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SGIP to lead stakeholder engagement, strategy for Orange Button

SGIP has announced that it is receiving approximately $600,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative to manage stakeholder engagement, strategy, and program evaluation for the Orange Button initiative.

Safer 3D printed medical products

A chemical compound developed by researchers makes it possible to create biological tissue with a light projector you can buy at Walmart.

KEMET and Novasentis collaborate to produce haptic actuators

KEMET Corporation and Novasentis Inc announced a collaboration to develop next generation Electro-Mechanical Polymer film based haptic actuators for wearable devices.

Future Electric Vehicle Technology Experts Gather

At the IDTechEx Show! in Berlin on 27-28 April, large numbers of experts are gathering. Most of them specialise in the next wave of technologies becoming key to the automotive, aerospace and electronics industries.

Displays for wearable technology

The selection of displays used in wearable technology today is both diverse and changing quickly. IDTechEx Research summarises the key trends in wearable displays, and details the latest progress towards the next generation of displays.

Seeing the future of electric motors for electric vehicles

This article shares some of the research for the new IDTechEx Research report, Electric Vehicle Traction Motors, Belt Driven & Integrated Starter Generators 2016-2026. It is no longer contentious to say that the future of land, water and air vehicles is to be more and more electric.

New Balance to sell first 3D printed running shoe

Global athletic leader New Balance announces details surrounding the limited sale of the first high performance running shoe with a full-length 3D printed midsole.

Samsung Australia introduces brainBAND

Samsung Electronics Australia has announced the creation of brainBAND, an innovative piece of wearable technology designed to facilitate research into concussion in sports.

Battery components can take the heat

Scientists have introduced a combined electrolyte and separator for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that supplies energy at usable voltages and in high temperatures.

New hybrid inks permit printed, flexible electronics without sintering

Research scientists have combined the benefits of organic and inorganic electronic materials in a new type of hybrid inks. This allows electronic circuits to be applied to paper directly from a pen, for example.

Interview with Jennova at the Energy Harvesting & Storage USA Event

Video interview with Jennova at the Energy Harvesting & Storage USA exhibition.

So long lithium, hello bacteria batteries?

A rechargeable battery driven by bacteria

BOC and ITM Power sign hydrogen refuelling & siting agreement

BOC has announced that it has signed an agreement with ITM Power to provide infrastructure for ITM Power's new electrolyser-based hydrogen refuelling stations for passenger cars.

Robots could get touchy with self-powered smart skin

Smart synthetic skins have the potential to allow robots to touch and sense what's around them, but keeping them powered up and highly sensitive at low cost has been a challenge.

What's hot and what's not in Printed Electronics

IDTechEx has been following the printed electronics market for fifteen years. In this article we provide ten brief updates across different parts of the industry.

167 Exhibiting Organizations and Counting: Printed Electronics Europe

Europe's premier show on printed, flexible and organic electronics which will be held in two weeks in Berlin on April 27-28 now has 167 exhibiting organizations.

IDTechEx Interview Firstbeat: Heartbeat Monitoring Fitness & Wellbeing

Video interview with Firstbeat at the IDTechEx Wearable USA exhibition.

Finalist in wave energy prize competition

Oscilla Power has developed mechanical and electromagnetic systems that allow cost-effective, highly scalable magnetostrictive alloys to produce significant quantities of energy in specific environments.

Polar 3D acquires STEAMtrax from 3D Systems

Polar 3D has announced that it has completed the acquisition of STEAMtrax from 3D Systems.

Funding for development of lightweight solar modules on vehicles

Midsummer has received funding from Mistra for the development of lightweight solar modules on vehicles. The developed solar panels will be integrated in body panels in a Clean Motion Zbee ultra-light electric vehicle composite roof.