Smart Grids Bring Opportunity for T&D Equipment As Smart Grids evolve they will require a new breed of transmission and distribution equipment with entirely new capabilities, the result of which could be game changing for T&D equipment makers. Time for a Dose of Market Realism in "Printed Electronics" Let's face it, printed electronics hasn't turned out the way we all hoped. Just a few years ago the market was talking itself into a frenzy--sharing fantasies of those majestic R2R fabs churning out organic RFID tags and display backplanes with the speed of the New York Times coming off the presses. New Materials Line Up for Anti-Static Applications While the market for electrostatic discharge (ESD) coatings, materials, and devices is growing with the proliferation of electronic devices and components, an even more exciting development is the introduction of new, high-tech materials into the ESD marketplace. Changing Opportunities for Transparent Conductors in the Touch-Screen Industry Touch-screen displays, a target for the ITO-alternatives business for a few years now, were singled out as a special opportunity for ITO alternatives because of their particular vulnerability to ITO's tendency to crack. Medical Diagnostics: An Opportunity for Printed Electronics Over the past two decades, more accurate, convenient and earlier diagnoses have become a key strategy to reduce medical costs. This trend toward improved diagnostic technology will only grow in importance in the future as the first Baby Boomers turn seventy (in 2011) and as millions of people in less-developed nations begin to utilize more Western healthcare technology as their countries grow richer. BIPV as Marketing Strategy The photovoltaics industry will need to remake itself in the post-recession era. The days of hyper-growth are gone for now and at NanoMarkets we believe that the industry will increasingly face a new set of challenges that two years ago would have been glossed over as "nothing much to worry about."

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