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MIT and Eni open Solar Frontiers Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Eni have opened the Eni-MIT Solar Frontiers Center (SFC). Originally announced in July 2008, the Solar Frontiers Center, headquartered on the MIT campus, promotes research in advanced solar technologies through projects ranging from new materials to hydrogen production from solar energy. The center is the result of an...read more »
Advance made in thin film solar cell technology
Researchers have made an important breakthrough in the use of continuous flow microreactors to produce thin film absorbers for solar cells – an innovative technology that could significantly reduce the cost of solar energy devices and reduce material waste. This is one of the first demonstrations that this type of technology, which is safer,...read more »
Toppan Forms to test markets with printed electronics
Toppan Forms, a leading information management solution provider, will start to test market product applications by combining various printed electronics technologies. Unlike conventional electronics, printed electronics are not rigid and can be converted into different shapes and sizes. Innovative products such as a battery charger in the shape of brief case or POP displays...read more »
Closing in on carbon-based solar cell
To make large sheets of carbon available for light collection, Indiana University Bloomington chemists have devised an unusual solution; attach what amounts to a 3-D bramble patch to each side of the carbon sheet. Using that method, the scientists say they were able to dissolve sheets containing as many as 168 carbon atoms, a...read more »
International Manufacturing Technology Show 2010
We are pleased to announce that media registration is open for the 2010 International Manufacturing Technology Show. There is no charge for media registration. To qualify, members of the media must meet the definition of a working journalist as published by the National Press Club of Washington, D.C. Please use this link to register...read more »
New path to solar energy via solid-state photovoltaics
A newly discovered path for the conversion of sunlight to electricity could brighten the future for photovoltaic technology. Researchers with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found a new mechanism by which the photovoltaic effect can take place in semiconductor thin-films. This new route to energy production overcomes the bandgap voltage limitation that...read more »
Pill that signals it has been swallowed
Seeking a way to confirm that patients have taken their medication, University of Florida engineering researchers have added a tiny microchip and digestible antenna to a standard pill capsule. The prototype is intended to pave the way for mass-produced pills that, when ingested, automatically alert doctors, loved ones or scientists working with patients in...read more »
SGIA Symposium Presents Cutting-Edge Technologies
Fairfax, Virginia — Learn about the latest market trends and technologies in the printed electronics field when you attend the 2010 Printed Electronics and Membrane Switch Symposium (Phoenix, May 18–20). New this year — the Symposium will host a Keynote presentation by Robert Tarzwell, an Independent Consumer Electronics Consultant. His presentation, “Integrating Advanced PCB...read more »
Revolutionary Printed Electronic Technology
SensTouch is a revolutionary printed electronic technology offered by MaxTech Circuit. SensTouch keypads re-creates the feel of a capacitive switch at a fraction of the cost. SensTouch achieves a very low actuation force using a patented resistive non-tactile, very thin construction. When the thin overlay material is touched, very little force or movement is...read more »
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