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Development of world's highest performance thin-film condenser Publication Date: 8/31/2010 Nanowerk News -  A research group headed by MANA Scientist Dr. Minoru Osada and Principal Investigator Dr. Takayoshi Sasaki of the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) discovered a new high-k dielectric nanosheet with a molecular level thickness (∼1.5 nm), and successfully developed the world's highest performance thin-film condenser by a solution-based bottom-up nanotechnology... Wireless Charging to Join the Mainstream Publication Date: 8/12/2010 El Segundo, CA — The idea certainly isn't new; Nicola Tesla worked with wireless power transmission over 100 years ago. But his concept was to send electric power through the air for appreciable distances without wires. After all, he had already invented the induction motor and the transformer, both of which ... Open Source: A Threat or an Opportunity? Publication Date: 6/30/2010 By Curt Finch, CEO, and April Boland, Resource Manager, Journyx, Austin, TX Open Source Software (OSS) has been a source of debate since its inception. Some people believe that it is a positive thing that breeds innovation, while others believe it is dangerous and will put traditional software companies out of business. As its popularity continues to grow, many people are ... Printed and Flexible Integrated Circuits Publication Date: 6/2/2010 By Dr. Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx, Cambridge, UK For 40 years, integrated circuits have integrated little more than transistors, diodes and sensors onto one piece of material, but now there are integrated circuits arriving that are comprised of most electrical and electronic components co-deposited on flexible substrates. Those flexible substrates are ... CE Show Spouts Technology-Based Recovery Publication Date: 4/1/2010 By Andy Marken, andy@markencom.com The Consumer Electronics Show is like Cherry Blossom time in Japan or on the Potomac. Just a great way to start fresh and see if the industry can get it right this time. Marconi's Luck on a Tragic Anniversary Publication Date: 6/2/2009 By Michael L. Martel, US Tech Web Editor You never know where technology is going to go. A friend telephones me from Maine, or from Europe, and I have a small gadget in my hand that, in addition to being able to take photos or pick up e-mail, allows me to talk to him in real time. April 14, the day before Income Tax Day, was ... Sunburst EMS Provides Virtual Manufacturing Facility for Medical Device Startup InaVein Publication Date: 6/2/2009 By Michael L. Martel, US Tech Web Editor West Bridgewater, MA — How can a small company — with all of four employees — take advantage of a potentially huge emerging market for its innovative vascular medical devices? That was one big question facing Joe Burke, VP Operations for InaVein, a Lexington, Mass. startup ... Making it Green: Electric-Powered Sail Boats Publication Date: 4/27/2009 By Mike Martel, US Tech Web Editor While many folks are well-versed in the advancing technology of hybrid vehicles and all-electric cars, few are paying attention to maritime transportation, where efforts at developing hybrid and different means of propulsion, including electric, have been going on for some time. Moving through the ... Looking Ahead — Resurgence Coming Sooner Rather Than Later Publication Date: 4/27/2009 By Mike Martel, US Tech Web Editor The experts tell us that the slide into recession is not over, that the Titanic has not quite settled into the mud. But if there is going to be a turnaround at any time, what will drive it? Will technology save us? Developments in technology continue, despite the constraints imposed by a lack of capital ... Powering Mobility: Better Batteries and Mini Fuel Cells Publication Date: 2/9/2009 By Michael L. Martel, US Tech Web Editor Everyone who travels today and who tries to stay connected via notebook computer, wireless phone, and Crackberry understands the unforgiving tyranny of the wall outlet, the umbilicus to the power plant. We have to pay obeisance to it on a regular basis to keep our portable communications ... Chicago PCB Fab Company Marches to a Different Drummer Publication Date: 2/9/2009 By Michael L. Martel, Web Editor An interesting company on a fast growth track in Chicagoland is finding success and a better bottom line in bare board fabrication, even in a tough economy, even in a racket that is brutally competitive and highly price-driven. It happens through hard work, innovation, and a different way of thinking ... Honk, Beep, Roar, Clank — Noisy Autos Wanted Publication Date: 12/16/2008 By Michael L. Martel I love irony, or the paradoxical humor that occasionally results from the Laws of Unintended Consequences. When I was a young literature student, I loved the stories by O. Henry. In one story, "The Gift of the Magi", a poor couple, much in love, secretly decide to give each other a Christmas gift that ... VC Cash Crunch May Impact Innovation Publication Date: 12/16/2008 By Mike Martel The financial mess has everyone jittery. I scan the news feeds every day and there are more dire predictions out there than you can imagine. No one knows for sure what's going to happen, yet at the same time there are few, if any, optimists. Alternative Energy: Photovoltaics Take the Lead Publication Date: 12/16/2008 By Michael L. Martel, Web Editor The escalating cost of oil and natural gas worldwide has forced commercial power-generating companies to raise their rates to offset higher fuel costs. These increasing rates are creating hardship for all consumers, from ordinary households to businesses of every size. The problem is so ... Wind Farms Proliferating Worldwide Publication Date: 11/1/2008 By Tom Adams Wind farms, one of the most viable candidates to replace parts of our oil-dependent technologies, are growing in numbers in the U.S., and have the potential to become more efficient than they are today. One of the newest is a modest farm of five 1.5 megawatt wind turbines located in Atlantic ...