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Presentation highlights from future of ev's - part two

Presentation highlights from Future of Electric Vehicles, San Jose, California, December 2010, Pt 2

Elusive spintronics single chip for processing and memory

Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London (UK) and the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) have shown that a magnetically polarised current can be manipulated by electric fields.

Meet the world's first hybrid street sweeper

The world's first hybrid street sweeper promises cleaner roads and cleaner air — in addition to a top speed of 60 miles an hour.

Presentation highlights from Future of Electric Vehicles 2010

Some of the highlights on the different technologies covered at the Future of Electric Vehicles conference and exhibition organized by IDTechEx are discussed below. Battery technologies, land, sea and air vehicles were all aired during the event, which delivered on its promise to cover more than just electric car technologies.

Low cost hybrid thermoelectrics

Although climate-controlled car seats don't spring to mind when you think of energy efficiency, the latest technology underpinning this luxury automobile feature is based on thermoelectrics—materials that convert electricity directly into heating or cooling.

E ink Pearl wins 2010 PE award for best commercialization

Paper-like E Ink Pearl Display drives multi-billion dollar e-reader market.

The Second Life mobile phone concept

The Second Life Mobile Phone Concept works on the premise that we often forget about the battery life of our mobile phones, hence run out of juice, just at the wrong time

Sony names Nobel chemist Negishi as research advisor

Electronics giant Sony said Monday it had named Eiichi Negishi, the Japanese co-recipient of this year's Nobel Prize for chemistry, as a senior advisor for research and development.

Electric tractors at Astra plant

Vehicle manufacturer General Motors has saved energy, improved productivity and optimized line side delivery operations at its Astra plant in Ellesmere Port by switching to electric tow tractors powered by Hawker batteries from EnerSys.

Peregrine Semiconductor & Soitec bonded silicon-on-sapphire substrate

Peregrine Semiconductor & Soitec new bonded silicon-on-sapphire substrate for RFIC Manufacturing. Continued evolution of SOS wafer part of long-term UltraCMOS™technology roadmap

Breakthrough batteries using tobacco virus

A team of researchers at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering and College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, brought together by Professor Reza Ghodssi, is harnessing and exploiting the "self-renewing" and "self-assembling" properties of viruses to build a new generation of small, powerful and highly efficient batteries and fuel cells.

Printed electronics for energy harvesting - the money floods in

Printed electronics is now seeing a surge in transactions in the form of orders, government and industry-funded development programs, acquisitions and company fund raising.

Mobilux Digital

The first portable, hand-held video magnifier featuring revolutionary AMOLED display technology!

Electric vehicle centric energy systems

The idea of electric vehicles donating power to a planned supergrid brings a wan smile to the faces of those struggling to get batteries to provide adequate range without unpredictable parasitic drainage of power at the behest of a third party.

BlackBox takes out license to print semiconductors and more

BlackBox a new subsidiary of Shrink Nanotechnologies has entered into a worldwide multi-year exclusive license with the University of Chicago

Beamed-power flight sets records

LaserMotive keeps unmanned copter aloft more than 12 hours

City Labs welcomes Dr Larry Olsen to its in-house research team

City Labs, Inc, the pioneering innovator of long-life (20+ years) NanoTritium™ batteries for microelectronics, welcomes Larry C. Olsen, Ph.D. and seminal pioneer of betavoltaic technology, to its in-house research team.

Ocean energy harvesting using Wing Waves

Students in Florida Institute of Technology's Department of Marine and Environmental Systems (DMES) have created the Wing Wave Ocean Energy Generator for an engineering project.

Eco City Vehicles announces 1.5 million conditional share placing

Eco City Vehicles announces £1.5 million conditional share placing to drive growth

Canara engineering students design solar-powered Tribrid two-wheeler

Mangalore: Canara Engg Students Design Solar-powered Tribrid Two-wheeler