2011 R&D 100 Awards Announced: 4 from Taiwan!?

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ROCKAWAY, N.J. – The editors of R&D Magazine have announced the winners of the 49th Annual R&D 100 Awards, which salute the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past year. Click here for a full list of this year's winners.

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/ T1 n" m  G8 hA strong field of entries this year gave our judges a challenge, but they ultimately emerged with a list of the top 100 high-technology products for 2011. The innovations are as wide-ranging as ever: electronic paper, renewable methane, a 3D camera, ceramic capacitors, and a composite bridge all made the grade.

The R&D 100 Awards have long been a benchmark of excellence for industry sectors as diverse as telecommunications, high-energy physics, software, manufacturing, and biotechnology. For industry leaders, government labs, and academic institutions, the awards can be vital for gauging their efforts at commercialization of emerging technologies. And in winning an R&D 100 Award, developers often find the push their product needs to find success in the marketplace.

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“During the recent economic downturn, industry, academia, and government labs continued to innovate. The editors were impressed with the strong field of candidates for this year’s R&D 100 Awards. The number of entries exceeded that of recent years,” said Rita Peters, editorial director of R&D Magazine.
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/ ^/ o( k1 `1 K/ P) T% X' oSince 1963, the R&D 100 Awards have identified revolutionary technologies newly introduced to the market. Many of these have become household names, helping shape everyday life for many Americans. These include the flashcube (1965), the automated teller machine (1973), the halogen lamp (1974), the fax machine (1975), the liquid crystal display (1980), the Kodak Photo CD (1991), the Nicoderm anti-smoking patch (1992), Taxol anticancer drug (1993), lab on a chip (1996), and HDTV (1998).

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% G6 ^% [. ?( d( u5 ?7 tWinners of the R&D 100 Awards are selected by an independent judging panel and the editors of R&D Magazine. The publication and its online portal serve research scientists, engineers, and other technical staff members at high tech industrial companies and public and private laboratories around the world.

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Winners will be recognized at the R&D 100 Awards Banquet on Oct. 13, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. A list of winning innovations is on the R&D 100 Awards website, www.rdmag.com. Additional information, including registration for the Orlando event, will be available at that website on July 1, 2011.

2011 R&D 100 Awards Winners
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Since its founding in 1959 as Industrial Research, R&D Magazine has served research scientists, engineers and technical staff at laboratories around the world, providing timely, informative news and useful technical articles that broaden readers’ knowledge of the research and development industry and improve the quality of their work. R&D Magazine is a publication of Advantage Business Media (www.advantagebusinessmedia.com).

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Primary Developer	2011 R&D 100 Winning Technology (Category)	Co-developers/Contributors
A123 Systems, Inc., USA	Nanophosphate Engine Start Battery (Energy Devices
Agilent Technologies, USA	Infiniium 90000 X-Series Oscilloscope (Electronic Instrumentation)
Argonne National Laboratory, USA	Advanced Ceramic Film Capacitors for Power Electronics in Electric Drive Vehicles (Electrical Devices)
Argonne National Laboratory, USA	Enhanced Renewable Methane Production System (Energy Devices)	Eurisko Scientific LLC
Argonne National Laboratory, USA	Integrated RF MEMS Switch/CMOS Device (Communication Technologies)	MEMtronics Corporation Innovative Micro Technologies 0 p( d, @# f7 d; \0 yPeregrine Semiconductor Advanced Diamond Technologies
Argonne National Laboratory, USA	Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (PAS) System for Remote Detection of Explosives and Chemicals (Safety and Security)
Battelle, USA	Rapid Enumerated Bioidentification System (REBS) (Environmental Technologies)
Black Box Network Services, USA	VirtuaCore Desktop Virtualization Computer Sharing (Information Technologies)	Fiddlehead
Brookfield Engineering Labs, Inc., USA	Powder Flow Tester (Laboratory Equipment)	The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, University of Greenwich
Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA	Maia X-ray Microprobe Detector System (Maia) (Analytical Instruments)	BNL Photon Sciences Directorate, BNL Instrumentation Division Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

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Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA	Multimodal Optical Nanoprobe (MON) (Imaging Technologies)	Nanofactory Instruments AB
Brooks Automation, Inc., USA	830 Vacuum Quality Monitor (VQMTM) (Analytical Instruments)
Bruker Nano Surfaces Division, USA	Acuity XR (Imaging Technologies)
Calabazas Creek Research Inc., USA	Controlled Porosity Reservoir Cathodes (Beam Instruments)	Ron Witherspoon Inc.
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, LLC, USA	LSM 780 (Imaging Technologies)
Dell Inc., USA	PowerEdge R810 (Information Technologies)
Dionex Corporation, USA	ICS-5000 Capillary Ion Chromatography System (Analytical Instruments)
Duraloy Technologies Inc., USA	New Stainless Steel Alloy Tooling For High Temperature Presses that Form Aircraft Components (Process Technologies)	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Energetiq Technology Inc., USA	EQ-99 LDLS Laser-Driven Light Source (Lasers and Photonics)
Excillum AB, Sweden	JXS-D1 (Beam Instruments)

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FibeRio Technologies, USA	Cyclone L-1000S and the Cyclone L-1000M Forcespinning Nanofiber Systems (Process Technologies)	University of Texas Pan American & }% W1 K' u$ K/ y" I+ R1 u1 I, [" kFibeRio Technology Corporation
GrafTech International Ltd., USA	eGraf SS1500 (Thermal Devices/Systems)
Hecus X-Ray Systems, Austria	S3-MICROcaliX (Analytical Instruments)	Laboratory Physico-Chimie des Systemes Polyphases, University of Paris # ~) b' G  b  sInstitute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Hitachi, Yokohama Research Laboratory, Japan	Picometer-Resolution Quantitative Metrology Atomic Force Microscope (QM-AFM) (Imaging Technologies)
Idaho National Laboratory, USA	Impedance Measurement Box (IMB) (Energy Devices)
Idaho National Laboratory, USA	Rad-Release Chemical Decontamination Technology (Rad-Release) (Chemicals)	Environmental Alternatives Inc.
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan	HyTAC (Thin-Film and Vacuum Technologies)
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan	i2R e-Paper, ITRI re-writable and re-usable electronic paper technology (Materials Sciences)
Institute for Information Industry (III), Taiwan	In-Snergy Technology: Cloud-based Intelligent Energy Management Technology (Energy Devices)
Intel, USA	The 2010 Intel Core Processor Family (Information Technologies)

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JEOL USA Inc., USA	JEOL InTouchScopeTM (JSM-6010LA) (Imaging Technologies)	JEOL Technics Ltd. JEOL Ltd.
Keithley, USA	Model 4225 PMU Ultra Fast I V Module (Electronic Instrumentation)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA	Magnetic Resonance Microarray Imaging (MRMI) (Imaging Technologies)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA	Nanostructured Antifogging Coatings (Materials Sciences)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA	Serrated Light Illumination for Deflection-Encoded Recording (SLIDER) (Imaging Technologies)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA	Stack Trace Analysis Tool (Software)	University of Wisconsin $ ], `5 {7 B  F5 p2 n- M; N; D* [University of New Mexico
Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA	NanoCluster Beacons (Life Sciences)
Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA	TAPSS: Trapped Annular Pressure Shrinking Spacer (Energy Devices)	Chevron–Energy Technology Company . K, i3 Z4 x" u2 H5 B# mBaker Hughes (Drilling Fluids Unit) 7 t. \( I+ D/ S4 ?, C, q. H6 HLucite International Ltd.
Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA	Th-ING: Thorium Is Now Green (Energy Devices)
Materials & Electrochemical Research Corp., USA	Supermagnets (Materials Sciences)

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Medtronic, USA	Arctic Front Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter (Cryoballoon) (Life Sciences)
MesoCoat Inc., USA	CermaClad (Process Technologies)	EMTEC ( I! p7 y. t% P. e; mOak Ridge National Laboratory
Mettler-Toledo Inc., USA	Flash DSC1 (Analytical Instruments)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, USA	Airborne Ladar Imaging Research Testbed (ALIRT) (Imaging Technologies)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, USA	Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR) Panel (Imaging Technologies)	M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, USA	Parallel Vector Tile Optimizing Library (PVTOL) (Software)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, USA	Pathogen Analyzer for Threatening Environmental Releases (PANTHER) Bioaerosol Identification System (Environmental Technologies)
Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Japan	Compact Injection Accelerator for Proton Therapy System (Beam Instruments)
Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Japan	Diamond Vision OLED (Electrical Devices)
NanoSonic Inc, USA	HybridSil (Materials Sciences)	U.S. Navy

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NASA Glenn Research Center, USA	Laser Pulse Stretcher (Lasers and Photonics)
NASA Glenn Research Center, USA	Multi-Parameter Aerosol Scattering Sensor (MPASS) (Safety and Security)
NASA Glenn Research Center, USA	Non-Flow-Through Fuel Cell Power System (Energy Devices)	Infinity Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Inc.
NASA Goddard Space, USA	Bartron Medical Imaging’s MED-SEG product using NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Recursive Hierarchical Segmentation (RHSEG) Software (Imaging Technologies)	Bartron Medical Imaging
NASA Langley Research Center, USA	SansEC Temperature Sensor (Electrical Devices)
National Energy Technology Laboratory, USA	APECS v2.0 with ANSYS DesignXplorerTM and ROM Builder (Software)	ANSYS Inc.
National Energy Technology Laboratory, USA	Mn-Co Coating for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Interconnects (Energy Devices)	West Virginia University Faraday Technology Inc.
National Energy Technology Laboratory, USA	Novel platinum/chromium alloy for the manufacture of improved coronary stents (Life Sciences)	Boston Scientific Corporation Inc.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA	Flash Quantum Efficiency System (NREL’s Real-Time Quantum Efficiency Technique/Tau Science’s FlashQE) (Energy Devices)	Tau Science Corporation
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA	Innovalight Silicon Ink for High-Efficiency Solar Cells (Energy Devices)	Innovalight Inc.

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA	Optical Cavity Furnace (Energy Devices)	AOS Solar Inc.
NT-MDT, Russia	NanoEducator II (Imaging Technologies)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA	Hydrogen safety sensor with nanostructured palladium cantilevers (Safety and Security)	University of Tennessee
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA	MADNESS software tool (Software)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA	Mesoporous carbon electrode for desalination (Materials Sciences)	Campbell Applied Physics
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA	NextAire Packaged Gas Heat Pump (Energy Devices)	Southwest Gas (SWG) + r$ R  Z! j* p& \  {: A9 @IntelliChoice Energy
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA	Ultra-high Storage Density, Self-assembled, Magnetic Media (Materials Sciences)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA	Array Detection Technology for Mass Spectrometry (ADT-MS) (Analytical Instruments)	University of Arizona Indiana University $ S) |+ B' a% z  X) d9 L3 TiMAGERLABS . L- O4 n; T) w" q( A1 F1 XSPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA	Dynaforge – A Solid-State Dynamic Powder Compaction Process for Production of High-Performance Tools and Dies (Process Technologies)	Carpenter Powder Products
PANalytical B.V., The Netherlands	Empyrean (Analytical Instruments)

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Panasonic Corp., USA	Integrated Twin-Lens 3D Camera-Recorder - AG-3DA1 (Consumer Products)
Perfinity Biosciences Inc., USA	Perfinity Workstation (Analytical Instruments)	Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Inc.
Pivotal Systems, USA	Gas Flow Monitor (GFM-800A) (Mechanical Systems)
Plasticell Limited, UK	CombiCult v.2.0 (Life Sciences)
Princeton Power Systems Inc., USA	Demand Response Inverter (DRI) (Energy Devices)	Sandia National Laboratories
Reinnervate Ltd., UK	alvetex (Life Sciences)
Rigol Technologies Inc., USA	Rigol DS6104 Digital Oscilloscope (Electronic Instrumentation)
RTI International, USA	NLITe – Nanofiber Lighting Improvement Technology (Materials Sciences)
RTI International Metals Inc., USA	Continuously Cast Titanium Near Net Ingots (Materials Sciences)	U.S. Army ARDEC RDAR-MEE + o! G: U; p- Y  P5 }American Engineering & Manufacturing   R7 d4 S6 v1 d7 R: r/ n: X, AAdvanced Design Industries Inc.
SAES Getters SpA, Italy	NEXTorr D 100-5 (Thin-Film and Vacuum Technologies)	SAES Advanced Technologies SpA

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Sandia National Laboratories, USA	Biomimetic Membranes for Water Purification (Environmental Technologies)	University of New Mexico
Sandia National Laboratories, USA	Microresonator Filters and Frequency References (Electrical Devices)
Sandia National Laboratories, USA	Ultra-high-voltage Silicon Carbide Thyristor (Electrical Devices)	GeneSiC Semiconductor Inc. 2 F. h" X; g4 I% g+ Z( `( Y! V- N4 dU.S. Department of Energy/Energy Delivery U.S. Army/ERDC
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, USA	Porous Walled, Hollow Glass Microspheres (PW-HGMs) (Materials Sciences)	Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing NA Inc. Georgia Health Sciences University
Sierra Lobo, Inc., USA	Cryo-Force Power-Cell (Energy Devices)	Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR) Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC)
Southwest Research Institute, USA	Dual Coil Offset (DCO) Ignition System (Mechanical Systems)
State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA	Electricity-generating shock absorbers (Mechanical Systems)
Stryker, USA	ADM X3 Mobile Bearing Hip Acetabular System (Life Sciences)
Sun Innovations Inc., USA	Digital Projection Display on Crystal-Clear Emissive Screen (Imaging Technologies)
Taiwan Textile Research Institute, Taiwan	All-Foldable Fabric Ultra-Capacitor (Electrical Devices)	Litnertex Co.,Ltd.

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Tennant Company, UK	500ZE Electric Suction Sweeper (Mechanical Systems)
Tesla NanoCoatings Ltd., USA	Teslan Carbon Nanocoating (Materials Sciences)	U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA	Thermo Scientific Evolution 201/220/260 UV-Visible Spectrophotometers Featuring INSIGHT and CUE Software (Analytical Instruments)
3M Company, USA	3M Twin Axial Ribbon Cable, SL8800 Series (Electrical Devices)
U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center, USA	All Thermoplastic Composite, I-Beam Design, High-Capacity Bridge System (Mechanical Systems)	Rutgers University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering 3 v& Z0 h' U9 U* w: qAxion International McLaren Engineering Group
University of Colorado, USA	Compact, high-energy density, high-temperature superconducting cable (Electrical Devices)	National Institute of Standards and Technology
Varian Medical Systems, USA	TrueBeam and TrueBeam STx (Imaging Technologies)
WITec GmbH, Germany	True Surface Microscopy (Imaging Technologies)
Xeridiem Medical Devices, USA	PleuraFlow Catheter System (Life Sciences)	Carbon Design Group   _; X( _( I7 I0 h4 DClear Catheter Systems
Y-12 National Security Complex, USA	RonJohn (Chemicals)	RockinBoat LLP

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獲有產業創新奧斯卡獎美譽的R＆D 100 Awards大獎 紡織產業綜合研究所可摺疊式織物超級電容獲肯定
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& N* O/ m2 o: v8 |     【台北訊】紡織產業綜合研究所透過經濟部技術處科專計畫支持，開發以織物為基材之「可摺疊式織物超級電容」，這項厚度小於0.1公分、可折疊的新一代電池，頃獲得有「產業創新奧斯卡獎」美譽的R ＆ D 10 0 Awards大獎肯定，成為台灣紡織界第一個獲R＆D 100榮耀的代表。
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2 O4 j$ v7 O; Q! ]2 B8 c　　「可摺疊式織物超級電容」為一種輕薄且可完全對摺之超級電容，厚度小0.1公分，像紙一般的輕薄。其主要載體為導電纖維紡織品，有別於一般圓柱體狀之超級電容，其單位重量之電容量為一般超級電容10倍以上。

　　具有優於市售圓柱體狀超級電容之功能，且輕量、薄型與可摺疊性，可與電池整合開發，初期鎖定小功率能源供電系統為主，包含數位相機、小型風力發電機、手工具機、電動腳踏車、太陽能袋包箱等，未來相關產品的體積重量都能大大減輕，並賦予更優異的供電功能。

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可重覆書寫電子紙i2R e-Paper。工研院／提供

- @3 p( @  c6 K" g【台北訊】工研院以優異創新研發實力，連續三年獲選全球百大科技研發獎，今年更一舉以兩項環保顯示科技「可重覆書寫電子紙i2R e-Paper」及「新型偏光板保護膜HyTAC」獲獎，與Intel、Dell、3M、Hitachi等國際知名大廠共同躋身全球百大科技，創下四度蟬 聯紀錄。

3 r: r9 @/ x& z「百大科技研發獎」是研發領域極為推崇的科技研發國際大獎，每年從全球上千件創新技術中，挑選出100項年度具重大創新意義及對人類生活影響深遠的商品化技術，如液晶螢幕、提款機、塔塔汽車等，今年已邁入第49屆。

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未來新紙張 「可重覆書寫電子紙i2R e-Paper」

工 研院影像顯示科技中心主任程章林表示，在經濟部技術處科技專案支持下，工研院以未來需求「行動智慧生活」與「綠色節能顯示」為應用導向，擘畫創新的軟性顯 示科技研發。在工研院跨領域研發團隊們鍥而不捨的投入，及全力推動產品技術產業化的決心下，已完成不少突破性創新成果。如去年勇奪華爾街日報科技創新獎桂 冠及百大科技獎的「超薄軟性螢幕」（FlexUPD），將賦予未來智慧行動裝置有輕、薄、不怕摔的優點。今年很榮幸再度受美國百大科技獎肯定的工研院「可 重覆書寫電子紙」（i2R e- Paper），則是一以環保及節能為應用訴求的特殊綠色節能顯示科技。

「可重覆書寫電子紙」只需用 「熱」即可將儲存或傳輸的影像寫在軟性膽固醇液晶面板上。本電子紙可達300dpi的高解析度，具有記憶功能，不耗電、更換任何內容時，只要放入電子紙使 用的熱寫機，即能一次完成影像清除及寫入步驟，具有環保及可多次重覆使用的優點。同時，該熱寫頭體積小、低耗電，不用另外進行影像清除步驟，製作成本低及 容易進行量產。該項技術近期已完成4家材料廠及5家設備業者的業界科技專案，也已技術移轉給長春化工。未來可製作不限長度的數位書畫、電子看板、情境壁 紙、大面積數位看板等創新應用，預計將可帶動廣告、建築及文化創意產業的新商機。

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綠色環保的「新型偏光板保護膜HyTAC」

9 q4 X1 G# r- ^- M$ ?工 研院材化所所長蘇宗粲表示，「新型偏光板保護膜」（HyTAC）是工研院自2003年開始由李宗銘組長所帶領的團隊開始進行，能讓LCD顯示器使用的材料 更綠色環保，並具備絕佳的透光性及穩定性。這項科技是以獨特的有機無機奈米混成材料技術，研發出具高透光性及低毒性製程之透明光學膜，不但符合環保趨勢， 更能替代現有偏光板用 「三醋酸纖維素膜」（TAC膜），成為國內自主研發的關鍵材料，有助提升國內LCD顯示器產業的競爭實力，成為應用更廣泛的顯示器上游材料。
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5 b5 g4 e* b8 e. A- V由 於偏光板是LCD的重要關鍵零組件，現有偏光板其結構是在具有偏光功能的「聚乙烯醇膜」（PVA膜）兩邊黏貼具良好透光吸水的「三醋酸纖維素膜」（TAC 膜），因全球目前使用的偏光板TAC保護膜其製程中所使用的二氯甲烷溶劑，必須使用昂貴的處理設備以確保在製程中不洩漏與殘存，佔製造成本極高比例，因此 工研院運用「環氧樹脂二氧化矽奈米混成材料」技術，成功研發出可替代傳統TAC膜的高透光性「新型偏光板保護膜」（HyTAC）材料，不需要使用二氯甲烷 溶劑，可以減少2/3的廢氣回收設備成本，符合環保趨勢，同時具備優異的3D光學折射率等向性，適合新一代「平面轉換模式液晶面板」（IPS MODE）使用，具有極大市場應用潛力，此技術目前已技轉給國內相關廠商進行量產製程開發，其環保低成本製程及光學特性優勢，將為LCD顯示材料科技帶來 新一波市場發展契機。

  g$ y$ v. @! }* w: m( D* H" N工研院已連續四年創下得獎紀錄，前三年分別以On-Chip AC LED照明技術、高安全性鋰電池STOBA、環保防火材料「REDDEX」、區域化2D/3D切換立體顯示器及多用途軟性電子基板技術等創新發明，獲全球 百大科技獎，今年再度獲獎，代表國際對工研院技術研發的肯定！R&D 100 Award頒獎典禮將於今年10月在奧蘭多舉行。

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圖說: In-Snergy「雲端智慧綠能管理系統」勇奪2011 R&D100百大科技研發獎;資策會執行長李世光(前排左三)、副執行長何寶中(後排左四)、網路多媒體研究所所長馮明惠(前排左二)及研發團隊莊棨椉組長(後排左三)等人於今(27)日記者會上共同合影留念。

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素有「產業創新奧斯卡獎(The Oscars of Invention-The Chicago Tribune)」美名的百大科技研發獎R&D 100 Award，2011年第49屆得獎名單於台北時間23日正式向全球公佈。財團法人資訊工業策進會獲選為2011年全球百大科技得獎單位！資策會今年首度以網路多媒體研究所研發之「In-Snergy(Internet Smart Energy)雲端智慧綠能管理系統」，在全球各項技術激烈角逐下脫穎而出，勇奪全球百大科技獎，讓台灣科技軟實力在世界發光發亮，受國際高度肯定。

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In-Snergy關鍵技術跨產業合作 衍生應用服務嘉惠社會大眾

      由經濟部技術處指導，資策會網路多媒體研究所執行「先進感知系統與綠能應用技術計畫」所研發之In-Snergy雲端智慧綠能管理系統，其關鍵技術包括：迴路辨識與高可靠後端管理平台等；目前此套系統已先後應用於統一超商、友達光電台中廠、那魯灣飯店及遠雄三峽銀髮族住宅等。除此之外，資策會更將此技術實地應用於該企業的辦公室及坐落於民生社區的民生科服大樓，作為實證研究，節電費比率高達27%。
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此次獲獎的In-Snergy，對一般消費者在日常生活中的節能省電，有很大的助益。我們可從幾家與資策會合作的業者，針對一般民眾的需求，所發展出的應用服務來了解。例如：導入資策會In-Snergy的業者新光保全曾表示，資策會此項節能應用平台，目前已進入試運轉階段，客戶端採用勝德國際研發的能源感知插座，及家用能源管理閘道器；後台使用資策會所開發的In-Snergy為架構；結合新光保全天天樂活網內「節能網」，提供客戶在電子保全服務的防盜感知器防護選項外，另一種新的電力監控服務。

另外，新光保全也和合作伙伴導入資策會的後端節能管理平台，來開拓市場商機。如結合電力管理系統及軟體後端管理平台的特點，共同推出具有節能管理概念的「電力節能保全」，未來保全服務中可增加「節能管理」項目。除以家庭用戶為主要族群外，另同步展開企業、廠辦、連鎖店、大賣場等用電量高的對象使用。

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由於In-Snergy發揮在節能效益上相當大，因此，資策會表示，網路多媒體研究所開發的In-Snergy只是個開始，未來的研發方向將整合更多的應用，包括AMI智慧電表，以及應用在太陽能、再生能源、需量反應、及LED路燈照明等領域中。整體目標希望提供民眾能以「記錄用電」、「行為辨識」、「調控與提示」三步驟，真正達到「聰明用電」、「有感智慧」的境界。

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/ e' u( R& E) Y7 w圖說: In-Snergy雲端智慧綠能管理系統,其關鍵技術包括:迴路辨識與高可靠後端管理平台;透過其多元智慧插座及通訊裝置,家用電器可透過「雲端電力感測設備」精準監控家中電力流量，以「記錄用電」、「行為辨識」、「調控與提示」三步驟，達到「聰明用電」、「有感智慧」。
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電線走火激發研發構想 In-Snergy 雲端智慧綠能管理系統如中醫把脈, 看診不中斷
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「想起十多年前一場電線走火意外，大火頓時吞噬高雄老家一、二樓透天厝的那一幕…」，資策會網路多媒體研究所主要負責研發 In-Snergy的莊棨(ㄑㄧˇ)椉(ㄔㄥˊ)組長內心還是相當激動，但卻也正因此埋下了他潛心研發「用電安全」領域前瞻技術的種子。根據內政部消防署統計，火災的成因有36%是來自電器發生短路或走火導致，係多數火災發生的最主要因素之一。此「雲端智慧綠能管理系統」係透過監控家中電器設備與雲端平台的整合，提供消費者隨時隨地透過智慧裝置掌握、查閱最即時的電力使用狀況、甚或提醒您關閉電源；換句話說，In-Snergy就像是中醫把脈一樣，24小時全年無休地幫您診斷、健檢電力使用狀況，並適時提出警訊，至於搭配裝置之一的電力計(iSocket)則就像是把脈器，藉由iSocket 量測電流的脈博，分析與辨識電力的使用與健康狀態。
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