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The European Commission embodies and upholds the general interest of the Union and is the driving force in the Union's institutional system. Its four main roles are to propose legislation to Parliament and the Council, to administer and implement Community policies, to enforce Community law and to negotiate international agreements, mainly those relating to trade and cooperation.
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2020
27 Jan 2020
Saphlux
Saphlux—in collaboration with Dr Jun Han from Yale University—is demonstrating a different approach towards adding QD color converters on LEDs.22 Jan 2020
Finalists Announced for 2019 R&D 100 Awards
Finalists for the venerable R&D 100 Awards have been announced by R&D World magazine and its new parent company, WTWH Media, LLC.15 Jan 2020
Weed and Litter Killer Robots
A weeding robot for autonomous farming and a robot that liberates the beaches from litter. Those are two innovations brought by the Dutch delegation from Techleap.7 Jan 2020
Personalised End to End Knee Replacement Surgery
Sensoria Health will be announcing the first end-to-end knee replacement surgery experience, the Sensoria Health Remote Patient Rehab System, featuring the new Sensoria Smart Knee Brace, Sensoria Sock v2.0 embedded with textile pressure sensors and Sensoria® Core microelectronics, Remote Monitoring Cloud and Mobile Apps.2019
11 Dec 2019
Ynvisible and Identiv Transform the Face of IoT
Ynvisible and Identiv Transform the Face of IoT with Visual Indicators on NFC Datalogging Smart Sensors. The companies are collaborating by combining Ynvisible's electrochromic display technology-based visual indicators with Identiv's range of uTrust Sense Temperature Tracker products.2 Dec 2019
€50 Million for Wind Energy Complex in Spain
The European Investment Bank will provide €50m in financing to Renovables de la Ribera, a 50-50 joint venture between Iberdrola and Caja Rural de Navarra to build a new renewable energy project - the Cavar wind complex - in Navarra, Spain.27 Nov 2019
Solvay Specialty Polymers
Solvay Specialty Polymers produce over 1500 products across 35 brands of high-performance polymers. In addition to providing for a large range of applications, Solvay have products that have the potential to be used in electric vehicles, a market that they are very interested about getting involved with.13 Nov 2019
World's Largest Offshore Wind Turbine to be Commissioned
The world's largest offshore wind turbine on a floating platform has departed for its final destination off the Portuguese coast of Viana do Castelo, where the commissioning of the floating wind farm will take place.31 Oct 2019
ESS Inc Raises $30 Million For Flow Battery Energy Storage Systems
The new funding will be used to expand and automate the manufacturing process of ESS Inc.'s second-generation iron flow battery technology.24 Oct 2019
Will Fuel Cells Succeed in Buses?
At the world's largest bus event, Busworld in Belgium in October 21-23 2019, Herald Ruijters of DG Move in the European Commission was very enthusiastic about fuel cell buses.15 Oct 2019
Shoe-mounted laser to 'unfreeze' people with Parkinson's
The Path Finder device was invented in 2014. It aims to help people overcome a particular symptom of the disease - freezing of gait - in which people stop walking and are unable to restart.2 Oct 2019
Tidal energy company applies to provide clean, predictable power
Nova Innovation has applied to develop a tidal energy array in Petit Passage, in the Bay of Fundy area of Nova Scotia.18 Sep 2019
CPI and EU partners create commercialisation support for photonics
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises working with photonics in life sciences markets can benefit from the support offered by CPI and other European partners, as part ofthe Horizon 2020 project EPRISE (Empowering Photonics through Regional Innovation Strategies in Europe).13 Sep 2019
An OLED pilot line introduces itself: From PI-SCALE to LYTEUS
Together with their industrial partners, the institutes were able to achieve unique results, create and manufacture fascinating prototypes based on the flexible OLED technology.1 Sep 2019
Elaphe (2019)
A full profile of Elaphe Technologies, conducted by IDTechEx's Dr Peter Harrop.22 Aug 2019
Reveal Biosensors
IDTechEx was updated on the latest developments and messaging from Reveal Biosensors on their 'Energy Conversion Monitor', a wearable optical sensor which is highly responsive to physiological stress.19 Aug 2019
Machine learning to help develop self-healing robots that 'feel pain'
Researchers will use self-healing materials and machine learning to develop soft robotics as part of a new collaborative project.12 Aug 2019
Electric Vehicle Research at Advanced Materials Osaka July 2019
Here we give the abstracts relevant to electric vehicles from BIT Advanced Materials Conference Osaka Japan July 2019. The organisers failed to provide slides but we have photographs of some of these if you are interested. The selected abstracts are divided into energy storage, wide bandgap semiconductors, energy harvesting and other.13 May 2019
World-first hydrogen double decker buses to tackle London's toxic air
The world's first hydrogen double decker buses will be introduced on three London bus routes next year, helping tackle the capital's air quality crisis.9 Apr 2019
Sharp - IoT Electronic Devices Division
Sharp are a multinational corporation manufacturing electronic products including laser diodes