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Robot developed by GM and NASA set to launch to space

Robonaut 2, built at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, will become the first humanoid robot in space. Developed with the help of General Motors, who also hope to use the technology on production lines and in cars, R2 is the most dexterous humanoid robot yet and its presence on the International Space Station as an experimental model could one day lead to missions to the moon and Mars.

Nothing small about Nano-Terra raising $17.2m - cbl

Nano-Terra Inc. has raised $17.23 million from a $23.62 mixed offering from six investors, according to an SEC filing.

Ascent Solar prices public offering of common stock

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI) today announced that it has priced its previously announced public offering. Ascent Solar is offering 5.25 million shares of its common stock at $4.15 per share to the public. Ascent Solar has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 787,500 additional shares of common stock from Ascent Solar. The net proceeds from the offering are expected to be approximately $20.25 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by Ascent Solar. The offering is expected to settle and close on November 16, 2010, subject to customary closing conditions.

ANT95-R and ANT130-R nanopositioning rotary stages

ANT95-R and ANT130-R nanopositioning rotary stages offer laboratory performance on a 24/7 production floor.

Aveso raises $1million for electro-active display technology

Aveso, a spin-out from The Dow Chemical Company, has recently raised $1,040,000 in equity financing according to a document filed with the SEC.

Tesla plugs into Wall Street

US electric automaker Tesla Motors has gone public.

IP66-rated direct-drive rotary stages

IP66: Protected against dust and water jets from any direction Direct-drive motor provides rapid precision motion with no gear backlash Low-friction seal minimizes direction reversal hysteresis Continuous or limited travel Axial load capacity up to 175 kg; 100-200 rpm continuous rotation speed Three different aperture sizes: 30 mm, 80 mm, 130 mm

Power kites to harvest wind energy

Experts say that the energy in winds miles above the earth is sufficient to provide the world's energy needs. One company working towards harnessing this energy is Kite Gen Research, based in Italy.

The Square Kilometer Array programme launch

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a radio telescope currently under development by an international consortium who aim to probe fundamental physics, the origin and evolution of the Universe, the structure of the Milky Way Galaxy, and the formation and distribution of planets.

Real Time Locating Systems Using Passive Tags - High Volume RTLS?

Passive radar is a term applied to radar that covertly employs other people's emissions as they reveal targets, no signal being emitted by those doing the covert detection. This has military uses. It is not to be confused with Real Time Locating System RTLS using passive tags, a new form of RFID-based RTLS that has burst onto the scene in 2008. This employs passive tags instead of the traditional active tags. The idea is actually about ten years old and it was mooted as a UHF system by Trolleyscan who called it RFID Radar and demonstrated by RFSAW, which uses Surface Acoustic Wave chips that are more sensitive and simpler to make than the silicon chips used by everyone else - active and passive.

Highlights of Photovoltaics beyond Conventional Silicon event

IDTechEx shed light on progress of technologies at Photovoltaics beyond Conventional Silicon conference held in Denver.

Printed strain and stress sensors could be used in sports medicine

Printed strain & stress sensors on textiles may provide information about the actions of the body

Printed Electronics Awards Winners

Over 330 delegates from 30 countries attended the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe event in Cambridge, UK this week. The event hosted the inaugural IDTechEx Printed Electronics Awards in recognition of outstanding achievement. Here are the winners.