Update interview
30 Jan 2020
Energy Square
IDTechEx interviewed Energy Square at CES 2020. Rather than contactless power, energy square uses contact pads integrated on surfaces, such as those on the table in the picture, with devices having pins which make contact with the pads and draw power.
30 Jan 2020
Powering Amazon HQ2 With 100% Renewable Energy
Pittsylvania County in Virginia will be the home of a new solar farm, which will power Amazon's new headquarters along with other Amazon-owned operations across the Commonwealth. The project is planned for completion by the summer of 2021. Amazon has contracted 82 megawatts of the new 120 MW solar farm, which is expected to generate 172,500 megawatt hours of renewable energy annually.
Update interview
30 Jan 2020
MAS
At CES 2020 IDTechEx met with MAS. In e-textiles, the company demonstrated a range of products including heated jackets.
30 Jan 2020
Trash into Valuable Graphene in a Flash
That banana peel, turned into graphene, can help facilitate a massive reduction of the environmental impact of concrete and other building materials. While you're at it, toss in those plastic empties.
30 Jan 2020
Solaris to Present New 15 Meter Electric Bus
This year Solaris is going to showcase a new addition to its electric bus segment on offer. This will be the low-entry Solaris Urbino 15 LE electric. The tri-axle bus is built mainly with customers of the Scandinavian market in mind.
30 Jan 2020
3D Bioprinted Patches Use Pectin to Heal Wounds
Biodegradable 3D-printable inks based on pectin have been developed as a system for direct and indirect wound-dressing applications, suitable for 3D printing technologies.
30 Jan 2020
Towards Fleets of Robots in the Fields
Naio Technologies SAS Dino robot is designed to make vegetable weeding on large-scale vegetable farms easier. Its main asset is that it works autonomously. The company recently closed a €14 million Series A funding round.
30 Jan 2020
Webinar Wednesday 5 February 2020 - Plant-Based and Cultured Meat
IDTechEx will be hosting a free webinar on Wednesday 5 February 2020 titled Plant-Based and Cultured Meat: The Future of Meat Alternatives.
30 Jan 2020
Giant Battery to Support Renewable Energy Drive in Queensland
One of Australia's largest grid-scale batteries will be built at Wandoan in Queensland under a 15-year agreement between AGL and Vena Energy Australia.
29 Jan 2020
Call For Papers Printed Electronics Europe: Flexible Structural Hybrid
IDTechEx is now accepting applications to present at Printed Electronics Europe in Berlin on 13 - 14 May 2020. Tell us about your new concepts, technologies, materials and applications. Successful submissions will be speaking alongside global experts flying in from all over the world.
29 Jan 2020
Facial Recognition Technology for Use in Firefighting
A team of computer engineers are working on a series of projects aimed at making the life-saving work of firefighters easier and safer.
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29 Jan 2020
What to expect at Healthcare Sensor Innovations USA 2020
Healthcare Sensor Innovations USA 2020: Dr Nadia Tsao covers what to expect at our next event in San Jose, March 17 & 18. Register: www.HealthcareSensorInnovations.com/USA
Update interview
29 Jan 2020
Aixtron
IDTechEx analysts visited Aixtron in the UK. Aixtron are a ca 300mEUR revenue company that specialise in CVD equipment for multiple sectors. Their core technology is atmospheric pressure MOCVD using a close coupled showerhead process.
Update interview
29 Jan 2020
GenesInk
IDTechEx met with GenesInk at CES 2020. The company provide silver inks, most of which use silver nanoparticles.
Full profile interview
29 Jan 2020
Avalon Battery
Avalon Battery is an American company manufacturing medium power size vanadium flow battery, for commercial and industrial application.
Update interview
29 Jan 2020
Aerbetic
At CES 2020 IDTechEx met with Arnar Thors, CEO of Aerbetic, who were on the Aernos stand (Aernos provide miniaturized gas sensors sensitive to parts per billion).
Update interview
29 Jan 2020
Apollo Neuroscience
IDTechEx met with Apollo Neuroscience at their booth at CES 2020's Eureka Park. They have developed a wrist-worn product which gives vibrational patterns to promote various moods.
Update interview
29 Jan 2020
AerNos
IDTechEx met with Larry Eason of AerNos at CES 2020. The company provides gas sensors capable of measuring select molecules down to parts per billion (ppb).
Update interview
29 Jan 2020
ISORG
At CES 2020, IDTechEx interviewed ISORG and saw a demonstration of their new fingerprint scanners. This included an under the display fingerprint scanner and a single fingerprint sensor, the later having 500dpi.
Full profile interview
29 Jan 2020
FlexEnable
Formerly part of Plastic Logic, FlexEnable has developed a flexible organic thin film transistor (OTFT) backplane that can be produced at low temperatures. It then licenses this technology to manufacturers, with a key selling point that it can be integrated into existing LCD display fabrication lines to produce curved OLCD displays.