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Enter the Printed Electronics Europe awards, closing date 18 March

The IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe conference and exhibition will take place on 27 & 28 April at the Estrel convention center in Berlin. This is the only event focused on the commercialisation of printed, organic and flexible electronics.

Key improvement made in solar cell voltage technology

Researchers improved the maximum voltage available from a cadmium telluride solar cell, overcoming a practical limit that has been pursued for six decades and is key to improving efficiency.

Finland's first battery-powered ferry

Siemens has been commissioned to provide the complete electro-technical solution for Finland's first battery-powered car ferry.

Omnivision Technologies Inc

Omnivision is in the top 3 of image sensor manufacturers. The company was acquired by Hua Capital for $1.9bn last year. Omnivision is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA and completed its IPO in July 2000. The company has shipped more than 5.7 billion image sensors in total.

Poietis

Poietis have developed the laser-assisted printing of bio-ink containing living human cells and a dispersive media to create 3D human tissue models for in vitro testing. It is developing skin models in collaboration with BASF for testing cosmetics, to be commercialised during 2016.

IDTechEx Interview: LinnStrument Demo with Tangio Printed Electronics

Mr Phi Bui from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music playing the "LinnStrument" at the Printed Electronics USA event on the Tangio Printed Electronics booth.

Marine WITT making great progress

Witt Limited is pleased to report that it is making excellent progress in bringing forward development of its 200-Watt Marine WITT, ready for wave tank testing this summer.

How to make electric vehicles that actually reduce carbon

An interdisciplinary team of scientists has worked out a way to make electric vehicles that only are not only carbon neutral but carbon negative, capable of actually reducing the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide as they operate.

Open access pilot line accelerates commercialisation of flexible OLED

Europe's technology leaders in the development of flexible organic light-emitting diodes for lighting and signage applications have joined together in a consortium to develop an open access pilot line that will accelerate the commercial adoption of this promising new technology.

eMagin

eMagin Corporation develops and manufactures OLED microdisplays in the USA. eMagin has secured a number of patents for OLED microdisplay technologies, optical systems and head-worn display technologies, including direct emission OLED microdisplays that do not require color filters. IDTechEx senior analyst Dr Guillaume Chansin summarises their activities in this profile.

InVisage Technologies

InVisage is a pioneer in hybrid CMOS image sensors. The company is based in Menlo Park, CA and has received over $100m in funding. InVisage has developed a technology called QuantumFilm, which is a light sensitive layer of quantum dots. Remi Lacombe presented their latest progress at the IDTechEx Sensors USA conference.

Interview with Würth Elektronik: Motion Energy Harvesting Demo

Video interview with Würth Elektronik, taken at the Energy Harvesting & Storage USA exhibition.

Event report: Electronic Display Conference 2016

IDTechEx gave a talk at the Electronic Display Conference in Nuremberg, Germany. The conference had more people than the previous edition and celebrated its 30th year, which reflects how important displays have become in our everyday life. The presentation from IDTechEx was on two disruptive technological trends in flat panel displays: quantum dots and flexible OLED.

Technology for world's thinnest nonwoven battery separator

Tthe thinnest nonwoven separators in the world for lithium ion batteries and supercapacitors, as low as 10 - 12 microns.

Highlights of the 7th Battery Japan Expo

IDTechEx visited the 7th Battery Japan in Tokyo, which is an event focusing mainly on rechargeable batteries. In this article IDTechEx will show some innovations and strategic plans announced by big companies.

Future Powertrain Conference 2016 National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull

The third Future Powertrain conference was a great event with about 400 delegates and a total of 35 table exhibitors. The summary of the presentations given during the FPC2016 are discussed here.

Touch sensitive super stretchy skin shows promise for soft robots

A material that can emit different coloured light and sense touch - yet still stretch nearly five times its original length - has been invented by scientists in the US and Italy.

Gait Up

Gait Up are a small Swiss company developing and selling high value physiological analysis and characterisation sensors. They were founded in 2013 following 15 years of work at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. IDTechEx interviewed Alex Russell at a conference in early 2016.

Cityzen Sciences

Cityzen Sciences are a French company based in Lyon, and founded in 2008. They specialise in developing smart fabric concepts, including wearable sensors and physiological monitoring systems. IDTechEx interviewed Antoine Ormières at a wearable technology event in January 2016.

IDTechEx announce the Wearable Technology Europe Awards 2016

All companies operating within these technologies are welcome to apply. The winners will be announced during the drinks reception on 27 April at the annual IDTechEx Show! in Berlin. [Closing date - 18 March 2016]