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Highlights from S.I.D. 2009

This week IDTechEx is at the annual S.I.D. (Society for Information Displays) event in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Over the coming days we will provide coverage in Printed Electronics World of the latest developments announced at the event.

IDTechEx observe the latest at Berlin's Thin Film Solar Summit

Dr Harry Zervos, technology analyst with IDTechEx attended the Thin Film Solar Summit on the 19th and 20th of May, in Berlin which was mainly dominated by First Solar's achievements towards lowering their manufacturing costs to under 1 dollar.

Prime View International agree to buy E Ink for $215 million

Prime View International ("PVI"), a small and medium display provider and the world's highest volume supplier of ePaper display modules, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire E Ink Corporation, the leader in electronic paper display materials and intellectual property for approximately $215 million.

Shakeout of organic transistor developers

Following on from the shakeout in OLED developers, IDTechEx sees the same thing happening now in Organic FETs.

Update from Infinite Power Solutions

In March 2009 Energy Harvesting Journal covered the breaking news that Infinite Power Solutions had completed building their volume manufacturing facility. IDTechEx recently met with Infinite Power Solutions and brings you an update.

Wireless body area networks

At a conference this week in San Jose, CA, attended by IDTechEx, Didier Sagan from Zarlink Semiconductor discussed developments and needs for wireless body area networks (WBAN).

Europe's first conference covers full energy harvesting value chain

In less than two weeks IDTechEx's inaugural Energy Harvesting & Storage event will take place in Cambridge, UK.

Progress with energy harvesting solutions without batteries

IDTechEx is in San Jose CA this week, and has attended a conference covering aspects of energy harvesting. Here are some of the highlights of company developments.

Hybrid and pure electric cars - the next ten years

Some of the new electric cars generate at least some of their electric power from solar cells on the vehicle - In future, they may generate electricity in part from shock absorbers, transparent solar cells over windows and thermoelectrically from the engine and exhaust in hybrid.

New E-ink watch

IDTechEx previews Art Technology's new brand of phosphor watches which incorporate an E-paper display from E-ink.

Energy Harvesting & Storage Conference expands

The conference Energy Harvesting in Cambridge UK on June 3-4 has enhanced its first and second day line up with carefully chosen speakers giving the big picture, with a particular emphasis on commercialisation.

Unique conference Energy Harvesting focuses on printing

The subject of energy harvesting making small electronic and electric devices self-sufficient, usually for decades - is changing rapidly.

ID09 Report

IDTechEx was recently asked to present at the new ID09 conference, held at the historic Royal Armouries in Leeds, England. This inaugural event was organised by AIDC - the European Centre of Excellence for Automatic Identification and Data Capture.

Hybrid and pure electric cars - the next ten years

Some of the new electric cars generate at least some of their electric power from solar cells on the vehicle - In future, they may generate electricity in part from shock absorbers, transparent solar cells over windows and thermoelectrically from the engine and exhaust in hybrid.

Energy harvesting - a weird business

There are now an enormous number of universities and research centers developing energy harvesting, meaning the capability to make small electronic devices self sufficient, often for decades. Their work does not necessarily reflect the market potential, however.

More on printed electronics in Hong Kong

Dr Peter Harrop of IDTechEx continues his report from Hong Kong on just a few examples of printed electronics and energy harvesting developments in this vibrant city.

Flexible printed LCDs part two

Bistable flexible LCDs may be an advance on flexible electrophoretic displays for e-books, e-labels and other applications.

Batteries, supercapacitors, alternative storage for portable devices

IDTechEx has published a new report on the energy storage for portable devices that will be needed for a huge number of existing and new applications.

The latest on printed RFID from PolyIC

Printed RFID tags have been one of the most important drivers of the new electronics.