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EV Material and Component Opportunities Outside the Battery Cell

When talking about the electric vehicle (EV) market, a great amount of emphasis is put on the battery cells - and rightly so. They govern the total storage capacity, impact energy density, and are a critical supply chain consideration when scaling up to meet the growing EV demand. However, EVs present a great range of opportunities outside of the battery cells.

AI Accelerates Search for Markers of Resistance to Sugarcane Disease

Yellow leaf disease, a major sugarcane pest in Brazil, is caused by a virus resistant to thermal treatment. An infected plantation can be saved only by growing plantlets in tissue culture in the laboratory and planting them out, a time-consuming process that requires specialized infrastructure and personnel.

Anronaut

Anronaut was formed in 2002, specialising in automating forklifts for high-racking material handling in very narrow aisles (VNAs). The company is small-sized with only three employees, focusing on designing and building autonomous transport systems with automated guided vehicles (AGVs) for other companies. So far they have accomplished over 30 projects, mostly in Europe and a few in the USA.

420MWh of Grid Balancing Battery Storage in Taiwan

The systems will be part of one of the most advanced and challenging ancillary service schemes worldwide, overlapping different services such as frequency regulation and load-shifting. This is expected to be the most important large-scale energy storage project performing the new range of frequency support services introduced by the transmission system operator Taiwan Power Corporation.

Enhanced Touch Screens Could Help You 'Feel' Objects

The next time you buy a new couch, you may not ever have to leave your old one to get a feel for the texture of the new material.

Increased Cognitive Demands Offset Low-Back Exoskeleton Advantages

Although novel ergonomic interventions such as industrial exoskeletons have shown promise in reducing the risk of musculoskeletal injuries, new research finds that the cognitive fit (where the wearer has ample mental resources available to accurately operate the exoskeleton while conducting their daily work tasks) of such wearable robotic solutions in the workplace may impose newer risks on workers.

Wrightbus Prevents One Million kgs of CO2 Entering the Atmosphere

Leading bus manufacturer Wrightbus has prevented an incredible one million kilograms of harmful carbon dioxide emissions entering the atmosphere since the launch of its world-first hydrogen double decker buses - just two years after the company was bought out of administration.

Electroninks Receives US Air Force Contract

Electroninks has announced that it has received nearly $1.5M in Phase II Small Business Innovation Research funding to develop advanced manufacturing hardware and particle-free conductive inks for printed circuit boards from the Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office.

Collaboration to Bring 3D Printing to Classrooms

Ultimaker announces a reseller partnership with FUJIFILM Business Innovation Australia. This partnership seeks to supply the growing demands of educational institutions that are looking to plug the additive manufacturing skills gap and empower students to enter the workforce as leaders with an AM-ready mindset.

United Kingdom's Largest Supplier of Green, Renewable Hydrogen

Fortescue Future Industries signs agreement with JCB and Ryze Hydrogen to become United Kingdom's largest supplier of green, renewable hydrogen.

500 KG Containerized Hydrogen Refueling Station a Milestone

With the rapid development of hydrogen energy and fuel cell vehicle industries, the increase of public awareness of environmental protection, and the conscious guidance of governments and institutions, the preparation, transportation, and storage of hydrogen energy have become the focus of the world's attention in the recent years. Meanwhile, the demand for hydrogen refueling facilities is also increasing exponentially.

ZF: Automotive Tier 1 Pushing Robot Shuttles

ZF is an established tier 1 automotive supplier. At ITS World Congress ZF exhibited its vision for the future of urban mobility in the form of a level 4 automated robot shuttles. IDTechEx spoke to ZF about the technology on the shuttle and the business of robot shuttles.

BluSense

BluSense Diagnostics is an in vitro diagnostics company with core technology in microfluidics and immuno-magnetic assays for point-of-care testing of infectious diseases. IDTechEx analyst Andy Ko spoke with BluSense CEO Maarten van der Linden and CSO Dr Marco Donolato on 29/10/2021.

Mobileye: ADAS & Autonomy Computation

Mobileye is an Intel company and provides computational hardware for ADAS and autonomous applications in the automotive industry. IDTechEx spoke to Mobileye at ITS World Congress 2021.

PathogenDx

PathogenDx is a diagnostics company using microarrays for pathogen detection in food & agricultural safety, and in COVID-19 testing. IDTechEx analyst Andy Ko interviewed PathogenDx CEO Milan Patel on 26/10/2021.

Flexible Device Could Treat Hearing Loss Without Batteries

Some people are born with hearing loss, while others acquire it with age, infections or long-term noise exposures. In many instances, the tiny hairs in the inner ear's cochlea that allow the brain to recognize electrical pulses as sound are damaged. As a step toward an advanced artificial cochlea, researchers report a conductive membrane, which translated sound waves into matching electrical signals when implanted inside a model ear, without requiring external power.

Upcoming Webinar on Opportunities for Fuel Cells in Road Transport

Thursday 4 November 2021 - $160 Billion Market by 2042. Includes what makes fuel cells an attractive technology pathway; overview of FCEV deployment in passenger cars, LCV, trucks, and buses; challenges facing FCEV deployment; and an overview of IDTechEx's independent 20-year forecasts for FCEV

A New 3D Printing Frontier: Self Powered Wearable Devices

When most people think of wearable devices, they think of smart watches, smart glasses, fitness trackers, even smart clothing. These devices, part of a fast-growing market, have two things in common: They all need an external power source, and they all require exacting manufacturing processes. Until now.

Hyundai, Kia and Factorial Energy to Develop Solid-State Batteries

Factorial Energy, Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation are partnering to test Factorial's novel solid-state battery technology and its integration in Hyundai electric vehicles. Under the Joint Development Agreement, which includes a strategic investment, the companies will integrate Factorial technology at the cell, module, and system levels, perform vehicle-level integration, and co-develop specifications for manufacturing Factorial's batteries.

All About Eve: AI Model to Interpret Human Gene Variants

Researchers have designed an AI tool called EVE (Evolutionary model of Variant Effect), which uses a sophisticated type of machine learning to detect patterns of genetic variation across hundreds of thousands of nonhuman species and then use them to make predictions about the meaning of variations in human genes.