13 Aug 2009

Wave powered sea gliders
Oceans cover most of Earth's surface with an average depth of more than two miles. Placing observation equipment anywhere in this vast area is difficult and expensive, yet understanding the oceans requires detailed observation.
12 Aug 2009

A solution for reducing manufacturing costs for CIGS solar panels?
Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science may have found a low-cost solution processing method with the potential for large-scale production for CIGS solar cells
12 Aug 2009

Energy harvesting blankets for rural patients
The Portable Light Project is a non-profit research, design and engineering initiative that creates new ways to deliver renewable power and light to the developing world.
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12 Aug 2009

DEK Raises the Bar on DirEKt Coat™ Technology
Anticipating future requirements for high-volume wafer adhesive and coating applications, DEK has enhanced the process capability of its award-winning DirEKt Coat™ technology by a factor of three.
11 Aug 2009

Motoring without the gas station
Hybrid cars are a great success. In addition, pure electric cars are at last moving beyond the golf car and neighbourhood vehicle stage with serious volumes beginning to be sold.
11 Aug 2009

Breakthrough technology could reduce cost of photovoltaic solar cells
A team of scientists at US based company, BioSolar have developed a low cost bio-based material that could dramatically reduce the cost of photovoltaic cells.
10 Aug 2009

Plastics that convert light to electricity
Researchers are striving to develop organic solar cells that can be produced as easily and inexpensively as thin films that could be widely used to generate electricity.
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10 Aug 2009

Flextech Alliance Awards contract to Etched in Time
Flextech Alliance Awards contract to Etched in Time for linear plasma etch module. System specifically designed for plasma etching dielectric films required in flexible electronics fabrication.
10 Aug 2009

SDK develops organic EL devices with light output of 40%
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has developed a new structure for its organic electroluminescent (organic EL) devices, achieving approximately 40% in light output, representing the highest level in the world claim the company.
7 Aug 2009

Researchers develop organic photodiodes
Siemens has partnered with the Universities of Linz and Karlsruhe (TH) to produce organic photodiodes that are very sensitive to infrared radiation with wavelengths of more than one micrometer (µm).
7 Aug 2009

Lithium Air - batteries on steroids
Better traction batteries will lead to better batteries for energy harvesting. After all, both need to affordably pack more energy in a given space while improving battery life, fast charging and affordability.
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7 Aug 2009

New 256Jet-S printhead from Trident
New 256Jet-S printhead from Trident reduces costs and enhances efficiency of solar photovoltaic production processes. This product is first to be launched by Trident Solar, a new division dedicated exclusively to solar inkjet technologies.
6 Aug 2009

Aircraft propelled by solar energy to complete day-night-day cycle
Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg have unveiled, at Dübendorf airfield close to Zurich, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA, the first aircraft designed to fly both day and night without fossil fuel or pollution.
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6 Aug 2009

New print head enhances solar photovoltaic production processes
Trident, the global leader in industrial inkjet printhead and ink production, announces the launch of a new division, Trident Solar™, dedicated exclusively to the design and production of durable, efficient inkjet technologies for photovoltaic applications.
5 Aug 2009

Remarkable progress at Electroluminate
Electroluminate create an impressive stream of imaginative uses for printed ac and dc electroluminescent displays on polyester with sequentially emitting patterns up to a width of 3 meters and, with total coverage, up to 1.5 meters.
4 Aug 2009

Energy harvesting roads in Israel
Innowattech Energy Harvesting Systems based in Israel specialises in the development of custom piezoelectric generators for specific purposes such as harvesting mechanical energy imparted to roadways from passing vehicles.
4 Aug 2009

Huge benefit of full integration of printed electronics
IDTechEx Chairman, Dr Peter Harrop examines the progress to full integration of printed electronics.
3 Aug 2009

Rising from the ashes
The closure of several printed electronics operations has now resulted in phoenix operations rising from the ashes.
31 Jul 2009

Graphene Innovator Vorbeck Materials raises $5.1 million
Graphene Innovator Vorbeck Materials receives $5.1 million in Series 2 financing
30 Jul 2009

Bionic contact lenses - two types of harvesting
Bionic contact lenses could detect diseases such as multiple sclerosis, track diabetes though glucose monitoring and give internet access.