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Flexible carbon nanotubes made more reliable and efficient

Engineers would love to create flexible electronic devices, such as e-readers that could be folded to fit into a pocket. One approach involves designing circuits based on electronic fibers, known as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), instead of rigid silicon chips.

Inkron

Inkron is a privately-funded start-up offering low-temperature silver nano filled paste targeted at the die attach market. Inkron has a production technology based on an electrolytic process. Inkron wants to be more than a powder supply and is already offering formulated pastes and inks.

Perpetuum

Perpetuum is a spin-out from the University of Southampton. It is a VC backed company specializing in vibrational energy harvesting based on the electrodynamic transduction mechanism

Wearable thermoelectric generator

A team of researchers have proposed a glass fabric-based thermoelectric generator that is extremely light and flexible and produces electricity from the heat of the human body.

Trees go high-tech: process turns cellulose into energy storage device

Based on a fundamental chemical discovery by scientists, it appears that trees may soon play a major role in making high-tech energy storage devices.

Developing materials and electronics that dissolve when triggered

A medical device, once its job is done, could harmlessly melt away inside a person's body.

Progress with passive RFID

Last week IDTechEx presented at RFID Journal Live in the US. In this article, we summarise some of the latest trends in the RFID market and highlights from the event.

VW and Renault go for plug in hybrids, BMW for fuel cell cars. TRA14

Transport Research Arena, Paris April 2014 coverage by IDTechEx: Renault goes for plug in hybrids, BMW to fuel cells by 2020, meanwhile VW sells now the most efficient car in the automotive history.

E-textiles come center stage

So far, there is very little true e-textile in production - that is, textiles with electronic and/or electric functionality based on weavable e-fibers. That is now changing.

Collaboration on solar battery development

Sol Chip has announced a collaboration agreement with Tadiran Batteries for solar battery development and marketing cooperation.

Audi and partner FAW cooperate on plug-in hybrid for China

Together with its Chinese joint-venture partner FAW, Audi is to launch a plug-in hybrid car for the Chinese market.

Findings from Supercapacitors Europe 2014

IDTechEx's Supercapacitor Europe 2014 conference brought together the best of supercapacitor developments in the region and internationally in Berlin on 1-2 April last week.

Shale gas profitability doubts cast shadow on fuel cell cars launch

Last year finally saw the kick-off in sales of electric cars with 2014 seeing a new impetus on fuel cell cars.

Stick-on electronic patches for health monitoring

Engineers have demonstrated thin, soft stick-on patches that stretch and move with the skin and incorporate commercial, off-the-shelf chip-based electronics for sophisticated wireless health monitoring.

Shandong Xindayang Electric Vehicle Co.,Ltd

The ZhiDou Micro electric car was released in October 2012 by Chinese manufacturer Shandong Xindayang Electric Vehicle Co. Ltd. (XDY). The company is part of the XinDaYang Group Co., Ltd. (XDY), incorporated in 2001. This car is the result of the Micro-Travel Electric Vehicle program which has invested 3.07 billion Chinese Yuan (or 375 million Euro) with a planned annual manufacturing capacity of 300,000 vehicles on a 1.33 sq km site.

Highlights from IDTechEx's Berlin 2014 show

This year's IDTechEx event on energy harvesting and storage was held in Berlin, Europe. Following attendee feedback and a successful introduction of parallel tracks on the topic of the Internet of Things (IoT) in Santa Clara, California at the end of 2013, the event saw the transformation of the wireless sensor networks (WSN) part of the conference to an event that incorporated significant attention to the advent of the IoT and the way the technologies covered would interact in order to create further adoption and proliferation.

Plastic Logic shows a flexible OLED display for wearable devices

Plastic Logic demonstrated a flexible AMOLED display at Printed Electronics Europe, an event organised by IDTechEx. The flexible device is the direct result of a recently announced collaboration with Novaled, a supplier of OLED materials.

Organic solar cells more efficient with molecules face-to-face

New research reveals that energy is transferred more efficiently inside of complex, three-dimensional organic solar cells when the donor molecules align face-on, rather than edge-on, relative to the acceptor.

Best Application of Wireless Sensor Networks/Internet of Things 2014

WebNMS, a division of Zoho Corp. and a leading global provider of Telecom Network Management and Machine to Machine platform, has announced it is this year's recipient of the IDTechEx Internet of Things & Wireless Sensor Networks 2014 award for Best Application of Internet of Things and Wireless Sensor Networks (IoT and WSN).

New battery technology employs multifunctional materials

Lithium-ion batteries power a vast array of modern devices, from cell phones, laptops, and laser pointers to thermometers, hearing aids, and pacemakers. The electrodes in these batteries typically comprise three components: active materials, conductive additives, and binders.