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New electric planes take off

It seems back to front but the unmanned pure electric aircraft have often been huge, including the AeroVironment and Aurora Flight Sciences vehicles that cruise to upper atmosphere on solar energy carrying out surveillance.

East of England charging towards an electric vehicle revolution

Government backs region's major project to install electric vehicle plug-in points

Solar cells thinner than wavelengths of light = huge power potential

Ultra-thin solar cells can absorb sunlight more efficiently than the thicker, more expensive-to-make silicon cells used today, because light behaves differently at scales around a nanometer (a billionth of a meter), say Stanford engineers.

Issue of new Thinfilm shares subscribed 3.5 times

Thin Film Electronics ("Thinfilm") has successfully completed a placement of 23.3 million new shares.

Many ways to harvest energy from shock absorbers

In the new age of the electric vehicle, almost everything has to be rethought.

Solar funnel

Using carbon nanotubes (hollow tubes of carbon atoms), MIT chemical engineers have found a way to concentrate solar energy 100 times more than a regular photovoltaic cell.

Winning EnerDel strategy?

Lithium polymer construction - whatever the cathode chemistry - is also taking market share because it can have lightweight plastic casing and tolerate high pressure and it is highly unlikely to leak.

Model regions for electro mobility - summary

The German federal government supports the introduction of e-mobility based on batteries and fuel cells with two huge programs. One focus of the support is the development of eight model regions, where e-mobility will be tested under everyday conditions.

High performance bicycle motor

Bosch is entering the bicycle industry with a new high performance electric drive for ebikes.

Sunchon University printed transistors

Professor Cho of Sunchon University South Korea presented on his transistor work at the IDTechEx RFID Europe event in Cambridge UK.

Energy harvesting and wireless sensors ready for prime time

Energy harvesting is the conversion of ambient energy into electricity to drive small or mobile electronic and electrical devices. Wireless sensors are particularly in need of energy harvesting because they are increasingly deployed in numbers and locations where hard wiring or battery changing are impracticable. We are at an exciting stage with both because harvesting is becoming better and electronics is demanding less power -so they meet in the middle.

Canatu Ltd. closes 4.7 M€ financing round

Canatu Ltd., a leading edge nanotechnology company announced today a 4.7 Million Euro investment package from Inventure Ltd., Infosto Ltd. and The Finnish Technology Development Agency.

How hybrids will transmute into pure EVs - The REEV

A consortium of automotive partners including US owned European electric vehicle manufacturer Think, Indian owned, Jaguar Land Rover of the UK, US owned Lotus of the UK and Nissan of Japan has been granted £9.5m by the UK government to aid research into range-extended electric vehicles (REEV).

Geckos inspire new method to print electronics on complex surfaces

Geckos are masters at sticking to surfaces of all kinds and easily unsticking themselves, too. Inspired by these lizards, a team of engineers has developed a reversible adhesion method for printing electronics on a variety of tricky surfaces such as clothes, plastic and leather.

Coherent supports Holst Centre research on smart-foil integration

Coherent and Holst Centre announced their cooperation in the field of flexible electronics.

New electric aircraft engines

Gas-powered engines could be used during takeoffs, when aircraft use the most energy, while battery-powered motors could power the aircraft while it is cruising or landing.

A paradigm shift for the $25 billion outdoor advertising industry

The $25 billion outdoor advertising industry is turning from the old sluggish platform of static poster advertisements to a new media platform thanks to digital displays.

Energy harvesting for shipping cranes

The VYCON REGEN system is an energy storage device designed to not only store energy, but also to discharge it on demand.

IDTechEx report back from the EV 2010 VE conference on EV's

IDTechEx technology analyst Harry Zervos attended and presented at the EV2010 VE conference on electric vehicles, organized by EMC-MEC, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of electric mobility as a solution to the energy and environmental issues in Canada.

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.