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Scientists at MIT work in biomimetics

IDTechEx is offering a multiclient study of the e-label of the future. It will lead participants to billion dollar businesses in the materials, the labels and the extra sales of consumer, healthcare, military and other products that will result.

Scientists developing energy harvesting radios

K-state engineers working with peregrine semiconductor to develop energy-harvesting radios that could make monitoring safety of bridges easier.

Finding better materials for solar cells

New research could lead to cheaper solar cells with vast potential

Creative Materials displays at Printed Electronics USA 2008

Creative Materials, Inc., a leading manufacturer of electrically conductive ink, coatings and adhesives participated and exhibited at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics trade show in San Jose on December 3-4 at the San Jose Convention Center.

World's first UHF plastic diode

The world's first plastic diode operating in the Ultra-high frequency (UHF) band has been developed by IMEC (Belgium) and TNO (The Netherlands).

Samsung expected to slash manufacturing costs of OLED displays

The cost of OLED manufactuing may be reduced by 300% with new Amorphous Oxide TFT technology

IBM scientists develop world's fastest graphene transistor

The world's fastest graphene transistor at 26GHz was achieved by IBM Research.

'Smart fabrics' that monitor health

A carbon nanotube-coated "smart yarn" that conducts electricity could be woven into soft fabrics that detect blood and monitor health, engineers at the University of Michigan have demonstrated.

GE scientists display first-ever OLED Christmas tree

Scientists and engineers on GE's OLED research team are celebrating the holiday season with a first-ever OLED Christmas tree lighting at GE's Global Research Center headquarters in Niskayuna, NY

International standard for white color OLED requirements met

A big step towards energy-saving OLED lighting with efficiency of more than 60 lm/W.

Video newspapers with high-performance transparent electronics

Aligned nanotubes pave the way for high-performance transparent electronics.

Skin cancer treated by OLED

At the recent IDTechEx printed Electronics USA event there was an update on use of OLEDs in skin cancer treatment.

Competence Matrix of plastic electronics in Germany

An analysis of Germany's competence in printed and plastic electronics was completed at the end of October 2008. The project is funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council and is one of a series of projects considering options for public policy to increase levels of innovation in the UK.

Printed Electronics Europe 09: 40% discount & report offer ends Friday

Register by Friday 19th December to receive the early bird 40% discount to the event and a complimentary copy of the IDTechEx report Organic and Printed Electronics in Europe, profiling over 280 organisations in Europe and worth €2000.

Citala's innovative flexible display technology

Susann Reuter, Director of IDTechEx, visited Citala US Inc. in the heart of California's Silicon Valley where the company develops, manufactures, supplies and supports flexible, reflective displays.

New cooperation in graphene composite materials started

BASF and Vorbeck Materials Corp. have established a joint research program to develop graphene-based formulations and composite materials.

PVI: Towards a flexible e-book reader

The competition is currently heating up with the development of Gen II (flexible) e-book readers.

Henkel launches self-filleting die attach technology

Further advancing the capabilities of modern die attach technology, Henkel has developed and made commercially available a line of new Ablestik® brand die attach materials known as self-filleting die attach.

Highlights from the IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA 2008 event

Raghu Das covers the highlights at Printed Electronics USA 2008 where attendance reached almost 700 people and 55 exhibitors - making this event the largest in the World on the topic.

OLED displays could be used in smart product packaging

OLEDs may find their way into all manner of everyday items - the biggest of several markets for cheap, flexible OLED displays may be in product packaging.