Product category:
Recruitment, Reports and Resources
News Release from: Technology Strategy Board
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 January 2008
Efficiency research receives GBP10
million boost
The Technology Strategy Board has allocated GBP10 million to invest in collaborative research in areas such as lasers, high brightness LEDs (in-organic and/or organic) and displays.
Research and development into the integration and advancement of more energy-efficient lighting, lasers and displays is set to be stimulated through a GBP10 million investment by the Technology Strategy Board The Technology Strategy Board has allocated the money to invest in collaborative research in areas such as lasers, high-brightness LEDs (in-organic and/or organic) and displays
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Engineers and technicians must be trained
Leading UK engineering and technology firms, with a combined multi-million pound spend on training and development, will assemble at the IEE 'Investing in Technical Teams' forum on 4 November 2004.
Workshop gives complete picture on CE.NET 5.0
A UK-based workshop will give embedded software development engineers hands-on experience in running the new 5.0 release of Windows CE.NET on next generation processors.
The Technology Strategy Board's investment will provide partial funding for winning projects in one or more of these areas and which involve businesses working collaboratively with other businesses and/or with research organisations and academic institutions.
The Advanced Lighting, Lasers and Displays competition will stimulate UK companies to address the challenges of establishing solutions which improve device efficiency while reducing energy consumption or successfully integrating new and existing component technologies to provide physical proofs of principle.
The investment will help to accelerate development, bringing the technologies quickly and cost-effectively to market.
Further reading
DSP seminars focus on video applications
Abacus Polar is hosting two DSP seminars with Texas Instruments.
Latest Verilog standard released
IEEE 1364-2001, the Verilog hardware description language (HDL) standard, also known as Verilog-2001, was approved by the IEEE as a revised standard in March of this year.
Technology Strategy Board Chief Executive Iain Gray said: "Lighting accounts for up to 20% of the UK's power".
"As we move towards a lower-carbon economy and recognise the need for more efficient energy use, developing advanced light sources becomes increasingly important".
"Advanced light sources are an area where the UK has both an excellent reputation for world-class research activity and a healthy industrial base with the capability to exploit the results globally".
Projects are invited that will result in improvements in the overall efficiency with which light is generated, across a range of applications from solid-state lighting through brighter displays to laser systems.
Projects that demonstrate system level improvements in light generation/extraction techniques are particularly welcomed in the following areas; - Electronic, packaging and optical coupling techniques to enable reliable, sustainable, cost-effective, high-brightness, quality, high-efficiency organic and/or inorganic, general and task lighting systems as well as mood lighting, indicator lighting and display lighting systems.
- Research, development and design of advanced diode and nondiode laser systems such as solid-state and fibre lasers and their innovative use in healthcare, manufacturing and other applications.
- Integration of component technologies to provide physical proofs of principle and demonstrations of practicality.
Proposals could involve advances in thermal/power management, packaging technologies, improved optical extraction technologies, driver integration or other techniques.
Applicants must register their intention to apply for funding and submit an outline of their proposal, by 22nd February 2008 and the final closing date for applications is 27th March 2008.
• Technology Strategy Board: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Electronicstalk email newsletter
• Electronicstalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
