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LATEST ARTICLES FROM 3D Printing Progress

Healthy Sugar and 3D Printable Materials from Soy Hulls
Researchers at the University of Louisville (UofL) Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research and Department of Mechanical Engineering are working to transform soy hulls left over from soybean processing into valuable food and industrial products. The...
Versatile, Innovative Printing System Successfully Established
An innovative 2PP 3D-printing system that is capable of manufacturing across twelve orders of magnitude with exceptional speed has hit the market with great success, enabling fabrication of polymeric microparts from the nano to centimeter range. Seve...
3D Printed Smart Gel Changes Shape When Exposed to Light
Inspired by the color-changing skin of cuttlefish, octopuses and squids, Rutgers engineers have created a 3D-printed smart gel that changes shape when exposed to light, becomes "artificial muscle" and may lead to new military camouflage, so...
Finance for 3D Printed Solid State Batteries
Blackstone Resources AG has entered a convertible loan facility agreement for up to CHF 20 million valid for three years. The convertible loan has a zero percent coupon and can be divided between various noteholders. Any conversion into equity is not...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Advanced Batteries & Energy Storage Research

Safer, Less Expensive and Fast Charging Aqueous Battery
Lithium-ion batteries are critical for modern life, from powering our laptops and cell phones to those new holiday toys. But there is a safety risk - the batteries can catch fire. Zinc-based aqueous batteries avoid the fire hazard by using a water-...
Kauai Renewable Power with Solar Plus Pumped Hydro Storage
Kaua'i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) has signed agreements with The AES Corporation for the development, construction, and operation of the cooperative's solar pumped storage hydro project, also known as the West Kaua'i Energy Project (WKEP). A p...
The Future of Stationary Energy Storage is Led by Policy & Renewables
Electricity generation from renewable energies is growing on a daily basis and, to integrate their variable nature, energy storage systems are growing in parallel. IDTechEx have investigated the evolution of the energy storage market, forecasting its...
World's Largest Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage System now Online
Vistra Corp's Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility is connected to the power grid and began operating in December 2020. At 300 megawatts/1,200 megawatt-hours, the lithium-ion battery storage system, located on-site at Vistra's Moss Landing Power Plan...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Artificial Intelligence Research

Hybrid Chips can run AI on Battery Powered Devices
Smartwatches and other battery-powered electronics would be even smarter if they could run AI algorithms. But efforts to build AI-capable chips for mobile devices have so far hit a wall - the so-called "memory wall" that separates data proc...
Panasonic Automotive Brings Drivers AI Enhanced Situational Awareness
Panasonic Automotive Systems of America is pleased to introduce its new Augmented Reality HUD. A leader in projection generation innovation, Panasonic utilizes its latest advances in optics, volume optimization and imaging technology, combined with A...
Hungry Salmon Revealed with Sound Waves and AI
The feed cost represents about 50 percent of the costs of farming salmon. But how do we know if the salmon is hungry or still full? Researchers have rethought to find answers. The result is less wastage and pollution - and enough food for the salmon....
Breakthrough Manufacturing Process for Sensor for Smart Contact Lenses
In a paper published by the journal Matter, engineers from the University of Surrey together with partners from Harvard University, University of Science and Technology of China, UK National Physical Laboratory, George Washington University and Zheji...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Electric Vehicles Research

6G Communications: Fronthaul backhaul drones
GM Launches BrightDrop to Electrify Delivery of Goods and Services
General Motors has announced a new business, BrightDrop, which will offer an ecosystem of electric first-to-last-mile products, software and services to empower delivery and logistics companies to move goods more efficiently. These BrightDrop solutio...
Drones: The Key Technology for the Next Decade
Drones are the key technology of the coming two decades. They are used in many different aspects of industry, and commercial use of this technology has never been higher. In its new market research report, " Drone Market and Industries 2021-2041...
Archer, and FCA to Accelerate EVTOL Production
Archer and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) have entered into a definitive agreement to enable Archer to benefit from access to FCA's low-cost supply chain, advanced composite material capabilities, and engineering and design experience. California-...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Global Biotechnology Insights

Verve CRISPR Editing Treatment Selected for Human Trials
Verve Therapeutics, a biotech company pioneering gene editing medicines to treat cardiovascular disease, announced new data demonstrating both durable and consistent lowering of blood low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels at six months a...
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Helps Language Learning in Adults
A recent study conducted by teams at the University of Maryland and Walter Reed Medical Center showed language learning advantages with tVNS (transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation), including up to a 30% increase in accuracy and recall for some subj...
Stimulating Endings of the Vagus Nerve with Light to Combat Obesity
Gastric bypass surgery is sometimes the last resort for those who struggle with obesity or have serious health-related issues due to their weight. Since this procedure involves making a small stomach pouch and rerouting the digestive tract, it is ver...
Breakthrough Manufacturing Process for Sensor for Smart Contact Lenses
In a paper published by the journal Matter, engineers from the University of Surrey together with partners from Harvard University, University of Science and Technology of China, UK National Physical Laboratory, George Washington University and Zheji...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Off Grid Energy Independence

New Solar Arrays to Power NASA's International Space Station Research
As the International Space Station orbits Earth, its four pairs of solar arrays soak up the sun's energy to provide electrical power for the numerous research and science investigations conducted every day, as well as the continued operations of the ...
Kauai Renewable Power with Solar Plus Pumped Hydro Storage
Kaua'i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) has signed agreements with The AES Corporation for the development, construction, and operation of the cooperative's solar pumped storage hydro project, also known as the West Kaua'i Energy Project (WKEP). A p...
ARMOR Solar Power Films Introduces True Gray Solar Film
ARMOR solar power films, a leader in manufacturing organic photovoltaics (OPV), and Nano-C Inc, a producer of patented nanostructured carbon materials, including fullerenes, fullerene derivatives, and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT), announce ...
Two Sided Solar Cells to Collect Scattered Light
To increase the performance of solar panels, a team of researchers based in Saudi Arabia, Italy, Germany and Canada has created a bifacial, or two-sided, tandem solar cell, built by bringing together the best of the perovskite and silicon technologie...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Printed Electronics World

Smart Water Networks Able to Detect a Looming Crisis
It is possible with technology to better predict how people use water and monitor its quality. This technology currently exists. For example, manufacturing industries such as semi-conductor manufacturing monitor water for trace metals. The same senso...
Innovation Award for RFID Temperature Scanning System
Powercast, a leader in RF wireless power, has received an innovation award for its for its newly launched wirelessly-powered RFID Temperature Scanning System, which enables businesses to easily and safely monitor employees' temperatures in support of...
ARMOR Solar Power Films Introduces True Gray Solar Film
ARMOR solar power films, a leader in manufacturing organic photovoltaics (OPV), and Nano-C Inc, a producer of patented nanostructured carbon materials, including fullerenes, fullerene derivatives, and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT), announce ...
Two Sided Solar Cells to Collect Scattered Light
To increase the performance of solar panels, a team of researchers based in Saudi Arabia, Italy, Germany and Canada has created a bifacial, or two-sided, tandem solar cell, built by bringing together the best of the perovskite and silicon technologie...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Robotics Research

Drones: The Key Technology for the Next Decade
Drones are the key technology of the coming two decades. They are used in many different aspects of industry, and commercial use of this technology has never been higher. In its new market research report, " Drone Market and Industries 2021-2041...
Robot Displays a Glimmer of Empathy to a Partner Robot
Like a longtime couple who can predict each other's every move, a Columbia Engineering robot has learned to predict its partner robot's future actions and goals based on just a few initial video frames. When two primates are cooped up together for ...
3D Printed Smart Gel Changes Shape When Exposed to Light
Inspired by the color-changing skin of cuttlefish, octopuses and squids, Rutgers engineers have created a 3D-printed smart gel that changes shape when exposed to light, becomes "artificial muscle" and may lead to new military camouflage, so...
How Drones See the World Around Them
This article describes the basics of drone software, and some of the major players in the space. For more information please see the IDTechEx report " Drone Market and Industries 2021-2041 ". Drones typically capture images, and this mean...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Wearable Technology Insights

Industrial Smart Safety Glasses Proof of Concept
Harvest Technology Group Limited has entered into an agreement with Iristick NV to commence proof of concept trials for integration of the Infinity Nodestream and Wearwolf technology into Iristick's industrial smart glasses. Based in Belgium, Irist...
Novel Drug Free Therapeutic Wearable is on the Way
The 50 million Americans who suffer with chronic pain will soon have a drug-free alternative to provide relief. Today, Soovu Labs Inc moves out of stealth mode to announce the introduction of Soovu Wearable Pain Relief, a unique "therable" ...
Join the Upcoming Webinar - The Beginning of a New Era for Haptics
Webinar Title: The Beginning of a New Era for Haptics Date: Tuesday 26 January 2021 Presented by: James Hayward, Principal Analyst at IDTechEx Space is limited - reserve your seat today! Commercial development in haptics has moved in waves. In ...
AR/VR/MR: The Critical Technology of the Next Decade
By 2030, IDTechEx predicts the augmented, virtual, and mixed reality market to be over $30Bn. With COVID-19 limiting physical interaction, virtual communication and interaction will be the norm for many years to come. Although seen as futuristic by s...