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Thin films and nanotechnology for power

Printed electronics and electrics will be a $335 billion business in twenty years, just for devices primarily made by printing with electronic inks. IDTechEx gives a summary of the projections.

How to improve lithium traction batteries

Dependence on increasingly troublesome oil supplies and rapid degradation of the environment provide every reason why electric cars, whether hybrid or pure electric, should now be adopted rapidly.

Terepac partnership on low-cost flexible electronics packaging

Terepac Corporation and IMEC announced their collaboration on novel packaging technologies for flexible electronics.

CAP-XX to Speak on Bridging Power Gap at Energy Harvesting & Storage

On November 4, Pierre Mars, vice president of applications engineering for CAP-XX Ltd will present a technical paper on design strategies using a supercapacitor to overcome power limitations from energy-harvesting sources.

Xerox launches silver ink

Xerox announces silver ink technology

Summaries from the AIMCAL and IPC events

Last week IDTechEx presented at two events in the US on printed electronics. Here we bring you the highlights of some of the discussions and presentations that took place.

Progress in Taiwan: e-Readers and developments at ITRI

IDTechEx recently visited Taiwan. In 2007, Taiwan's IC industry was $47 billion and its flat panel display industry was $34.36 billion. Leveraging this, it will be a formidable player in printed electronics.

IDTechEx joins FlexTech Alliance

IDTechEx joins FlexTech Alliance

Wireless Sensor Networks and RTLS: The Growth Areas

Active RFID will rise from 10% of the total RFID market this year to 24% in 2019, meaning a huge $6.74 billion market.

Printed electronics at Taiyo

IDTechEx recently interviewed Taiyo America (Carson City, NV), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokyo based Taiyo Ink.

More exciting developments at Printed Electronics Asia - part II

The afternoon of the first day of the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Asia event this week continued to illustrate how an increasing minority of developers of printed transistors target metal oxide versions with better performance. However, organic versions retain advantages of being tightly rollable and low voltage.

Updates on Photovoltaics at Printed Electronics Asia

The photovoltaics track on the second day of Printed Electronics Asia 2009 commenced with photovoltaics market forecasts for thin film technologies by IDTechEx chairman Dr Peter Harrop.

Dramatic New AC Electroluminescent Displays

Dramatic New AC Electroluminescent Displays announced at Printed Electronics Asia 2009.

Exciting developments reported at Printed Electronics Asia

Dr Harry Zervos reports from Tokyo an overview of the first day of Printed Electronics Asia, which covered exciting developments in printed electronics and photovoltaics for East Asia.