ 5000, the world's first large-scale R2R pulsed light sintering system.

New solar cell is more efficient, less costly

American innovators still have some cards to play when it comes to squeezing more efficiency and lower costs out of silicon, the workhorse of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules worldwide

Optically clear polyester films for touch sensors

DuPont Teijin Films (DTF) is introducing a new series of clear films for the flexible electronics market, designed to reduce haze and eliminate the iridescence commonly found with polymer films containing refractive index mismatched coating layers.

Evonik

This profile discusses the materials supply of Evonik to the 3D printing industry and what the company considers to be the future requirements of its customers in terms of material properties.

Supercapacitors II - market forecasts

In a recent premium article, IDTechEx Research gave an initial assessment of the supercapacitor market globally. In the second part of this article series, IDTechEx Research offers its market projections for this fast-growing technology. As always, IDTechEx Research provides detailed reality checks on its forecasts.

Plastic image sensor to be demonstrated at Printed Electronics USA

ISORG will demonstrate a working plastic image sensor at Printed Electronics USA next week in Santa Clara. The device was developed in collaboration with Plastic Logic, combining ISORG's organic photodetectors (OPD) with Plastic Logic's organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) backplane.

Nissan Bladeglider concept

Nissan's BladeGlider is more than a concept, it's both a proposal for the future direction of Nissan electric vehicle (EV) development and an exploratory prototype of an upcoming production vehicle.

Inkjet-based circuits at fraction of time and cost

Researchers from Georgia Tech, the University of Tokyo and Microsoft Research have developed a novel method to rapidly and cheaply make electrical circuits by printing them with commodity inkjet printers and off-the-shelf materials.

Global research effort to measure nanoscale strain

A particular focus for the consortium is a class of materials (piezoelectrics) that change their shape in response to electric voltages. The project aims to advance commercial opportunities arising from controlled strain in nanoscale piezoelectrics including the development of the first Piezoelectric-Effect-Transistor (PET), a new digital switch with the potential to offer increased speed, reduced microchip size and lower power consumption.

Mitsubishi and Renault Nissan expand partnership

The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Mitsubishi Motors will explore several new projects covering shared products, technologies and manufacturing capacity among the automakers.

Understanding what makes a thin film solar cell efficient

Scientists have developed a new technique for manufacturing high-efficiency, flexible, thin film solar cells from CIGS (copper indium gallium di-selenide) semiconductors.

Artificial heart pumps human waste to power future robots

A new device that may be capable of pumping human waste into the 'engine room' of a self-sustaining robot has been created by a group of researchers.

Lockheed Martin

This profile examines the perspectives and requirements of Lockheed Martin as an end-user of 3D printing. The current uses of 3D printing within the company are discussed and its plans for the future with this technology are detailed.

Boeing

This profile summaries the 3D printing activities of aerospace giant Boeing. It details where Boeing sees the value of 3D printing, and the developments is would like to see for the future.

Sandvik

This profile considers the supply of metal powders to the 3D printing industry by the large materials manufacturer Sandvik. The strengths and potential weaknesses of the company within the 3D printing industry are considered and the value of its product offering assessed.