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Solvay acquires Plextronics to accelerate OLED developments
Solvay acquires Plextronics to accelerate OLED developments
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International chemical group Solvay has acquired U.S.-based Plextronics Inc. to strengthen the company's Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) electronic display…
Will schooling fish inspire the future of lighting?
Will schooling fish inspire the future of lighting?
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A matchbox sized Sensor Node, which was inspired by the behavior of schooling fish, is aiming to change the future…
Embedded tool automates clock signal testing
Embedded tool automates clock signal testing
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Currently the most advanced strategies for validating, testing, debugging and programming of complex boards and systems are summed up as…
Infrared breakthrough makes silicon solar cells more efficient
Infrared breakthrough makes silicon solar cells more efficient
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A silicon photovoltaic cell capable of turning infrared radiation into electricity has been developed by a team of researchers in…

Advanced Liquid Metal Battery system heads for commercialization
Advanced Liquid Metal Battery system heads for commercialization
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Ambri, with technical support from Nuvation Engineering, is preparing to demonstrate a large-scale prototype Liquid Metal Battery grid-scale energy storage system that aims to enable the more widespread use of…
Printable flexible timer could smart up packaging
Printable flexible timer could smart up packaging
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Prior to the Printed Electronics Europe event that market research firm IDTechEx is organizing in Berlin, April 1st and 2nd, IDTechEx has led a demonstration project with several key partners,…
Tiny LED focuses on high-volume wearables market
Tiny LED focuses on high-volume wearables market
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UK-based Plessey Semiconductors is targeting wearable electronics market by launching the company's smallest packaged MaGIC LED which is manufactured with GaN-on-Si die technology.
Can mid-power LEDs compete in the mass lighting market?
Can mid-power LEDs compete in the mass lighting market?
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Philips Lumileds, which has often been more associated with the high power LED market, is now resolving to take mid-power LEDs to another level in 2014 and this March the…
Perovskite-based solar cell breakthrough offers 24-hour benefits
Perovskite-based solar cell breakthrough offers 24-hour benefits
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A next-generation Perovskite-based solar cell that can also emit light, in addition to converting light to electricity, has been discovered by researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.
III-V solar cells on graphene break efficiency record
III-V solar cells on graphene break efficiency record
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign claim to have achieved record levels of performance for seed-free and substrate-free arrays of nanowires from III-V materials directly on graphene. The…
Imagination aims at smartwatches
Imagination aims at smartwatches
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Imagination Technologies sees a key opening for its MIPS processors in smartwatches developed with Google.
BeagleBone adds low cost 3D printing
BeagleBone adds low cost 3D printing
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A group of engineers in Germany is developing a low cost 3D printing interface for BeagleBone boards.
Transistor-cost declines slowing, Synopsys says
Transistor-cost declines slowing, Synopsys says
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Moore's Law will continue for the next decade, but declines in cost/transistor won't be as great as they were in the past, said Synopsys chairman Aart de Geus.
Solar cell breakthrough offers light emitting benefits
Solar cell breakthrough offers light emitting benefits
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A next-generation Perovskite-based solar cell that can also emit light, in addition to converting light to electricity, has been discovered by researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.
Perovskite-based solar cell offers 24-hour benefits
Perovskite-based solar cell offers 24-hour benefits
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A next-generation Perovskite-based solar cell that can also emit light, in addition to converting light to electricity, has been discovered by researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.
125-LPW LED High Bay reduces cost of ownership
125-LPW LED High Bay reduces cost of ownership
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Dialight has unveiled the company's 125 lumens per watt Vigilant LED High Bay which is claiming industry leading efficiency for maximum return on investment and lower total cost of ownership.
Wireless self-contained pacemaker passes safety study
Wireless self-contained pacemaker passes safety study
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Wireless is a promising addition to medicine that is starting to have an impact in areas such as hearing aids, monitoring and now pacemakers.
Mid-power LEDs claims unmatched lumen density performance
Mid-power LEDs claims unmatched lumen density performance
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Seoul Semiconductor has released a generation of LEDs that the company claims deliver industry leading performance and lumen density in the mid-power class.
Biofilm-based living materials promise solar cell advance
Biofilm-based living materials promise solar cell advance
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Researchers at MIT have coaxed bacterial cells to produce biofilms incorporating nonliving materials, such as gold nanoparticles and quantum dots. The result promises live cells with the benefits of nonliving…
Slideshow: Focusing on power trends at APEC 2014
Slideshow: Focusing on power trends at APEC 2014
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Last week's APEC 2014 conference and exhibition is a key event in the power management calendar where the major global players reveal their future plans and major product offerings. Here…
Fast start controllers target smartphone chargers
Fast start controllers target smartphone chargers
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CamSemi has released two 'fast start' Primary Side Sensing (PSS) controllers to target low cost MoU-compliant, USB smartphone charger and other universal input applications typically rated at 8 W and…
How toxic is Paris? European project tackles the issue
How toxic is Paris? European project tackles the issue
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Greyish photos of Paris under a thick blanket of contaminated air, the Eiffel tower barely visible in the skyline, gave us a spectacular demonstration of bad environmental practices contrasting very…
Semi-transparent organic solar cells claim efficiency record
Semi-transparent organic solar cells claim efficiency record
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Heliatek GmbH is claiming a new record in the efficiency of transparent solar cells. The latest development allows transparency levels up to 40% with an efficiency of more than 7%.
Europe sees slower speeds for IC Compiler II designs
Europe sees slower speeds for IC Compiler II designs
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Chip designs in Europe are seeing less speed up from the new version of IC Compiler as more IP blocks are used.
40% transparent organic solar cells claim efficiency record
40% transparent organic solar cells claim efficiency record
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Heliatek GmbH is claiming a new record in the efficiency of transparent solar cells.  The latest development allows transparency levels up to 40% with an efficiency of more than 7%.
Measure PDN on a budget
Measure PDN on a budget
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Steve Sandler takes a look at how to measure a  power distribution network design on a limited budget.
Wireless charging shift ahead
Wireless charging shift ahead
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At least four different approaches to wireless charging are vying to power billions of next-generation mobile devices. Today only one has a beachhead in about a million systems: the Wireless…
2-D semiconductor discovery promises solar cell application benefits
2-D semiconductor discovery promises solar cell application benefits
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Researchers at Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry have discovered a two-dimensional semiconductor, rhenium disulfide, which could be useful in various applications ranging from solar cells to super-lubricants.  The compound also looks…


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