3 Mar 2009

Unilever joins E-label study
IDTechEx is delighted to announce that Unilever, the €40bn plus consumer goods giant, has joined its multiclient study of e-labels.
2 Mar 2009

Printed Carbon Nanotube Transistors achieve 5GHz Frequency
Optomec's Aerosol Jet system has been used to fully print Carbon NanoTube (CNT) based Thin Film Transistors (TFT) with operating frequencies over 5 Gigahertz (GHz). The work was conducted in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts and Brewer Science, Inc.
2 Mar 2009

Jovion Corporation patents
A US company aims to develop and commercialize a device for extracting energy from the reservoir of "zero point energy" that has been shown to fill all of space.
27 Feb 2009

Trials completed with color e-reader
First color e-reader could be available soon.
27 Feb 2009

Freescale Semiconductor harvests energy from each solar cell
This new technology and can enable practical and cost-effective ways of developing a wide range of single-cell solar power systems and other energy-harvesting applications.
26 Feb 2009

Printing solar cells like money
Trials promise a new era of solar cells that are printed like money.
26 Feb 2009

How to create a $1 billion business from e-labels - Multiclient study
E-labels will be a huge business and the opportunity overlaps with e-packaging - IDTechEx are offering a multiclient study of the technology and market roadmap of e-labels including specification of a range of imaginative e-labels acceptable to a broad range of industries.
External press release
25 Feb 2009

Economical electrically conductive silver ink from Creative Materials
Creative Materials has developed an economical silver conductive ink, 125-10, with typical sheet resistivity of 15 milliohm/square/mil.
External press release
25 Feb 2009

SOMARK closes VC deal with Finistere Ventures and T2, Opens R&D
SOMARK Innovations, Inc. raised a round of venture capital financing, led by Finistere Ventures and T2 Venture Capital.
External press release
25 Feb 2009

Very low input voltage, high performance
It may seem impossible that a sensor, RFID module, small display or microcontroller could operate on 20 millivolts. Yet engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS have achieved precisely this by developing a novel voltage converter which has been miniaturized into an ASIC.
25 Feb 2009

Cell phone providers in Africa turn to wind and solar power
Leading mobile telephone operators in Africa are looking at wind and solar power in order to provide services to rural areas where roads are bad and there is no electricity.
25 Feb 2009

How to create a $1 billion business from e-labels - Multiclient study
E-labels will be a huge business and the opportunity overlaps with e-packaging - IDTechEx are offering a multiclient study of the technology and market roadmap of e-labels including specification of a range of imaginative e-labels acceptable to a broad range of industries.
External press release
25 Feb 2009

Phoseon Technology releases their FireFlex and FireEdge solutions
With SLMâ„¢ technology, OEMs can manufacture the environmentally cleanest, coolest operating, and most efficient UV-based UV curing solutions commercially available.
24 Feb 2009

Environmental issues with energy harvesting
The runaway use of small batteries is leading to uncontrolled disposal of poisons such as lithium and highly alkaline electrolytes and exposure of children to these chemicals as they are used in everyday items such as toys and disposables such as talking gift cards.
24 Feb 2009

Video images with OLED wallpaper
Researchers are developing an OLED wallpaper that can turn a wall into a television screen or simply provide light.
23 Feb 2009

MIT researchers make sixth sense device
US university researchers have created a portable "sixth sense" device powered by commercial products that can seamlessly channel Internet information into daily routines.
23 Feb 2009

iTi enters solar market
imaging Technology international (iTi) Corporation today announced iTi Solar, an equipment manufacturing division established to advance the development of precision industrial inkjet systems that enable solar cell producers to improve production efficiency and reduce manufacturing costs.
23 Feb 2009

The hot applications for energy harvesting
IDTechEx finds that consumer applications are and will remain the greatest market for energy harvesting on small devices by value.
20 Feb 2009

Development of high-performance organic-dye-sensitized solar cell
A new organic high-performance dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) has been developed that does not use Ruthenium.
External press release
20 Feb 2009

Konarka secures $5 million loan for manufacturing and job creation
State enhances commitment to Konarka with financing from the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust.