24 Apr 2009

Fund raising in printed electronics
In recent studies IDTechEx found that about 2,250 organisations are involved in developing printed electronics, double the number from two years ago.
20 Apr 2009

Progress in conformal and flexible displays
Cathleen Macher, IDTechEx reports on the progress of conformal and flexible displays as presented at the recent Printed Electronics Europe event in Germany.
16 Apr 2009

Highlights of Photovoltaics Beyond Conventional Silicon Europe 2009
Dr Harry Zervos highlights lectures and presentations of the Photovoltaics Beyond Conventional Silicon Europe event.
8 Apr 2009

Printed Electronics Europe opens with Keynotes
The IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe 2009 event opened this morning in Dresden, Germany. Over 760 attendees had pre-registered with many more registering on the morning of the event.
27 Mar 2009

Challenges with blue OLEDs
"The weakest link in OLED research is the absence of an efficient, long-lasting blue light to accompany the red and green," said Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist Asanga Padmaperuma.
External press release
20 Feb 2009

New RFID cell phone patent
New RFID Cell Phone Patent Allows Screening for Shipping Boxes, Containers, Trains, or Aircraft for Chemical, Biological or Radiological Threats.
18 Feb 2009

Printed electronics is profitable
What makes investors invest? What leads to profit sooner rather than later? What are the hot applications and technologies? What are the market forecasts? What comes next? Attend Printed Electronics Europe 2009 to find out,
13 Feb 2009

The evolution of television
IDTechEx looks into electronic devices that have "evolved", starting with the Television.
10 Feb 2009

World's largest collection of digital content planned for new eReader
Plastic Logic announce plans to amass one of the largest collections of content available for an eReader at the same time Amazon unveil Kindle 2.
20 Jan 2009

What we need from printed electronics - feedback from end users
At the annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe 2009 conference and exhibition, IDTechEx will uniquely feature a range of end user companies discussing their needs from printed electronics.
15 Dec 2008

PVI: Towards a flexible e-book reader
The competition is currently heating up with the development of Gen II (flexible) e-book readers.
13 Nov 2008

Printed electronics - The magic arrives
How Printed Electronics is changing consumer goods and services - highlights from the forthcoming Printed Electronics USA event
10 Nov 2008

IDTechEx report on Intellipak conference held 5 November - Part One
IDTechEx report on the Intellipak conference held in Sweden on 5 November that was mainly in Swedish and partly in English with just over 40 attending and excellent content.
7 Nov 2008

Energy harvesting
Energy harvesting, otherwise known as energy scavenging is needed to boost and eventually replace the batteries in printed and other low cost and miniature electronics, particularly in order to extend their life in use.
4 Nov 2008

Hanvon e-reader used in space
The new electronic reader Hanvon N510 was used by the crew of the recent Shenzhou-7 orbital flight to take notes, read books and listen to recordings state recent reports.
17 Oct 2008

Highlights from IDTechEx on Printed Electronics Asia 2008, Tokyo
Companies such as Toppan Forms, Panasonic, Dai Nippon Printing, Sony, Samsung, Toyota, Mitsubishi Plastics, Brother Industries, Teijin, Konica Minolta, Mitsui, Toshiba and Honda attended Printed Electronics Asia 2008
15 Oct 2008

Printed Electronics Asia: Visits to local centers of excellence, part2
Further to the company visits covered in yesterday's article, attendees to the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Asia event in Tokyo last week had the opportunity to visit Dai Nippon Printing, Frontier Carbon Corporation and Toppan Printing. Here we cover some of the highlights.
14 Oct 2008

Printed Electronics Asia: Visits to local centers of excellence, part1
IDTechEx is famed for organising visits to local centers of excellence. On 30 September, delegates were treated to visits to the University of Tokyo and the skyscrapers of Sony and Toppan Forms in central Tokyo.
10 Oct 2008

Highlights from Printed Electronics Asia 2008 - part one
238 people attended the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Asia 2008 conference and exhibition on October 8-9 this week. Companies attended included Toppan Forms, Panasonic, Dai Nippon Printing, Sony, Samsung, Toyota, Mitsubishi Plastics, Brother Industries, Teijin, Konica Minolta, Mitsui, Toshiba and Honda to name a few.