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World's first one megawatt electric race car

Drive eO announces the arrival of eO PP03, world's first one megawatt all-electric race car.

Armor unveiling new activity: current collector films for batteries

Armor markets two types of products: the thin Thermal Transfer film meant for printing on packaging and labels, as well as remanufactured ink jet and laser cartridges.

En' Safe Current collectors

Armor is unveiling a new activity in the line of energy storage which has secretly been developed since 2009 and of which sales have just begun. Armor is a manufacturer with world-renowned know-how in the fields of chemical formulation and coating thin layers onto thin surfaces (a few micrometres).

VTT develops a method for printing WORM memories

VTT has developed a method for printing memory circuits directly, e.g. onto consumer packaging.

Indoor solar-powered wireless mesh network

The SmartMesh IP product line achieves unsurpassed levels of networking resilience, reliability, and scalability with advanced network management and comprehensive security.

Megatrend Electronics at the IDTechEx Show! 28-29 April, Berlin

Today's megatrends are easy to identify. They are changes that will endure for a long time and profoundly impact most of us on earth.

Experts present disruptive technologies at Wearable Technology Europe

There are just two weeks to go until IDTechEx host Printed Electronic Europe 2015, at Berlin's Estrel Conference Center on 28 & 29 April.

Harvesting energy from electromagnetic waves

Researchers report a novel design for electromagnetic energy harvesting based on the "full absorption concept."

Atmel Corp discuss Internet of Things

Atmel has over 40,000 customers of its MCUs - companies embedding MCUs to make devices powering the Internet of Things.

ZigBee and Thread move towards mesh network interoperability

The ZigBee Alliance and the Thread Group recently announced they are collaborating to enable the ZigBee Cluster Library to run over Thread networks.

Lighted clothing that flashes to beat of music will hit runway

Fiber science and physics students have teamed to create fashionable "smart" garments with vivid, luminescent panels that pulse to music.

The smallest autonomous computer

These devices are helping usher in the era of the Internet of Things (IoT), where people are connected to things and other people through the cloud and contain solar cells that power the battery with ambient light, including indoor rooms with no natural sunlight, allowing the computers to run perpetually.

Discovery may be breakthrough for hydrogen-fueled vehicles

Researchers discovered a way to create hydrogen fuel using a biological method that greatly reduces the time and money it takes to produce the zero-emissions fuel. This method uses abundantly available corn stover - the stalks, cobs, and husks - to produce the hydrogen.

Graphene and organic composites in electronics

Chemists from Europe's Graphene Flagship review the potential for graphene-organic composite materials in electronics. The researchers show how organic semiconductors can be used to better process graphene, and to tune its properties for particular applications.

3D printable designs using the human body as a canvas

All too often, augmented reality exists as a digital overlay in our physical environment. But what if you could actually touch and manipulate this digital information?

Autonomous Vehicles Part 4 - Technology and Markets

This final article in the autonomous vehicles series discusses existing and future technologies and markets. Tables and figures show market sizes, numbers, values and autonomous potential for 40 electric vehicle categories.

Will Printed Electronics & 3D Printing disrupt PCB rapid prototyping?

The vast majority of electronic circuits are currently made using Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) that are both rigid and flat. The market for traditional Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) currently stands at around $60bn. This established technology is used across a variety of different final applications. Several technologies related to traditional PCBs are now emerging in the form of commercial products that address one or more of the limitations with traditional PCBs. Some of these new technologies aim to improve the current workflow by allowing traditional PCB designs to be prototyped more quickly, cheaply and locally. Other new technologies aim to fill gaps in markets such as wearable technologies where rigid PCBs have significant limitations. Finally, some new technologies promise to completely revolutionise the electronics industry by allowing fully 3D printed electronics with traces and components used anywhere inside an object.

How recharging leaves behind microscopic debris inside batteries

An eruption of lithium at the tip of a battery's electrode, cracks in the electrode's body, and a coat forming on the electrode's surface reveal how recharging a battery many times leads to its demise.

Federal Minister of Transport Dobrindt tests piloted Audi

Minister of Transport in Germany, Alexander Dobrindt, satisfied himself of the technical capabilities of the Audi A7 piloted driving concept.

Perpetuus Advanced Materials agreement with Graphene Platform Corp

Japan's Graphene Platform Corporation signs preliminary agreement to purchase DBD Plasma Reactors from Perpetuus Advanced Materials.