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BASF & Philips 1st to develop OLED for use as transparent car roof

OLED lighting concept for car roofs is a solar-powered light source, transparent when switched off.

Flexible Organic lighting reaches high energy efficiency

Solvay, Holst Centre and several other partners demonstrate flexible 69cm2 Organic LED (OLED) lighting tiles with an efficiency of 30lm/Watt.

Eco Wave Power finalizing medium-scale wave energy generation system

Eco Wave Power is in final construction phases of its' medium scale wave energy generation system.

Flexible and Stretchable Electronics at Printed Electronics Europe

Stretchable and conformal electronics is a relatively new but rapidly emerging and fascinating field in microelectronics.

OLED lighting concept for car roofs solar-powered

OLED lighting concept for car roofs is a solar-powered light source, transparent when switched off.

MEMS energy harvester for shock-induced energy harvesting in car tires

Imec and Holst Centre have announced that they have made a micromachined harvester for vibration energy with a record output power of 489µW.

Successful advancement of OLED technology

The energy efficiency and lifetime of organic LEDs for large-area lighting applications has been increased

Energy Harvesting USA keynote presentations part one

This article, published in two parts, gives an overview of the Keynote presentations at Energy Harvesting USA 2011 conference held in Boston, MA last week. Leading innovators and adopters of energy harvesting and wireless sensor technologies discussed solutions, challenges and needs that will promote further adoption of energy harvesting in different verticals.

EU project IMOLA starts R&D on large-area, intelligent OLED lighting

OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) are paper-thin, flexible and lightweight electronic devices. They consist of organic materials which emit light in response to an electric current.

Imec unveils innovative technology for an ECG patch

Imec and Holst Centre announce an innovative body patch that integrates an ultra-low power electrocardiogram (ECG) chip and a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio.

Black Eyed Peas Fergie wears OLED dress

During a recent tour, the US band Black Eyed Peas were spotted wearing costumes embroidered with LEDs and OLED lighting panels.

Plastic Logic appoints new CEO

Plastic Logic has appointed, Indro Mukerjee as CEO to replace Richard Archuleta, who is stepping down after leading the company for the past four years.

Konica Minolta to start production of OLED Lighting Panels

Konica Minolta to start production of OLED lighting panel with the world's highest-level power efficiency

Investments in solid-state lighting save energy and create new jobs

Secretary Chu announced nearly $15 million for next generation energy-efficient lighting

Comments from S.I.D. 2011

S.I.D. is the successful display technology exhibition and conference. It was held last week in Los Angeles and had well over 5,000 attendees, and it included some aspects relevant to printed and flexible electronics. The show is often a great gauge of current interest in different display technologies and this year it was evident that the latest focus is on 3D television and touch screen technologies.

Philips leads innovation in OLED-based lighting

Philips leads innovation in OLED-based lighting with further investment in OLED production facility in Aachen, Germany

Smart fabrics closer to consumers

By integrating electronics with textiles it is posible to provide new concepts for lighting, heating, cooling, energy harvesting, communicating, sensing, measuring and monitoring.

Printed electronics is now about doing business

Excitingly, the subject has now moved beyond peer reviewed academic papers to doing business. The largest European event on the subject will again be Printed Electronics Europe in Düsseldorf Germany in April 5-6 (www.IDTechEx.com/peEurope) and it will be all about who can sell to whom and how this powerful enabling technology can transform society for the better as well as creating wealth.