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Researchers hope to reap benefits of energy harvesting

University of Texas at Dallas researchers and their colleagues at other institutions are investigating ways to harvest energy from such diverse sources as mechanical vibrations, wasted heat, radio waves, light and even movements of the human body.

With a new electric taxi program, Rio de Janeiro enters zero emissions

Beginning this month, the city of Rio de Janeiro enters the zero-emission mobility era with the launch of the electric taxi program, a partnership between the Rio de Janeiro City Government, NBA and Petrobras Distribuidora.

Plastic Logic wins award for innovative colour flexible displays

Plastic Logic has announced that the company has been awarded the Elektronik Optoelectronic Product of the Year 2013 Award for its full colour flexible plastic displays.

Breakthrough in electricity storage

More and more electricity is being generated from intermittent sources of power, such as solar and wind energy. Powerful electric energy storage devices are necessary to level out corresponding irregularities in the power supply.

Boeing provides details on 787 battery improvements

Boeing announced that a comprehensive set of improvements that will add several layers of additional safety features to the lithium-ion batteries on 787 commercial jetliners are in production and could be ready for initial installation within the next few weeks.

New imaging device that is flexible, flat and transparent

An Austrian research team has developed an entirely new way of capturing images based on a flat, flexible, transparent, and potentially disposable polymer sheet.

Applus IDIADA, the most powerful electric prototype worldwide

Applus+ IDIADA, a Spanish company specialising in engineering for the international automotive industry, has successfully completed a high performance, innovative electric prototype sports car that is comparable to or even better than other conventionally-powered sports cars.

Battery completes stretchable electronics package

A stretchable lithium-ion battery -- a flexible device capable of powering their innovative stretchable electronics.

Charging mobile phones via a text message

Many millions of people at the bottom of the economic pyramid are expected to acquire mobile phones, greatly benefiting their lives, business activities and access to information. However, most of these new subscribers will not have direct access to electricity.

E-ink displays and thin film batteries enable worlds thinnest watch

Chicago-based company Central Standard Timing have developed the world's thinnest watch using E Ink technology. At 0.80mm thick the CST-01 is thinner than a credit card and was inspired by the capabilities of E Ink's electronic paper displays.

Cima NanoTech Inc

We had previously interviewed and profiled Cima Nanotech. We have caught up with them again given their recent progress, in particular their joint venture with Foxconn to produce, market and sell large-format pro-cap touch modules.

The keys to success in graphene commercialization

Graphene has received tremendous global interest because of record-breaking performance in electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and strength, among other properties.

Enhanced performance in a robust, economical worm-drive package

AGR series motorized rotary stages provide significant improvements in speed, load capacity and long-term positioning performance over previous generations of worm-gear-drive stages.

Battery technology provides double the energy storage at lower cost

A new battery technology provides double the energy storage at lower cost than the batteries that are used in handheld electronics, electric vehicles, aerospace and defence.

New Toyota electric-powered forklift charging forward with innovation

Toyota Material Handling UK gives a sneak preview of the brand new Toyota Traigo 80-volt electric-powered forklift at the IMHX from the 18th - 22nd March 2013 at the NEC, Birmingham.

Prospects of graphene transistors for high-frequency electronics

In the end graphene transistors currently look extremely promising for revolutionize both, high-frequency electronics and plastic electronics, especially as the expected performance has been proven recently at least in single devices.

New technique promises more efficient solar cells

A new technique developed could lead to significantly more efficient solar cells.

Spray coating and spin coating of rGO thin film sheets

GRAnPH® Nanotech, in collaboration with CENER (Spanish National Renewable Energy Center), have developed continuous graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) thin films over a variety of substrates by means of two different industrial deposition techniques: spin - coating and spray coating.