6 Aug 2020
New Streamlined Approach for Twisted 2D Materials
How layers of 2D materials are stacked can have a profound effect on the properties. The twist angles can be the only difference between relatively mundane performance and the capacity to behave as a superconductor.
6 Aug 2020
World's Smallest Imaging Device has Heart Disease in Focus
A team of researchers has used 3D micro-printing to develop the world's smallest, flexible scope for looking inside blood vessels.
6 Aug 2020
Join the IDTechEx Webinar "Electric Cars: In the Wake of COVID-19"
Tuesday 11 August - The electric car market is facing fresh, unforeseen challenges in 2020, and in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, electric vehicles with a higher upfront price are a hard sell. How is the industry, and how are governments, responding? Are electric cars de-railed from their pre-coronavirus trajectory?
External press release
6 Aug 2020
Machines to Manufacture Gears for Robots
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool Co Ltd, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, has developed new models of hobbing and gear shaping machines with highly accurate machining to manufacture precision reduction gears for robots.
6 Aug 2020
Airbus: Successful Autonomous Taxi, Take-off and Landing
Following an extensive two-year flight test programme, Airbus has successfully concluded its Autonomous Taxi, Take-Off and Landing (ATTOL) project. In completing this project, Airbus has achieved autonomous taxiing, take-off and landing of a commercial aircraft through fully automatic vision-based flight tests using on-board image recognition technology - a world-first in aviation.
5 Aug 2020
Drawn-on-Skin Electronics Offer Breakthrough in Wearable Monitors
A team of researchers has developed a new form of electronics known as "drawn-on-skin electronics," allowing multifunctional sensors and circuits to be drawn on the skin with an ink pen.
5 Aug 2020
Hybrid Inverter Integrates Distributed EnergySources
Researchers have developed an intelligent power electronic inverter platform that can connect locally sited energy resources such as solar panels, energy storage and electric vehicles and smoothly interact with the utility power grid.
5 Aug 2020
Printed Electronics Related Webinars Available to Watch On-Demand
IDTechEx currently have a number of printed electronics related webinars available to watch on-demand today. These include presentations on materials informatics, micro-LED displays and electronics reshaped. There is also another chance to view our virtual conference - Opportunities for Printed & Flexible Electronics.
5 Aug 2020
Underwater Robots Reveal Daily Habits of Endangered Whales
Not all humans are morning people. Neither, according to a new study, are all sperm whales - at least when it comes to foraging for food.
4 Aug 2020
Public Launch of a Materials Informatics Platform
Citrine Informatics has launched their materials informatics platform
4 Aug 2020
Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles, What Their Future Looks Like
Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are considered by the most, as two competing technologies. Although both technologies power an electric motor, they have different properties and each of them is well suited for some uses more than others.
4 Aug 2020
Wearable Detects Parasite Infestations in Chickens
Blood-feeding livestock mites can be detected with wearable sensor technology nicknamed "Fitbits for chickens."
Topic overview
4 Aug 2020
AI for dementia detection
Artificial intelligence for dementia detection: Technology breakdown, performance analysis and commercial landscape
4 Aug 2020
Researchers Improve Carbon Nanotube Transparent Conductors
Researchers have discovered that electrochemical doping with ionic liquid can significantly enhance the optical and electrical properties of transparent conductors made of single-walled carbon nanotube films.
4 Aug 2020
Students to Market Vegan 3D Printed Fish
Students have developed a technique for 3D printing fish such as salmon and tuna. In a few years fish-like products based on proteins from mushrooms and peas can be on the menu at sushi restaurants.
Full profile interview
3 Aug 2020
TG0
TG0 has developed a novel method of touch/pressure sensing, which relies on incorporating conductive material within injection molded plastic components. Touch location, gestures and pressure are then interpreted via signal processing and machine learning. Unlike other touch sensing methodologies multiple discrete electronic sensors are not needed.
Full profile interview
3 Aug 2020
Printed Electronics Ltd
Printed Electronics Ltd (PEL) is a UK company focused on integration, development and commercialization of processes and systems for fabrication of electronic circuits, structures and devices using digital, additive, screen printing and inkjet methods. They offer very rapid product development and small/medium volume manufacturing.
Full profile interview
3 Aug 2020
Flexterra
Flexterra develops and manufactures materials and formulations for organic and organic-metal oxide thin film transistors (TFTs) that can be used directly in existing fabrication lines (FABs) as well as for new printing manufacture. The first target market is active matrix backplanes, especially for electrophoretic displays, and simple circuits. This profile is based on an interview with Yu Xia, the VP of technology and customer support.
3 Aug 2020
Soft Robot Actuators Heal Themselves
Repeated activity wears on soft robotic actuators, but these machines' moving parts need to be reliable and easily fixed. Now a team of researchers has a biosynthetic polymer, patterned after squid ring teeth, that is self-healing and biodegradable, creating a material not only good for actuators, but also for hazmat suits and other applications where tiny holes could cause a danger.
3 Aug 2020
The Solar Cell You Can Print
These next-generation photovoltaics show great promise: their performance competes with current technology, but they have the advantages of being flexible, lightweight, cheap to produce, and they can be printed directly onto products during manufacture.