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Nanocavity may improve ultrathin solar panels

The future of movies and manufacturing may be in 3-D, but electronics and photonics are going 2-D; specifically, two-dimensional semiconducting materials.

Tesla - Residential Energy Storage

Tesla Motors is well known as an electric vehicle maker. But it also has business in energy storage sector, especially with the launch of Powerwall/Powerpack, which is a significant part of its future business and layout.

Fast, stretchy circuits could yield new wave of wearable electronics

Engineers have created the world's fastest stretchable, wearable integrated circuits, an advance that could drive the Internet of Things and a much more connected, high-speed wireless world.

Electricity you can eat

Engineers have created an edible supercapacitor that can wipe out E. coli or power a camera from inside the body.

Flying cars: needed or possible? Part two

The arguments for flying cars are style, convenience and cost saving; the stuff of fiction for 100 years.

Webinar - Commercialization of thin-film, flexible, printed batteries

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 14 June 2016: The Road to Commercialization of Thin-film, Flexible and Printed Batteries.

Lead-acid Batteries: The Beginning of the End

In May 2016, China's largest lead acid battery maker Chaowei admitted the domestic lead-acid E bike battery market has stopped growing and will only remain stable for the next five years.

Which Electric Truck Powertrain Wins?

How will trucks clean up their act to avoid becoming illegal under the impending 2025 and 2030 legislation? This article discusses the different approaches.

What Lessons Can Europe Learn From The Gigafactory?

In the first of a series of articles on the future of battery manufacturing, IDTechEx Technology Analyst Lorenzo Grande describes the opinions and outlook from the German players relative to the latest worldwide trends in battery manufacturing.

Regenerative walking technology strides into field trials

The PowerWalk is a light-weight, leg-mounted exoskeleton designed to accommodate a soldier's full range of motion and harvest energy from the natural action of walking, in much the same way regenerative braking works in hybrid cars.

Will conductive inks help wearables go truly wearable?

The first generation of wearable devices are constructed using mature, rigid technologies put inside a new box that can be worn. These are often bulky devices that are not truly wearable in the sense that our clothes are. This is, however, beginning to change, albeit slowly.

Flying cars: needed or possible? Part one

The arguments for flying cars are style, convenience and cost saving; the stuff of fiction for 100 years. Park a car and a plane together in your garage.

Butler Technologies, Inc.

Butler Technologies is 25-year-old precision screen printer specializing in the manufacture of membrane switches, graphics, etc. generating around $8-10m each year and employing around 60 people today.

Copprint

Copprint is a start-up offering copper inks. It is reporting fantastic initial results. Its initial results suggest that it can achieve 50% bulk conductivity whilst only requiring a short 2-second anneal using a simple oven system at 125-250C.

Xiaomi Mi Drone is more affordable

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has announced its first drone, the Mi Drone quadcopter.

Graphene: A quantum of current

An international team of researchers has now explained the peculiar behaviour of electrons moving through narrow constrictions in a graphene layer.

New concept turns battery technology upside-down

A new approach to the design of a liquid battery, using a passive, gravity-fed arrangement similar to an old-fashioned hourglass, could offer great advantages due to the system's low cost and the simplicity of its design and operation.

World's first 3D printed office building

The building is the first of its kind in the world prepared for actual use, taken into account the integration of a unique building design and 3D-printing technology to offer key services within the building.

Data security for wearables and internet of things networks

A collaboration to implement data security into sensors for wearable devices and Internet of Things sensor networks.

Lead acid batteries: delaying the inevitable

IDTechEx finds that C category cars and above will have to be mild hybrids with 48V lithium-ion batteries if they are to meet the tough new carbon dioxide emissions.