External press release
29 May 2019
TRENDE, Toyota , UTokyo experiment next-gen electricity system
TRENDE Inc, Toyota Motor Corporation and the University of Tokyo will conduct a joint experiment with a next-generation peer-to-peer electricity system that enables homes, businesses, and electric vehicles connected to the electricity grid to trade electricity using a blockchain.
29 May 2019
A Solid Future: New Opportunities enabled by Solid State Batteries
Solid state batteries have been considered as the avenue to the next generation energy storage solutions. According to IDTechEx's research "Solid-State and Polymer Batteries 2019-2029: Technology, Patents, Forecasts, Players" www.idtechex.com/solid.
28 May 2019
Soft, flexible materials with enhanced properties
A team of polymer chemists and engineers have developed a new methodology that can be used to create a class of stretchable polymer composites with enhanced electrical and thermal properties.
28 May 2019
Heliatek solar films for Samsung
Heliatek has successfully completed its first installation project in the Republic of Korea on the roof of a "gangway" between two large office buildings of Samsung Electronics innovation campus in Suwon City near Seoul.
External press release
28 May 2019
Educational robot made in France
Mainbot has created Winky, an educational and customizable robot. Tested and approved by more than 4,000 families in France.
28 May 2019
Launch of the new BMW E-Scooter
The new BMW E-Scooter will get its rider to their destination even more quickly, thanks to its range of twelve kilometres and 20 km/h top speed.
28 May 2019
New recycling technology for heavy duty military batteries
Scientists have developed an innovative cascade method for purifying silver from spent batteries used in submarines and military aircraft.
28 May 2019
Disrupting $12 billion orthodontics industry with 3D production
SmileDirectClub is powering its digital differentiation and rapid manufacturing expansion of clear aligners with HP's Jet Fusion 3D printing solutions, making it the largest producer of Multi Jet Fusion 3D printed parts in the USA.
28 May 2019
Octopus-inspired wearable sensor
Wearable electronics that adhere to skin are an emerging trend in health sensor technology for their ability to monitor a variety of human activities, from heart rate to step count. But finding the best way to stick a device to the body has been a challenge.
27 May 2019
First air taxi volo-port to be built by end of 2019
Skyports and Volocopter announced a cooperation to build the first mobile Volo-Port for air taxis.
27 May 2019
Robots activated by water may be the next frontier
Imagine a robot that could be activated without a motor or electricity. Instead, the robot would be propelled into motion by the water content or humidity in its environment, with its movements controlled by a pattern set into its design.
27 May 2019
Producing electricity at estuaries using light and osmosis
Researchers are working on a technology to exploit osmotic energy - a source of power that's naturally available at estuaries, where fresh water comes into contact with seawater.
27 May 2019
Helping robots remember
A new way of combining perception and motor commands using the so-called hyperdimensional computing theory, which could fundamentally alter and improve the basic artificial intelligence task of sensorimotor representation -- how agents like robots translate what they sense into what they do.
27 May 2019
Highly Flexible High-energy Textile Lithium Battery
Researchers have developed a highly flexible, high-energy textile lithium battery that offers more stable, durable and safe energy supply for wearable electronics with a myriad of applications, such as in healthcare monitoring, intelligent textiles, smartphones, Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking and Internet of Things.
27 May 2019
3D-printed device detects biomarkers of preterm birth
Preterm birth is the leading complication of pregnancy. If doctors had a simple, accurate and inexpensive way to identify women at risk for the condition, they could develop better prevention strategies.
External press release
27 May 2019
The Hague Airport initiates study for production of renewable jet fuel
The Hague Airport and a European consortium led by EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft GmbH will sign a cooperation agreement for a study, which aims at developing a demonstration plant that produces renewable jet fuel from air.
27 May 2019
The effects of air pollution
The American College of Chest Physicians has published a new and comprehensive study of the effects of air pollution.
24 May 2019
IDTechEx present forums on biosensors and electronic skin patches
On 4-6 June, IDTechEx will host six half-day business intelligence forums covering the latest in stretchable and flexible electronics, biosensors, electronic skin patches, 5G and RFID.
24 May 2019
Engineered bacteria could be missing link in energy storage
One of the big issues with sustainable energy systems is how to store electricity that's generated from wind, solar and waves. At present, no existing technology provides large-scale storage and energy retrieval for sustainable energy at a low financial and environmental cost.
24 May 2019
Quantum dots enhance stability of solar-harvesting perovskite crystals
Researchers have combined two emerging technologies for next-generation solar power — and discovered that each one helps stabilize the other. The resulting hybrid material is a major step toward reducing the cost of solar power while multiplying the ways it can be used.