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3D bioprinter to create building blocks for new tissue

Advances in technology have made it possible to produce bone, muscle and even organs using a 3D bioprinter, which allows scientists to generate tissue in a laboratory environment.

Cheaper battery technology for solar storage

Researchers have formed a partnership to develop sodium-ion cells as a significantly lower cost alternative to lithium-ion batteries for solar energy storage.

PV Nano Cell: IDTechEx 3D Printing USA 2015 Award Winner

A presentation by Dr Fernando de La Vega, CEO of PV Nano Cell.

New semiconductor inks for printed electronics in LCD and OLED display

Printed electronic circuits will become more efficient in future with new semiconductor inks from BASF.

Photo-electrochemical cell can store the energy of ultraviolet light

By combining highly specialised new materials scientists have managed to combine high temperature photovoltaics with an electrochemical cell.

Daimler invests 500 million Euros in new battery factory

Daimler is expanding its activities in the area of electromobility and investing around 500 million Euros in the construction of a new battery factory. This

Wearable Sensor System for Monitoring Food Intake

A video interview taken with Muhammad Farooq of The University of Alabama at the IDTechEx Wearable USA event, presenting his poster "A Wearable Sensor System for Monitoring of Food Intake".

Flexible, printed and thin film batteries:A new era for energy storage

The battery market has suddenly become alive again in recent years. On the one hand, batteries are assuming new form factors, becoming ultra-thin, flexible, rollable, stretchable, etc. On the other hand, manufacturing are scrambling to offer large batteries aimed at addressing the large-sized electric vehicle and grid applications.

Enter the Printed Electronics Europe awards, closing date 18 March

The IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe conference and exhibition will take place on 27 & 28 April at the Estrel convention center in Berlin. This is the only event focused on the commercialisation of printed, organic and flexible electronics.

Key improvement made in solar cell voltage technology

Researchers improved the maximum voltage available from a cadmium telluride solar cell, overcoming a practical limit that has been pursued for six decades and is key to improving efficiency.

Finland's first battery-powered ferry

Siemens has been commissioned to provide the complete electro-technical solution for Finland's first battery-powered car ferry.

Omnivision Technologies Inc

Omnivision is in the top 3 of image sensor manufacturers. The company was acquired by Hua Capital for $1.9bn last year. Omnivision is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA and completed its IPO in July 2000. The company has shipped more than 5.7 billion image sensors in total.

Poietis

Poietis have developed the laser-assisted printing of bio-ink containing living human cells and a dispersive media to create 3D human tissue models for in vitro testing. It is developing skin models in collaboration with BASF for testing cosmetics, to be commercialised during 2016.

IDTechEx Interview: LinnStrument Demo with Tangio Printed Electronics

Mr Phi Bui from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music playing the "LinnStrument" at the Printed Electronics USA event on the Tangio Printed Electronics booth.

Marine WITT making great progress

Witt Limited is pleased to report that it is making excellent progress in bringing forward development of its 200-Watt Marine WITT, ready for wave tank testing this summer.

How to make electric vehicles that actually reduce carbon

An interdisciplinary team of scientists has worked out a way to make electric vehicles that only are not only carbon neutral but carbon negative, capable of actually reducing the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide as they operate.

Open access pilot line accelerates commercialisation of flexible OLED

Europe's technology leaders in the development of flexible organic light-emitting diodes for lighting and signage applications have joined together in a consortium to develop an open access pilot line that will accelerate the commercial adoption of this promising new technology.

eMagin

eMagin Corporation develops and manufactures OLED microdisplays in the USA. eMagin has secured a number of patents for OLED microdisplay technologies, optical systems and head-worn display technologies, including direct emission OLED microdisplays that do not require color filters. IDTechEx senior analyst Dr Guillaume Chansin summarises their activities in this profile.

InVisage Technologies

InVisage is a pioneer in hybrid CMOS image sensors. The company is based in Menlo Park, CA and has received over $100m in funding. InVisage has developed a technology called QuantumFilm, which is a light sensitive layer of quantum dots. Remi Lacombe presented their latest progress at the IDTechEx Sensors USA conference.

Interview with Würth Elektronik: Motion Energy Harvesting Demo

Video interview with Würth Elektronik, taken at the Energy Harvesting & Storage USA exhibition.