External press release
6 Jul 2011

OE-A elects new Board of Directors
The members of the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association) elected a new Board of Directors at their annual General Assembly meeting.
External press release
6 Jul 2011

New Energy bolsters patent protection for SolarWindow
New Energy Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: NENE), recently announced that, as part of the Company's ongoing pathway to commercialize its SolarWindow™ technology, capable of generating electricity on see-thru glass windows, four new patent applications have been filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
5 Jul 2011

PragmatIC partners with Holst Centre on printed logic technology
PragmatIC Printing Ltd, the pioneer in imprinted logic circuits, and Holst Centre,an open-innovation initiative by imec (Belgium) and TNO (Netherlands), have recently announced their collaboration in the research, development and exploitation of flexible electronics.
5 Jul 2011

KleenSpeed EV-X11 Shatters EV Prototype Lap Record At ReFuel 2011
On a sunny and cool Sunday the sound of the future whistled through the rolling hills of Laguna Seca as the sleek KleenSpeed Technologies EV-X11 shattered the lap record for Electric Vehicles on the Mazda Raceway circuit. This legendary race track - offering 2.238 sinuous miles, 11 unique turns and considerable elevation changes - is regarded as one of the world's most challenging circuits for man and machine. KleenSpeed Technologies president, Tim Collins, piloted the racecar of tomorrow, the EV-X11, to a new lap record for electric vehicles of 1:38.858, breaking last year's record - 1:42.5, set by KleenSpeed's prior model, the WX-10, at ReFuel in 2010 - by almost 4 seconds per lap, a remarkable step forward.
External press release
4 Jul 2011

Siltronic AG joins Imec's GaN-on-Si research program
Siltronic AG and the Belgian nano-electronics research institute imec have concluded an agreement to collaborate on the development of silicon wafers with a gallium nitride layer as partner of imec's GaN-on-Si industrial affiliation program.
4 Jul 2011

PragmatIC delivers printed electronic greeting cards for Tigerprint
Enables interactive functionality in ultra-thin form factor
4 Jul 2011

Plans for Nissan lithium-ion battery plant in Portugal
Nissan and the Portuguese Government are in discussions to establish the manufacturer's second Lithium-Ion battery manufacturing facility in Portugal.
1 Jul 2011

Energy harvesting sensors for aircraft
Joint research by EADS Deutschland GmbH (Germany) and the Vienna University of Technology results in sensor elements that do not require any external power supply.
1 Jul 2011

Maxwell Technologies doubles ultracapacitor production capacity
Maxwell Technologies reported recently that it has more than doubled production capacity for ultracapacitor electrode, cells and modules over the past year, and is moving forward with additional capacity expansion to satisfy rapidly increasing demand for its BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor products.
1 Jul 2011

Silver pen has the write stuff for flexible electronics
The pen is writing whole new chapters in low-cost, flexible and disposable electronics.
30 Jun 2011

Conformal electronics co, MC10, raises $12.5m series B financing
The $12.5 million Series B round is led by new investor, Braemar Energy Ventures, and joined by returning investors North Bridge Venture Partners, Osage University Partners, and Terawatt Ventures.
30 Jun 2011

New developments with electric aircraft
There was extensive coverage of manned and unmanned electric aircraft at the recent "Electric Vehicles Land Sea Air" in Stuttgart Germany with considerable questioning by a fascinated audience.
30 Jun 2011

World's smallest bacteria powered fuel cell
Carnegie Mellon University's Kelvin B. Gregory and Philip R. LeDuc have created the world's smallest fuel cell powered by bacteria.
29 Jun 2011

New alloy that converts heat into electricity
University of Minnesota engineering researchers in the College of Science and Engineering have recently discovered a new alloy material that converts heat directly into electricity.
29 Jun 2011

Thinfilm launches printed memory for secure documents
Thinfilm launches printed memory for secure documents and high-volume consumer applications. Thin Film Electronics have launched the Thinfilm Passive Array Memory, a fully printed non-volatile rewriteable memory suitable for secure documents. The capacity is doubled compared to Thinfilm's standard memory.
External press release
28 Jun 2011

Dust Networks demonstrate self-powered IPV6 wireless sensor network
Dust Networks® demonstrated a SmartMesh® IP 6LoWPAN wireless network running on harvested energy at the IDTechEx Wireless Sensor Network & RTLS Summit in Munich, Germany, June 21 - 22.
28 Jun 2011

Ynvisible awarded over 550,000 Euros by the Portuguese NSRF
Ynvisible is awarded a Portuguese National Strategic Reference Framework incentive for a one million Euros project.
27 Jun 2011

New organic photo detector company
Siemens exclusively licenses imaging technology to Nikkoia SAS
27 Jun 2011

World's first serial hybrid electric aircraft to fly at Le Bourget
Siemens AG, Diamond Aircraft and EADS are set to present the world's first aircraft with a serial hybrid electric drive system at the Paris Air Show Le Bourget 2011.
27 Jun 2011

Nano-research opens way to everlasting battery
In a crucial step towards the development of self-powering portable electronics, RMIT University researchers have for the first time characterised the ability of piezoelectric thin films to turn mechanical pressure into electricity.