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LATEST ARTICLES FROM 3D PRINTING PROGRESS

IDTechEx Research: 3D printing materials market worth $23B in 2029
The 3D printing materials market will be worth $23B in 2029 according to the new IDTechEx Research report on the topic, 3D Printing Materials 2019-2029: Technology and Market Analysis . The report covers current and future technologies, market foreca...
Worlds first 3D printed community
For families living on less than $200 per month, receiving a safe home-providing shelter from both environmental and physical danger-has the potential to change lives for generations to come. Fuseproject have announced a partnership with New Story on...
IDTechEx forecast the 3D printing market will be worth $31B in 2029
After initial commercialisation in the 1990s, 3D printing underwent a period of intense interest in 2013. Key players were quick to capitalise on this interest, enjoying exponential revenue growth between 2013 and 2016 as a result. Since then, the hy...
New Market Report on 3D Printing of Metals from IDTechEx Research
The metal 3D printing market will be worth $19B in 2029 as forecast by IDTechEx Research in their latest report on the topic, covering 3D printing of metals technology and market analysis After initial commercialisation in the 1990s, 3D printing me...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM ADVANCED BATTERIES & ENERGY STORAGE RESEARCH

Army discovery opens path to safer batteries
Soldiers carrying 15-25 pounds of batteries could carry batteries a fraction of the weight but with the same energy and improved safety, a new study shows. In the latest issue of the journal Nature, researchers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities ...
Potassium-oxygen batteries that last longer
Researchers have built a more efficient, more reliable potassium-oxygen battery, a step toward a potential solution for energy storage on the nation's power grid and longer-lasting batteries in cell phones and laptops. In a study published this mon...
Webinar Thursday 23 May 2019- Supercapacitors Markets
Webinar Title : Supercapacitors Markets Date: Thursday 23 May 2019 Presenters : IDTechEx Chairman, Dr Peter Harrop Space is limited - reserve your seat today! Supercapacitors are passing their period of disillusion and seeing growing orders for...
Aggreko launches new mobile and modular battery system
Aggreko, the world's leading provider of temporary power, temperature control and energy services, is adding mobile and modular energy storage to its 10 gigawatt (GW) fleet of distributed energy assets. The Y.Cube is a fully integrated, ready-to-inst...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH

Use of robots and artificial intelligence to understand the deep-sea
Artificial intelligence could help scientists shed new light on the variety of species living on the ocean floor, according to new research led by the University of Plymouth. With increasing threats facing the marine environment, scientists despera...
San Francisco bans facial recognition
San Francisco has become the first city in the United States to ban the use of facial recognition technology by police or other government agencies. The Board of Supervisors voted 8 to 1 in favour of the bill which could become final after a second v...
Dali lives: Art meets artificial intelligence
Imagine legendary surrealist artist Salvador Dali personally welcoming you to the Salvador Dali Museum, even sharing observations on current events and the motivations behind his masterpieces. The Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida announced, on ...
Security robots have facial recognition
Knightscope Inc a developer of advanced physical security technologies focused on enhancing US security operations, announced that facial recognition software utilizing deep learning to detect, analyze and compare faces is now available, in beta form...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM ELECTRIC VEHICLES RESEARCH

Electric Vehicles: $2.6 Trillion Market, Many New Sectors
The future is coming early for electric vehicles (EV). The new IDTechEx Research report Electric Vehicles 2020-2030 is based on analysis of no less than 100 sectors to 2030. IDTechEx has studied and forecasted EVs for over 20 years. It has 15 PhD lev...
Learn about the route to success in the unforgiving EV battleground
Plug-in electric cars are forecast by IDTechEx to sell over 25 million units per year in 2029 making up around 30% of total sales by that point. However, electrification does not stop at cars; buses, trucks, construction, mining, two-wheelers, boats,...
NASA funds aviation research on a new fuel concept
Researchers at the University of Illinois are leading a newly funded project from NASA to develop a novel approach for all-electric aircraft. For more information see the IDTechEx report on Manned Electric Aircraft 2018-2028 . Although improvements...
Will Volkswagen Group Succeed in Electric Vehicles?
Volkswagen Group will prosper or collapse. It is showing signs of both. We all know the history. The German car industry was in denial about electric vehicles and a German trade union leader described the leaders of the German car industry as sleepin...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM GLOBAL BIOTECHNOLOGY INSIGHTS

How the snail's shell got its coil
If you look at a snail's shell, the chances are it will coil to the right. But, occasionally, you might find an unlucky one that twists in the opposite direction - as fans of Jeremy the lefty snail will remember, these snails struggle to mate with th...
World's first wearable kidney is the goal
The artificial wearable kidney would reduce the need for hospital visits and decrease health care costs because dialysis could take place during a patient's regular routine. For more information see the IDTechEx report on Tissue Engineering 2018-2028...
Low-cost, high-tech synthetic biology for the classroom
How can high school students learn about a technology as complex and abstract as CRISPR? It's simple: just add water. A Northwestern University-led team has developed BioBits, a suite of hands-on educational kits that enable students to perform a r...
Renishaw
Interview at IDTechEx Show! 2019 IDTechEx interviewed Dr Micha Kölbach, Product Manager of Spectroscopy and Sales Manager at Renishaw. The company was founded in 1973 in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire and currently employs approximately 5,000 pe...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM OFF GRID ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

Scotland's biggest offshore wind farm complete
The last of 84 offshore wind turbines was commissioned yesterday at the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm, which has been completed on time and under budget after three years of construction. The final 7MW Siemens Gamesa turbine was installed in the Outer M...
Fluoride radically improves the stability of perovskite solar cells
Solar cells made of perovskite hold much promise for the future of solar energy. The material is cheap, easy to produce and almost as efficient as silicon, the material traditionally used in solar cells. However, perovskite degrades quickly, severely...
Underwater power generation
Underwater vehicles, diving robots, and detectors require their own energy supply to operate for long periods independent of ships. A new, inexpensive system for the direct electrochemical extraction of energy from seawater offers the advantage of al...
Mercedes-Benz Cars aims for carbon-neutral fleet
Daimler AG is pushing ahead with the transformation to emission-free mobility. Sustainability is one of the key elements of Daimler's corporate strategy and at the same time a benchmark for corporate success. The future Chairman of the Board of Manag...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM PRINTED ELECTRONICS WORLD

Pervasive Displays launches compact yellow tri-color e-paper displays
Pervasive Displays announces its new line of compact black, white and yellow displays. Ranging in size from 1.54 to 4.37-inches, the displays give product and service designers additional flexibility by being able to display text and images in yellow...
Fluoride radically improves the stability of perovskite solar cells
Solar cells made of perovskite hold much promise for the future of solar energy. The material is cheap, easy to produce and almost as efficient as silicon, the material traditionally used in solar cells. However, perovskite degrades quickly, severely...
Get the complete picture on Stretchable and Flexible Electronics
Traditional electronic components rely on rigid circuit boards and housing. Whilst this has still enabled the huge growth of the sector, it remains relatively limited in form factor. New advances around flexible, stretchable and conformal electronics...
Smallest pixels ever created could light up colour-changing buildings
The smallest pixels yet created - a million times smaller than those in smartphones, made by trapping particles of light under tiny rocks of gold - could be used for new types of large-scale flexible displays, big enough to cover entire buildings. Fo...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Use of robots and artificial intelligence to understand the deep-sea
Artificial intelligence could help scientists shed new light on the variety of species living on the ocean floor, according to new research led by the University of Plymouth. With increasing threats facing the marine environment, scientists despera...
Self driving robot makes life easier for Ford
Autonomous vehicles from Ford are still a few years away, but one little robot is already showing what's possible. For more information see the IDTechEx report on Mobile Robots and Drones in Material Handling and Logistics 2018-2038 . Nicknamed <&>qu...
Underwater power generation
Underwater vehicles, diving robots, and detectors require their own energy supply to operate for long periods independent of ships. A new, inexpensive system for the direct electrochemical extraction of energy from seawater offers the advantage of al...
Ultrasound sensors for robots and drones: an introduction
Ultrasound sensors are commonly used in obstacle avoidance in robots and drones. In this article, we provide a brief introduction to this sensing technology, covering its basics; assessing its merits and drawbacks, benchmarking it against other sensi...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY INSIGHTS

World's first wearable kidney is the goal
The artificial wearable kidney would reduce the need for hospital visits and decrease health care costs because dialysis could take place during a patient's regular routine. For more information see the IDTechEx report on Tissue Engineering 2018-2028...
Get the complete picture on Stretchable and Flexible Electronics
Traditional electronic components rely on rigid circuit boards and housing. Whilst this has still enabled the huge growth of the sector, it remains relatively limited in form factor. New advances around flexible, stretchable and conformal electronics...
ABEĀTIS launches first ever color-changing apparel
Athleisure brand Abeātis has released their first ever color changing hoodie. The Abeātis UV Tech Hoodie is made from mirage fiber, a new type of intelligent textile developed by treating biomass fibers with a discoloration material that re...
NTT (New Textile Technologies)
NTT are a German company focused around garment manufacturing in e-textiles. IDTechEx interviewed Hans Bauer, Managing Director, at their booth at the IDTechEx Show in Berlin. The company employs 18 people in a development hub in Germany, as well a...