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LATEST ARTICLES FROM 3D Printing Progress

3D Printed Material to Replace Ivory
For centuries, ivory was often used to make art objects. But to protect elephant populations, the ivory trade was banned internationally in 1989. To restore ivory parts of old art objects, one must therefore resort to substitute materials - such as b...
Finally, 3D-printed Graphene Aerogels for Water Treatment
Graphene excels at removing contaminants from water, but it's not yet a commercially viable use of the wonder material. That could be changing. In a recent study, University at Buffalo engineers report a new process of 3D printing graphene aeroge...
Cell Models Mimicking Natural Tissue Topography
The combination of a 2-Photon 3D-printer with an innovative hydrogel-based bioink allows the direct printing of 3D structures containing living cells at both the meso- and microscale. Developed by UpNano GmbH (Vienna, Austria), the NanoOne Bio is a p...
US Army Aims to Build World's Largest Metal 3D Printer for Vehicles
The Applied Science & Technology Research Organization, or ASTRO America, has been selected to manage a new US Army initiative to develop and deliver a hull-scale tool using metal additive manufacturing technology. Known as the 'Jointless Hull Pr...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Advanced Batteries & Energy Storage Research

$1bn Deal to Secure Energy Reliability in South Australia
The Morrison and Marshall Governments have signed a $1.08 billion State Energy and Emissions Reduction Deal that will deliver secure, reliable and affordable energy to South Australians and help Australia continue to meet and beat its emissions reduc...
Ten All-Electric Ferries for Lisbon
ABB has secured a landmark contract with Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondán to supply an all-electric power solution for fast 40-meter urban passenger ferries transporting up to 540 passengers each across Lisbon's Tagus river. The ten new ferrie...
Rio Tinto Achieves Battery Grade Lithium Production at Boron Plant
Rio Tinto has commenced production of battery-grade lithium from waste rock at a lithium demonstration plant at the Boron mine site in California, United States. The demonstration plant is the next step in scaling up a breakthrough lithium producti...
43MW Combined Heat and Power solution delivered by Aggreko
Aggreko has installed a new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) solution at the CET Arad Power Plant, Romania. The solution will help to increase efficiency and stability at the plant, a key provider of hot water and electricity for the district heating sc...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Artificial Intelligence Research

AI Pinpoints Local Pollution Hotspots Using Satellite Images
Researchers at Duke University have developed a method that uses machine learning, satellite imagery and weather data to autonomously find hotspots of heavy air pollution, city block by city block. The technique could be a boon for finding and mitiga...
AI Based Companion to Address Isolation and Loneliness
UneeQ, a United States and New Zealand-based digital human company, has launched Digital Einstein, part of UneeQ's new Companions series. On the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's Nobel Prize in Physics, UneeQ has remastered Einstein as a digital...
Machine Learning at Speed
Inserting lightweight optimization code in high-speed network devices has enabled a KAUST-led collaboration to increase the speed of machine learning on parallelized computing systems five-fold. This "in-network aggregation" technology, d...
AI-Powered Backpack Helps Visually Impaired Navigate World
Artificial intelligence developer Jagadish K. Mahendran and his team from the University of Georgia's Institute for Artificial Intelligence designed an AI-powered, voice-activated backpack that can help the visually impaired navigate and perceive the...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Electric Vehicles Research

Electric Aircraft for Beginners
Drones as Smart Agricultural Tools for Pesticide Use in Farms
Drones could soon be adopted as essential tools for various agricultural tasks; however, with respect to their use in farm management, research is still lacking. To address this issue, researchers in Japan compared drones to well-established technolo...
Ten All-Electric Ferries for Lisbon
ABB has secured a landmark contract with Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondán to supply an all-electric power solution for fast 40-meter urban passenger ferries transporting up to 540 passengers each across Lisbon's Tagus river. The ten new ferrie...
First All-Electric Luxury Saloon From Mercedes-EQ
The EQS is the first all-electric luxury saloon from Mercedes-EQ. With it, Mercedes-EQ is redefining this vehicle segment. First models on the market will be the EQS 450+ and the EQS 580 4MATIC. As part of its Ambition 2039 initiative, Mercedes-Ben...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Global Biotechnology Insights

Tiny Wireless Implant Detects Oxygen Deep Within the Body
Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have created a tiny wireless implant that can provide real-time measurements of tissue oxygen levels deep underneath the skin. The device, which is smaller than the average ladybug and powered by u...
Cell Models Mimicking Natural Tissue Topography
The combination of a 2-Photon 3D-printer with an innovative hydrogel-based bioink allows the direct printing of 3D structures containing living cells at both the meso- and microscale. Developed by UpNano GmbH (Vienna, Austria), the NanoOne Bio is a p...
Surgical Sutures Inspired by Human Tendons
Sutures are used to close wounds and speed up the natural healing process, but they can also complicate matters by causing damage to soft tissues with their stiff fibers. To remedy the problem, researchers from Montreal have developed innovative toug...
Smarty-Pants: Could Intelligent Underwear Improve Your Life?
It is not uncommon to have a favorite bra, or a lucky pair of pants. The pair you wear when your fingers are crossed for a really good day. Now, innovations in E-Textiles and Smart Clothing have taken this phenomenon to the next level. Imagine a pair...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Off Grid Energy Independence

Carbon Dots from Human Hair Boost Solar Cells
Queensland University of Technology researchers have used carbon dots, created from human hair waste sourced from a Brisbane barbershop, to create a kind of "armour" to improve the performance of cutting-edge solar technology. In a study pu...
$1bn Deal to Secure Energy Reliability in South Australia
The Morrison and Marshall Governments have signed a $1.08 billion State Energy and Emissions Reduction Deal that will deliver secure, reliable and affordable energy to South Australians and help Australia continue to meet and beat its emissions reduc...
Marine Energy Industry Sets New Goal of 1GW of Deployments by 2035
With marine energy on the cusp of significant growth, the National Hydropower Association of America unveiled new industry deployment targets of 50 MW by 2025, 500 MW by 2030, and 1 GW by 2035. In a new report titled Commercialization Strategy for Ma...
43MW Combined Heat and Power solution delivered by Aggreko
Aggreko has installed a new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) solution at the CET Arad Power Plant, Romania. The solution will help to increase efficiency and stability at the plant, a key provider of hot water and electricity for the district heating sc...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Printed Electronics World

Micro-LED Displays, A Threat to OLED Displays or Not?
With the launch of Micro- and Mini-LED displays by various OEMs and display vendors, the self-emissive LED-based displays have attracted tremendous attention by both investors and end-users. A selection of examples can be found below: ## A selection...
Finally, 3D-printed Graphene Aerogels for Water Treatment
Graphene excels at removing contaminants from water, but it's not yet a commercially viable use of the wonder material. That could be changing. In a recent study, University at Buffalo engineers report a new process of 3D printing graphene aeroge...
Stretching the Boundaries of Medical Tech with Wearable Antennae
Current research on flexible electronics is paving the way for wireless sensors that can be worn on the body and collect a variety of medical data. But where do the data go? Without a similar flexible transmitting device, these sensors would require ...
Webinar - Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage: A Long Road Ahead
Webinar Title: Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage: A Long Road Ahead Date: Thursday 22 April 2021 Presented by: Dr Michael Dent, Senior Technology Analyst at IDTechEx Space is limited - reserve your seat today! Carbon capture, utilization...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Robotics Research

Drones as Smart Agricultural Tools for Pesticide Use in Farms
Drones could soon be adopted as essential tools for various agricultural tasks; however, with respect to their use in farm management, research is still lacking. To address this issue, researchers in Japan compared drones to well-established technolo...
Taurob and Equinor Introduce Autonomous Robots on Offshore Platforms
Equinor is introducing autonomous ATEX-certified robots on their oil and gas installations. Partner in the project is inspection robotics specialist Taurob of Austria. Its robot will be used to conduct routine inspection and maintenance tasks on offs...
Submersible Robot Snake to Inspect Ships and Submarines
Carnegie Mellon University's acclaimed snake-like robot can now slither its way underwater, allowing the modular robotics platform to inspect ships, submarines and infrastructure for damage. A team from the Biorobotics Lab in the School of Computer S...
Air Taxis Will Utilize Next-Generation Batteries and Motors
Electrical Vertical Take-off and Landing aircraft (eVTOL) are moving from science fiction to reality, enabled by rapid advancements in electric motor, battery, and computing technology, the new report from IDTechEx, " Air Taxis: Electric Vertica...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Wearable Technology Insights

Wearable Sensors That Detect Gas Leaks
Gas accidents such as toxic gas leakage in factories, carbon monoxide leakage of boilers, or toxic gas suffocation during manhole cleaning continue to claim lives and cause injuries. Developing a sensor that can quickly detect toxic gases or biochemi...
Stretching the Boundaries of Medical Tech with Wearable Antennae
Current research on flexible electronics is paving the way for wireless sensors that can be worn on the body and collect a variety of medical data. But where do the data go? Without a similar flexible transmitting device, these sensors would require ...
COROS Partners With Shane Benzie & Running Reborn
COROS Wearables Inc., makers of innovative performance GPS watches have today announced a partnership with performance coach Shane Benzie, and Running Reborn. The partnership aims to develop further research into the scientific field of Vertical Os...
Smarty-Pants: Could Intelligent Underwear Improve Your Life?
It is not uncommon to have a favorite bra, or a lucky pair of pants. The pair you wear when your fingers are crossed for a really good day. Now, innovations in E-Textiles and Smart Clothing have taken this phenomenon to the next level. Imagine a pair...