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LATEST ARTICLES FROM 3D PRINTING PROGRESS

Heineken: Ensuring production continuity with 3D printing
Heineken is using Ultimaker solutions to produce a variety of custom tools and functional machine parts to aid in manufacturing at the company's brewery in Seville, Spain. Using a set of Ultimaker S5 printers, engineers at Heineken now design and pri...
3D printed metamaterials improve sound quality
Academics have created devices capable of manipulating sound in the same way as light - creating exciting new opportunities in entertainment and public communication. Researchers at the universities of Sussex and Bristol have unveiled how the practic...
MakerBot expands METHOD Materials offering
MakerBot, a global leader in 3D printing, expands its materials offering with polyethylene terephthalate glycol, better known as PETG. PETG is the first Specialty Material to be released for the MakerBot METHOD 3D Printer. METHOD Specialty Materials ...
Impossible Objects Unveils Next-Generation 3D Printer, Partners
Impossible Objects announced two watershed advances in composite 3D printing for the factory floor. The company's latest 3D printing system, the CBAM-2, and a new partnership with BASF on PA6-carbon fiber composites extend Impossible Objects' patente...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM ADVANCED BATTERIES & ENERGY STORAGE RESEARCH

Engineered bacteria could be missing link in energy storage
One of the big issues with sustainable energy systems is how to store electricity that's generated from wind, solar and waves. At present, no existing technology provides large-scale storage and energy retrieval for sustainable energy at a low financ...
Deployment of grid-scale flow batteries in Africa
ESS Inc, manufacturer of safe, low-cost and long-duration energy storage systems, announced that it has joined Power Africa, a US Government-led partnership coordinated by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), as a private sector partn...
Graphene: can China retain its leading position?
Since 2014/2015 IDTechEx Research noticed that the centre of graphene research and commercial activity was shifting to China. This trend had shown itself in publication and patent numbers, as well as in investments and capacity announcements. The pre...
Aerojet Rocketdyne and ZAF Energy team up
Aerojet Rocketdyne and ZAF Energy Systems have established a new teaming agreement working together on an energy storage system utilizing ZAF's nickel-zinc batteries and Aerojet Rocketdyne's battery management system (BMS). For more information see t...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH

Automatic neurological disease diagnosis using deep learning
A team of researchers from Osaka University and The University of Tokyo developed MNet, an automatic diagnosis system for neurological diseases using magnetoencephalography (MEG), demonstrating the possibility of making automatic neurological disease...
New AI sees like a human, filling in the blanks
Computer scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have taught an artificial intelligence agent how to do something that usually only humans can do--take a few quick glimpses around and infer its whole environment, a skill necessary for the dev...
Teaching robots to write and draw
An algorithm developed by Brown University computer scientists enables robots to put pen to paper, writing words using stroke patterns similar to human handwriting. It's a step, the researchers say, toward robots that are able to communicate more flu...
Driverless cars working together can speed up traffic by 35 percent
A fleet of driverless cars working together to keep traffic moving smoothly can improve overall traffic flow by at least 35 percent, researchers have shown. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, programmed a small fleet of miniature ro...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM ELECTRIC VEHICLES RESEARCH

New flying/driving robot developed
The first experimental robot drone that flies like a typical quadcopter, drives on tough terrain and squeezes into tight spaces using the same motors, has been developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers. For more information se...
Self driving cars and smart robots to make home deliveries
One-click shopping and perks like two-day delivery are extremely convenient, and the US Postal Service alone delivered more than 6 billion packages in 2018, or double the volume it was handling about 10 years ago. This takes a toll on cities and neig...
Self-Driving Truck Service to the United States Postal Service
TuSimple, a global self-driving truck company, announced today that the United States Postal Service (USPS) has awarded it a contract to perform five round trips, for a two-week pilot, hauling USPS trailers more than 1,000 miles between the Postal Se...
ERM Advanced Telematics Enters the Rapidly Expanding EV Market
ERM is set to offer its new StarLink EV, a unique telematics product for the EV market that can be used in cars, buses, trucks and even two-wheeled vehicles like motorcycles and scooters. For more information see the IDTechEx report on Electric Vehic...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM GLOBAL BIOTECHNOLOGY INSIGHTS

Automatic neurological disease diagnosis using deep learning
A team of researchers from Osaka University and The University of Tokyo developed MNet, an automatic diagnosis system for neurological diseases using magnetoencephalography (MEG), demonstrating the possibility of making automatic neurological disease...
Wearable system to sense, stimulate brain at unprecedented resolution
A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University is starting a project to design and implement a noninvasive neural interface that can be used as a wearable device. This neural interface will be capable of both recording and stimulating the brai...
Adhesives Research
Interview at IDTechEx Show! Europe 2019 IDTechEx exchanged with Ramoji Alla, who is in charge of Sales Lead Generation at the Limerick, Ireland branch of Adhesives Research. He revealed that this American company, founded in 1961 and based in Glen R...
Toy transformers and real-life whales inspire biohybrid robot
Drawing inspiration from biology and the toy shelf, researchers at Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College and City University of Hong Kong have developed a swimming robot with a light-controlled cellular engine that can perform highly-targ...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM OFF GRID ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

Engineered bacteria could be missing link in energy storage
One of the big issues with sustainable energy systems is how to store electricity that's generated from wind, solar and waves. At present, no existing technology provides large-scale storage and energy retrieval for sustainable energy at a low financ...
Quantum dots enhance stability of solar-harvesting perovskite crystals
University of Toronto Engineering researchers have combined two emerging technologies for next-generation solar power — and discovered that each one helps stabilize the other. The resulting hybrid material is a major step toward reducing the co...
Deployment of grid-scale flow batteries in Africa
ESS Inc, manufacturer of safe, low-cost and long-duration energy storage systems, announced that it has joined Power Africa, a US Government-led partnership coordinated by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), as a private sector partn...
65 MW solar plant for Malaysia
Scatec Solar and partners have grid connected its second solar power plant in Malaysia, the 65 MW (DC) Jasin plant. This plant is the second of three 65 MW solar plants under completion by Scatec Solar in Malaysia. For more information see the IDTech...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM PRINTED ELECTRONICS WORLD

Quantum dots enhance stability of solar-harvesting perovskite crystals
University of Toronto Engineering researchers have combined two emerging technologies for next-generation solar power — and discovered that each one helps stabilize the other. The resulting hybrid material is a major step toward reducing the co...
C3Nano's ActiveGrid Ink for mass production by Hitachi Chemical Co
C3Nano Inc, a leader in silver nanowire-based transparent conductive inks and films used in flexible displays, touchscreens and other products, announced that Hitachi Chemical Company Ltd has qualified C3Nano's ActiveGrid™ ink for mass producti...
Get ready for the 5G revolution
By 2030, 5G is forecast to contribute $700 billion to the global economy with a compound annual growth rate of 20 percent. This is a revolutionary rise that will both accelerate the growth of the telecommunications industry and redefine a whole host...
Training on Stretchable and Flexible Electronics
IDTechEx is hosting two half-day Business Intelligence Forums covering stretchable and flexible electronics, taking place in Boston on June 5 2019. They provide a training opportunity allowing attendees to learn detailed technical and marketing insig...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM ROBOTICS RESEARCH

New flying/driving robot developed
The first experimental robot drone that flies like a typical quadcopter, drives on tough terrain and squeezes into tight spaces using the same motors, has been developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers. For more information se...
Self driving cars and smart robots to make home deliveries
One-click shopping and perks like two-day delivery are extremely convenient, and the US Postal Service alone delivered more than 6 billion packages in 2018, or double the volume it was handling about 10 years ago. This takes a toll on cities and neig...
New AI sees like a human, filling in the blanks
Computer scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have taught an artificial intelligence agent how to do something that usually only humans can do--take a few quick glimpses around and infer its whole environment, a skill necessary for the dev...
Teaching robots to write and draw
An algorithm developed by Brown University computer scientists enables robots to put pen to paper, writing words using stroke patterns similar to human handwriting. It's a step, the researchers say, toward robots that are able to communicate more flu...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY INSIGHTS

Wearable system to sense, stimulate brain at unprecedented resolution
A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University is starting a project to design and implement a noninvasive neural interface that can be used as a wearable device. This neural interface will be capable of both recording and stimulating the brai...
Blood and sweat take training app to the next level
KTH researcher Gaston Crespo and his colleagues have developed a multifaceted measuring technology that is able to detect a number of conditions in the human body. From renal failure to dehydration. Future applications include both training apps and ...
Cooling and heating patch serves as personal thermostat
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a wearable patch that could provide personalized cooling and heating at home, work, or on the go. The soft, stretchy patch cools or warms a user's skin to a comfortable temperature an...
Fusible and printable elastomer sensors for e-textiles
Integrating sensoric functions into textiles or elastomers is way more difficult than equipping machines because it requires movable or extensible sensors. The Center Smart Materials CeSMa of the Fraunhofer ISC with its experience in the field of ada...