5 Jun 2009

Energy Harvesting and Storage Conference - Day Two
The second day of the IDTechEx conference on Energy Harvesting and Storage in Cambridge UK was dedicated to the technology roadmap.
1 Jun 2009

Prime View International agree to buy E Ink for $215 million
Prime View International ("PVI"), a small and medium display provider and the world's highest volume supplier of ePaper display modules, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire E Ink Corporation, the leader in electronic paper display materials and intellectual property for approximately $215 million.
26 May 2009

White OLEDs - the next generation light source
White organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have the potential of much higher efficiencies than classical lighting sources.
4 May 2009

Odersun AG appoints new CFO
Odersun AG is a developer and manufacturer of silicon free thin-film solar cells, modules and applications that convert sunlight into electricity.
16 Apr 2009

Energy harvesting knee brace
An energy-capturing knee brace can generate enough electricity from walking to operate a portable GPS locator, a cell phone, a motorized prosthetic joint or an implanted neurotransmitter.
14 Apr 2009

Power saving light-emitting diodes
Cambridge University (Dr Colin Humphrey) has come up with a reliable way to deposit gallium nitride on much cheaper silicon wafers, which they estimate could cut production costs to a tenth of what they are at the moment.
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25 Mar 2009

Novaled and Holst Centre to cooperate on organic electronics
Novaled AG announces that it will work together with Holst Centre on Organic Thin Film Transistors (OTFT) using the Novaled PIN OLED® technology and materials.
9 Mar 2009

Ultra low power electronics
Intel retains the record for device count in a single microprocessor.
20 Jan 2009

What we need from printed electronics - feedback from end users
At the annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe 2009 conference and exhibition, IDTechEx will uniquely feature a range of end user companies discussing their needs from printed electronics.
12 Jan 2009

Finance for Printed Electronics is Not Drying Up
The news media are full of the details of the global financial meltdown. Is this affecting finance for the small companies and start-ups involved in printed and potentially printed electronics and electrics? We think not.
15 Dec 2008

PVI: Towards a flexible e-book reader
The competition is currently heating up with the development of Gen II (flexible) e-book readers.
1 Dec 2008

Highlights from the Energy Harvesting Technology Event, London
Raghu Das, CEO at IDTechEx reports on the Energy Harvesting Technology event which looked at the use of technologies to generate electricity from the environment which can be used to power electronics and electrics.
4 Nov 2008

Hanvon e-reader used in space
The new electronic reader Hanvon N510 was used by the crew of the recent Shenzhou-7 orbital flight to take notes, read books and listen to recordings state recent reports.
23 Oct 2008

OLED100.eu research consortium to spearhead the advancement of OLEDs
OLED100.eu, an integrated research project, has brought together a consortium of experts from leading industry and academic organisations to accelerate the development of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technologies in Europe.
24 Sep 2008

RFID Truths: The Real State of the RFID Market
By value, we forecast that in 2009 the value of the RFID market will grow by 23% over 2008, and in 2010 it will grow by 25% over 2009 - not exponential, but still very strong growth.
23 Sep 2008

E-readers Gain Momentum: More Large-Screen Products Launched
Plastic Logic recently previewed its large, thin and lightweight e-reader. Now two more e-reader products have been launched with similar size screens.
22 Sep 2008

SID Organic Electronics UK 2008
IDTechEx technology analyst Dr Harry Zervos attended the meeting of the Society for Information Displays in London, where the latest research and development efforts were discussed and presented.
24 Jun 2008

European projects accelerate OLED technology for mainstream lighting
The race is on to bring OLED technology into mainstream lighting.