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Wearable Technology: The $70 billion picture

This article shares some of the recent research from the brand new IDTechEx report Wearable Technology 2014-2024.

Smart Glass Forum at Energy Harvesting Europe, 1-2 April 2014, Berlin

Smart glass is a portfolio of new technologies which are based on new achievements in material science, demands on energy efficiency and comfort and smart building automation requirements and are reaching a new momentum.

The tipping point

2014 has only just begun and already discussions abound on how a "tipping point" has been reached in the field of printed and flexible electronics, a statement mostly backed by the significant interest and accompanying investment by LG and Samsung into the commercialisation of flexible displays.

Low cost thin film photovoltaic device with high energy efficiency

A group of researchers has developed a thin film low cost photovoltaic device with high power conversion efficiency.

International Display Workshop IDW Japan 2013: Conference Findings

IDTechEx has spent ten days in Japan this month in order to meet with companies to learn of the latest progress with printed electronics and related technologies. We also attended the IDW 2013 conference in Sapporo, Japan. This article summarises some of the relevant presentations given.

DECATHLON

Decathlon is a French company that develops and produces sport products (tent, bike shoes, textile, electronics, etc). Decathlon has more than 800 stores and had a presence in Europe, South America, India, and Asia. Its turnover is €7 billion, and it employs 55,000 people. This article discuss views of Decathlon towards printed electronics.

Bluetooth Smart radio with record battery lifetime

Imec, Holst Centre and Wicentric have introduced their integrated ultra-low power Bluetooth® Smart radio solution for a range of smart applications.

Organic lights and solar cells straight from the printer

Flickering façades, curved monitors, flashing clothing, fluorescent wallpaper, flexible solar cells - and all printable.

World's first in-vacuum film cleaning system

Teknek has introduced the world's first contact cleaning system for thin films that can be used in high vacuum.

Clothing+

Clothing+ has been in business for more than 15 years and was a pioneer in the mass production of textile-based heart rate measurement systems. The company is divided in two business units: Sports and Medical. While Sports has grown faster recently, they expect that Medical will become the main part of the business in the longer term. In July 2015, they were acquired by Jabil Circuit.

Near Field Communication (NFC) 2014-2024

IDTechEx first published a detailed report on NFC five years ago. In this article we share some of the findings in the new IDTechEx report, "Near Field Communication (NFC) 2014-2024".

First car with a three-dimensional OLED rear lighting concept

The members of the OLED 3D research consortium have presented a world first: the development of large-area, three-dimensional organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and their use in the rear lighting of a vehicle for the first time.

VDL and Solliance join forces to bring organic photovoltaics to market

VDL becomes a partner with Solliance for the development of a new, completely integrated roll-to-roll (R2R) manufacturing line for the research and pilot production of organic photovoltaic (OPV) modules.