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GM compact car for India 2013

The GM development of a compact pure electric car is expected to bear fruit in 2013. The car could be based on the Electric Networked Vehicle (EN-V) concept electric car which GM showcased in China earlier this year.

Energy innovations win £9m government funding

A multi-million pound package of support for innovative UK businesses has been launched by Universities and Science Minister David Willetts.

Spray-on image sensors - increasing light sensitivity of cameras

A new generation of image sensors that are more sensitive to light than the conventional silicon versions has been developed by researchers from Technische Universität München (TUM). These sensors also have the added bonus of being simple and cheap to produce.

Display Trends: OLEDs, LCDs and E-Readers

LCD panel makers in Taiwan, Japan and Korea have been suffering. Despite the growing demand for LCDs the high number of panel makers and new competition from China has resulted in severe price competition, to the point that many panel makers are no longer profitable.

Electric Futures for Transport Conference, London: Lessons learned

Peter Stonham, Editorial Director of New Transit introduced the excellent 25 person London event then Dr Peter Harrop of IDTechEx scoped the total subject of electric vehicles, land, water and air - one industry now with best practice first occurring all over the place and rapid improvement with almost all components changing radically.

Partnership to make toys more interactive through printed electronics

The FLEXeTOY project, totals € 981,687 and will end in 2015.

Cost is the main differentiator between graphene and other nanocarbons

Graphene, an atom-thin layer of carbon, is transparent enough to see through yet can stretch up to 20 percent of its length.

Integration challenges for graphene and carbon nanotubes

The world has experienced miraculous developments during the last decade harvested from fullerenes, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and today graphene.

Second agreement to advance solar window towards commercialization

Under the terms of the agreement, researchers will additionally work towards optimizing the deposition of various coatings on flexible surfaces; these layers allow for electricity to be generated on surfaces such as see-through and tinted plastics.

Nissan Leaf in Europe gets 15% more range

The New Nissan LEAF has benefited from a raft of changes including an improved range of 199km and cut-in-half charging time that will only boost its popularity.

Argonne and CalBattery strike deal for silicon-graphene anode material

The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and California Lithium Battery, Inc. (CalBattery) have announced that they have signed a licensing agreement for an Argonne-developed, silicon-graphene composite anode material for high-energy lithium batteries.

The EnOcean Alliance advances wireless standard for green buildings

The new version of the energy harvesting wireless specification now includes over 100 product profiles for building and industrial automation and smart home systems .

5 things you always wanted to know, thermoelectric energy harvesting

For more information on the topic of thermoelectrics and how they can be used in energy harvesting applications, attend Energy Harvesting and Storage in Berlin, Germany, on the 17th and 18th of April 2013.

Patent protected, diesel electric hybrid drive train

Axion Power International's Chairman and CEO Thomas Granville said that the first truck to be outfitted with a PbC battery string has been completed and is now on the road going through its final test procedures.

Creating a healthy graphene industry

Graphene Technologies (GT) is a Silicon Valley-based early commercial stage company that has patented and developed a synthesis technology for production of high quality bulk graphene.

SolarPrint Ltd

SolarPrint has developed its DSSC technology in an incremental fashion going from the lab into pilot production, from small cells to modules, developing scalable processes and reproducible production steps.The key technical challenges that SolarPrint is addressing for the commercialisation of DSSC are: (a) Power output (especially in low light conditions), (b) Product lifetime, (c) Manufacturability & scalability. In addressing these challenges, a multidisciplinary approach is followed across cell chemistry, electrical and process engineering. The focus remains on maximising power output and improving lifetime of the indoor DSSC product in a scalable way.

Honda reuses rare earth metals from NiMH batteries for hybrid vehicles

Honda Motor Company has established a process to reuse rare earth metals extracted from nickel-metal hydride batteries for new nickel-metal hydride batteries to recycle precious resources.

Haptic feedback for touch screen devices

More and more consumer electronics devices feature a touch screen, which is already considered a must have for new devices. The next big topic will be haptic feedback solutions outperforming the poor vibration-based feedback that is the standard today. Adding haptic and sound feedback to touch screens using electro active polymers (EAPs) will be a featured topic at TCF LIVE Europe 2013 .

Solar-to-fuel roadmap for crystalline silicon

Bringing the concept of an "artificial leaf" closer to reality, a team of researchers at MIT has published a detailed analysis of all the factors that could limit the efficiency of such a system.

Xolve's graphene technology to change composite price/performance

Nanotechnology has long offered the promise of wonderful new materials and vast improvements in the essentials of modern life. To date, however, this technology has been accused of falling short of such potential. In spite of billions invested in nanomaterials research, no life-changing nano products have made their way to market.