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People powered checkouts

In a European first, Sainsbury's is installing a revolutionary invention which creates green energy every time a customer simply drives into the car park to do their shopping.

Mekoprint widens its repertoire

Speaking in Frankfurt this week, Division Manager Karsten Ries of Mekoprint Graphic Electronics said that his company has been printing mobile phone antennas, mobile phone speaker membranes, antennas in side view mirrors of cars and RFID antennas for many years.

Energy harvesting to save lives

An interdisciplinary team of School of Engineering and Applied Science professors from Columbia University has won first prize for a project that uses wireless devices to locate survivors trapped in structural collapses or fires.

RFID - a surge in orders

As forecasted by IDTechEx, there has been a surge in orders for RFID in 2009. Despite the world's largest RFID project, the $6 billion China National ID card scheme, being completed a year earlier, the global RFID market is rising 5% this year to $5.56 billion, in the face of the global financial meltdown which has caused some car production, for example, to plummet by 50%. In many applicational sectors, RFID orders are up 10%.

Low power radio chip mimics human ear

Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have built a fast, ultra-broadband, low-power radio chip, modeled on the human inner ear, that could enable wireless devices capable of receiving cell phone, internet, radio and television signals.

Open air deposition of zinc oxide transistors

Kodak has developed a fast, printing-like process to fabricate high-performance zinc oxide (ZnO) transistors in open atmospheric conditions.

Energy harvesting for ultra-low voltage applications

Advanced Linear Devices Inc has announced it will develop energy harvesting technology designed specifically for ultra-low voltage applications such as photovoltaic cells, thermoelectric generators and electromagnetic sources with an output as low as 0.1V.

Program provides $16.5m under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

The U. S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is seeking project proposals as part of recently announced DOE funding to accelerate commercialization of solar energy technologies.

INFINERGY™ micro power module wins two industry awards

Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS), a maker of innovative solid-state, rechargeable, thin-film micro-energy storage devices, has announced that it has received two prestigious industry awards for its Micro Power Module (MPM) solution—Sensors Magazine's "Best of Sensors Expo 2009" silver award and the IDTechEx Energy Harvesting Award for "Best Technology Development."

Peeling stickers may lead way to stretchable electronics

New model enables precise design of damage-resistant materials.

Organic and printed electronics - Green Energy

Renewable energies play a decisive role in the energy concepts of the future. However, their potential will remain largely limited as long as the sun's energy can neither be stored nor utilized on a large scale. That is where organic materials offer revolutionary solutions. Current trends and the latest developments in this field will be on display at LOPE-C in Frankfurt, Germany from June 23-25, 2009.

Energy harvesting bicycle

Designer Ben Lai, based in Singapore, has designed a renewable energy generating bicycle which he calls the Energy Harvesting Intermode Transport System.

SEMICON West, July 14-16 in San Francisco

Companies will share their latest results with the broader semiconductor and display manufacturing supply chain at SEMICON West, July 14-16 in San Francisco.

Light weight flexible 5 meter CIGS based PV laminate breakthrough

Ascent Solar Technologies, has manufactured a monolithically interconnected 5 meter long flexible light weight module on a polyimide substrate.

Light driven nanomotor

A team of University of Florida chemists is the latest to report a new mechanism to transform light straight into motion - albeit at a very, very, very tiny scale.

Transforming roofs from wasted space to energy source

A new addition to the flexible solar panel market, may soon come with flexible solar panels that use a transparent thin film barrier used to protect flat panel TVs from moisture.

NIST develops a flexible memristor

Electronic memory chips may soon gain the ability to bend and twist as a result of work by engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Cymbet Corp awarded Best of Sensors Expo 2009 bronze award

Cymbet Corporation has been honoured with a Sensors' "Best of Sensors Expo 2009" bronze award. Cymbet won this award for its EnerChip™ EH CBC5300 energy harvesting module which is a key enabler for autonomous wireless sensor networks.

Silicon-ink ink-jet system greatly reduces cost of solar cells

Inkjet system capable of printing over 2000 high performance solar cells per hour.

IDTechEx Energy Harvesting Awards

The IDTechEx Energy Harvesting Awards were launched at the networking dinner at Robinson College on Wednesday 3rd June. Two awards were given out, recognising achievements in Best Technology Development and Best Application of energy harvesting in a product.