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Europe pledges one billion euros on graphene

The European Commission has announced that it has chosen Graphene as one of Europe's first "Future Emerging Technology" flagship programmes, described as "the largest research excellence awards in history".

New molecule suited to low cost energy storage

The carbon-based material could offer even cheaper ways to store digital information; provide a flexible, nontoxic material for medical sensors that would be implanted in the body; and create a less costly, lighter material to harvest energy from natural vibrations.

Light harvesting for next generation solar cells

Nanoscientists are currently developing the next generation of solar cells, which will be twenty times thinner than current solar cells.

Industry-standard ultra-low power microcontroller benchmarks

The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) has announced its intent to create a standardized, industry-endorsed method to evaluate the energy efficiency of ultra-low power (ULP) microcontrollers.

Kodak demonstrates power of new transparent conductive films

The Commercial Films Group of Eastman Kodak Company, together with Heraeus Conductive Polymers, GSI Technologies and Azoteq have announced breakthrough capacitive touch screen technology that incorporates a new two-sided transparent conductive film and touch screen controller for use in a variety of printed electronics applications.

Electric vehicles land, water and air in 2013 - PART ONE

The hybrid and pure electric vehicle business will continue to prosper in 2013, with profits and growth the norm in most sectors. Laws will proliferate that make electric vehicles the only way to go.

Optotune AG

Found in 2008 as a spin-off from ETH Zurich, where Manuel Aschwanden, the CEO, developed this technology together with the Nanotechnology Group. Optotune are a material manufacturer and component or device manufacturer. The core competence lies in the optoelectromechanical design of optical systems, in the understanding of materials and in the control of accurate and clean manufacturing processes. They produce the dielectric in-house and have own formulations for the electrodes.

Breakthrough for solar cell research

Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have shown how nanowires could pave the way for more efficient and cheaper solar cells.

Collaboration may lead to world's first affordable fuel cell EV

Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., have signed a unique three-way agreement to accelerate the commercialization of fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) technology.

New freedom to tailor thermoelectrics

A researcher has developed a technique that provides a new way of manipulating heat, allowing it to be controlled much as light waves can be manipulated by lenses and mirrors.

ZED - a low-power outdoor digital signage solution

SERELEC and Plastic Logic have collaborated to develop an innovative, low-power outdoor digital signage solution based on Plastic Logic's flexible plastic displays.

A step closer to the world's first zero-emissions ship

Scandlines, the Danish-German ferry company, plan to develop a ferry servicing a short, 100km route between the two countries, which would be powered by wind.

Armor invests €14 million in OPV

Armor is investing €14 million in a pilot OPV production line in La Chevrolière in western France in partnership with a French consortium.

Biomimicry could improve solar cells and lithium-ion batteries

Scientist is using the teeth of a marine snail found off the coast of California to create less costly and more efficient nanoscale materials to improve solar cells and lithium-ion batteries.

Via Motors' commercial EVs succeed

IDTechEx has been proved right in forecasting considerable growth in industrial and commercial electric vehicles, notably in the sectors of light industrial, buses and outdoor forklifts. The sector will pass the ten billion dollars mark as early as 2015 Both hybrid and pure electric versions of these are in demand and there is none of the nervousness about lithium-ion batteries that we see in the air industry, which, for special air-related reasons, has many magnitudes greater failure rates including fires.

Cable-free connections

New technology developed at Oxford provides a means to wirelessly power and exchange data over distance using simple inexpensive engineering.

New battery for wearable electronics

Imprint Energy, Inc based in California, USA, is developing its proprietary Zinc Poly™ batteries for small portable electronics markets, including mobile accessories, compact wireless devices, wearable technology, health and fitness monitoring, and medical devices.

Global sales agreement between Kleenspeed Technologies and Leo Motors

KleenSpeed Technologies and Leo Motors announce a global sales agreement to jointly represent and sell their products and services.

Where is the printed thin film transistor technology now?

IDTechEx has assessed the technology and the markets for printed thin film transistors and has tracked developments for the past four years.

First charging stations in Southern Italy installed

The first public charging station for electric vehicles in Bari and in all of southern Italy was inaugurated last week.