Transparent Flexible Solar Cells

clipped from www.nytimes.com Solar Tech: Not Just on the Roof Anymore PHOTOVOLTAIC cells are already a familiar sight on rooftops. But one day, miniature cells may also be found in more unconventional places: power-generating windows, car sunroofs or even awnings. clipped from www.ecofriend.org Eco Tech: Semitransparent solar cells to begin a new era of solar electronics John A. Rogers, a professor of material science and engineering, has developed a new technology which enables solar cells to be printed on many materials, making them flexible and efficient at the same time. The technology is based on the use of ultrathin, semitransparent cells enabling developers to print cells on plastic rolls that could be unfurled for dozens of uses or stamped onto fabric for energy-generating shirts. clipped from www.youtube.com clipped from rogers.mse.uiuc.edu Rogers Research Group We seek to understand and exploit interesting characteristics of 'soft' materials, such as polymers, liquid crystals, and biological tissues as well as hybrid combinations of these materials with unusual classes of inorganics, such as nanoribbons, wires and platelets.

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1. Miniaturizing Solar Technology With Flexible Photovoltaic Cells - NYTimes.com
2. Eco Tech: Semitransparent Solar Cells To Begin A New Era Of Solar Electronics - Ecofriend
3. YouTube - See Through Solar Cells
4. John Rogers' Homepage
5. Rogers' Current Research Projects

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Flexible Display Technology

clipped from www.businesswire.com HP and Arizona State University Demo Flexible, Unbreakable Displays HP and the Flexible Display Center at ASU are collaborating on flexible display technology, paper-like computer displays made almost entirely of plastic. The technology is easily portable and consumes less power than today's computer displays. (Photo: Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University) clipped from www.businesswire.com Flexible displays are paper-like computer displays made almost entirely of plastic. This technology enables displays to become easily portable and consumes less power than today’s computer displays. Popular applications for the technology could include electronic paper and signage. clipped from flexdisplay.asu.edu The Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University (ASU) is a university, industry, government collaborative venture designed to advance full color flexible display technology and flexible display manufacturing to the brink of commercialization. clipped from flexdisplay.asu.edu Member Technologies Electrophoretic Ink Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Integrated Sub-systems

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Samsung's Flexible OLED Mobile

clipped from www.cdfreaks.com Samsung shows off flexible OLED display Electronics giant Samsung has successfully demonstrated a mobile phone with a flexible OLED display, though it will be a while before consumers can get their hands on this technology. clipped from www.cdrinfo.com A demonstration of the new phone is available in the following Youtube video. clipped from www.oled-info.com More info and a better video of the Samsung flexible oled mobile phone prototype Apparently what Samsung are doing is tiling two OLED displays side by side, to create a larger display. So this is not really a flexible OLED at all - just two thin OLED put together! clipped from www.oled-info.com As a reminder, Samsung displayed this new flexible display a few weeks ago. It's a 4" display, 480x272, contrast 100,000:1, 200cd/m2 luminence. It is very thin - 0.05mm.

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Sony’s Flexible OLED Display

clipped from living.oneindia.in Foldable Computer And TV Screens To Be A Reality Thanks to the efforts of researchers from Sony and the Max Planck Institute, now we may soon have computers that can be folded up to be put in the pocket and televisions sets that can be bended to view Published in the New Journal of Physics, a study conducted by the researchers heralds the beginning of a technological revolution for screen displays. It demonstrates, for the first time, the possibility of bendable optically assessed organic light emitting displays, based on red or IR-A light upconversion. clipped from www.techradar.com Sony demos transparent, flexible OLED display Breakthrough for emissive displays will revolutionise portable TVs, ebooks and digital newspapers clipped from www.techradar.com clipped from www.reghardware.co.uk Sony's curved OLED Sony has gotten all bent out of shape over OLED screens and given gadget fans a sneak preview of its curved organic LED display. The screen's just 0.3mm thick clipped from www.planarembedded.com What Would You Do with a See-through Display? clipped from machinesthatgobing.com Sony’s flexible 11-inch OLED display flaunted at CEATEC clipped from uk.youtube.com

The Bionic Eye -- Flexible web of micro-sensors enables eye-shaped camera

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Clipped from: The bionic eye: Light-curving camera that may help the blind to see | Mail Online

06th August 2008

The bionic eye: Light-curving camera that may help the blind to see

For years, scientists have set their sights on creating bionic eye transplants to help the blind see.

Yesterday they came a step closer after announcing they had made a camera that can reproduce human vision.

American researchers predict it will revolutionise digital photography and video - and one day even give the gift of sight.

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Clipped from: New Light Sensor Mimicks Eye for Superior Camera Performance - Medgadget - www.medgadget.com

New Light Sensor Mimicks Eye for Superior Camera Performance

One of the disadvantages of modern photo cameras is the flat image sensor that converts light into electric signals. Because of its shape, optics must make up for various aberrations that come to light (excuse the pun). Now scientists at Northwestern University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed technology that allows for building curved sensors and accompanying electronics. The technology one day might come in handy for developing artificial retinas or next generation endoscopic devices.

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Clipped from: nsf.gov - News - The Shape of Things to Come - US National Science Foundation (NSF)


Press Release 08-132
The Shape of Things to Come

Flexible web of micro-sensors enables eye-shaped camera, heralds new class of electronics technology that can conform to almost any shape

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Clipped from: nsf.gov - News - Video - John Rogers describes the new camera he helped develop that is based on the eye's structure. - US National Science Foundation (NSF)

View video interviews by engineers John Rogers of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Yonggang Huang of Northwestern University.

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Clipped from: nsf.gov - News - Video - Yonggang Huang describes the new retina-like camera sensor and flexible photosensitive pixels. - US National Science Foundation (NSF)

Yonggang Huang describes the new retina-like camera sensor and flexible photosensitive pixels.

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