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Report on EV Roadmap8 Portland Oregon 28-29 July

This event of a few hundred people and twenty or so exhibitors had a good range of coverage from many choices of EV test drive to sitting in on focus groups of people minded to buy an EV.

Solar textile collaboration weaves chemistry and design

Researchers are experimenting with different ways to create solar textiles.

LG Display to invest in 6th generation OLED panel line

LG Display has announced that it will invest KRW1.05 trillion in a 6th Generation flexible OLED display production line as part of its efforts to lead the flexible OLED display market.

The Internet of Everything Opportunity - video interview

Video Interview with ThinFilm Electronics at Printed Electronics Europe.

Former Peratech CTO and VP joins Tangio Printed Electronics

Tangio Printed Electronics is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Westgarth-Graham as Head of Development.

Internet of things can protect endangered animals

The Protect RAPID aims to solve the problem of poaching by combining a GPS satellite collar with a heart rate monitor and video camera. Broadcasting 24/7 real time information to a control centre, anti-poaching teams can be alerted and dispatched to poaching events within seconds of them taking place.

Rapid progress with pure electric buses

China is where most of the hybrid and pure electric buses will be made and sold over the coming decade.

A wi-fi reflector chip to speed up wearables

If the power necessary to transmit and receive information from a wearable to a computer, cellular or Wi-Fi network were reduced, you could get a lot more mileage out of the technology you're wearing before having to recharge it.

Tough biogel structures produced by 3-D printing

Researchers have developed a new way of making tough biocompatible materials, called "hydrogels," into complex and intricately patterned shapes.

Nidec Corporation

James Hayward was given a tour of Nidec's booth at CES by Jacob Eveson and Ken Rabenstein from Nidec. This profile covers their latest developments in haptics, including demonstrations in VR and automotive applications.

Changing the color of light

Researchers have received a $1 million grant to explore a new idea that could improve solar cells, medical imaging and even cancer treatments. Simply put, they want to change the color of light.

Ultra-thin hollow nanocages reduce platinum use in fuel cell electrode

A new fabrication technique that produces platinum hollow nanocages with ultra-thin walls could dramatically reduce the amount of the costly metal needed to provide catalytic activity in such applications as fuel cells.

Metal parts - the only way 3D printing can become productive

Plastic 3D printing has its place in prototyping and education, but 3D printing in metal is being used to manufacture parts in a wide variety of industries. Metals are the fastest-growing segment of 3D printing, with printer sales growing at 48% and material sales growing at 32%, according to the brand new IDTechEx report 3D Printing of Metals 2015-2025.

Launch your innovation for free at Energy Harvesting & Storage USA

Each week we come across brilliant new technologies from companies and research institutes and we want to help such enterprises showcase their products to the audiences of our events - which are typically the largest in the world on the topic.

Fully printed flexible photovoltaic film

Crystalsol has successfully developed fully printed flexible solar cells using silver nanowires from Cambrios

Launch your innovation for free at Printed Electronics USA, November

Announcing a new initiative - the IDTechEx Launchpad.

Wave generator supplies grid power in Hawaii

Northwest Energy Innovations, LLC has developed the Azura™ wave power generation technology for converting the endless supply of ocean waves into electricity to meet the rapidly growing global demand for renewable energy.

IP500 Alliance: Communication Platform for Smart Sensing Devices

Video interview with IP500 Alliance at Internet of Things Applications Europe.

Anelastic nanowires could enable stretchable electronic devices

Researchers have found that nanoscale wires (nanowires) made of common semiconductor materials have a pronounced anelasticity - meaning that the wires, when bent, return slowly to their original shape rather than snapping back quickly.

World's first bionic eye implant

The first implant and successful activation of the Argus® II Retinal Prosthesis System in a dry age-related macular degeneration patient.