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Researchers devise new means for creating elastic conductors

A new method of creating stretchable electronics made of carbon nanotubes could contribute to the large scale production of the material for use in the next generation of elastic electronic devices.

A marine renewable energy solution for modern ships

Wind power has been used by ships as a means of propulsion for thousands of years, but with the advent of the steam and internal combustion engines during the Industrial Revolution the use of sail power fell away sharply from around the mid-19th century. Today however there is a resurgent interest in the use of sails for commercial vessels as shipping companies seeks ways to reduce fuel costs and comply with new airborne maritime mission standards.

Thermal energy battery enables off-grid milk chilling

Promethean's Thermal Energy Battery is a technology aimed at bringing cold-storage infrastructure to emerging economies.

THINERGY MECs are ideal for bluetooth low energy applications

Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS) has announced that their award-winning THINERGY® Micro-Energy Cell (MEC) products are the ideal energy storage solution for many Bluetooth® Smart (also known as Bluetooth Low Energy) devices.

Blue Spark Technologies opens battery printing and assembly facility

Blue Spark Technologies, the leading supplier of thin, flexible, eco-friendly printed batteries, announced it has opened a new high-volume printing and production facility located in West Bend, Wisconsin.

Power harvesting paint monitors structural safety

An innovative low-cost smart paint that can detect microscopic faults in wind turbines, mines and bridges before structural damage occurs is being developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

EIB lends €180 million to Renault Group

The European Investment Bank (EIB) recently granted a EUR 180 million loan to the Renault Group to contribute to R&D for a new generation of batteries and motors for electric vehicles.

Pragmatic's imprinted logic moving into commercial production

Moves are a foot for PragmatIC Printing to launch its technology to pilot-scale production under an agreement with the Printable Electronics Technology Centre at The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI).

Rap music powers medical sensor

The driving bass rhythm of rap music can be harnessed to power a new type of miniature medical sensor designed to be implanted in the body.

Optomec expands Aerosol Jet advanced app lab & product dev facilities

Optomec,the world leader in high performance additive manufacturing systems, recently announced the opening of its new and expanded Advanced Applications Lab and Product Development Facility in St. Paul, MN.

Autonomous microrockets for biomedical and industrial use

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have recently published research into bubble propelled microrockets for use in the human stomach.

New 2012 forecasts for Electric Vehicles

Old electric vehicle reports are useless: the subject is moving too fast. IDTechEx is the only analyst with 18 current reports forecasting sales of electric vehicles and their key components and they are kept up to date. Information is fed into these documents continuously as the PhD level IDTechEx analysts tour the world's companies, research institutes and conferences to spot the many changes in technology and business success and interpret them.

Lowest energy nonvolatile memory

Ramtron International Corporation, developer and supplier of nonvolatile ferroelectric random access memory (F-RAM) and integrated semiconductor products, has announced the world's lowest energy nonvolatile memory product.

Thinfilm builds out ecosystem for printed electronic systems

Thin Film Electronics ASA have announced technology relationships for its integrated addressable memory systems designed to help enable the "Internet of Things." Thinfilm has signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Acreo, which develops printed displays for a variety of applications.

Hybrid vehicle battery recycling system

Toyota's established nationwide battery recycling system collects end-of-life Nickel metal hydride batteries safely from the market and makes sustainable use of limited resources possible.

Thinfilm & PST Sensors join to develop printed temperature tags

Disposable electronic sensor system to tap into existing, large and fast growing markets; improve food safety and reduce waste.

Solar energy harvesting: Is scaling up the only way forward?

IDTechEx's Energy Harvesting & WSN conference in Berlin, on May 15 and 16 this year (www.IDTechEx.com/EH ) will focus both on wireless sensors as well as the photovoltaic and other harvesting technologies that are being integrated and are creating exciting new market segments for solar cells.

Graphene Inks at University of Cambridge

Researchers at the University of Cambridge lead by Prof. Andrea Ferrari have recently demonstrated a technique for producing inkjet-printable inks based predominantly on small (<1um) single-layer graphene flakes.

Blunt motor and battery talk at EV Japan

The conference speakers were surprisingly blunt in their appraisal of batteries and motors for electric vehicles at last week's EV Japan conference. Batteries control the cost of pure electric vehicles by a big margin and they are the largest part of the cost of hybrids, though a lesser percentage.

Blunt vehicle talk at EV Japan Conference Tokyo

You have to listen to the world leader in electric vehicles, Toyota, because it pulled even further ahead of number two in the last year. Its hybrid car sales nearly doubled to about 1.32 units in 2011, more than all other hybrid cars put together.