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Novel biological sources for battery materials

The squirmy marine cuttlefish may be the next best source of electrode materials for batteries to power edible medical devices.

Rubbing or tapping paper-like materials generates useful electricity

Electric current sufficient to light a string of LEDs, activate an e-paper display or even trigger action by a computer can be generated by tapping or rubbing simple, flexible generators made of paper, thin sheets of plastic and other everyday materials.

Paper generators respond to tapping, touching, rubbing or sliding

Electric current sufficient to light a string of LEDs, activate an e-paper display or even trigger action by a computer can be generated by tapping or rubbing simple, flexible generators made of paper, thin sheets of plastic and other everyday materials.

Creating sustainable energy with footsteps

A novel engineering experiment that trumpets the use of renewable energy is about to get a boost.

Internal tagging technique for 3D-printed objects

The 3D printing process used to produce an object can simultaneously generate an internal, invisible tag, say scientists.

Financing to develop metallic conductive ink technology

Liquid X™ Printed Metals, Inc., a Carnegie Mellon University start-up company, has announced the closing of a Series A financing round, and that it has named former Bayer Corporation President and CEO Greg Babe to serve as CEO of Liquid X™.

Power generating shoe insert

SolePower is an energy harvesting company bringing a power generating shoe insert to market.

Plextronics awarded SBIR grant for reducing OLED lighting costs

The SBIR program is well recognized for supporting important technological advances.

Researchers create edible battery

A tiny, biocompatible battery in edible form that a patient could 'take' once a day.

Elastic energy for soft robotics

When the soft robots move in an environment, they undergo large elastic deformations and collide with the surrounding surfaces. Thus they are going to absorb a lot of elastic energy that would otherwise be wasted.

Solar powered robot will search for water ice at the moon's poles

Astrobotic Technology has completed assembly of a full-size prototype of Polaris, a solar-powered robot that will search for potentially rich deposits of water ice at the moon's poles.

Metalonix name change to Liquid X Printed Metals, Inc.

Metalonix, Inc., a ground-breaking provider of functional metallic inks, is pleased to announce its official corporate name has changed to Liquid X Printed Metals, Inc. ("Liquid X"). Liquid X spun out of Carnegie Mellon University in 2010 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Innovative organic solar cell architecture sets new performance level

The Belgian research centre imec, together with Plextronics and Solvay, present this week at the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (PVSEC) in Hamburg an organic polymer-based single junction solar cell with 6.9% performance in an innovative inverted device stack.

World's smallest bacteria powered fuel cell

Carnegie Mellon University's Kelvin B. Gregory and Philip R. LeDuc have created the world's smallest fuel cell powered by bacteria.

Plextronics & Coatema hosted masterclass at PE Europe 2011 tradeshow

Plextronics & Coatema Hosted Masterclass on Thin Film Photovoltaics at Printed Electronics Europe 2011 Tradeshow.

Plextronics and Novaled to collaborate on development of OLEDS

Plextronics and Novaled to collaborate on development of organic lighting technology

Plextronics closes $14 million financing round

$14 million funding will enable Plextronics to continue to advance their OLED lighting and OPV products.

Plextronics deploys organic solar modules at NREL

Plextronics becomes the first company to deploy organic solar modules at NREL's outdoor testing facility.

Plextronics and NTERA demonstrate solar-powered NanoChromics™

Printed electronics companies Plextronics, Inc. and NTERA have teamed-up to provide a working demonstration that combines the key aspects and attributes of their respective technologies.

Plextronics hires Vice President of Operations & Quality Manager

Plextronics, Inc. has hired two new professionals to focus on manufacturing operations and quality management.