Background
2 Jun 2023

Blaize
Blaize is a US-based rebranding of ThinCI, who develops artificial intelligence (AI) inference chips for edge devices.
Full profile interview
12 May 2023

TriLite Technologies
TriLite is a developer and manufacturer of laser beam scanning (LBS) projectors, targeted especially for use in consumer augmented reality (AR) glasses. TriLite's Trixel 3 projector is extremely compact to fit in the arm of glasses, uses a single bi-axial MEMS mirror, and does not require external relay optics. The Vienna, Austria based firm has developed innovative machine learning-based software to simplify calibration and control, reducing production costs and increasing manufacturing yields.
Full profile interview
11 Apr 2023

Menlo Systems Inc
Menlo Systems Inc is an optical component company, with the mission: 'Transfer of innovative optical technologies into user-friendly products'. Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, interviewed their Business Development Manager Gabrielle Thomas about the company's role in the quantum sensing eco-system.
Full profile interview
31 Mar 2023

Suncar HK: Electric Off-Road Machines
Suncar HK, headquartered in Oberbüren, Switzerland, develops electric powertrain systems for non-road mobile machinery. IDTechEx spoke to Suncar about market trends in construction, future technologies in the construction industry, and Suncar's long-term intentions within the industry.
Full profile interview
28 Mar 2023

XPeng (2023)
XPeng is a Chinese EV startup looking to penetrate the European market. XPeng delivered 120,757 vehicles in 2022, up 23% from 2021, but net losses nearly doubled to about US$1.3 billion.
Background
3 Mar 2023

Open Bionics
Open Bionics is a UK-based company developing prosthetics that has created the world's first clinically approved 3D printed bionic arm.
Full profile interview
23 Feb 2023

NXP Semiconductors: AI/ML Applications
NXP Semiconductors are a Netherlands-based designer and manufacturer of semiconductor chipsets. IDTechEx spoke with Ali Ors, Director of Global AI ML Strategy and Technologies for Edge Processing.
25 Jan 2023

Promising Innovations in Emerging Image Sensors
The new IDTechEx report, "Emerging Image Sensor Technologies 2023-2033: Applications and Markets", explores a diverse range of image sensing technologies capable of resolutions and wavelength detection far beyond what is currently attainable.
24 Jan 2023

Deploying Materials Informatics: Is SaaS a One-Size-Fits-All Approach?
The materials industry is sometimes described as conservative, but digital transformation is well underway in the sector. Materials informatics - the application of data-centric approaches, including machine learning, to materials R&D - has the potential to be the most impactful arm of this process.
Update interview
17 Jan 2023

VividQ and Dispelix: Pairing Holographic Displays with Waveguides
Holographic display technology firm VividQ discussed the development of a combined waveguide combiner and 3D holographic display system for AR headsets in conjunction with waveguide development firm Dispelix.
Full profile interview
9 Jan 2023

Prima Additive
Prima Additive are a group company of Italian machinery company Prima Industrie which produce metal powder bed fusion and direct energy deposition printers. IDTechEx spoke with Applications Engineer Lorenzo Abrusci.
Background
21 Nov 2022

International Hellenic University
International Hellenic University has recently developed an integrated autonomous robot for grape (ARG) harvesting.
Full profile interview
16 Nov 2022

Cambridge Mechatronics
Cambridge Mechatronics Ltd. (CML) develops technology and IP around shape memory alloy actuators. Their primary use is optical image stabilization for mobile phones, but applications range more widely from AR/VR headset components to haptic feedback.
Background: Partners
10 Nov 2022

Elliptic Labs
Partnered in 2022 with the aim of expanding the markets of Elliptic Labs' AI Virtual Smart Sensor Platform to laptops and PCs using the AMD Ryzen PRO 5000 Series processors.
Update
2 Nov 2022

Canatu
Canatu, a provider of carbon nanotubes and sensing applications that utilize them, announced a €18 million funding round led by 3M ventures.
Update
26 Oct 2022

The Surgical Company
The Surgical Company makes Sensium, a wireless patient monitoring system with electronic skin patches.
External press release
20 Oct 2022

Octopus Energy Enters Italian Generation Market Through Partnership
Octopus Energy Generation enters Italy's green power market by investing in renewables developer Nexta in a move to help the country wean itself off gas and lower future energy bills.
18 Oct 2022

Walking Robot Design Could Revolutionise How We Build Things in Space
Researchers have designed a state-of-the-art walking robot that could revolutionize large construction projects in space. They tested the feasibility of the robot for the in-space assembly of a 25m Large Aperture Space Telescope.
Full profile interview
13 Oct 2022

PragmatIC
PragmatIC is a UK-based company developing flexible integrated circuits on polymer substrates. It has received a total of ~US$150 million in funding and is focused on scaling up its technology, which is already commercially available at a low cost.
Background
13 Oct 2022

LifeSignals
LifeSignals designs chips for wearable sensors and electronic skin patches for patient vital sign monitoring.