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Smart bridge system aids ailing bridges

A five year Smart Brigdge project will look at an infrastructure monitoring system that uses surface and penetrating sensors to detect cracks, corrosion and any other signs of weakness.

Breakthrough battery could lead to rapid recharging of many devices

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers have created a kind of beltway that allows for the rapid transit of electrical energy through a well-known battery material, an advance that could usher in smaller, lighter batteries for cell phones and other devices that could recharge in seconds rather than hours.

Creative Materials launches silver ink for fine line printing

Creative Materials, Inc, a leading manufacturer of electrically conductive inks, coatings and adhesives, has introduced a fine line screen printable, electrically conductive silver ink, 125-13.

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.

Electricity produced through muscle movement

Researchers have demonstrated that a hamster wearing a jacket onto which nanogenerators are attached can produce electricity as the animal runs on its wheel.

Hi-G-Tek wins subcontract from Unisys for RFID III DoD contract

Active RFID (where the tag has its own power supply) often has printed sensors and sometimes printed antennas. Unisys serves as the prime contractor and systems integrator for the RFID III DoD contract, bringing together the technologies of Hi-G-Tek and other solution providers.

First solar powered full-touch phone

Blue Earth is the first solar powered full-touch screen phone. By charging with the solar panel located on the back of the phone, users can generate enough electronic power to call anytime anywhere.

Copper particles electrify paper

The Polymer Chemistry Research Group at the University of Helsinki, Finland, has succeeded in producing nano-sized metallic copper particles that when reduced to nano-scale, the properties of the material undergo substantial changes.

Opening of PETEC 17 March

The Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC) is the UK's major new design, development, and prototyping centre for the commercialisation of printed electronics. With 180 present, the launch included keynote lectures from international experts in the field of printable electronics.

Energy harvesting light switches

The switches are powered by energy harvesting technology where the act of clicking the switch creates the energy necessary to control devices.

Opening of PETEC 17 March Airs Photovoltaics

The Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC) is the UK's major new design, development, and prototyping centre for the commercialisation of printed electronics.

Business applications for printed electronics

Recently, the commercialization of printed electronics has progressed from conductive patterns to batteries, displays, sensors, resistors, solar cells, lighting and transistor circuits, increasingly in combination.

Eye catching stabilised performance

ICI Imagedata demonstrates Stabilex Ultra stabilised film at the Printed Electronics Show 2008 in Dresden (7-8 April) following successful launch in San Jose.

iTi Corporation appoints John Spiers to Board of Directors

imaging Technology international (iTi) Corporation, has appointed technology innovator and entrepreneur, John Spiers to its Board of Directors.

Plastic solar cells applied to energy clothing

The textile-based screen printed solar panel can be integrated into clothing fabric and has been incorporated in a transparent textile.

CdTe Solar Cells - Can First Solar do anything wrong?

Although the world is in the midst of a severe economic crisis, the photovoltaics industry is still growing.

Spin battery uses new source of energy

Researchers have been able to prove the existence of a "spin battery," a battery that is "charged" by applying a large magnetic field to nano-magnets in a device called a magnetic tunnel junction.

Energy harvesting backpack

Piezoelectric backpack straps are harvesting otherwise-wasted, ambient energy and converting it into electrical energy that can power or recharge portable electronic devices.

Plants inspire new generation of solar cells

The ability of plants to turn sunlight into energy through photosynthesis has been successfully mimicked by scientists at the University of Southampton to produce a new generation of solar cells.

Huge Advances in Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) - part 2

In the second part of this two part article Cathleen Macher, Technical Analyst at IDTechEx, looks at the very latest progress with carbon nanotubes (CNT) in East Asia.