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3D Printing Live!

Our new 3D Printing Live! conference, which took place in Santa Clara on November 20 & 21, was very well received.

Meet adopters at Printed Electronics USA

Next week the IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA 2013 event (www.PrintedElectronicsUSA.com ) will open in Santa Clara, CA, to more than 160 exhibitors and over 1,800 pre-registered attendees. The event, which is over 20% bigger than last year at this point - with several hundred more people expected, also features over 200 presentations.

Inkjet-based circuits at fraction of time and cost

Researchers from Georgia Tech, the University of Tokyo and Microsoft Research have developed a novel method to rapidly and cheaply make electrical circuits by printing them with commodity inkjet printers and off-the-shelf materials.

3D Printing Live!

3D Printing Live!, hosted by IDTechEx and taking place in Santa Clara CA during 20-21 Nov 2013 will bring an entirely new audience to the 3D printing arena.

Plastic Logic PaperTab a runner-up for T3 Innovation of the Year

Plastic Logic's 'flexible multi-display' earns runner-up position for T3 Innovation of the Year in Gadget Awards.

3D Printing: Retailers get a piece of the action

3D printers for home use are emerging from the relative obscurity of web-based sales - often, one suspects, attached to addresses corresponding to garages in residential districts - into the mainstream of the high street.

Webinar Wed 28 Aug: Mobile Phone Indoor Positioning Systems 2014-2024

A free webinar by IDTechEx, on Wednesday 28 August. "Mobile Phone Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS) 2014-2024" will be presented by Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx.

Internal tagging technique for 3D-printed objects

The 3D printing process used to produce an object can simultaneously generate an internal, invisible tag, say scientists.

The rise of mobile phone indoor positioning systems

This article shares some of the research in the new IDTechEx report, "Mobile Phone Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS) and Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS) 2013-2023"

Interlink Electronics

Printed sensors are not a novelty: force sensing resistors (FSR) is a proven technology and are manufactured by screen printing a functional polymer. Interlink Electronics was the first company to commercialize FSR and has more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing them. But there has been a lack of innovation. The company is now looking for new acquisitions and partnerships.

IDTechEx's Printed Electronics Europe 2013 Grows by Over 20%

Attendance at last week's Printed Electronics Europe 2013 event grew by over 20%. The highly successful conference and tradeshow, hosted by IDTechEx, covered the broad range of emerging materials and devices, including OLEDs, touch surfaces, TFTs, stretchable and textile electronics, energy generation and much more. Presentations, exhibitors and attendees covered the full supply chain from materials to their final application in verticals such as the media, consumer electronics, the internet of things and even vehicles.

Less than one week to IDTechEx's Printed Electronics Europe Event

Next week Printed Electronics Europe will open in Berlin, Germany on April 17-18 (www.PrintedElectronicsEurope.com). About 1,400 people are pre-registered - with final numbers expected to be considerably more. The conference and tradeshow covers the broad range of emerging materials and devices, including OLEDs, touch surfaces, TFTs, stretchable and textile electronics, the Internet of Things, energy generation and much more - with presentations, exhibitors and attendees covering the full supply chain.

Haptic feedback for touch screen devices

More and more consumer electronics devices feature a touch screen, which is already considered a must have for new devices. The next big topic will be haptic feedback solutions outperforming the poor vibration-based feedback that is the standard today. Adding haptic and sound feedback to touch screens using electro active polymers (EAPs) will be a featured topic at TCF LIVE Europe 2013 .

Short supply of touch screen materials

In time for the holiday season, we see more and more launches of new touch screen consumer devices. What is clouding the situtation is a supply shortage that the touch screen industry is facing.

Printed Electronics USA 2011: Reaching New Milestones

Next week the 8th annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA event opens at the Santa Clara Convention Center in CA, USA, on Nov 30 - Dec 1. Pre-registrations are 22% higher compared to this point last year and the number of exhibitors has grown by 19%. Pre-registered attendees are coming from 29 countries, with a particularly large contingent from Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Attendees are also coming from afar as China, Australia, India, South Africa and all over Europe.

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.

Wireless sensor networks: creating a $2 billion market in 2021

According to IDTechEx research in the new report Wireless Sensor Networks 2011-2021, WSN will grow rapidly from $0.45 billion in 2011 to $2 billion in 2021.