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Highlights of Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe 2012 (Part One)

Highlights of last week's IDTechEx conference, Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe in Berlin, part one.

Energy harvesting platform assesses feasibility of applications

Future Energy Solutions has released an exclusive design platform created to assess the feasibility of energy harvesting for customer applications.

Electronics on paper, plastic and textiles

The PEC4 cluster has been created to bring together the actors involved in printed electronics and promote research, development and specialised training.

Hybrid bus drive systems in China move Maxwell forward

Sales of hybrid bus drive systems in China and contributions from a stop-start idle elimination system for autos in Europe and various backup power applications have enabled Maxwell to achieve sustainable year over year growth.

EpiGaN starts production on Research Campus Hasselt

The new production site of EpiGaN was officially opened in the presence of Flemish Minister Mrs Ingrid Lieten and Limburg Governor Mr Herman Reynders. The company selected the Research Campus Hasselt as the ideal location for the volume production of their gallium nitride epitaxial material.

Samsung Electronics presents a new graphene device structure

Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, the core R&D incubator for Samsung Electronics, has developed a new transistor structure utilizing graphene, touted as the "miracle material."

New nanostructure keeps batteries going and going

A team of scientists has found a cleverly designed double-walled nanostructure that lasts more than 6,000 cycles, far more than needed by electric vehicles or mobile electronics.

Robotic sailing boat set to break robotic sailing world record

The ASV Roboat, a solar energy powered robotic sailing boat can be used for tsunami early warning systems, search operations, meteorological measurements and the recovery of oil spills.

Peratech creates fast-acting Electronic Nose using QTC technology

QTC™ materials change their resistance when a force is applied and, in this case, the polymer content of the composite swells when exposed to VOCs.

G24 Innovations Energy Harvesting Device wins 2012 IDTechEx award

Following an extensive review by the expert judging panel, the award was given to G24i for the launch of the most valuable new energy harvesting product in the last 24 months, based on a criteria which included technical development of the product, its market potential and benefits it brings over alternative solutions in the market.

Solar retinal implants may restore sight to the blind

Using tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a system that may someday restore sight to people who have lost vision because of certain types of degenerative eye diseases.

G24 Innovations Energy Harvesting Device wins 2012 IDTechEx award

G24 Innovations (G24i), the manufacturer of next-generation Dye Sensitized Photo Electric Cells, has been awarded the prestigious IDTechEx prize for the 2012 Best Technical Development of an Energy Harvesting Device at the Energy Harvesting and Storage Europe 2012 conference and exhibition.

Plastic Logic's new strategy to expand market reach

Plastic Logic will move from being a fully vertically integrated rigid e-reader product company to one that develops, manufactures, markets and sells its unique flexible plastic display technology.

Energy Harvesting & Storage and Wireless Sensor Networks & RTLS awards

On Tuesday the 15th of May in Berlin, Germany, IDTechEx recognised innovation once more with the Energy Harvesting & Storage and Wireless Sensor Networks & RTLS awards, in a ceremony that took place on the first day of the IDTechEx conference on the topic.

Scientists generate electricity from viruses

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a way to generate power using harmless viruses that convert mechanical energy into electricity.

Sea Eagle uses a total of 5,000 hp from solar hybrid power sources

The US Coast Guard Sea Eagle uses a total of 5,000hp from Solar Hybrid power sources that include cleaner MTU tier 4i Diesels. With less than half the fuel consumption of the Sentinel Class FRC's.

Eight19 begins organic solar trials in Africa

Real-­world data will accelerate product development

Intrinsiq Materials new CP-002 low cost copper screen print paste

Intrinsiq CP-002 a novel 85wt% copper screen print paste formulation.

Three ways that traction motor makers race to escape rare earths

In 2022, over 128 million electric vehicles will be made, mainly two wheelers, according to the IDTechEx report, Electric Vehicles 2012-2022. That means over $260 billion dollars of business in our estimations, even at ex-factory prices, with cars being under 50% of that figure.

The Clean4Yield project

The Clean4Yield project will work to develop new technologies capable of inspecting moving foils for micro- and nanoscale dust particles and defects, and for cleaning / repairing layers as necessary.