Update interview
18 Nov 2024

QLM Technology: Methane-Sensing LiDAR
QLM Technology is commercializing a quantum gas-sensing LiDAR. IDTechEx attended its presentation at SPIE Photonex 2024.
Full profile interview
9 Oct 2024

Connected Energy
Connected Energy is a key second-life battery storage developer, based in the UK. The company has multiple second-life projects across Europe. This profile discusses developments made by Connected Energy since IDTechEx's last interview with the company in November 2022.
10 Oct 2022

Seaweed-Based Battery Powers Confidence in Sustainable Energy Storage
A research team uses nanomaterials made from seaweed to create a strong battery separator, paving the way for greener and more efficient energy storage.
30 May 2022

The First Nuclear Powered Artificial Neuron
A joint team from Arkenlight and Axorus have built the first artificial neuron powered by a Tritium Radiovoltaic micro-power generator. This proof of concept paves the way for long lasting autonomous implanted medical devices.
8 Apr 2022

3D Printed Fingertip Feels Like Human Skin
Machines can beat the world's best chess player, but they cannot handle a chess piece as well as an infant. This lack of robot dexterity is partly because artificial grippers lack the fine tactile sense of the human fingertip, which is used to guide our hands as we pick up and handle objects.
Full profile interview
20 Jan 2022

Carbometrics
Carbometrics is a UK-based startup looking to develop biomimetic glucose-binding molecules (GBM) for glucose sensing applications. IDTechEx analysts Brendan Beh and Dr Nadia Tsao spoke with Carbometrics CEO, Dr Andy Chapman, on the 19th of November 2021.
21 Oct 2021

Who Is Winning at 6G?
Several billion dollars have been put on the table for 6G Communication so far. The IDTechEx report "6G Communications Market, Devices, Materials 2021-2041" reveals how Europe, North America, and East Asia are all strongly committed to this dream. So who is ahead in the race to mass deployment maybe in 2030?
12 Mar 2021

Using Sound to Shape the Future of Printing
Researchers in the UK have developed a way to coax microscopic particles and droplets into precise patterns by harnessing the power of sound in air. The implications for printing, especially in the fields of medicine and electronics, are far-reaching.
22 Feb 2021

Credit Card Sized Soft Pumps Power Wearable Artificial Muscles
Robotic clothing that is entirely soft and could help people to move more easily is a step closer to reality thanks to the development of a new flexible and lightweight power system for soft robotics.
2 Jul 2020

Innovation Challenges Regular Touchscreens With New Spray-on Technique
Researchers have challenged the idea that touchscreens are limited to 2D and rectangular shapes by developing an interactive display that can be sprayed in any shape.