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Creating New Products From Printed Electronics

Printed, flexible and organic electronics is an enabling set of technologies, comprising of many components that are at different stages of commercialisation and maturity.

Airbus, Altran and Microsoft Open the IDTechEx Show!

The IDTechEx Show! at the Estrel Convention Centre in Berlin, Germany on 10 - 11 April is the leading global event for product innovators and technology scouts. Opening the event will be two Cornerstone presentations that will cover exciting developments across these technologies.

Next Electric Vehicles Get Ultra Lightweight Motors

In electric aircraft, motor power-to-weight ratio is paramount for endurance, the main constraint on sales. You cannot lug ever more battery weight to get range. Indeed, better motors mean less battery in a land, water or air vehicle. The new IDTechEx Research report, "Electric Motors for Electric Vehicles: Land, Water, Air 2019-2029" explains the new emphasis on power-to-weight ratio with good efficiency.

Huge Battery Opportunities from Radical Changes in EV Demand

The biggest demand for lithium-ion batteries is moving away from cars and in electric cars it will be a matter of less battery on average.

Quantum computing: from the qubit to a commercial reality

Quantum computers have been a dream for over 40 years, which comes from harnessing the laws of quantum physics to process information. IDTechEx technology analyst Dr Luyun Jiang explores the future possibilities of this technology, based on her findings at CES 2019.

Webinar Thursday 21 February 2019- Piezoelectric roads

IDTechEx will be hosting a free webinar on Thursday 21 February 2019 titled Piezoelectric Roads and Self-Powered IOT Sensors: Big Potential MicroW to MW?

Johnson & Johnson $3.4 billion in cash for Auris surgical robots

Johnson & Johnson announced that Ethicon Inc entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Auris Health Inc for approximately $3.4 billion in cash.

Out of Academia, Into Industry: Printed Electronics Business

Printed, Flexible and Organic Electronics is a market worth $31.6 Billion in 2018, according to IDTechEx Research. The majority of that is for OLED displays, with glass-based versions now entering their golden age and foldable OLEDs and printed OLEDs now entering a phase of commercial growth. Then there is the near $2 Billion market for conductive ink used in many diverse applications and the $3.6 Billion market for sensors, mainly comprising of biosensors so far.

Putting neural networks under the microscope

Researchers are putting the machine-learning systems known as neural networks under the microscope. In a study that sheds light on how these systems manage to translate text from one language to another, the researchers developed a method that pinpoints individual nodes, or "neurons," in the networks that capture specific linguistic features.

IDTechEx Show! Agenda Live: Connecting Brands & Emerging Technologies

The IDTechEx Show! on April 10-11 in Berlin brings together eight key disruptive technologies and their customers at one venue.

Smart Cities International Symposium Report January 22-24 Chicago

This 40 person event had many good speakers and interactions IDTechEx Chairman Dr Peter Harrop reports on his findings.

Smart Cities are not Data Centric Any More

It is now clear that smart cities can be zero emission, quiet and make all their own clean water, food and electricity.

Highlights of "Future of Mobility Chicago USA" January 22 2019

This one day session with about 40 people was a precursor to the two day Smart Cities international Symposium that directly followed.

AI for smarter forest management

Down on the ground, it isn't possible to get a full understanding of the richness of resources in a given forest area or predict any potential risks to the health of plants and trees. Comprehensive, manual surveying and data collection of forested areas can take months, with considerable strain placed on budgets and manpower.

ispace

Established in October 2010 and with 66 employees, ispace is a Japanese start-up developing robotics for lunar delivery and resource exploration

Samsung

Senior Technology Analyst Dr Xiaoxi He reports on her findings as CES 2019

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Senior Technology Analyst Dr Xiaoxi He reports her findings from CES 2019

Immersion

IDTechEx met with Jamal Soboune, Technical Lead, Research at Immersion. They were demonstrating a solid state button targeted at automotive applications in a demonstration at Nidec's booth at CES 2019.

Ground Control offer new lease hire option with partner ChargePoint

Ground Control has now unveiled a lease hire option for the supply and installation of ChargePoint charging units, continuing their support of the electric vehicle network.

AI to better predict flu

A new study combines two forecasting methods with machine learning (artificial intelligence) to estimate local flu activity.