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Butterfly wings inspire improvements in solar technology

Butterfly wings may rank among the most delicate structures in nature, but they have given researchers powerful inspiration for developing better solar technology.

IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe 2012 Award Winners

The annual printed electronics award winners were announced at the IDTechEx Awards Dinner in Berlin, Germany on April 3rd. The awards recognize outstanding progress in the development and commercialization of printed electronics, an industry that produces a huge amount of technical innovation which will be used in many products.

Brown liquor and solar cells to provide sustainable electricity

According to research at Linköping University, batteries of biological waste products from pulp mills could provide the solution for energy storage.

Saft to supply Li-ion energy storage for US Army's GCV program

Saft has entered into an agreement with BAE Systems to design and build ultra high-power batteries for the vehicle's hybrid electric drive system as part of the U.S. Army's Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program.

Blue Spark thin flexible batteries at Printed Electronics Europe 2012

Blue Spark's Thin, Flexible Batteries Light Up Interactive Printed Media Demonstrator at Printed Electronics Europe 2012.

SENSOREE Bio.Media Design Lab attends Printed Electronics Europe

During the conference, they'll be presenting an overview of their ResponsWear™ prototypes and plan to create the new market of Sensitive Technology Fashions at the Investor Summit.

Magnesium fuel cells powered by salt water

Tohoku University has announced that it has developed a magnesium fuel cell that generates electricity using salt water as an electrolyte, instead of a chemical alkali, and in partnership with Furukawa Battery Company hopes to commercialize it within the year.

Electric Vehicles become less poisonous

Most green technologies are not so green on closer examination.

Flexible e-paper

The world's first plastic EPD from LG Display offers users a paper-like reading experience with a plastic substrate that is as slim as cell phone protection film, and a flexible design that allows bending at a range of 40 degrees from the center of the screen.

Graphene supercapacitor promising for portable electronics

Researchers at UCLA have used a standard LightScribe DVD optical drive to produce electrodes composed of an expanded network of graphene — a one-atom-thick layer of graphitic carbon — that shows excellent mechanical and electrical properties as well as exceptionally high surface area.

PragmatIC's imprinted logic moving into commercial production

As well as supporting commercial production for low volume applications, the pilot line also provides a platform for the collaborative PragmatIC Pilot Production. Program

Frito-Lay & Electric Vehicles International Launch EV Pilot

EVI's signature all-electric powertrain is seamlessly integrated into an industry standard Daimler Freightliner M2 business class chassis providing customers with significant fuel and maintenance savings.

Solar cell turns windows into generators

A promising alternative to traditional silicon-based solar cells, carbon nanotubes are cheaper to make and more efficient to use than their energy-sapping, silicon counterparts.

Self powered robot jellyfish

Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and Virginia Tech have created an undersea vehicle inspired by the common jellyfish that runs on renewable energy and could be used in ocean rescue and surveillance missions.

DecaWave appoints Jim O'Hara Chairman; announces €6M in funding

DecaWave has announced ex-Intel VP Jim O'Hara as Chairman of the company. DecaWave has also announced that it has successfully raised a further funding round of €6m from private investors in the US and Europe. This brings the total invested in DecaWave to €12.4m.

Enfucell strengthens PE ecosystem with PragmatIC Printing and PEL

The parties announce an ecosystem for integrated printed electronics products and will together provide all the key technology elements for complete PE products aimed at the consumer, security and novelty markets.

The Washington/Oregon Corridor

The project's goal? To advance electric transportation and alternative fuel vehicles by outfitting the I-5 corridor with charging stations all the way from "BC to Baja."

A123 Systems recalls potentially defective battery modules and packs

A123 Systems a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate® lithium iron phosphate batteries and systems, has recalled battery modules and packs that may contain defective prismatic cells produced at A123's Livonia, Mich. manufacturing facility.

Printed Electronics Europe: Learn from those with E700Billion/yr sales

The gross sales of presenting companies at Printed Electronics Europe next week - including end users, integrators and providers, is more than €700 Billion annually. Attend the event in Berlin, on April 3-4 to learn how these organisations are progressing printed electronics.

Breakthroughs may lead to more energy efficient transistors

Researchers at Penn State and the University of Notre Dame have announced breakthroughs in the development of tunneling field effect transistors (TFETs), a semiconductor technology that takes advantage of the quirky behavior of electrons at the quantum level.