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Unique Light Sensing 3D Printed Device Could Help People With Lupus

A team of engineers and doctors have designed a unique 3D-printed light-sensing medical device that is placed directly on the skin and gives real-time feedback to correlate light exposure with disease flare-ups. The device could help millions of people worldwide with lupus and other light-sensitive diseases by providing access to more personalized treatments and information to determine what causes their symptoms.

One of Europe's Highest Capacity Wind Farms for Romania

The Vis Viva wind farm will be located to the east of the Romanian capital Bucharest and, once operational, it will be one of Europe's largest onshore wind farms.

Novel Method to Make Promising Battery Material

Charging and discharging a battery cell transforms its electrode material into a ​"super" material.

Machine Learning Prevents Waterborne Diseases at Refugee Camps

Waterborne illness is one of the leading causes of infectious disease outbreaks in refugee and internally displaced persons settlements, but researchers have developed a new technique to keep drinking water safe using machine learning, and it could be a game changer.

Epishine

Epishine is a Swedish company founded in 2016. The company works on organic PV for indoor wireless electronics. Epishine just announced it has received SEK 25 million (US$2.3 million) from the European Union's LIFE fund.

Williams Advanced Engineering Debuts Hypercar

Williams Advanced Engineering debuts its latest electric vehicle innovation: an ultra-high performance electric vehicle platform designed to accelerate the ambitions of hypercar manufacturers, from start-ups to OEMs.

Martian Rock-Metal Composite Shows Potential of 3D Printing on Mars

A little Martian dust appears to go a long way. A small amount of simulated crushed Martian rock mixed with a titanium alloy made a stronger, high-performance material in a 3D‑printing process that one day could be used on Mars to make tools or rocket parts.

Bioresorbable, Implantable Device to Block Pain Signals

It is well known that cold temperatures numb the sensation in our nerves. Evidence suggests that cooling peripheral nerves can in fact reduce the velocity and amplitude of neural signals that cause pain, leading to pain relief. What's great about this approach is that if made possible, it will be completely reversible and non-addictive.

Wearable Robot Catches Fall

Researchers have developed a wearable assistive robot that can detect and prevent a fall before it happens, reducing the user's risk of sustaining injuries. The robot can also be used to aid patients' rehabilitation from their injuries.

AllCell Technologies (Beam Global): Phase Change Material for EVs

IDTechEx previously interviewed AllCell Technologies in 2019 and met AllCell again at the Battery Show 2021 in the US. AllCell has recently (March 2022) been acquired by Beam Global and IDTechEx spoke to AllCell at the Thermal Management Expo 2022 to get another update on the company's progress and place within Beam Global.

Built Robotics

Built Robotics Inc. is a San Francisco, California, US-based vehicular automation startup that develops software and hardware to automate construction equipment.

Teramount

Teramount has developed a fiber-to-chip photonic interconnect solution that utilises out-of-plane proprietary coupling technology in conjunction with a fiber attach. The system purportedly allows for a one hundredfold improvement to assembly tolerances when compared with standard edge-coupling. IDTechEx spoke to Raanan Gewirtzman, Strategy and Business Development Advisor.

King Long: Bus Giant Investing in Autonomy

Xiamen King Long United Automotive Industry Co., Ltd (more commonly known as just King Long) is one of the largest bus manufacturers in the world. It has partnered with technology giant and robotaxi leader Baidu. The two are developing an autonomous minibus that is currently in the trialling phase.

Control Automation Technology

Control Automation Technology is a Malaysian company founded in 2009 that is a manufacturer and distributer of semiconductor components and equipment. CAT has partnered with Korean company, Purium, to export Purium's disinfectant gate — a technology that removes airborne particulates including bacteria and viruses.

Graphene Supply Outstrips Demand

As of mid-2022, the global graphene and graphene oxide installed capacity easily exceeds 12,000 tonnes per year, but utilization is low as the orders lag significantly behind. Is this a natural part of the commercial journey, or has hype overcome reality? Is this a case of "build it, they will come", or are there real market needs? What does the future hold for these graphene manufacturers? IDTechEx provides an independent perspective on these questions and more.

Major Leap for Stable High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells

Solar cells manufactured from materials known as perovskites are catching up with the efficiency of traditional silicon-based solar cells. At the same time, they have advantages of low cost and short energy payback time. However, such solar cells have problems with stability - something that researchers have now managed to solve.

3D Printing Webinar - Successes to Celebrate, Challenges to Tackle

Thursday 22 September 2022 - This webinar will discuss the sectors that 3D printing is currently having success in; analyze the barriers limiting additive manufacturing adoption in other industries; highlight the applications where 3D printing has high growth potential; and present IDTechEx's outlook for the AM market

Inaugural Thermal Management Expo Shines a Light on the Hot Trends

Thermal management is an often overlooked yet imperative part of our modern lives. The recent Thermal Management Expo and Conference was timely for both end users and material providers, with speakers ranging from Meta to W.L. Gore. In this article, IDTechEx highlights some of the key discussion points and takeaways from this 2-day event.

Greenerwave

Greenerwave is a French deeptech startup, developing tunable conductive metamaterials for use in telecommunications, RFID, and automotive verticals. IDTechEx spoke with Greenerwave CSO and Co-founder Geoffroy Lerosey on 26 August, 2022.

Cogniteam Ignites Robotics AI with NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Edge AI

Cogniteam, a robotics company and creator of the Nimbus low-code robot development operating system, has integrated the latest NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin platform into its existing robot software packets. As a Preferred member of the NVIDIA Partner Network, Cogniteam had early access to the AGX Orin developer kit, which allowed the company to prepare a streamlined process for the next generation of edge robot capabilities.