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The silicon chip took over forty years to approach a $300 billion business today. Now there is a new form of electronics that will hit that figure in half the time because, unlike the silicon chip, it subsumes electrics such as lighting, batteries, s...

Stanford researcher's new stretchable solar cells will power artificial electronic 'super skin' Ultrasensitive electronic skin developed by Stanford researcher Zhenan Bao is getting even better. Now she's demonstrated that it can detect chemicals an...

In a move to accelerate market introduction of OLED lighting for high-end commercial and institutional applications, leading lighting manufacturer Acuity Brands and Universal Display Corporation will work together under a $2 million grant provided by...

Oxford Photovoltaics is one of 4 companies to receive £100,000 to help them develop new technologies after they were declared the winners in a unique competition launched by the UKs Technology Strategy Board. The company will commercialise ne...

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. LCD and plasma displays have already made a significant impact on the indoor ad...

Electrical engineers from ETH Zurich have devised intelligent textiles that already have electronic components such as sensors and conductive filaments woven into them. The advantage: the fabric can be mass-produced on conventional ribbon looms - and...

Applied Materials have announced plans to restructure their Energy and Environmental Solutions (EES) segment which will include the loss of between 400- 500 jobs within the company World-wide and costs up to $425 million. The plan is to put more em...

Skyline Solar, a manufacturer of High Gain Solar (HGS) arrays for commercial, industrial, government and utility markets, have recently announced that Thomas Rohrs has joined the company as CEO and will also join the Skyline Solar Board of Directors....

The collaboration between Dyesol Inc and Pilkington North America has resulted in the formation of a new company, DyeTec Solar (DTS) to mass produce Building Integrated Photovoltaics. The new company plans to develop a solution using existing techn...

Organic LEDs (OLEDs) are extremely thin and lightweight surface-emitting lights that will radically change the way we provide illumination. Although mostly confined to labs, OLED technology is moving toward commercialization. In 2009 Osram became the...