External press release
25 Aug 2022
CorPower Ocean's C4 Wave Energy Converter Completes Dry Test
CorPower Ocean's first commercial scale C4 Wave Energy Converter has completed a rigorous one-year on-land testing program, following a final 'Ironman' endurance exercise.
25 Aug 2022
Octopus Energy Renewables Fund Makes First Investment
Octopus Energy Group launches its new renewables fund Octopus Energy Development Partnership. It comes as the fund makes its debut investment in renewables developer Exagen to build new green energy and rapidly grow the UK's energy storage capacity.
External press release
25 Aug 2022
Titomic Enters Key Middle Eastern Markets Through Repkon
Titomic Limited announces that Repkon Foreign Trade and Marketing Inc has signed an agreement to become an official reseller of Titomic systems within Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
External press release
25 Aug 2022
Flexitricity and Thrive Renewables Announce 20MW Battery Deal
Flexitricity and Thrive Renewables have entered into an optimisation agreement for a 20MW battery energy storage system. The deal covers Thrive's Feeder Road site in its home city and kickstarts an exciting collaboration between the two organisations.
External press release
25 Aug 2022
Using Transparent Solar Power for Cultivating Crops
Recent scholarly research highlights the economic and environmental costs associated with greenhouse crop cultivation. However, because greenhouses are crucial for increasing product yield in tightly controlled climates, it's not a cultivation technique farmers can live without.
External press release
25 Aug 2022
Polestar and Candela Join Forces to Make Electric Boats Mainstream
Polestar will provide battery and charging systems for Candela's highly efficient flying boats. The battery deal will enable Candela to scale up production swiftly, bringing mass-market electric boats one step closer to reality.
External press release
25 Aug 2022
Finding the 'Magic' That Powers the Brain Using a Giant Supercomputer
After building a unique supercomputer to model parts of the brain, its creator Professor Steve Furber, says we're still a long way from fully understanding the complex mysteries of the human mind.
Update interview
25 Aug 2022
PKVitality
PKVitality are developing a non-invasive continuous glucose monitor using a microneedle-based skin patch and watch. Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, interviewed Minh Le, General Manager of the company, to get an update from the company.
Update interview
25 Aug 2022
Cardiomo
Cardiomo Care is a platform and skin patch for continuous ECG monitoring.
24 Aug 2022
Upcoming Webinar - The Bioplastic Revolution: Successes and Challenges
Thursday 1 September 2022 - What is the value of bioplastics in a circular economy? What trends have shifted to drive bioplastic growth? What are the needs bioplastics must meet and pain points to solve? What is the outlook for bioplastics in the next decade?
24 Aug 2022
5 Key Routes to Better Li-Ion Batteries
The current iteration of Li-ion batteries, which are based on graphite anodes, liquid electrolytes, and cathode materials such as NMC and LFP, are generally considered to be reaching their performance limits. However, from cell materials to battery designs, there are still several routes that can lead to further improvements in performance and cost.
24 Aug 2022
Graphene Recovers Gold From Waste Electronics
This new, seemingly magical application of graphene works quite straightforwardly: add graphene into a solution containing traces of gold and, after a few minutes, pure gold appears on graphene sheets, with no other chemicals or energy input involved. After this you can extract pure gold by simply burning the graphene off.
24 Aug 2022
Machine Learning Makes It Easier to Get the Denim You Want
The latest machine learning innovation makes shopping for your favourite Levi's online easier and more efficient.
24 Aug 2022
Brushing Thin Films onto Electrodes Preserves Batteries
A bit of brushing may be the secret to making better rechargeable lithium batteries. Researchers have introduced a technique to tune the surface of anodes for batteries by simply brushing powders into them. The powder adheres to the anode and becomes a thin, lithiated coating that effectively prevents the formation of damaging dendrites.
Full profile interview
24 Aug 2022
Clearpath Robotics
Clearpath Robotics is an autonomous mobile platform (autonomous guided vehicles) manufacturer that provides indoor and outdoor unmanned guided vehicles, along with software services for autonomous driving.
24 Aug 2022
A Chip-Free, Wireless Electronic "Skin"
Wearable sensors are ubiquitous thanks to wireless technology that enables a person's glucose concentrations, blood pressure, heart rate, and activity levels to be transmitted seamlessly from sensor to smartphone for further analysis. Most wireless sensors today communicate via embedded Bluetooth chips that are themselves powered by small batteries. But these conventional chips and power sources will likely be too bulky for next-generation sensors, which are taking on smaller, thinner, more flexible forms.
Full profile interview
24 Aug 2022
KEMET: Flexible Haptic Actuators
This interview with IDTechEx focused on recent progress with KEMET's flexible piezo actuator for surface haptics applications.
Update
23 Aug 2022
Embark — Autonomous Trucks
Embark is one of the leaders in autonomous truck development. It has a significant amount of funding and has amassed 14,200 non-committal orders for vehicles from potential customers.
23 Aug 2022
First Completely Robot-Supported Microsurgical Operations on Humans
Scientists have carried out the first completely robot-supported microsurgical operations on humans. The physicians used an innovative operating method in which a new type of operations robot, designed especially for microsurgery, is networked with a robotic microscope. This approach makes it possible for the operating surgeon to be completely taken out of the operating area.
23 Aug 2022
Ultralight eVTOL Designed To Revolutionize Farming and Agriculture
Test flights exceeded expectations, resulting in the successful testing of the ultralight eVTOL flight control systems with seamless takeoff, controlled hover, forward flight, pivot turn maneuvers, and a safe, smooth landing, performing optimally in a stable flight envelope.