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2015

Researchers tailor power source for wearable electronics

Wearable power sources for wearable electronics are limited by the size of garments. With that in mind, researchers have developed flexible wire-shaped microsupercapacitors that can be woven into a jacket, shirt or dress.

Trumpf to offer selective laser melting for 3D printing of metals

German industrial machining and tooling equipment manufacturer, Trumpf, has added another type of metal 3D printing technology to its portfolio. This makes Trumpf the only manufacturer to offer all of the major laser 3D printing technologies.

Robotic additive manufacturing platform

Arevo Labs has introduced a scalable Robot-based Additive Manufacturing (RAM) platform for fabricating 3D printed composite parts.

Supercapacitors record breaking performance for self-powered wearables

The NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies develops and employs nano-enabled energy harvesting, energy storage, nanodevices and sensors to create innovative battery-free, body-powered, and wearable health monitoring systems.

Sol-gel capacitor dielectric offers record-high energy storage

Using a hybrid silica sol-gel material and self-assembled monolayers of a common fatty acid, researchers have developed a new capacitor dielectric material that provides an electrical energy storage capacity rivaling certain batteries, with both a high energy density and high power density.

Ultra-thin hollow nanocages reduce platinum use in fuel cell electrode

A new fabrication technique that produces platinum hollow nanocages with ultra-thin walls could dramatically reduce the amount of the costly metal needed to provide catalytic activity in such applications as fuel cells.

Trees are source for high-capacity, soft batteries

A method for making elastic high-capacity batteries from wood pulp was unveiled by researchers in Sweden and the US.

A 100% electric vending van, the e-Tuk Vendo

The e-Tuk Vendo is 100% electric vending van intended for mobile catering.

Volvo Trucks cuts production times by 94 percent

Volvo Trucks is now producing more than 30 tools using Stratasys additive manufacturing, slashing the tool turnaround times by more than 94 percent.

Fabrisonic

Fabrisonic is a small technology-focussed business which has developed Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM) technology. It uses sound waves to merge 150-200 micron layers of metal foil without melting. A succession of metal tapes is built into a three-dimensional shape, with periodic machining operations to create the detailed shape.

What's New in 3D Printing?

IDTechEx Research recently attended a 3D Printing Materials Conference in Maastricht. Here we share what we learned.

Oil price hits electric vehicle sales?

The oil price may stay low for many years due to oversupply. This will not affect the sales of electric road vehicles because their sales numbers decoupled from the oil price many years ago thanks to superior performance, subsidies and privileges such as no congestion charge.

2014

Review of 3D Printing in 2014 and the outlook for 2015

2014 has been a big year for 3D printing. Even established 3D printing companies have been posting huge growth. Both Stratasys and Arcam, with their vastly different technologies, are expected to report year-on-year growth of 57% this year. This steep upward trend in 3D printer sales is reflected in IDTechEx forecasts in 3D Printing 2015-2025: Technologies, Markets, Players. This article review all the major events and developments in 2014 and will give the IDTechEx view on the outlook for 2015.

Building a new nanowire for solar cells

Scientists have found a novel way to make nanowires from a light-absorbing lead-containing material called a perovskite, which is used in the new generation of solar cells.

New form of crystalline order holds promise for thermoelectrics

Since the 1850s scientists have known that crystalline materials are organized into 14 different basic lattice structures. However, a team of researchers now reports that it has discovered an entirely new form of crystalline order.

Super stable garnet ceramics ideal for high-energy lithium batteries

Scientists have discovered exceptional properties in a garnet material that could enable development of higher-energy battery designs.

Sciaky

Sciaky Inc. is a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries. It was established by 1939 as a provider of advanced welding systems and custom welding services. Sciaky launched its Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) process in 2009 for the production of large-scale, high-value metal parts and prototypes.

New lithium battery created in Japan

A team of researchers at Tohoku University in Japan has created a new type of lithium ion conductor for future batteries that could be the basis for a whole new generation of solid-state batteries.

Flexible supercapacitor could be woven into clothes to power devices

Scientists have taken a large step toward making a fiber-like energy storage device that can be woven into clothing and power wearable medical monitors, communications equipment or other small electronics.

2013

Triboelectric generators capture wasted power

Researchers are developing a family of power generators that take advantage of the triboelectric effect to produce small amounts of electricity for portable devices and sensors.

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