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OLED materials scale-up facility for next generation TVs

DuPont Displays has announced the opening of a state-of-the-art, scale-up manufacturing facility designed to deliver production scale quantities of advanced materials that enable large-format, solution-based printed OLED displays.

Single wheeled electric skateboard

Hoverboard Technologies have created a single wheeled electric skateboard simply called "Hoverboard"

Green storage for green energy grows cleaner

SEAS research team removes toxins from flow battery, making it safer and cost-effective.

Honda announces three-wheeled sport hybrid model Neowing

As part of its lineup of production and concept-model automobiles and motorcycles for its exhibit at the 44th Tokyo Motor Show 2015, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. will be unveiling the Neowing, a concept model for a three-wheeled sport hybrid model.

Can 3D printing scale-up to mass production?

This was a strong theme of day 2 of the conference at Euromold 2015.

Road to supercapacitors for scrap tires

Some of the 300 million tires discarded each year in the United States alone could be used in supercapacitors for vehicles and the electric grid.

3D food printer for customised taste, colour, texture

Designers have made a 3D printer that can make edible fruit. By combining individual liquid droplets with different flavours into a desired shape, it allows the creation of interesting bespoke fruits in a matter of seconds.

Boosting efficiency of CIGS solar cells

CIGS solar cells are compound thin-film solar cells and the most established alternative to silicon solar cells. Solar conversion efficiencies of over 20% have recently been achieved in CIGS solar cells.

$160 million to be spent creating smart cities

The US Administration is announcing a new "Smart Cities" Initiative that will invest over $160 million in federal research and leverage more than 25 new technology collaborations to help local communities tackle key challenges such as reducing traffic congestion, fighting crime, fostering economic growth, managing the effects of a changing climate, and improving the delivery of city services.

Smart wearable translates sign language into English

A smart device that translates sign language while being worn on the wrist could bridge the communications gap between the deaf and those who don't know sign language.

TOTO Europe (photocatalysis coating)

TOTO Europe is a subsidiary of TOTO (Japan). The Hydrotect technology is a self-cleaning coating for building materials such as ceramic tiles. When used on outdoor surfaces and exposed to ultraviolet light, either from the sun or an artificial source, the photocatalytic surface generates a reaction that cleans the material surface by decomposing organic and by oxidizing NOx into less harmful substance. It can also be used for indoor surfaces to reduce the spread of bacteria and eliminate bad odours.

Novel nanostructures for efficient long-range energy transport

The conversion of sunlight into electricity at low cost becomes increasingly important to meet the world's fast growing energy consumption. This task requires the development of new device concepts, in which particularly the transport of light-generated energy with minimal losses is a key aspect.

Progress towards vehicles that could run forever

Forget the obsession with driverless autonomous cars; energy independent vehicles are the megatrend. Electric land vehicles, boats, underwater craft and aircraft already exist that never plug in or refuel.

EnvisionTEC teams with Somos to develop high-performance materials

EnvisionTEC is proud to announce its collaboration with DSM's product brand Somos®, a world leader in additive manufacturing material development.

Graphite has unique properties

Following materials testing researchers have identified unique properties in Zenyatta Ventures Ltd Albany Graphite deposit that show positive attributes for use in multiple graphene applications.

Breakthrough RF energy harvester: Freevolt

Freevolt™ is a revolutionary energy harvesting technology that turns ambient radio frequency waves (RF) into usable electricity to charge low power electronic devices.

Single layer perovskite sheet rises to the fore

To the growing list of two-dimensional semiconductors, such as graphene, boron nitride, and molybdenum disulfide, whose unique electronic properties make them potential successors to silicon in future devices, you can now add hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites.

New cathode material for sodium ion batteries

An international team of scientists led by the inventor of the lithium ion battery has put forward a new cathode material for its potential successor, the sodium ion battery.

Wildcat Discovery Technologies

Wildcat Discovery Technologies is a materials R&D company located in San Diego, California. Wildcat is focused on the discovery of advanced materials for lithium-ion batteries, with secondary work on variety of other applications. Wildcat scientists use proprietary state-of-the-art high throughput technology to synthesize and test thousands of battery materials, each fully formulated and tested in actual cells. Wildcat collaborates with industry leaders around the world to develop promising new materials for new and promising rechargeable and primary battery technologies.

Nanowire quantum dot solar cells: oxide layer boosts performance

Attempts to improve solar cells can seem a balancing act, as optimising one variable can compromise another. The introduction of nanowires to colloidal quantum-dot solar cells aroused interest as a means of improving a limitation in the charge-collection layer thickness.