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Dr Harry Zervos, IDTechEx's Technology Analyst concludes his observations at the 2nd day of the SID conference focusing on touch panels and overlays.

Cymbet Corporation has announced that it has successfully completed the final phase of its third round of private equity financing, raising $31 million.

Power saving for displays is becoming more and more interesting as efforts continue in all industries to lower power consumption together with producing energy from sustainable sources. Displays have been known to be hungry for power, with some technologies known to be much less "green" than others (e.g. plasma displays).

A new generation of flat panel displays is being developed which may ultimately supersede Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs).

Energy harvesting is being widely considered and used for electric vehicles. The burgeoning electric vehicle EV industry cannot be understood by simply looking at cars. The complete market value is, and will remain, about double the market for cars.

The burgeoning electric vehicle EV industry cannot be understood by simply looking at cars. The complete market value is, and will remain, about double the market for cars. The leaders such as Toyota, Honda and Nissan make electric vehicles for many applicational sectors.

The new radio opaque ink can be used for adhesive skin patches and other topical devices that are attached during X-Ray, CAT or MRI scan to highlight a target area.

Amerigon designs, develops and markets products based on efficient thermoelectric device technologies, and Amerigon subsidiary, BSST is advancing the use of thermoelectrics in the area of power generation.

Nanoparticle films are no longer a delicate matter - Vanderbilt physicists have found a way to make them strong enough so they don't disintegrate at the slightest touch.

LG Display has developed the world's largest flexible e-paper, claim the company in a recent announcement.

Semprius is one of 4 to be awarded funding for their novel technology to develop high performance concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) modules using their patented micro-transfer printing technology.

Researchers at The Advanced Materials Innovation Centre in Japan have developed a lithium polymer battery that can be manufactured by printing technology.

New start-up company Aneeve Nanotechnologies may be able to provide consumer based easy to use sensors that detect oestrogen and progesterone hormone levels in menopausal women.

Europe's largest event on Printed Electronics, the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe 2010 in Dresden, Germany in April, will reflect new trends in the subject such as carbon nanotubes in conductive paper and transistors, printing silicon for enhancing solar cells, for transistors and other uses and printing copper at a fraction of the cost of silver.

The event Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe and Wireless Sensor Networks & RTLS 2010 features speakers including SNCF and the huge General Electric and consumer electronics company Philips.

A Portuguese university has developed Paper-e®, an emergent technology for applying field effect transistors on and with paper.

A new lighting technology that provides lighting very similar to the sun could drastically change how our offices and homes are lit in the future.

Infinite Power Solutions (IPS), an industry leader in solid-state, thin-film energy storage and energy-harvesting power management products, today announced a global distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW), a leading global distributor of electronic components and solutions. Under the agreement, Arrow will distribute IPS' award-winning INFINERGY™ Micro Power Module (MPM) product family.

Several organizations have demonstrated self assembling electronic devices but none have shown that high yield is possible over large areas. Now the University of Minnesota has developed a different self assembly approach to overcome that.