8 May 2020
New Materials Make Supercapacitors Better Than Batteries
The new IDTechEx report, "Supercapacitor Materials and Formats 2020-2040" explains why supercapacitors and their variants still only constitute a modest business.
External press release
8 May 2020
Highview Power Recognized by Fast Company
Highview Power has received an honorable mention in the Energy category of Fast Company's 2020 World Changing Ideas for its CRYOBattery, a long-duration energy storage technology based on the principle of air liquefaction.
External press release
8 May 2020
Kordsa's New R&D Platform: Thin Films and Flexible Electronics
Kordsa is expanding its capabilities with flexible electronics and thin films and launched the new "Thin Films and Flexible Electronics" R&D Platform in partnership with Sabancı University.
8 May 2020
3D-Printed Concrete to Help Build Offshore Wind Infrastructure
Conventional concrete manufacturing methods require a mold to shape the concrete into the desired structure, which adds to costs and limits design possibilities. 3D-printing would eliminate the expenses of this mold.
Full profile interview
7 May 2020
Tacterion
Tacterion offers pressure sensing and data acquisition solutions based around their proprietary flexible and stretchable piezoresistive sensor platform plyon. Their plyon flex sensors are especially well suited to applications in which the sensor material is curved or is deformed during operation since they do not register a signal on bending.
Full profile interview
7 May 2020
LEAP Technology
LEAP Technology is a Danish company that offers custom designed flexible strain sensors and actuators, based on highly stretchable capacitors.
7 May 2020
Self-Charging Everything: Battle for the High Ground
When some full-function, always-on smartwatches are able to self-charge, the others will look like the horse-drawn cart. When Internet of Things nodes are self-charging at the right size and price, the market for them will increase one thousand times.
Full profile interview
7 May 2020
Tangio
Tangio is a technology platform agnostic developer and manufacturer of printed force and touch sensing solutions, primarily for HMI applications. This includes a comprehensive range of single point Force Sensing Resistors, Potentiometers and Trackpads, plus 3D matrix sensors in which they are the market leader. Recently they have launched fuZion hybrid sensors that combine capacitive and resistive sensing.
7 May 2020
COVID-19: The Latest Zoonotic Disease Stemming from the Meat Industry
Although the exact origin story of the COVID-19 outbreak is still uncertain, it is highly likely that the virus began as a zoonotic disease, i.e. an infectious disease caused by a pathogen that jumped from animals to humans.
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7 May 2020
Croda Energy Technologies: Immersion Cooling
Croda Energy Technologies have been actively researching esters for applications in immersion cooling for electric and hybrid vehicles. Additionally, combining with a phase change material can reduce system pumping, volume and costs.
Full profile interview
7 May 2020
Holy Grail
Holy Grail has an AI platform that enables autonomous research and process optimisation. IDTechEx spoke with Nuno Pereira (CEO and Founder)
Full profile interview
7 May 2020
Citrine Informatics
Citrine Informatics provide a materials informatics platform. IDTechEx spoke with Greg Mulholland (CEO and co-founder).
Full profile interview
7 May 2020
Boston Materials
Boston Materials has developed z-axis reinforcement for composite applications. IDTechEx spoke with Anvesh Gurijala (CEO)
7 May 2020
Graphene Biosensor Detects SARS-Co-V-2 in Under a Minute
According to many experts, early diagnosis and management are critical for slowing the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Therefore, the race is on to develop diagnostic tests for the virus that are faster, easier and more accurate than existing ones.
Full profile interview
7 May 2020
Noble Biomaterials
IDTechEx interviewed Steve Milner, Senior Vice President of Sales EMEA at Noble Biomaterials. We discussed their product portfolio, technology and their role in the electronic textiles and wearable technology markets.
External press release
7 May 2020
Printed and Organic Sensors at Industrial Scale
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG jointly with InnovationLab have reached a milestone in the development and industrial production of printed and organic electronics. With this worldwide unique partnership between development and industrialization - from lab to fab - InnovationLab and Heidelberg are offering a one-stop-shop for your next generation digital products.
External press release
7 May 2020
European Collaboration on Innovative Membrane-less Redox Flow Battery
The EU recently awarded €4Million to the MELODY consortium, to develop low cost, innovative batteries for large-scale energy storage, as part of the Horizon 2020 program 'Advanced Redox Flow Batteries for stationary energy storage.'
7 May 2020
Boeing Rolls out First Loyal Wingman Unamnned Aircraft
The aircraft, which uses artificial intelligence to extend the capabilities of manned and unmanned platforms, is the first to be designed, engineered and manufactured in Australia in more than 50 years. It is Boeing's largest investment in an unmanned aircraft outside of the United States.
7 May 2020
Gelatin Could Soon Power our Wearables and IoT Devices
Ground-breaking research has found that gelatin could be used to power devices in the future, using only the heat generated from the human body.
6 May 2020
Digital Water Increases Efficiency in Water and Wastewater Industries
Digital water technologies will innovate and drive forward new solutions in the water and wastewater industries. The new IDTechEx report, "Digital Water Networks 2020-2030", discusses the players, technologies, and market opportunities for this exciting new technology area.