12 Aug 2015

Wireless motion-tracking device for the elderly
MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab were part of a select group of entrepreneurs that gave President Obama an in-person demo about their innovation — a device that uses radio waves to detect, predict, and prevent falls among the elderly.
External press release
11 Aug 2015

Cambridge Nanotherm make the finals of the 2015 R&D 100 Awards
Cambridge Nanotherm has been named as a finalist in the R&D 100 Awards, otherwise known as the "Oscars of Invention".
Full profile interview
7 Aug 2015

Formlabs
Formlabs manufacture the Form 1+ SLA 3D Printer, which is one of the cheapest SLA printers available and has a reputation for high quality.
3 Aug 2015

3D printing easy to swallow tablets
Applying advanced 3D printing techniques to the realm of pharmaceutical products.
31 Jul 2015

Tough biogel structures produced by 3-D printing
Researchers have developed a new way of making tough biocompatible materials, called "hydrogels," into complex and intricately patterned shapes.
28 Jul 2015

Anticipating 48V Systems in Conventional Cars
Ongoing interviews by IDTechEx across the world reveal that new power electronic systems are being designed on the assumption that 48V systems will be adopted for conventional cars in the next five years.
24 Jul 2015

Solving mysteries of conductivity in polymers
Materials known as conjugated polymers have been seen as very promising candidates for electronics applications, including capacitors, photodiodes, sensors, organic light-emitting diodes, and thermoelectric devices.
Full profile interview
14 Jul 2015

Infinite Corridor Technology
Infinite Corridor Technology (ICT) was set up in 2009 as an MIT spin-off. Its technology enables the creation of flexible and stretchable PBCs. Its initial target market was wearable devices that can be twisted and flexed. Its technology uses standard PBC technology on copper-clad Kapton and does not require any inherently flexible technology such as special plastic substrates or printed conductive inks.
8 Jul 2015

Tiny wires could provide a big energy boost
Researchers have found a promising new approach to delivering the short but intense bursts of power needed by such small devices.
7 Jul 2015

IDTechEx Research addresses global megatrends
We are sometimes asked how we choose the topics in which we specialise. There are several answers but certainly we choose topics that overlap and address the major technological and societal megatrends of this century. Four particularly come to mind.
29 Jun 2015

Researchers stretch a thin crystal to get better solar cells
An interdisciplinary team has made a semiconductor crystal with a variable band gap.
24 Jun 2015

New manufacturing approach slices lithium-ion battery cost in half
Reinventing how these batteries are made also improves their performance and recyclability.
10 Jun 2015

Nanofibers unleashed: new technique for production of versatile fibers
A new efficient and productive way to manufacture nanofibers througth electrospinning, mimicing dot-matrix printing with potential for many applications such as solar cell production.
4 Jun 2015

Chemists discover key reaction mechanism behind sodium-oxygen battery
Chemists have discovered the key reaction that takes place in sodium-air batteries that could pave the way for development of the so-called holy grail of electrochemical energy storage.
1 Jun 2015

How to make continuous rolls of graphene
All the possible uses for graphene face the same big hurdle: the need for a scalable and cost-effective method for continuous manufacturing of graphene films.
18 May 2015

Translating thought to print
Coupling multiscale modeling with emerging microscale 3D-printing techniques, scientists enabled a pathway to directly fabricate and test synthetic web structures by design.
15 May 2015

Highlights of IDTechEx Show! Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing
IDTechEx's Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing, conference was successfully held during the 28th and 29th of April 2015 in Berlin.
Full profile interview
6 May 2015

SolidEnergy
SolidEnergy is a battery start up from MIT, which is presenting a solid state battery based on a very thin anode that results in very high energy density. The founders of the company are Dr. Quichao Hu and Professor Donald Sadoway.
22 Apr 2015

Wearable sensor could operate digital devices
A new wearable device that turns the user's thumbnail into a miniature wireless track pad
21 Apr 2015

Electrolyte genome could be battery game-changer
A new breakthrough battery—one that has significantly higher energy, lasts longer, and is cheaper and safer—will likely be impossible without a new material discovery.