26 Nov 2012

The market for gold inks
The IDTechEx report The Market for Gold Inks 2013-2019 is looking to identify and assess the opportunities for a printable nano-gold ink, excluding its use in graphic arts applications (where it could be used for both its graphic arts benefits in addition to being used as a functional component in a circuit, such as printed touch switches, are taken into account).
22 Nov 2012

Lessons from EU Project Day on eMobility
In Brussels, Belgium, on November 19, there was a day devoted to presenting most of the European Union projects on eMobility. This is a term used in Continental Europe to mean what they call Full Electric Vehicles (FEV) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), mainly on-road.
22 Nov 2012

Keynotes at Energy Harvesting, WSN and Supercapacitors USA 2012
Some of the highlights of the keynote presentations at the 2012 IDTechEx conferences on energy harvesting, storage, wireless sensor networks and supercapacitors are presented.
21 Nov 2012

How to manufacture printed electronics - live print demonstration
On Dec 5-6, the Printed Electronics USA conference and exhibition in Santa Clara, CA, will feature "Manufacturing Street" - its first live, multi-technology, printed electronics demonstration.
Full profile interview
20 Nov 2012

Piezotech (Arkema group)
In 2010, Arkema acquired Piezotech, a french chemical company, and is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Arkema Group as part of the Performance Products segment.
19 Nov 2012

Award for railroad energy harvesting
An innovative energy harvester that has the potential to save millions of dollars in energy costs for railroads while reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
External press release
16 Nov 2012

Brewer Science leads in carbon nanotube materials development
Brewer Science introduces easy-to-implement conductive carbon nanotube inks that are stable, concentrated, and designed especially for printed electronics applications.
15 Nov 2012

IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and WSN USA 2012 Awards, Washington DC
IDTechEx announced the winners of the 3rd Energy Harvesting and Wireless Sensor Networks USA awards last week, at the conference held in Washington, DC and attended by over 300 people.
15 Nov 2012

EV lessons from Energy Harvesting and Supercapacitors event
The key enabling technologies of electric vehicles, whether by land, water or air and whether hybrid or pure electric are now at least six in number.
13 Nov 2012

World's most accurate simulator of untapped low energy sources
The Metrology for Energy Harvesting project has just announced the development of the world's most accurate energy source simulator and plans to create a world leading, European-wide measurement infrastructure for industry and academics alike.
8 Nov 2012

Supercapacitor strategies
This article shares some of the research in the new IDTechEx report, "Supercapacitor/Ultracapacitor Strategies and Emerging Applications 2013-2025" (www.IDTechEx.com/SuperApps). We establish what is needed to create a billion dollar supercapacitor manufacturer: someone will. A prediction is provided of the coming shakeout in the industry including the number of manufacturers involved.
External press release
7 Nov 2012

Mouser takes leading role at Energy Harvesting Summit
Mouser Electronics, Inc., a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, has announced its major sponsorship and support of this week's Energy Harvesting & Storage USA 2012 on November 7-8 in Washington, DC.
External press release
7 Nov 2012

Thinfilm consortium receives €1.4M in Eurostars funding
Thin Film Electronics ASA has announced that a Thinfilm-led consortium has been awarded €1.4M by the Eurostars Programme to commercialize display logic for smart tags.