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Professor Karl Leo nominated for the Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2011

The Director of the Fraunhofer IPMS is nominated for the Federal President's prize of Technology and Innovation.

Printed Electronics: What can we do better?

IDTechEx has tracked the printed electronics market since 2002. We have conducted extensive research programs, run our own events internationally and attended most other relevant events. Being impartial, we state the good and the bad. So what have we learnt?

Energy harvesting for submarine wireless sensors

KCF Technologies has been awarded Phase II of a Small Business Innovation Research project to tap waste electromagnetic energy on the U.S. Navy's most modern class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines and "harvest" it instead to perform other crucial functions on these state-of-the-art ships.

Plasmonic technique helps enhance power conversion by up to 20 percent

Nano Gold Rush: Researchers use tiny gold particles to boost organic solar cell efficiency

Siemens receives major order from Portugal for 100 EV charging columns

Siemens has received a major order for its model Charge CP700A charging point from Portugal. As part of the Portuguese program to promote electromobility (MOBI.E), Siemens Portugal concluded a framework agreement for delivery of up to 300 charging points. A binding order for 100 of these charging points was placed immediately by the customer INTELLI, as the coordinator of the Portuguese program. INTELLI is planning the setup of the charging infrastructure network in Portugal and intends to install the charging points in 25 cities by 2012, at public parking lots and near shopping centers, hotels and airports.

Fishermen go low carbon with HK Electric-sponsored micro PV panels

The local fishing industry today sailed into a low carbon era with some 500 vessels and mariculture rafts taking part in a programme sponsored by HK Electric, a subsidiary of Power Assets, to use micro-photovoltaic (PV) panels to harness solar energy for daily operations.

Solid-state energy storage moves forward

The latest from the Rice lab of chemist Robert Hauge stakes a claim in the drive toward robust, versatile energy storage with a solid-state, nanotube-based supercapacitor that can be deeply integrated into the manufacture of devices.

Microsoft duo breaks through with wearable technology concept

Microsoft designers create "The Printing Dress" - an award-winning wearable technology creation that's turning heads in design circles.

Reverse electrowetting could lead to energy harvesting shoes

If the vision of Tom Krupenkin and J. Ashley Taylor comes to fruition, one day soon your cellphone - or just about any other portable electronic device - could be powered by simply taking a walk.

Ascent Solar partners with TFG Radiant Group

Ascent Solar enters major strategic alliance with TFG Radiant Group of China.

Peak car - different electric vehicles needed

We all know about peak oil but peak car has arrived in many respects. Thus although we shall enjoy two decades of rapidly rising sales of electric cars, starting with the decade of the hybrid, the ceiling of the number of cars needed overall is going to drop. In many countries, we have already reached both peak car ownership and peak per-person car travel, though of course the emerging countries are compensating for this temporarily.

Transparent conductors workshop

Technical Analyst, Dr Harry Zervos reports on the FlexTech Alliance Quarterly Workshop.

Ford and SunPower collaborate on rooftop solar system

Ford and SunPower Corp. have teamed up to offer customers a rooftop solar system that will allow Focus Electric owners to "Drive Green for Life" by providing customers with enough clean, renewable energy to offset the electricity used to charge the vehicle.

E-reader sales triple annually

Sriram Peruvemba, Chief Marketing Officer for E ink, reported at a conference last week that E book readers could hit 25 million to 30 million units this year - about three times the number sold in 2010.

Oxford Yasa Motors in racing, motorcycles and sports cars

Oxford YASA Motors has an axial flux synchronous motor technology with exceptional power to weight ratio that it is putting into racing cars, motorcycles and sports cars with partners in Malaysia and elsewhere.

Teknek experiences high demand for thin film cleaning technology

Teknek has reported unprecedented demand for its Ultracleen cleaning roller since its launch in May.

Ford plans to sell rooftop solar panels with electric vehicles

Ford and SunPower Corp. have teamed up to offer customers a rooftop solar system that will provide enough clean, renewable energy to offset the electricity used to charge the vehicle.

Visit to Polaris Industries

IDTechEx visited Polaris Industries in Switzerland to learn more about this acquisitive and highly successful company that grew 20% last year, when so many others were fighting for survival. Polaris Industries is world leader in off-road vehicles with $2 billion in sales. It owns lifestyle motorcycle brands Victory and Indian as well as having leadership in snowmobiles and a rapidly growing military activity including small pure electric vehicles.

Highlights of the IWPMA conference, Virginia Tech, 8-10 August

Professor Ray Baughman from the University of Texas at Dallas discussed in his keynote presentation the bi-scrolled yarns developed by his team.

DisplaySearch: Emerging display technologies

Eileen Tanghal of Applied Ventures opened the conference. Applied Ventures is the venture arm of Applied Materials ($9.5B revenue in 2010) with companies such as Liquavista, Plextronics, Terabarrier, SAGE Electrochromics and Semprius being the most relevant companies backed by funding from Applied Ventures.