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Wearable Technology Forecasts: 2020-2030New

This report is the culmination of IDTechEx's research in wearables over the last decade, containing summaries and outlook for each wearable technology product, sector, and trend. The report contains historic data back to 2010 and market forecasts to 2030 on 52 different product categories. The report also comes with a significant section discussing the effect of the COVID-19 epidemic on the different sectors, updated over time to give the latest outlook.

May 2020Slides 269

Material Informatics 2020-2030New

Material Informatics represents an R&D paradigm shift by fundamentally accelerating the time from innovation to market. There are multiple strategic approaches and already some notable success stories; missing this transition will be very costly. This report provides key insights and outlooks on the market. Through technical primary interviews, readers will get a detailed understanding of the players, business models, technology, and the application areas.

May 2020Slides 147

Agricultural Robots, Drones, and AI: 2020-2040: Technologies, Markets, and PlayersNew

The developments in agricultural robotics, machine vision, and AI will drive a deep and far-reaching transformation of the way farming is carried out. Yes, today the fleet sizes and the total area covered by new robots are still vanishingly small compared to the global agricultural industry. Yet, this should not lull the players into a false sense of security because the ground is slowly but surely shifting. Robotics and AI are enabling a revolution in affordable ultraprecision, which will eventually upend familiar norms in agrochemical supply, in agricultural machine design, and in farming practices.

May 2020Slides 401

Automotive Radar 2020-2040: Devices, Materials, Processing, AI, Markets, and PlayersNew

This report investigates the market for radar technology, specifically focusing on automotive applications. It develops a comprehensive technology roadmap, examining the technology at the levels of materials, semiconductor technologies, packaging techniques, antenna array, and signal processing. It demonstrates how radar technology can evolve towards becoming a 4D imaging radar capable of providing a dense 4D point cloud that can enable object detection, classification, and tracking.

May 2020Slides 253

Electric Leisure & Sea-going Boats and Ships 2021-2040New

The new IDTechEx report 'Electric Leisure & Sea-going Boats and Ships 2021-2040' reveals the challenges and growth for electrification in the maritime sector. It finds that leisure boats are the largest market by volume, but the deep-sea sector will take the largest market value and greatest battery demand.

Apr 2020Slides 304

Micro-LED Displays 2020-2030: Technology, Commercialization, Opportunity, Market and Players

This report provides a detailed technological analysis with available options and emerging possibilities across the whole manufacturing process, from epitaxy, chip manufacturing, mass transfer and assembly, bonding and interconnection, testing, defect management, repair, light management, full colour realization, to backplane and driving. With addressing the challenges and opportunities, together with the supply chain evaluation, market status assessment & prediction, and player activity analysis, it helps the reader to make better strategic decisions, to find the best technological road map, to seek commercialization and new business opportunities, to know reliable partners and to get the latest industry progress.

Apr 2020Slides 583

Energy Harvesting for Electronic Devices 2020-2040

New IDTechEx report, "Energy Harvesting for Electronic Devices 2020-2040" comes at just the right time. The world's first self-powered smartwatches have just arrived. They are not full-function but we are getting there. Then come large numbers of harvesters in Internet of Things nodes, medical implants and wearables. This is the only comprehensive analysis of needs, technologies, their combinations with 20 year technology and market forecasts, gaps in the market.

Apr 2020Slides 214

Digital Water Networks 2020-2030

Digital Water 2020-2030 covers the sensor market in water and wastewater treatment and pipe network markets. This comprehensive overview of the different sensor types, companies, strategies and use cases can provide insightful solutions to the digital water industry. This information is then used to forecast the market growth over the coming decade up to 2030, where it is expected to grow to over $2Bn.

Apr 2020Slides 178

Flexible Hybrid Electronics 2020-2030: Applications, Challenges, Innovations and Forecasts

This IDTechEx Research report covers all aspects of Flexible Hybrid Electronics, including an assessment of the enabling technologies and challenges, over 30 prototype case studies, technology adoption roadmaps, and detailed market forecasts. FHE is set to disrupt the existing electronics landscape, finally realizing the vision of ubiquitous electronics and facilitating novel applications. The trends, forecasts and innovation opportunities outlined in this report provide a roadmap to this transition.

Apr 2020Slides 401

E-textiles and Smart Clothing 2020-2030: Technologies, Markets and Players

Electronic textiles involves the combination of electronic functionality within textiles. From active heating or lighting in textiles, to biometric monitoring and other advanced functionalities, this emerging industry includes a wide variety of technology and product options. Developed over 5 years, this report is a comprehensive overview of the industry, including the entire value chain and reviews of the activity of over 200 companies.

Apr 2020Slides 524

Conductive Ink Markets 2020-2030: Forecasts, Technologies, Players

This report is based upon years of research. In the past eight years alone, our analysts have interviewed more than 150 industry players, visited numerous users/suppliers across the world, attended more than 35 relevant conferences/exhibitions globally, and worked with many industry players to help them with their strategy towards this market. For example, in the last five years alone we visited around 35 tradeshows in Japan, USA, Taiwan, Korea, Germany, UK, and so on, to update our report. Prior to this, our analysts played an active role in commercializing conductive pastes, particularly in the photovoltaic industry.

Apr 2020Slides 745

Distributed Generation: Off-Grid Zero-Emission kW-MW 2020-2040

The vibrant market for zero-emission microgrids embraces kW to MW driven by industrial, commercial, island and military applications. New water, solar, wind technologies promise many houses becoming ZE battery microgrids then ships, smart roads. A huge $350 billion market is being created with remarkable opportunities for materials, components, systems, software. Only this 230 page report with 80 new infograms and graphs assesses and predicts it all from 2020-2040.

Apr 2020Slides 231

Flexible Electronics in Healthcare 2020-2030

This report covers the latest applications of flexible electronics in healthcare, including electronic skin patches, electronic textiles, electrochemical test strips and smart blister packs. With increasing decentralization in the healthcare system enabled by the digital health movement, flexible electronics is well positioned to provide comfortable and long-term remote patient monitoring solutions. Flexible electronics enable new form factors and new products in health monitoring, a significant market worth over $8.3 billion in 2030.

Apr 2020Slides 249

Hearables 2020-2030: Technology, Players and Forecasts

Hearables are wireless electronic products worn in, on or around the ear. They include products such as headphones, hearing aids, cochlear implants, and related areas. They have applications including combinations of infotainment, hearing assistance and augmentation, health monitoring and more, based primarily in the consumer electronics and healthcare sectors. This report is the most comprehensive review of the whole hearables market and technology landscape.

Apr 2020Slides 254

Electric Light Commercial Vehicles 2020-2030

Electric light commercial vehicles not only address the pressing environmental concerns facing on-road transport, they also increasingly offer the potential of significant TCO savings for LCV operators who transition their diesel fleets to electric. As a result, the eLCV market is uniquely poised for rapid electrification. IDTechEx's new Electric Vans forecast 2020-2030 report provides a granular ten-year outook for eLCV production, market penetration, market revenue and battery capacity requirement, at global and regional levels, to help companies make effective plans in this rapidly evolving sector.

Apr 2020Slides 211

Electric Vehicles and Robotics in Mining 2020-2030

Understand hybrid and pure-electric vehicles for mining and their charging microgrids with land vehicles the priority as the largest opportunity. Depth on needs, challenges, players, applications, strategies, opinions and key enabling technologies including a close look at autonomy examples, systems and components. Followers and leaders identified, appraised, compared.

Apr 2020Slides 297

Autonomous Cars and Robotaxis 2020-2040: Players, Technologies and Market Forecast

By 2040, autonomous cars and robotaxi services will become a $2.5 trillion market which provides huge opportunities for companies across the autonomous driving ecosystem. In this report, we offer a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of enabling technologies including lidar, radar, camera, AI software, HD map, cybersecurity, 5G and V2X, key market players and market trends in autonomous driving. This report will enable companies to have a comprehensive view of the autonomous driving landscape and therefore evaluate the position of their product and technologies as well as their business opportunities.

Apr 2020Slides 378

Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles 2020-2030

By 2030, electric vehicle charging infrastructure will become a $40 billion market. In this report, we offer a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the various charging infrastructure for both passenger and commercial electric vehicles including conductive and wireless charging among others as well as key technologies such as fast charging, inductive and capacitive charging, robotic charging and battery swapping. A ten-year market forecast on EV charging infrastructure by sectors, power levels, applications and major regions is presented.

Mar 2020Slides 243

Li-ion Batteries 2020-2030

The report provides a holistic picture of the Li-ion market, where demand is coming from, and the players involved in cell, cathode and anode manufacturing. It provides in-depth analysis on the various technological developments and trends taking place in Li-ion batteries to allow informed strategic investment and business development decisions.

Mar 2020Slides 323

Digital Health & Artificial Intelligence 2020: Trends, Opportunities, and Outlook

With investment in digital health reaching $8.1 billion in 2018 and a series of successful IPOs in 2019, understanding the opportunities in this complex field and how they impact the healthcare industry is paramount. This report provides a detailed overview of the digital health and AI in healthcare ecosystems, including coverage of digiceuticals/digital therapeutics, telehealth/telemedicine, remote patient monitoring and AI in diagnostics.

Mar 2020Slides 259

Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Charging: Off-Grid 2020-2040

Learn market drivers, best practice through over 100 organisations, microgrid-in-a-box, distributed microgrids, vehicle-as-microgrid. For external zero-emission, off-grid ZEOG charging, this big-picture approach pays off, revealing huge markets in sectors rarely studied. For example, with most people in city apartments, IDTechEx finds the first large opportunity is not cars but off-road industrial vehicles. Many others are found including, later, a huge market for solar houses charging cars.

Mar 2020Slides 237

Innovations in Robotic Surgery 2020-2030: Technologies, Players & Markets

This report breaks down the field of robotic surgery into four main sectors. It explores emerging technologies, highlights key players, analyses market landscapes and discusses opportunities and challenges for the future. A description of the use of artificial intelligence and haptic feedback in robotic surgery is also included. The highlighted trends and forecasts provide in-depth insights into the current and future state of the robotic surgery market.

Mar 2020Slides 216

Redox Flow Batteries 2020-2030: Forecasts, Challenges, Opportunities

The growing flow battery market is expanding in the utility sector with the vanadium technology accounting of 95% of the total market. The report provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the flow battery technologies, together with an overview of the current market, and future opportunities. This would allow OEMs, chemical companies, and investors, to understand the current technological development, market size, and future opportunities, of redox flow battery industry.

Mar 2020Slides 181

In-Mold Electronics 2020-2030: Technology, Market Forecasts, Players

IDTechEx has a long legacy in the field of printed electronics and has been analysing the forefront of this field. We have also been studying technical and commercial developments relating to 3D-shaped electronics and structural electronics including In Mold Electronics (IME) for more than five years. We know all the key players across the value chain. The information for this new report is obtained through extensive interview-based technical primary research.

Mar 2020Slides 202

Bioplastics 2020-2025

Bioplastics, polymers derived from biological feedstocks, are a potential solution to the environmental problems caused by plastic - they are made from renewable resources and often biodegrade. Despite this, bioplastics have historically struggled to compete with fossil-based plastics, which are often far cheaper. However, things are beginning to change. This new report explores the technologies involved in making bioplastics a viable option for the future, providing insights into the markets and outlining the future for the growing technology.

Mar 2020Slides 168

Triboelectric Energy Harvesting and Sensing (TENG) 2020-2040

The new triboelectrics addresses big issues such as pandemics, air pollution and sensors everywhere so it can create billion dollar businesses. It has already led to sale of self-powered electrostatic face masks that really do filter deadly particulates. It will lead to making electricity where it is needed and self-powered sensors and actuators that signal status. Here comes the world of less battery and no battery.

Mar 2020Slides 179

Vertical Farming: 2020-2030

Excitement around vertical farming has surged recently, with IDTechEx predicting the market will exceed $1 billion by 2030. By carefully controlling the growth environment and using vertical growing systems, vertical farming achieves yields hundreds of times higher than conventional agriculture, inside urban population centres. With coverage of over 30 companies and interviews with executives from leading start-ups, this report provides a comprehensive study of the technologies, market opportunities and future of vertical farming.

Mar 2020Slides 451

Environmental Gas Sensors 2020-2030

This report gives an exhaustive view of the pivotal technologies that will be used in the next decade to monitor the air quality, both indoor and outdoor. Ten-year forecasts across a range of market segments are provided with key trends and unmet needs covered throughout the session. IDTechEx predicts a significant rise in sales across several new markets, primarily in the mobile device, air purifiers and wearable devices.

Mar 2020Slides 198

Electric Vehicles in Construction, Agriculture and Mining 2020-2030

Understand hybrid and pure-electric vehicles for construction, agriculture and mining and their charging microgrids, with land vehicles the priority as the largest opportunity. Depth on needs, challenges, players, applications, strategies and key enabling technologies including autonomy. Many latest examples throughout by company and vehicle. A massive $200 billion in 2040? See forecasts in number and value for 19 categories, technology and achievement timelines all 2020-2030. No other report comes close.

Mar 2020Slides 359

Robot Shuttles and Autonomous Buses 2020-2040

IDTechEx has issued the first in-depth report on this called "Robot Shuttles and Autonomous Buses 2020-2040". Robot shuttles are an important new, reconfigurable form of transportation for goods and people that may even function as mobile offices, restaurants and more. It finds that the heart of the subject is upright, boxy, 8-20 person vehicles that are symmetrical so they never do a U turn. Small footprint, all-round vision, large doors, quiet, zero emission, they can go indoors and over piazzas and roads and are able perform many different tasks even in one day. Primarily intended for intensive urban use, they are gated to never exceed a determined speed, typically in the range 50-60 kph. It all adds up to a new form of transport backed by both huge companies like Toyota and Baidu and startups, one having raised one billion dollars for the task. Their trials explore many possible applications, from empowering the poor and disabled, to viably filing in gaps in the transportation network and replacing very underutilised vehicles such as school buses and private cars, reducing congestion and cost.

Mar 2020Slides 369

Electric Vehicle Motor Manufacturers and Developers: 255 Analysed and Assessed

This critical appraisal of EV motor manufacturing activity will be of interest to all in the EV value chain and those wishing to enter it. In particular, it will be useful to those seeking gaps in the market, acquisitions, investments and best practice. The report is a sister to the IDTechEx publication, "Electric Motors for Electric Vehicles: Land, Water, Air 2020-2030". That report deals with the technology roadmaps and the markets including forecasting in 100 categories.

Mar 2020Slides 224

Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting and Sensing 2020-2030

Research in thermoelectric energy harvesting and sensing is opening up large opportunities. Uniquely, this report assesses the impact of latest research, imaginative new manufacturing approaches and new applications.

Mar 2020Slides 238

Smart Materials Opportunities in Structural Electronics and Electrics 2020-2030

This report reveals new materials combining electronic, electrical, optronic functions, forecasting a $200 billion opportunity. Monolithic flexible phones. Bionic man. Solar vehicles never plug in. One option - in-mold electronics -reduces car parts 95% by creating electrically-multifunctional single pieces. Chapters detail replacing dumb load-bearing structure even for roads, buildings, windows.

Mar 2020Slides 302

Electric Motors for Electric Vehicles: Land, Water, Air 2020-2030

This report is of vital interest to all in the electric vehicle value chain from materials and component suppliers to parts and motor manufacturers a product integrators. Indeed there is much here for vehicle manufacturers and it is essential reading for planners. Electric motors are the only components that appear in all electric vehicles. Even batteries are sometimes replaced by supercapacitors. Every year, IDTechEx rewrites its definitive study of such motors. This year a new assessment is particularly important because so many things are changing. The chapters reflect these changes.

Mar 2020Slides 265

Fluoropolymers for Emerging Electronics and Electrics 2019-2039

Fluoropolymer market growth becomes powered by newly optimised electrical and electronic uniques such as triboelectricity, artificial muscle, ion exchange. Here comes electricity generation from floors, architectural textiles, sails. New formulations serve many functions in one device such as sensing, actuation, signalling. We prioritise what is arriving for morphing aircraft, next generation batteries, fuel cells, ocean wave power and more. Billion dollar businesses, premium pricing and huge benefits to society await.

Mar 2020Slides 199

Electric Vehicles and Robotics in Agriculture 2020-2030

Understand hybrid and pure-electric vehicles and robotic for agriculture, forestry, turf care and their zero emission charging microgrids. Land vehicles the priority but drones and aquaculture covered. Depth on needs, challenges, players, applications, strategies, key enabling technologies including autonomy. Latest examples throughout. See detailed 2020-2030 forecasts in number and value for technology and achievement future timelines.

Feb 2020Slides 215

Electric Vehicles 2020-2030: 2nd Edition

This report includes detailed sections on: passenger cars, buses, light commercial vehicles, medium & heavy duty trucks, micro-EVs, construction, agriculture, mining, aircraft, and marine. For each category a granular 10-year market forecast has been given by units, market value, and batter capacity.

Feb 2020Slides 159

Thermal Management for Electric Vehicles 2020-2030

With the growing market for electric vehicles, greater demand is being put on performance and faster charging. With this comes an increase in the requirement to thermally manage the vehicle effectively. This includes not just performance and longevity requirements but also safety. This report addresses the thermal management of electric vehicle batteries, power electronics and motors, considering the current and emerging technologies with forecasts through to 2030.

Feb 2020Slides 227

Electric Buses 2020-2030: 2nd Edition

For ten years, our electric bus report has been the reference document of the industry. We have never rewritten it twice in one year but very major developments have now led us to do just that. This second edition of "Electric Buses 2020-2030" interprets many dramatic developments.

Feb 2020Slides 207

Plant-based and Cultured Meat 2020-2030

Interest in meat alternatives has surged in recent years, with sales of plant-based meat analogues skyrocketing and investment pouring into meat produced from cultured animal cells, with backers including Bill Gates and Richard Branson. But can either technology live up to the hype? This report explores the science and technology behind each area, providing insight into the future of the world's meat supply. IDTechEx predicts the market will exceed $30 billion by 2030.

Feb 2020Slides 286

Solar Cars, Buses, Trucks, Trains 2020-2030

Conformal solar bodywork makes truly solar vehicles get at least 10% of their travel from daylight. Large orders are being placed for such vehicles. This report deeply investigates how several technologies achieve this, where and what comes next, even benchmarking best practice in solar boats and aircraft. Its $15 bn forecast for solar cars has upside potential now many majors are involved.

Feb 2020Slides 199

Quantum Dot Materials and Technologies 2020-2030: Trends, Markets, Players

IDTechEx Research has been analysing the technologies and markets for quantum dots since 2013. Since that time, it has stayed extremely close to the latest research and market developments via its interview programme and company and conference visits.

Feb 2020Slides 473

Molecular Diagnostics 2020-2030

Molecular diagnostics is one of the fastest growing markets in the healthcare industry, driven by the technology development (such as the third generation DNA sequencing, digital PCR and microfluidic devices), the growth of the point-of-care molecular diagnostics market, and the continued discovery of genetic biomarkers with proven clinical utility. Molecular diagnostics market is forecasted to reach $20 billion by 2030.

Jan 2020Slides 311

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