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New process for solar glass

Columbia, MD - June 18, 2012 - New Energy Technologies, Inc., developer of see-through solar cells for generating electricity on glass, today announces an improvement in its manufacturing technique that should lead to higher speed, lower costs and greater durability

Flying 3D eye-bots

Intelligent swarms of aerial drones are a universally useful tool for police, crisis managers and urban planners. Special 3D sensors developed by Fraunhofer researchers ensure flawless aerobatics and prevent collisions.

Ancient effect harnessed to produce electricity

A phenomenon first observed by an ancient Greek philosopher 2,300 years ago has become the basis for a new device designed to harvest the enormous amounts of energy wasted as heat each year to produce electricity.

Power generating knee strap

Battery-powered devices could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a group of UK researchers from Cranfield University, The University of Liverpool and University of Salford, who have created a novel energy harvester to power some of the latest wearable gadgets.

New technology will enable new class of high-energy density batteries

PolyPlus was awarded a $9 million grant from the Department of Energy's Innovative Manufacturing Initiative for "Innovative manufacturing of protected lithium electrodes for ultra high energy density batteries."

Sandia nanowire template permits flexible energy absorption

Researchers creating electricity through photovoltaics want to convert as many of the sun's wavelengths as possible to achieve maximum efficiency. Otherwise, they're eating only a small part of a shot duck: wasting time and money by using only a tiny bit of the sun's incoming energies.

NovaCentrix Chief Scientist, Dr. Kurt Schroder, inventor of the year

2012 Inventor of the Year

Organic photovoltaics: forecasts for the next decade

Today there are multiple devices available for harnessing solar energy.

Organic photovoltaics: forecasts for the next decade

Today there are multiple devices available for harnessing solar energy. Each device offers a different set of characteristics.

Chinese-Japanese consortium plans electric vehicles for Saab

Car manufacturer Saab has been bought by National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), an international consortium formed by Japanese, Swedish and Chinese stakeholders. The new company will establish a new automobile venture in Trollhättan, solely dedicated to the development and manufacture of electric vehicles (EVs).

Terepac produce large volumes of micro circuits for Internet of Things

Canadian company Terepac plan to produce large volumes of its micro circuits for the "Internet of Things" — uniquely identifiable objects and their virtual representations in an Internet-like structure using radio frequency identification (RFID).

Data-eye-glasses based on bidirectional OLED microdisplays

Interactive OLED-data-eye-glasses win the "Best in Show" award at the 50th anniversary of the worldwide leading display conference SID 2012 in Boston/USA.

New wind prospecting system for wind energy

The Faculty of Physics of the University of Barcelona has developed an innovative wind prospecting system designed especially for use in marine environments.

Sodium-ion vehicle battery cheaper than Li-ion

Sumitomo Chemical Company is filing patents this year on its advances in sodium ion rechargeable batteries that could find their way into vehicles.

A dirt cheap magnetic field sensor from plastic paint

The new kind of magnetic-resonance magnetometer also resists heat and degradation, works at room temperature and never needs to be calibrated.

Craftsmanship meets high-tech

MEISSEN Manufactory and Fraunhofer COMEDD announce cooperation in the field of innovative porcelain luminaires.

New energy source for future medical implants: sugar

MIT engineers have developed a fuel cell that runs on the same sugar that powers human cells: glucose. This glucose fuel cell could be used to drive highly efficient brain implants of the future, which could help paralyzed patients move their arms and legs again.

Diesel fumes, shale oil, coal gas cause cancer - Time to re-think EVs

The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer's (IARC) recent announcement upgrading its grim classification of Diesel Exhaust fumes from possibly carcinogenic (2A) to definitively carcinogenic to humans.

Imec and Kaneka achieve breakthrough

Kaneka and imec report a large area (6 inch semi-square) heterojunction silicon solar cell with a certified power conversion efficiency of 22.68%(*) with an electroplated copper contact grid on top of the transparent conductive oxide layer.

Olympic visitors to power outdoor lighting

In March Pavegen Systems were announced as the winner of London's Export for Growth prize and will benefit from £5k worth of support and advice to help further boost worldwide sales of its energy-generating floor tiles.