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E Ink Holdings announces fourth quarter and fiscal year 2010 results

Sales reach historical high of NT$9.7 billion and NT$25.2 billion respectively

Printed Electronics progress at Samsung

In this article we review the latest Printed Electronics progress at Samsung.

Energy harvesting network

The Energy Harvesting Network held its first one-day dissemination event on 7th February 2011 at the IET, Savoy Place, London. The Network is EPSRC-funded, and is for academia, industry and end-users of energy harvesting technology.

Strong Thinfilm momentum in the toys & games market

Thin Film Electronics ASA ("Thinfilm") is experiencing significant interest for its offerings in the toys and games market, and has received additional orders for the Thinfilm Toy Development Kit.

Future of marine electric vehicles

Marine electric craft have recently entered a phase of rapid market growth and radical change. A new IDTechEx report "Marine Electric Vehicles 2011-2021" is the world's first comprehensive report on marine electric vehicles with latest ten year forecasts and assessment of important new projects such as submarines that will fly.

Printed Electronics in Korea

IDTechEx recently visited Korea to learn more about the progress with Printed Electronics there - find out more.

Electric vehicle battle moves beyond cars

By a big margin, Toyota is number one in hybrid car sales and indeed in sales of electric vehicles overall thanks to such things as sales of its electric forklifts, where it is in the top three in most countries.

Traction battery winner will be Toyota?

We used to have battery makers and car makers and little connection between the two

Printed electronics enters fast growth phase

Printed electronics is associated with some orders, investments and acquisitions that are one hundred times as big as the largest two years ago.

Over 800,000 pure electric EVs delivered

Pihsiang Machinery is the top graded listed biomedical company in Taiwan. The company recently announced that it has marketed more than 800, 000 "SHOPRIDER" brand electric scooters and power chairs all over the world.

Organic transistor with metal oxide gate dielectric

In early 2011, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology described a new method of combining top-gate organic field-effect transistors with a bilayer gate insulator, one layer being inorganic.

Balqon pure electric truck and bus success

Balqon was started in the USA only a few years ago to provide heavy-duty electric vehicles and their drive systems and lithium ion battery packs in the face of popular perception that these industries are dominated by very large companies.

China vs. USA in disruptive transport technology

China could lead the efforts to roll out electric vehicles and deploy disruptive new transport technologies at scale more quickly than the United States, according to a new report by Accenture that compares the two countries.

Mitsubishi taxi rollout in Japan 2011

In January 2011, it has just been announced that an electric taxi based on the successful Mitsubishi i-MiEV pure electric car would be available commercially in 2011.

Thinfilm addressable memory design completed

The design of the world's first printed rewritable memory array with logic circuitry is ready.

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.

UDC and LG Display extend their PHOLED commercial supply agreement

Universal Display and LG Display have renewed their commercial supply agreement. The current agreement will run for 6 months, until June 30, 2011.

INSIDE Secure first to support breakthrough Kovio RF barcodes

NFC Leader sees big future for ultra-low-cost smart tags and posters

Printed Electronics-Predictions for 2011

IDTechEx examines the Printed Electronics market for 2011.

Engineers make artificial skin out of nanowires

UC Berkeley have developed a pressure-sensitive electronic material from semiconductor nanowires that could one day give new meaning to the term "thin-skinned."