23 Oct 2020
Join the IDTechEx Webinar on Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea and Air
The Meteoric Rise of Electric Vehicles Across Land, Sea & Air - Overview of EV markets in 2020 and beyond: on-road, boats & ships, aircraft; The importance of battery-electric vehicles, and the place for plug-in hybrids and fuel cells; Core enabling technologies: electric traction motors and Li-ion batteries.
23 Oct 2020
Researchers Demonstrate First Organic Battery
Researchers have for the first time demonstrated an organic battery. It is of a type known as a "redox flow battery", with a large capacity that can be used to store energy from wind turbines and solar cells, and as a power bank for cars.
Full profile interview
22 Oct 2020
ChemCubed
Chem Cubed offer particle-free conductive inks for thin-film printed electronics, along with inkjet printers for prototyping/small volume production that are optimized to work with their inks. Relative to other conductive inks ChemCubed's particle-free inks have very low time/temperature sintering requirements, just 30 s at 100 C.
External press release
22 Oct 2020
Citroën, Accor, JCDecaux: Imagining Autonomous Urban Mobility's Future
Citroën, Accor and JCDecaux, three French-based companies of international reputation and that all play an important role in the daily lives of city dwellers around the world, have joined forces within The Urban Collëctif to share their vision of urban mobility.
22 Oct 2020
Good Vibrations from Renewable Energy
Imagine a mobile phone charger that doesn't need a wireless or mains power source. Or a pacemaker with inbuilt organic energy sources within the human body. Researchers led are picking up the challenge of 'scavenging' invisible power from low-frequency vibrations in the surrounding environment, including wind, air or even contact-separation energy (static electricity).
Full profile interview
22 Oct 2020
UMF Corporation
UMF Corporation have developed and commercialized high performance fibers and antimicrobial technologies for infection prevention and control. IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao interviewed George Clark, Founder and CEO of UMF Corporation, on 13 Oct 2020.
Full profile interview
22 Oct 2020
Opus 12
Opus 12 is a green technology start-up company developing methods for catalytically converting carbon dioxide into chemicals and fuels, with the aim of reducing the carbon footprints of the world's heaviest emitters while creating a new revenue stream from what is discarded today as a waste product. In October 2020, IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst Dr Michael Dent spoke with Etosha Cave, COO and co-founder of Opus 12.
External press release
22 Oct 2020
OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Down On Asteroid
In the dark and cold of deep space on 20th October, the Lockheed Martin-built OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descended to the surface of an asteroid and touched it with its robotic arm to collect a sample of its rocky material. Although brief, the Touch-And-Go, or TAG, event was years in the making.
Full profile interview
22 Oct 2020
Inhibit Coatings
Inhibit Coatings is a startup developing silver nanoparticle antimicrobial coatings. IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao interviewed Inhibit Coatings CEO Dr Eldon Tate on 13 Oct 2020.
22 Oct 2020
Merck Announces 2020 Advance Biotech Grant Program N. American Winner
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced that Combined Therapeutics Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, has been selected as the North American winner of its 2020 Advance Biotech Grant Program.
External press release
22 Oct 2020
Boeing's Australian Unmanned Aircraft Completes First Taxi
The Boeing Loyal Wingman aircraft being developed with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) recently moved under its own power for the first time, a key milestone for the aircraft that's expected to make its first flight this year.
22 Oct 2020
HS1 Becomes First Railway to Run Entirely on Renewable Energy
As the high-speed railway linking London, Kent and the Channel Tunnel, HS1 are on track to becoming the first UK railway to run entirely on renewable energy.
External press release
22 Oct 2020
SuperCharge - New Road-Car Based Global Electric Motorsport Series
SuperCharge, an all-new global motorsport series based on electric crossover road cars, has broken cover on its plans to help shape the new future for motorsport.
Update
22 Oct 2020
NeoGraf: NeoNxGen
At a recent webinar at the Thermal Live event, NeoGraf presented their NeoNxGen graphite material for various thermal management applications including consumer electronics.
22 Oct 2020
Impending Technological Innovations of AI in Medical Diagnostics
This article discusses key technological issues that AI image diagnostics companies face and provides a roadmap describing when and how they are likely to be overcome over the next decade, based on research conducted by IDTechEx in the report "AI in Medical Diagnostics 2020-2030: Image Recognition, Players, Clinical Applications, Forecasts".
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21 Oct 2020
Battista Hypercar Owners: Effortless Charging at Home and on the Move
A bespoke wall box designed by Pininfarina SpA and a new public-charging partnership will ensure owners of the Battista pure-electric hypercar are able to enjoy effortless charging at home and on the move.
External press release
21 Oct 2020
PARC selects AlphaSTAR GENOA 3DP for Additive Manufacturing Simulation
AlphaSTAR Corporation announces their additive manufacturing (AM) simulation solution, GENOA 3DP, was selected by Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), a Xerox Company, to be used on the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy's (ARPA-E) DIFFERENTIATE Program.
External press release
21 Oct 2020
Urbint Launches First-Of-Its-Kind AI-Powered Worker Safety Technology
Urbint, the only AI-powered field risk mitigation platform for critical infrastructure operators, today announced the launch of Urbint Lens for Worker Safety, a new predictive AI technology that identifies safety threats to workers in the field, enabling supervisors to prevent serious injuries and fatalities.
External press release
21 Oct 2020
Synergy Medical Signs Partnership With MED-ID Australia / New Zealand
Synergy Medical today announced a partnership with MED-ID. Synergy Medical is based in Longueuil, Quebec, and, from 2008, has been designing, manufacturing and installing automated systems that allow pharmacies to efficiently and accurately prepare compliance packs.
External press release
21 Oct 2020
Borrego Solar Expands Maine Distributed Solar Portfolio
Eight new solar projects spurred by state legislation encourages renewable energy investment and increases affordable access to clean power.