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Smart Tablecloth can Find Fruit and Help Watering the Plants

Researchers have designed a smart fabric that can detect non-metallic objects ranging from avocadoes to credit cards. The fabric, named Capacitivo, senses shifts in electrical charge to identify items of varying shapes and sizes.

New DLP Resin Offers Fast Printing Speeds and Unique Flexibility

Royal DSM has announced Somos® QuickGen 500, a game-changing, fast-printing, general purpose engineered resin for digital light processing (DLP) and liquid crystal display (LCD) 3D printing.

What Does the Future Hold for the Hearables Market?

The first electric hearing aid was created in 1898, and was arguably among the earliest examples of wearable tech. So it's fitting that, more than a century later, on- and in-ear technology is once again leading the way - this time as hearables, a sector now poised for substantial growth.

New Tool can Diagnose Strokes with a Smartphone

A new tool created by researchers could diagnose a stroke based on abnormalities in a patient's speech ability and facial muscular movements, and with the accuracy of an emergency room physician -- all within minutes from an interaction with a smartphone.

Apple Finally Embraces 5G, But Challenges Remain

Apple has integrated 5G into all four newly announced iPhones. The news certainly sends a positive signal to the 5G industry, but many challenges await before 5G becomes ubiquitous.

AAC Technologies

AAC Technologies are a leading manufacturer of electromagnetic haptic actuators such as ERM motors and LRAs.

Wearable Sensor Industry Worth $2.5bn in 2020 New IDTechEx Study Finds

The wearable sensor industry will be worth $2.5 billion in 2020, having tripled in size since 2014. This comes despite the significant economic challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused a reduction in the total revenue this year.

Nidec Corporation

Nidec Corporation are a prominent player in motors including the haptic actuator market. This profile looks at their latest performance in 2020 and in haptics over time.

Future Opportunities for Thin-Film, Flexible and Printed Batteries

The battery industry has experienced enormous innovation and investment with the demand mainly from electric vehicles and energy storage systems. The 1,500 GWh market demand in 2030 indicates huge potential for batteries.

Robotic fresh fruit picking: overview and players

This is the 6th article in our series of articles focused on agricultural robotics. In this brief article we consider the trends towards robotic harvesting (picking) of fresh fruits.

New Solar Energy Optics

Finnish technology company ICS has developed a unique technology platform and a film solution providing a 5-10% increase in energy output for conventional solar modules - and even higher gains for more advanced applications.

Agricultural Robots and Drones: Company and Product Readiness Map

It is often imagined that agriculture is alien to new technologies. This is far from reality. In fact, agriculture has always been a pioneer in the adoption of new technologies, embracing motor/power, modified seed, and agrochemical technologies over many decades to boost productivity.

Smart Glasses: The New Smartphone?

This article discusses the future impact of the standalone AR market. Will SmartGlasses be a short-lived trend, or become as common place as the smartphone?

VCSEL and SPAD solid-state lidars: how far can they go?

The 3D lidar story is becoming ever more interesting. The focus at first was on autonomous driving, but, given the timelines and the potential of the technology, it is now migrating into consumer, ADAS, security, autonomous robots, and beyond.

Sentons - Product announcements

Sentons announced use of their "software defined surfaces" products in two new devices from leading players: Lenovo and Asus. This profile gives more details of the relationship and the products launched.

Hitachi Chemical

Hitachi is offering Cu sintering paste. The pastes are offered in three varieties as outlined in the profile. In general, the challenge is to prevent oxidization during the sintering.

Large-Scale Facial Recognition Incompatible with a Free Society

Some progressive cities have banned some uses of the technology. Three tech companies have pulled facial recognition products from the market.

ASSA ABLOY Joins Zigbee Alliance Board of Directors

The Zigbee Alliance announced ASSA ABLOY Group has joined the Alliance's Board of Directors.

Smartwatches as a Medical Device? Progress and Outlook from IDTechEx

Last week, Apple announced the latest features that will be added to the Apple Watch in watchOS 7. Amongst the range of updates were a series of new health app features, including new "mobility metrics" such as low-range cardio fitness, walking speed, stair-descent speed, stair-ascent speed, six-minute walk distance, double support time, step length, and asymmetry.

DSP Group

IDTechEx interviewed Ofer Elaykim and Tali Chen, CEO and CMO respectively of DSP Group. In this profile we give an overview of the company as well as details about their more recent focus on hearables and the related acquisition of SoundChip.