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LATEST ARTICLES FROM 3D Printing Progress

Human Bone May Hold Key to Stronger 3D Printed Lightweight Structures
What do bones and 3D-printed buildings have in common? They both have columns and beams on the inside that determine how long they last. Now, the discovery of how a "beam" in human bone material handles a lifetime's worth of wear and tear c...
Groundbreaking Way to Additively Print Gallium Nitride
The rise of additive manufacturing - or as it's more commonly known, 3D printing - has enabled the rapid production of complex parts across many domains. As the techniques have become more refined, the semiconductor industry has taken note. But until...
Optomec Integrates AutoCLAD Vision System into LENS Metal 3D Printing
Optomec -- a leading, privately-held global supplier of production-grade additive manufacturing equipment and software announced it has integrated the Huffman AutoCLAD vision system with its LENS directed energy deposition (DED) metal 3D printing sol...
Jelly Invention Can Heal Itself Like Human Skin
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have invented a new jelly material that mimics biological matter such as skin, ligaments and bone, and which is very strong, self-healing and able to change shape. For more information see the ...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Advanced Batteries & Energy Storage Research

Technology to Wirelessly Charge Smart Contact Lenses
A smart contact lens with a rechargeable supercapacitor power source that can be charged up wirelessly could be used to track a wearer's health, without compromising on comfort. For more information on this topic see the IDTechEx report on Printed, O...
GM and LG Chem Team Up to Advance Toward an All-Electric Future
General Motors and LG Chem have announced plans to mass-produce battery cells for future battery-electric vehicles. Together, the companies will invest up to a total of $2.3 billion through a new, equally owned joint venture company. For more informa...
Northvolt & Mälarenergi Partner on Energy Storage for EV Charging
Northvolt and Swedish power provider Mälarenergi are partnering to establish a battery energy storage system at an electric vehicle charging station in Västerås, Sweden. The Northvolt battery system is intended to reduce peaks in electricity demand o...
Diamonds in Your Devices: Powering Next Generation of Energy Storage
Our use of battery-operated devices and appliances has been increasing steadily, bringing with it the need for safe, efficient, and high-performing power sources. To this end, a type of electrical energy storage device called the supercapacitor has r...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Artificial Intelligence Research

AI Based Algorithm for Intensive Care of Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury is a significant global cause of mortality and morbidity with an increasing incidence, especially in low-and-middle income countries. The most severe TBIs are treated in intensive care units (ICU), but in spite of the proper an...
Reducing Risk in AI and Machine Learning-Based Medical Technology
Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) are increasingly transforming the healthcare sector. From spotting malignant tumours to reading CT scans and mammograms, AI/ML-based technology is faster and more accurate than traditional devices ...
Solar Powered AI Cameras Keep an Eye on Campers
Technology will play a part in managing responsible camping this summer, the New Zealand government has announced. Three technology pilots bring together the projects that the Responsible Camping Working Group and councils have created in readiness...
Computer Generated Antibiotics, Biosensor Band-Aids
Imagine if a computer could learn from molecules found in nature and use an algorithm to generate new ones. Then imagine those molecules could get printed and tested in a lab against some of the nastiest, most dangerous bacteria out there—bacte...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Electric Vehicles Research

Volvo Presents Heavy-Duty Electric Concept Trucks
How can the environmental and climate impact of heavy goods traffic be reduced while the demand for transport continues to increase? Volvo Trucks, having recently started sales of electric trucks for urban transport, believes that electrification can...
BYD Lands Europe's Largest Ever Electric Bus Order
BYD has secured the largest ever single order for electric buses in Europe in a deal with Keolis Nederland BV, the Dutch subsidiary of global public transport provider, Keolis. The landmark order comprises 259 pure-electric, 100% emissions-free BYD e...
Spying on Hippos With Drones to Help Conservation Efforts
A new UNSW study has shown that using a drone to film hippos in Africa is an effective, affordable tool for conservationists to monitor the threatened species' population from a safe distance, particularly in remote and aquatic areas. For more inform...
GM and LG Chem Team Up to Advance Toward an All-Electric Future
General Motors and LG Chem have announced plans to mass-produce battery cells for future battery-electric vehicles. Together, the companies will invest up to a total of $2.3 billion through a new, equally owned joint venture company. For more informa...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Global Biotechnology Insights

Technology to Wirelessly Charge Smart Contact Lenses
A smart contact lens with a rechargeable supercapacitor power source that can be charged up wirelessly could be used to track a wearer's health, without compromising on comfort. For more information on this topic see the IDTechEx report on Printed, O...
Wearable Graphene Sensors Use Ambient Light to Monitor Health
Graphene coated with nanoparticles has been used to make wearable light sensors that measure the human pulse and blood oxygen levels from ambient light passing through tissue, offering a potential platform for health-care monitoring. For more informa...
Improved pH Probes May Help Towards Cancer Treatments
Nanopipettes with zwitterionic membranes may offer improved monitoring of changes in pH surrounding living cells, which can indicate traits of invasive cancer cells and their response to treatment, report researchers at Kanazawa University in Nature ...
Computer Generated Antibiotics, Biosensor Band-Aids
Imagine if a computer could learn from molecules found in nature and use an algorithm to generate new ones. Then imagine those molecules could get printed and tested in a lab against some of the nastiest, most dangerous bacteria out there—bacte...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Off Grid Energy Independence

South Korea Moving Forward With World's Largest Floating Solar Project
The Saemangeum Investment Agency of Korea (SDIA) together with Amsterdam Capital Partners (AMSCAP), G8 Subsea (G8), and Saemangeum Offshore Wind Power (SOWP) have agreed to cooperate towards a giant renewable energy mega-development of up to 3GW in t...
Amazon Aims for 100% Renewable Energy by 2030
Amazon has announced three new renewable energy projects in the US and Spain that support Amazon's commitment to The Climate Pledge and reaching 80% renewable energy by 2024 and 100% renewable energy target by 2030 on its path to net zero carbon by 2...
Daylight Damage to Photovoltaics
Researchers at Kanazawa University performed a detailed investigation of the molecular mechanisms by which organic solar cells suffer damage as they are exposed to sunlight. This research has important implications for developing next-generation sola...
Solar Powered AI Cameras Keep an Eye on Campers
Technology will play a part in managing responsible camping this summer, the New Zealand government has announced. Three technology pilots bring together the projects that the Responsible Camping Working Group and councils have created in readiness...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Printed Electronics World

Printed Electronics Europe 2020: See It All at this Must-Attend Event
So much has changed in the printed, stretchable, flexible and hybrid electronics ecosystem, from huge investment in flexible displays and sensors to the prolific development of structural electronics and smart devices. Designed with the impartiality ...
Technology to Wirelessly Charge Smart Contact Lenses
A smart contact lens with a rechargeable supercapacitor power source that can be charged up wirelessly could be used to track a wearer's health, without compromising on comfort. For more information on this topic see the IDTechEx report on Printed, O...
Ynvisible and Identiv Transform the Face of IoT
Ynvisible Interactive Inc today announced its partnership with Identiv Inc, a leader in designing and manufacturing radio frequency identification (RFID) and near field communication (NFC) technology solutions. The companies are collaborating by comb...
Wearable Graphene Sensors Use Ambient Light to Monitor Health
Graphene coated with nanoparticles has been used to make wearable light sensors that measure the human pulse and blood oxygen levels from ambient light passing through tissue, offering a potential platform for health-care monitoring. For more informa...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Robotics Research

Spying on Hippos With Drones to Help Conservation Efforts
A new UNSW study has shown that using a drone to film hippos in Africa is an effective, affordable tool for conservationists to monitor the threatened species' population from a safe distance, particularly in remote and aquatic areas. For more inform...
Who Makes Better Decisions: Humans or Robots
Admit it. You rely on navigation apps to help you get around almost every day, whether you drive, take the bus or train, walk, or hike from point A to B. For more information see the IDTechEx report on New Robotics and Drones 2018-2038: Technologies,...
A $250Bn Revolution: Mobile Robots and Autonomous Vehicles in Delivery
Automation in the delivery/logistic and warehousing/fulfilment chain is a growing market. A particularly exciting subset of this is the use of mobile robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles for automation of movement-based tasks. This field encompass...
A Cafe Staffed by Robots
SoftBank Robotics recently opened a cafe in Shibuya, Japan staffed with humanoid robots. At Pepper PARLOR, a variety of robots work alongside humans, including the iconic Pepper. New robots are planned to debut in the future. For more information see...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Wearable Technology Insights

Material for Safer Football Helmets May Reduce Head Injuries
Scientists at the University of California Santa Barbara, HRL Laboratories LLC, and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have developed elastic microlattice pads that can withstand both single hits and a series of impacts better than existing state-of-t...
Technology to Wirelessly Charge Smart Contact Lenses
A smart contact lens with a rechargeable supercapacitor power source that can be charged up wirelessly could be used to track a wearer's health, without compromising on comfort. For more information on this topic see the IDTechEx report on Printed, O...
Wearable Graphene Sensors Use Ambient Light to Monitor Health
Graphene coated with nanoparticles has been used to make wearable light sensors that measure the human pulse and blood oxygen levels from ambient light passing through tissue, offering a potential platform for health-care monitoring. For more informa...
Diamonds in Your Devices: Powering Next Generation of Energy Storage
Our use of battery-operated devices and appliances has been increasing steadily, bringing with it the need for safe, efficient, and high-performing power sources. To this end, a type of electrical energy storage device called the supercapacitor has r...