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Eye Movements Read by AI Reveal Thoughts, Memories - and Brain Disease

Whenever you explore an environment or search for something, you scan the scene using continuous rapid eye movements. Your eyes also make short stops to fixate on certain elements of the scene that you want more detailed information about. The way you move your eyes and the selection of details you fixate your gaze upon can be summed up as your viewing behaviour.

Lyten Inc

Lyten Inc are a graphene material and Li-S battery company who exited stealth mode in September 2021. IDTechEx spoke with George Liddle, Director, Analysis and Karel Vanheusden, VP Product Development.

F. Poulsen Engineering

F. Poulsen Engineering is a Danish company specialising in intra-row weed management with mechanical and thermal methods.

Korechi

Korechi is a Canadian start-up developing agricultural robots/platforms with multi functionalities including seeding, weeding, and transporting goods.

New Generation Hybrid Solar Cells One Step Closer to Mass Production

An international team of scientists have identified a new process using coordination materials that can accelerate the use of low-cost, Earth-abundant materials with the potential to transform the energy sector by replacing silicone-based solar panels.

GM to Celebrate Grand Opening of Factory ZERO

Production is now set to begin at the former Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, less than two years after GM announced the massive $2.2 billion investment to fully renovate the facility to build a variety of all-electric trucks and SUVs.

Novel Ion Exchange Membrane for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries

The vanadium redox flow battery is a promising sustainable energy storage system. In a vanadium redox flow battery cell, an ion exchange membrane is used to prevent formation of a cathode/anode short circuit and avoid electrolyte crossover and side reactions, while allowing proton conduction to keep the cell electrically neutral.

SNAQ

SNAQ is a digital health startup commercializing a AI-enabled logbook for food tracking. IDTechEx analysts Nadia Tsao and Brendan Beh interviewed SNAQ CEO Aurelian Briner on 17 Nov 2021.

Prusa Research Goes Big With Innovative Original Prusa XL

Prusa Research unveiled the game-changing Original Prusa XL. The large-scale CoreXY 3D printer with a 36 cm (14.17 in) cubed build volume is more than four times the size of the Original Prusa MK3S+ and eight times the size of the Original Prusa MINI+. I

Joint Venture to Accelerate Indonesia's Two Wheel Electric Vehicles

Gojek, Southeast Asia's leading mobile on-demand services platform, and PT TBS Energi Utama Tbk, a leading integrated energy company in Indonesia, today announced the formation of a joint venture to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles in Indonesia. The joint venture, known as Electrum, will act as a platform through which both companies will develop infrastructure for two-wheel EVs throughout the country.

EcoSense

EcoSense produce radon detectors for specialists and general consumers for fast and accurate monitoring in commercial and domestic settings.

Naio Technologies

Naio Technologies is a French start-up specializing in mechanical weeding robots. The company has three products (Oz, Dino, and Ted).

Ekobot

Swedish start-up company developing autonomous field robots for weed control using mechanical approaches.

EV Charging Infrastructure the Key to Powering Future Mobility

Despite the roaring success of EVs, adequate charging infrastructure is lagging behind. It is a classic chicken-versus-egg scenario: do public charging stations help drive EV adoption, or does greater EV adoption demand a more comprehensive public charging infrastructure?

Printed Electronics: Emerging Applications Accelerate Towards Adoption

2021 has been an exciting year for printed electronics, with multiple applications reaching commercial adoption and significant funds flowing into the sector. Even where technologies are not yet commercialized, companies are increasingly transitioning from developing their technology and producing speculative demonstration prototypes to development and qualification projects for specific customers.

COP26: Small Steps Forward for Green Technologies, Finds IDTechEx

Climate change is one of humanity's most pressing challenges. In an effort to accelerate global action in limiting temperature rises, international lawmakers, business leaders, scientists, and activists convened in Glasgow (U.K.) for the past two weeks in the UN's Climate Change Conference (COP26). In this article, IDTechEx examines three crucial technologies in the fight against climate change that saw advancements (or not) during this COP's proceedings.

High Performance, Breathable Fabric to Power Small Electronics

The triboelectric effect is a phenomenon where a charge is generated on two dissimilar materials when the materials are moved apart after being in contact with each other. Triboelectric nanogenerators use this effect to convert mechanical motion into electrical energy. The compactness of TENGs allows them to be used as wearable devices that can harness the motion of the body to power electronics.

Electronic Nose on a Drone Sniffs out Wastewater Treatment Plant Stink

Researchers have engineered a portable electronic nose that's almost as sharp as a human nose at sniffing out the stink of wastewater treatment plants. Coupled with a drone, the lightweight e-nose can measure the concentration of different smells, predict odor intensity, and produce a real-time odor map of the plant for management.

Focused Ultrasound to Target Tumours Deep in the Brain

Glioblastomas are aggressive brain tumors that are commonly diagnosed through a risky and invasive surgical biopsy. A team of researchers has developed a noninvasive diagnostic method that may one day replace the tissue biopsy with a simple blood test.

Production Starts on the First Road Going Full Electric Volta Zero

Volta Trucks has started production of the first road-going 'Design Verification' prototype Volta Zero vehicle at a bespoke facility in Coventry, UK.