By popular request, printed RFID received much more prominence at this year's RFID Smart Labels USA in Boston February 20-21.

Only RFID offers the electronic printing industry the potential of ten trillion devices yearly, in this case replacing barcodes.

Once again transistor radios made from carbon nanotubes make the news.

A technology that could cost a few cents a yard to collect energy from the sun even after it has set and be imprinted on flexible materials is being developed by a team of researchers.

With increasing global demand for energy sources beyond gas and oil, there is now more effort than ever before on renewable energy, especially photovoltaics.

Nanotechnology researchers are developing the perfect complement to the power tie: a

Fraunhofer IZM, Germany reports that high throughput manufacturing of biosensors has remained a challenge. This is due to the different environments necessary for the survival of biological components on the one hand and current MEMS technologies on the other.

At the Aichi World Fair in Japan in 2005, Hitachi Mew Solutions 2.45 GHz passive RFID inserts were in 25 million admission tickets that were issued.

Part 2 of the IDTechEx review of the Flexible Displays Conference in Phoenix.

IDTechEx attended the recent Flexible Displays Conference in Phoenix. Read our review here - part 1.

The largest RFID orders - here comes China - huge advances coming in HF RFID - new vibrant technologies.

SnapWatch Ltd, a UK-based start-up has patented a flexible watch concept using E paper display technology.

The recent conference Printed Electronics USA in San Francisco had a presentation by two people from the secretive company Quantum Paper.

Energy harvesting is a hot topic in printed electronics, partly because of shortcomings of printed batteries.

The new IDTechEx report RFID Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2008-2018 is the summation of extensive new research in late 2007 and early 2008 including interviews with RFID adopters and solution providers in the various applicational RFID markets, giving an unprecedented level of insight into the total RFID industry and what is really happening. Here Raghu Das, CEO, gives a summary of our findings.

The first solar bag powerful enough to charge a laptop was unveiled last month and will be available later this spring.

Replacing the silicon chip: progress with printed RFID.