26 Feb 2020
Snake Robot Could Advance Search and Rescue Technology
Snakes live in diverse environments ranging from unbearably hot deserts to lush tropical forests. But regardless of their habitat, they are able to slither up trees, rocks, and shrubbery with ease. By studying how the creatures move, a team of engineers have created a snake robot that can nimbly and stably climb large steps.
26 Feb 2020
In-Mold Electronics: Starting Simple to Reach One Billion Dollars
In-Mold Electronics (IME) will one day become a well-established process with a well-developed ecosystem and a mature, easy-to-use design-to-product workflow. This process will become the basis of many novel structural electronic designs and products.
26 Feb 2020
Cobalt Supply can Meet Demand for EVs and Electronics Batteries
Greater use of electric vehicles might be good for the environment, but further growth hinges on continued availability of critical battery components such as cobalt. Cell phones and other electronics also depend on the element's availability.
26 Feb 2020
Artificial Intelligence Yields New Antibiotic
Using a machine-learning algorithm, researchers have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound. In laboratory tests, the drug killed many of the world's most problematic disease-causing bacteria, including some strains that are resistant to all known antibiotics. It also cleared infections in two different mouse models.
External press release
26 Feb 2020
CPI Partners with Canadian SME and National Research Council of Canada
CPI has announced the successful development of a scalable purification process for graphene oxide production in partnership with Graphene Leaders Canada Inc. a Canadian SME, and the National Research Council of Canada. This will overcome a key barrier to future large-scale production of GO, reducing costs and facilitating the adoption of GO to improve performance of industrial products.
External press release
26 Feb 2020
Aggreko Signs 7 MW Hybrid Contract in Patagonia
Aggreko plc has signed a 4-year contract with a leading oil and gas Argentinian company to provide a hybrid power solution at its plant in Sierra Chata, in the province of Neuquén.
External press release
26 Feb 2020
Partnership to Expand Cryogenic Long-Duration Energy Storage Globally
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd and Highview Power are pleased to announce that the two companies have partnered to expand cryogenic energy storage projects globally.
26 Feb 2020
Significance of Alphabet Exiting Giant Drones Including AWE
Significance of Alphabet Exiting Giant Drones Including Airborne Wind Energy.
Alphabet/ Google and Facebook exiting large drones does not mean such aircraft are a failure.
In Alphabet, a sister company of Google, was acquisition Makani in California and later Hawaii trialling a huge drone with eight propeller-generators and a 70 meter wingspan.
25 Feb 2020
Chevrolet Menlo Electric Vehicle Launched in China
The Chevrolet Menlo sporty-looking sedan, the brand's first fully electric vehicle in China, was launched late last week. Initially being offered in Beijing.
25 Feb 2020
Sensorized Skin Helps Soft Robots Find Their Bearings
For the first time researchers have enabled a soft robotic arm to understand its configuration in 3D space, by leveraging only motion and position data from its own "sensorized" skin.
25 Feb 2020
Smart Contact Lens for Point-Of-Care Eye Health Monitoring
A research group has developed a "smart" contact lens that can show real-time changes in moisture and pressure by altering colors. The "smart" contact lens can potentially be used for point-of-care diagnosis of xerophthalmia and high intraocular pressure disease.
25 Feb 2020
AI Helps Predict Heart Attacks and Stroke
Artificial intelligence has been used for the first time to instantly and accurately measure blood flow. The results were found to be able to predict chances of death, heart attack and stroke, and can be used by doctors to help recommend treatments which could improve a patient's blood flow.
25 Feb 2020
High-Capacity EV Battery Materials that Double Driving Range
Researchers have announced the development of silicon anode materials that can increase battery capacity four-fold in comparison to graphite anode materials and enable rapid charging to more than 80% capacity in only five minutes. When applied to batteries for electric vehicles, the new materials are expected to more than double their driving range.
25 Feb 2020
Futuristic Desert City to get Water Using Solar Technology
Technology researched at Cranfield University that harnesses concentrated solar power to desalinate sea water is being adopted by a new smart city under construction in Saudi Arabia.
External press release
25 Feb 2020
esVolta Secures $140 Million Credit Facility Battery Energy Storage
esVolta, LP has closed an approximately $140 million senior secured credit facility to finance a portfolio of its utility-scale battery energy storage projects.
Youtube interview
25 Feb 2020
Printed CPU Allows for More Flexible Applications
Founded in 1995, it is a professional supply platform for smart card chips and RFID products.
SNS brings his longterm production experiences in contactless card and smart label into Printed Electronics,
able to use Flexographic, Screen and Inkjet printing in Printed Electronics on various low-temperature
substrates like Paper, PET etc. In house Pick and Place process for components with ACP brings
Printed Electronic products into a higher level of product integrity.
Full profile interview
25 Feb 2020
Schneider Electric (Energy Storage)
Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational corporation. The company began to include software, critical power and smart grid applications, through strategic acquisitions, into its business in 2010.
Event summary
25 Feb 2020
CES 2020: Health and Wellness Trends
IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst Dr Nadia Tsao attended CES 2020 to cover health and wellness technologies.
The Consumer Electronics Show, organized by the Consumer Technology Association, is the biggest consumer electronics event in the world. More than 4,400 exhibitors showcased the latest tech innovations to some 180,000 attendees across more than 2.9 million net square feet of exhibit space in Las Vegas.
This IDTechEx premium article summarizes the major trends from the show found by walking the floor at the Sands Expo. Additional premium articles and company profiles are also available from Mr James Hayward, Mr Raghu Das and Dr Na Jiao who also attended the show.
24 Feb 2020
Enabling Point of Care Diagnostics and Continuous Monitoring
Healthcare Sensor Innovations North America debut on Marc, 17-18, 2020 in San Jose, USA will focus on the latest developments in the use of wearables and sensors in point of care diagnostics and continuous monitoring.
24 Feb 2020
Volocopter, Grab Conduct Air Taxi Feasibility Study in Southeast Asia
Volocopter and Grab announced that they will conduct a joint feasibility study on urban air mobility as part of a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the prospect of urban air mobility solutions in the region's megacities.