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Energy Harvesting 2011

Interested in advances in energy harvesting research and development? Want to understand whether or not energy harvesting can address your particular applications? If so then the following event could be a great opportunity to find out more.

World's first colour e-reader?

Chinese manufacturer Hanvon unveiled the World's first color e-ink e-reader at CES 2011 earlier this month. The device uses e-ink technology and has the capability of displaying up to 4096 colours. This is achieved by overlaying a colour filter over the black and white screen to produce the colours. In addition the contrast ratio has doubled over the last year so that the black and white colours still show through the colour filter. Although Barnes & Noble recently announced a color Nook and the Apple iPad has a color screen, both devices use LCD technology used for televisions and monitors.

Self-repairing solar cells

Researchers are creating a new type of solar cell designed to self-repair like natural photosynthetic systems in plants by using carbon nanotubes and DNA, an approach aimed at increasing service life and reducing cost.

EPA and Chrysler to bring hybrid technology to the street

Chrysler with EPA's patented technology to develop a hydraulic hybrid minivan as a demonstration vehicle.

Perth Company first to produce carbon nanotubes in Australia

A Perth company is set to become by the end of the year, Australia's first commercial producer of the high strength but micro-sized and environmentally friendly carbon nanotubes.

Epitaxial graphene shows promise for replacing silicon in electronics

Move over silicon. There's a new electronic material in town, and it goes fast.

LED screen with built in solar panel

Megatex Inc. has developed an LED screen which combines LED technology and renewable energy.

RUSNANO finalizes investment in Plastic Logic

RUSNANO finalizes investment in Plastic Logic : $700 Million total investment project will include building world's largest commercial plastic electronics factory in Zelenograd;

Energy efficient aircraft - the next 15 years

During the next fifteen years, we shall be in the transition to much more energy efficient, quieter aircraft, with much less pollution and dependence on declining hydrocarbon reserves.

Smart Skin for Land, Sea and Air Vehicles

Cars that glow in the dark and have far more passenger space, aircraft and submarines that monitor their complete outer surface, military vehicles that destroy missiles that hit them. The common factor here is smart skin.

Ford and Best Buy partner to sell electric charging stations

Ford Motor Co. and Best Buy Co. Inc. will partner to install household charging stations for the new Focus Electric cars being launched in the U.S. later this year, Ford said recently.

Carbon nanotube webs and biscrolled yarns

UT Dallas's biscrolling technology is rich in application possibilities. For instance to make improved biofuel cells that might eventually be used to power medical implants

Coiled nanowires may hold key to stretchable electronics

Researchers at North Carolina State University have created the first coils of silicon nanowire on a substrate that can be stretched to more than double their original length, moving us closer to incorporating stretchable electronic devices into clothing, implantable health-monitoring devices, and a host of other applications.

Robot developed by GM and NASA set to launch to space

Robonaut 2, built at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, will become the first humanoid robot in space. Developed with the help of General Motors, who also hope to use the technology on production lines and in cars, R2 is the most dexterous humanoid robot yet and its presence on the International Space Station as an experimental model could one day lead to missions to the moon and Mars.

Canadian soldiers testing bionic energy harvester

Bionic Power Inc. has entered into a collaborative agreement with Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) to test Bionic Power's PowerWalk™ M-Series prototype on soldiers.

Finnish cleantech company Beneq attracts 9 million euro investment

Finnish Industry Investment, Via Venture Partners and private investors have invested altogether 9 million euros in the Finnish cleantech company Beneq.

SolarPrint launches unmatched energy harvesing technology

SolarPrint, a photovoltaic (PV) energy technology developer, expands the possibilities of next-generation energy harvesting for wireless sensors with the launch of its dye-sensitised solar cell (DSSC) technology.

Ford to launch electric car later this year

Ford Motor Company's all-new Focus Electric - the company's first-ever all-electric passenger car is due to be launched in late 2011. It will be one of five new electrified vehicles Ford will deliver by 2013 in North America and Europe.

Graphene-based conductive inks to appear in products this year

Vorbeck say that products using their graphene-based conductive inks will appear in major retail stores sometime this year.

Wind powered phone charger

A hardware application in the shape of a soft rubber skin including an energy harvesting wind fan which slides around an iphone and recharges the phone when the wind blows.