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ReportsnReports.com has released a new market research report that forecasted the energy harvesting devices market to grow at 17% CAGR by 2018. The report divides the market into five segments: consumer electronics, military and aerospace, bicycle dynamo, wristwatches and others.

The inaugural season of Formula E, the world’s first fully-electric racing series, is scheduled to start in September 2014 with 10 teams consisting of 2 drivers each and will compete in 10 cities around the world.

MIT engineers have created a new material that was inspired by natural materials that feature the advantages of live cells and their ability to respond to their environment. This new material was demonstrated using bacterial cells that were coaxed to produce biofilms that can combine with nonliving materials.

A team of electrical engineers from the University of Utah has developed the smallest plasma transistors that can endure high temperatures and ionizing radiation. Measuring one to six microns long, these new transistors are 500 times smaller and operate at one-sixth of the voltage of current microplasma devices.