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Prototype portable IoT solution for smart healthcare market

A new smart wheelchair system for monitoring the health of postoperative patients

3D printed cars

At the start, there was no generic name. The simple glass of the car windshield started to incorporate printed antennas and heaters. It was what we now know as "structural electronics" - one structure performing mechanical, electrical and other functions.

3D printed cars

At the start, there was no generic name. The simple glass of the car windshield started to incorporate printed antennas and heaters. It was what we now know as "structural electronics" - one structure performing mechanical, electrical and other functions.

IDTechEx: structural electronics - never heard of it!

Structural electronics is one of the most important developments this century yet most people have never heard of it.

New form of crystalline order holds promise for thermoelectrics

Since the 1850s scientists have known that crystalline materials are organized into 14 different basic lattice structures. However, a team of researchers now reports that it has discovered an entirely new form of crystalline order.

Toward making lithium-sulfur batteries a commercial reality

Scientists are now reporting they have overcome key obstacles toward making lithium-sulfur batteries, which have the potential to leave today's lithium-ion technology in the dust.

Supercapacitors Leap Ahead: Electric Vehicles, Graphene & Printing

Consider three supercapacitor riddles as we reveal how the supercapacitor industry is in good health in 2014 with added potential. What takes a lot of space and no space? What has a rival that is a partner? What do fuel cells need next?

Structural supercapacitor - Liberating devices from their power cords

When you can integrate energy into the components used to build systems, it opens the door to a whole new world of technological possibilities.

Liberating devices from their power cords

Imagine a future in which our electrical gadgets are no longer limited by plugs and external power sources.

New device stores electricity on silicon chips

It is the first supercapacitor that is made out of silicon so it can be built into a silicon chip along with the microelectronic circuitry that it powers.

Spinach power gets a major boost

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Vanderbilt University have developed a way to combine the photosynthetic protein that converts light into electrochemical energy in spinach with silicon, the material used in solar cells, in a fashion that produces substantially more electrical current than has been reported by previous "biohybrid" solar cells.

Barrier to faster graphene devices identified and suppressed

A team of physicists reports that they have nailed down the source of the interference inhibiting the rapid flow of electrons through graphene-based devices and found a way to suppress it.

New Energy appoints business partnering and scientific experts

New Energy Technologies, Inc. a developer of technologies for generating sustainable electricity, is pleased to announce the appointments of Dr. Scott R. Hammond as Principal Scientist, and Dr. Christopher M. Harris to the Company's Board of Advisors.

Researchers create freestanding nanoparticle films without fillers

Nanoparticle films are no longer a delicate matter - Vanderbilt physicists have found a way to make them strong enough so they don't disintegrate at the slightest touch.