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The JOOS Orange Portable Solar Charger
The JOOS Orange allows you to get out and experience all that the world has to offer without worrying about the low battery warning on your phone. Utilize the power of the sun to stay connected to the people you love. Explore the world you live in without worrying about where you’ll find an outlet [...]
Shrink Nanotechnologies acquires exclusive worldwide license to ‘Electronic Glue’
Shrink Nanotechnologies Inc., an innovative nanotechnology companydeveloping products and licensing opportunities in the solar energyindustry, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, has formed a wholly owned subsidiarycalled BlackBox Semiconductor Inc. BlackBox has entered into aworldwide multi-year exclusive license with the University of Chicago,licensing work based on Assistant Professor of Chemistry, [...]
MEMC Electronic Materials Announces Favorable Rulings In Patent Lawsuit $WFR
MEMC Electronic Materials just announced that the patent lawsuitbrought against the company by Soitec has been concluded. The rulingswere mostly in MEMC’s favor, as Soitec was found to be infringing onMEMC’s ‘812 patent. MEMC was found to be infringing on Soitec’s ‘009patent, but only in relation to wafers produced for research anddevelopment in between 2004-2006. [...]
PV Piezoelectric Fiber for Electronic Devices
Research scientists at the University of Bolton have developed a new piezoelectric-photovoltaic fiber that can be woven into various gadgets to power them using motion and light. Thescientists already created a flexible piezoelectric fiber that canharness motion, but now they have added a photovoltaic fiber that wouldmake the material a solar energy source as well. [...]
MEMC Electronic Materials Earnings Disappoints, Stock Plummets AH $WFR
Every quarter for about the past year or more, traders have highexpectations and each quarter, MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR)disappoints. They’ve done it again after the bell today. While the company did post non GAAP revenues abit higher than analyst expectations at $551 million, they missed theEPS consensus estimate of .13/share by posting .10/share. “Our third [...]
MEMC Electronic Materials Reinstates $550 Million Share Repurchase Program
I’m starting to get real interested in shares of MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR)down here and today’s announcement that the company will reinstate their repurchase program may just get me into a small position soon. Theprogram was suspended in April 2009, but has been reinstated. Up to$550 million in repurchase capacity remains and the company may [...]
MEMC Electronic Materials Gobbles Up Solaicx
MEMCElectronic Materials just announced that it will be acquiring Solaicx, a company that has developed a patented continuous crystal growthmanufacturing technology. This technology enables solar companies toproduce more efficient monocrystalline silicon wafers at a low cost. Solaicx is privately held; MEMC Electronic Materials will pay itssecurityholders $66 million in cash plus additional cash to cover [...]
Thanko Portable Electronic Solar Charger
We regularly encourage our readers to ditch socket charging and rely more on solar chargers that are available on the market to power theirelectronic gear in a clean way. However, most solar chargers come with a wall charging socket for overcast days or use after dark. Japanesemanufacturer Thankois trying to better the ability of solar [...]
MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR) Buys Stake In Eversol
MEMC Electronic Materials just announced that they have acquired anownership stake in Taiwanese solar wafer manufacturer Eversol. To startwith, MEMC Electronic Materials amended a contract with Gintech toallow it to purchase Gintech’s 8.36% interest in Eversol at the priceGintech originally paid for it. Then, MEMC spent 5 million more on anadditional 5.1 million shares, meaning [...]