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Discusses the challenges and future of neuromorphic computing, comparing digital computers and specialized hardware, such as SpiNNaker and NEST, while exploring the Human Brain Project's Neuromorphic Computing Platform.
Covers the history, trends, challenges, and applications of printed electronics, emphasizing large area manufacturing processes and flexible substrates.
Focuses on the development of 'eSee-Shells', chronic multimodal neural interface devices using transparent, inkjet-printed electrocorticography (ECoG) arrays.
Covers the fundamentals and processes for photovoltaic devices, focusing on thin film technologies and their advantages over wafers, including high efficiency and reduced material use.
Covers thin film solar cells, their advantages, market status, and challenges, including CdTe, CIGS, and perovskite cells, and explores the potential of multijunction cells.
Explores standard cell processing techniques for silicon solar cells, including PERC, PERL, and PERT structures, focusing on efficiency and manufacturing challenges.
Covers the introduction to Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), including operating principles, elements, scaling laws, silicon choice, sensors, and actuators.
Covers large area electronic materials, including components of TFT displays, photocopiers, and thin film solar cells, as well as manufacturing processes and global market trends.
Explores advanced solar cell technologies, including multi-junction cells and dye-sensitized solar cells, highlighting efficiency and cost-effectiveness.