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LATEST ARTICLES FROM 3D Printing Progress

Printing Complex Cellulose Based Objects
Researchers from ETH Zurich and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) have set a new world record: they 3D printed complex objects with higher cellulose content than that of any other additively manufactured cellu...
Routes to 3D Electronics: Assessment of Technologies and Applications
Metallization of 3D surfaces is a growing field with diverse applications. In this article, we briefly discuss some techniques and applications thereof. More specifically, we discuss and critically benchmark laser direct structuring (LDS), aerosol, 3...
Creating Food Perception Illusions using Food 3D Printing
Food 3D printing enables the creation of customized food structures based on a person's individual needs. Researchers have explored the use of food 3D printing to create perceptual illusions for controlling the level of perceived satiety given a defi...
Eye Blinking on-a-Chip
A new approach could lead to 'cornea-on-a-chip' devices that more accurately test the effects of drugs on the human eye. Researchers at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) have developed a device that moves fl...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Advanced Batteries & Energy Storage Research

Could There be a Li-Ion Battery Shortage?
IDTechEx forecast Li-ion demand to grow almost 10-fold from 2020-2030, but can supply meet this demand? Automotive manufacturers the world over are pledging to electrify their fleets. Volkswagen have a target of producing 1.5 million EVs by 2025 and ...
Enovix Secures $45 Million to Produce 3D Silicon Lithium-ion Battery
Enovix Corporation has secured $45 million in new funds to produce and commercialize its 3D Silicon Lithium-ion Battery. The funding sources include a major new strategic investor, current investors (including T. J. Rodgers and York Capital), and non...
Redox Flow Batteries' Advantages for Stationary Energy Storage Market
An increasing number of news articles about Redox Flow Batteries are present on the web. This technology, mostly adopted in on-grid and off-grid applications, has been studied for the last 50 years, and it is currently being commercialized (most of t...
Pollution: The Lockdown Effect and the Battery Energy Storage Solution
The pandemic infection of COVID-19 led to the lockdown of a considerable number of cities, leading to reduced pollution activity. With the large number of renewable energy sources (RES) employed in the last decades to decarbonise the energy sector, a...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Artificial Intelligence Research

AI: State-Of-The-Art and Commercialisation Status in Diagnostics
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing medical diagnostics. The state-of-the-art results have already demonstrated that software can achieve fast and accurate image-based diagnostics on various conditions affecting the skin, eye, ear, lung, ...
AI Can Help Some Business But May Not Work for Others
The temptation for businesses to use artificial intelligence and other technology to improve performance, drive down labor costs, and better the bottom line is understandable. But before pursuing automation that could put the jobs of human employees ...
AI Can Help With The COVID-19 Crisis, But The right Human Input is Key
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to help us tackle the pressing issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is not the technology itself, though, that will make the difference but rather the knowledge and creativity of the humans who use...
System Trains Driverless Cars in Simulation Before They Hit the Road
A simulation system invented at MIT to train driverless cars creates a photorealistic world with infinite steering possibilities, helping the cars learn to navigate a host of worse-case scenarios before cruising down real streets. Control systems, ...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Electric Vehicles Research

Hot Performance and Cool Operation for Electric Vehicle Motors
The market for electric vehicles is set to exceed $1,000bn by 2030 but potential consumers are still concerned with range, cost and safety. Whilst this draws attention initially to the battery, an equally important factor and unifying component of el...
Could There be a Li-Ion Battery Shortage?
IDTechEx forecast Li-ion demand to grow almost 10-fold from 2020-2030, but can supply meet this demand? Automotive manufacturers the world over are pledging to electrify their fleets. Volkswagen have a target of producing 1.5 million EVs by 2025 and ...
BMW Uses Blockchain to Drive Supply Chain Transparency
The BMW Group is using innovative digital technologies to optimise its processes. A good example of this is Blockchain, a technology that enables tamper-proof data sharing, with potential applications throughout the entire automotive value chain. The...
BYD's New Blade Battery Set to Redefine EV Safety Standards
BYD has officially announced the launch of the Blade Battery, a development set to mitigate concerns about battery safety in electric vehicles. At an online launch event themed "The Blade Battery - Unsheathed to Safeguard the World", Wang...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Global Biotechnology Insights

Energy Harvesting for Electronic Devices: Latest Situation
AI: State-Of-The-Art and Commercialisation Status in Diagnostics
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing medical diagnostics. The state-of-the-art results have already demonstrated that software can achieve fast and accurate image-based diagnostics on various conditions affecting the skin, eye, ear, lung, ...
Could Vertical Farming be the Solution to Supermarket Supply Problems
Empty supermarket shelves have become a common sight in recent weeks, as the world continues to deal with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and worries about food shortages continue. Supermarkets are struggling to cope with surging demand ste...
Energy-Harvesting Design Aims to Turn Wi-Fi Signals Into Useable Power
Any device that sends out a Wi-Fi signal also emits terahertz waves —electromagnetic waves with a frequency somewhere between microwaves and infrared light. These high-frequency radiation waves, known as "T-rays," are also produced by...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Off Grid Energy Independence

Energy Harvesting for Electronic Devices: Latest Situation
Energy-Harvesting Design Aims to Turn Wi-Fi Signals Into Useable Power
Any device that sends out a Wi-Fi signal also emits terahertz waves —electromagnetic waves with a frequency somewhere between microwaves and infrared light. These high-frequency radiation waves, known as "T-rays," are also produced by...
Redox Flow Batteries' Advantages for Stationary Energy Storage Market
An increasing number of news articles about Redox Flow Batteries are present on the web. This technology, mostly adopted in on-grid and off-grid applications, has been studied for the last 50 years, and it is currently being commercialized (most of t...
Pollution: The Lockdown Effect and the Battery Energy Storage Solution
The pandemic infection of COVID-19 led to the lockdown of a considerable number of cities, leading to reduced pollution activity. With the large number of renewable energy sources (RES) employed in the last decades to decarbonise the energy sector, a...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Printed Electronics World

Routes to 3D Electronics: Assessment of Technologies and Applications
Metallization of 3D surfaces is a growing field with diverse applications. In this article, we briefly discuss some techniques and applications thereof. More specifically, we discuss and critically benchmark laser direct structuring (LDS), aerosol, 3...
Textile Fibre-Embedded Multiluminescent Device for Wearables
Dr Soon Moon Jeong's research team in the Division of Energy Technology at DGIST has developed a new structure of luminescence technology. This will enable the production of light-emitting elements that overcome the limitations of existing methods, e...
Bioplastics Could Help Plastic Pollution
The world has a plastics problem. Every day, approximately 8 million pieces of plastic make their way into the world's oceans and plastic pollution can now be found on every beach in the world, from busy tourist beaches to uninhabited tropical island...
Henkel Functional Material Solutions for Printed Electronics
The digital transformation poses a variety of challenges to all industries. One of them is surely the pressure to leverage the potential of new technologies to enhance performance. At the same time, emerging technologies make new approaches possible:...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Robotics Research

ColRobot, the Collaborative Industrial Robot
For 3 years, ColRobot (Collaborative Robotics for Assembly and Kitting in Smart Manufacturing) worked on the development of collaborative robotics to help overcome some of the biggest common challenges in the automotive and aerospace industries, such...
Tunisia Uses Unmanned Robots to Enforce Lockdown
Tunisian authorities have increased their coronavirus security measures by deploying robots in the streets to enforce the country's lockdown orders. The P-Guard robot from Enova Robotics is a rugged security robot for multi-terrain applications. To...
How Robots Can Help Combat COVID-19: Science Robotics Editorial
Can robots be effective tools in combating the COVID-19 pandemic? A group of leaders in the field of robotics, including Henrik Christensen, director of UC San Diego's Contextual Robotics Institute, say yes, and outline a number of examples. They say...
Geely Goes Full Contactless with New Car Keys Delivered by Drone
On February 10th 2020 Geely Auto launched its own proprietary online sales system that offered consumers the complete one stop solution for ordering online that included the modification of vehicle specifications, online financing and insurance as we...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Wearable Technology Insights

Wearable For Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Adults with type 2 diabetes requiring insulin therapy can safely achieve good blood sugar control using regular human insulin (RHI) in a wearable, patch-like insulin delivery device called V-Go, a new study finds. Results of the randomized controlled...
Textile Fibre-Embedded Multiluminescent Device for Wearables
Dr Soon Moon Jeong's research team in the Division of Energy Technology at DGIST has developed a new structure of luminescence technology. This will enable the production of light-emitting elements that overcome the limitations of existing methods, e...
Creating Stretchable Thermoelectric Generators
For the first time, a soft and stretchable organic thermoelectric module has been created that can harvest energy from body heat. The breakthrough was enabled by a new composite material that may have widespread use in smart clothing, wearable electr...
Strain Sensor Using Light Transmittance
KAIST researchers have developed a novel wearable strain sensor based on the modulation of optical transmittance of a carbon nanotube (CNT)-embedded elastomer. The sensor is capable of sensitive, stable, and continuous measurement of physical signals...