News tagged with plastic electronics

Woven electronics

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 ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 08, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

3 finalists in prize for technology breakthroughs

(AP) -- Three European inventors who helped create illuminated wallpapers, tiny fast processors in mobile phones, and cheap, high-performance cells used in solar panels are finalists in the euro1.1 million ($1.5 million) ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Plastic electronics could slash the cost of solar panels

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique developed by Princeton University engineers for producing electricity-conducting plastics could dramatically lower the cost of manufacturing solar panels.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (29) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

HP Demos Rollup Flexible Displays (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Flexible Display Center, at Arizona State University, hopes to have flexible displays ready for test trials in approximately three years. The possibilities of using flexible displays are ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (14) | comments 5 | with audio podcast weblog

Printable sensors

In the future every home will have one: electronic devices that you can control just by pointing a finger. To turn this vision into reality the 3Plast research consortium is developing special sensors that ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Molding the Future of Plastic Electronic Production

(PhysOrg.com) -- E-readers that can be bent and folded, "smart" bandages that signal when they need changing based on oxygen levels, and biodegradable radio frequency identification tags that help companies ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

An organic transistor paves the way for new generations of neuro-inspired computers

For the first time, French researchers at CNRS and CEA have developed a transistor that can mimic the main functionalities of a synapse.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 22, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (18) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

RNA on the move

In the fruit fly Drosophila, oskar mRNA, which is involved in defining the animal’s body axes, is produced in the nuclei of nurse cells neighbouring the oocyte, and must be transported to the oocyte and along ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Plasma-in-a-bag for sterilizing devices

The practice of sterilizing medical tools and devices helped revolutionize health care in the 19th century because it dramatically reduced infections associated with surgery. Through the years, numerous ways of sterilization ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Plastic Logic to unveil first e-reader in January

Plastic Logic, a US company whose planned electronic reader has attracted a lot of media buzz, said Monday that it will announce the availability and pricing of the device for business professionals in January.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sprint and Samsung launch biodegradable phone

(AP) -- Sprint and Samsung are going to start selling a $50 "eco-conscious" phone with a casing of biodegradable plastic.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

HP Enables New Field of Flexible Electronics with Reflective Display Technology

HP today announced the launch of a new display technology for the personalization of consumer electronics products.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Self-healing' polymer may facilitate recycling of hard-to-dispose plastic

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in The Netherlands are reporting development of a new plastic with potential for use in the first easy-to-recycle computer circuit boards, electrical insulation, and other electronics ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1


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