24 Oct 2018
Electric vehicle cybersecurity grant
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Virginia Tech a $3 million grant for research on electric vehicle charging infrastructure cybersecurity as part of a larger $80 million investment by the department on advanced technologies research.
24 Oct 2018
Palau to host world's largest microgrid
The Republic of Palau announced the signing of a 30-year Power Purchase Agreement of a proposed plan to develop and deploy a 35MW solar PV and 45MWh battery storage microgrid in Palau.
24 Oct 2018
Novel catalyst for high-energy aluminum-air flow batteries
A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has introduced a novel electric vehicle battery technology that is more energy-efficient than gasoline-powered engines. The new technology enables drivers to simply have their battery packs replaced instead of charging them. It also provides lightweight, high-energy density power sources with little risk of catching fire or explosion.
24 Oct 2018
Volt Smart Yarns - a breakthrough in textile technology
Using its proprietary highly conductive smart yarn, VOLT Wearable Tech has the ability to make any clothing a smart fabric.
24 Oct 2018
3D printers' fingerprints help trace printed guns, counterfeit goods
Like fingerprints, no 3D printer is exactly the same. That's the takeaway from a new study that describes what's believed to be the first accurate method for tracing a 3D-printed object to the machine it came from.
24 Oct 2018
Partnership delivers autonomous mobile robots to distribution centres
Honeywell is collaborating with Fetch Robotics to provide distribution centers with autonomous mobile robots to help them more effectively fulfill growing volumes of e-commerce orders.
24 Oct 2018
Speech recognition system helps preserve Seneca language
A new research project will help ensure the endangered language of the Seneca Indian Nation will be preserved. Using deep learning, a form of artificial intelligence, researchers are building an automatic speech recognition application to document and transcribe the traditional language of the Seneca people.
External press release
24 Oct 2018
Enevate Secures Funding from LG Chem
Enevate Corporation announced that LG Chem has participated in Enevate's recent funding. This investment is a nod to the viability of Enevate's technology which could enable Electric Vehicles to charge in the same time as gas cars without compromise.
Youtube interview
24 Oct 2018
Fraunhofer IIS's thermogenerator wristbands
A representative of Fraunhofer IIS discusses their thermogenerator wristbands, which upconvert voltage collected to power commercial devices, such as bluetooth devices, smart watches, etc.
23 Oct 2018
Royal Caribbean to offset emissions with wind power
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd has signed a deal with Southern Power for Southern Power's 200-megawatt Reading Wind Facility. This initiative, which will offset up to 12 percent of Royal Caribbean's emissions beginning in 2020, is one of many programs the cruise line has to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
23 Oct 2018
Volocopter to test eVTOL air taxis in Singapore
Volocopter will perform a next set of inner urban flight tests in Singapore. The series of tests are scheduled to take place in the second half of 2019.
23 Oct 2018
NADINE: Power-plant-scale energy storage
Energy storage systems that are able to cope with fluctuating wind and solar power production are indispensable for the success of the energy transition. So far, however, location-independent and low-cost power-plant-scale storage systems have still been lacking.
23 Oct 2018
Simple fabrication of full-color perovskite LEDs
Perovskite nanoparticles are regarded as next-generation of optical materials that can achieve vivid colors even on very large screens. Besides, due to their high color purity and low cost advantages, they have also gained much interests in industry.
23 Oct 2018
Glow-in-the-dark paper as a rapid test for infectious diseases
Researchers present a practicable and reliable way to test for infectious diseases. All you need are a special glowing paper strip, a drop of blood and a digital camera.
Background
22 Oct 2018
Enertika
IDTechEx spoke with Enertika, one of the leading Spanish energy service companies in 2018.
22 Oct 2018
Printed Electronics in the Smart Card Industry
This premium article from IDTechEx Research looks at opportunities for printed and flexible electronics in the smart card industry.
Youtube interview
22 Oct 2018
Engineering developments for energy harvesting devices
Lorandt Fölkel, Technology Ambassador for Würth Elektronik eiSos
describes the products on display at the IDTechEx Show! Europe 2018.
Full profile interview
22 Oct 2018
Neuromod Devices
Neuromod Devices is a bioelectronic medicine company developing a treatment for tinnitus. IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao interviewed Neuromod's CBO Rosemarie Tully on 21 Sep 2018.
22 Oct 2018
Flexible transparent force touch sensor
Researchers reported a high-performance and transparent nanoforce touch sensor by developing a thin, flexible, and transparent hierarchical nanocomposite film. The research team says their sensor simultaneously features all the necessary characters for industrial-grade application: high sensitivity, transparency, bending insensitivity, and manufacturability.
22 Oct 2018
3D-printed lithium-ion batteries
Electric vehicles and most electronic devices, such as cell phones and laptop computers, are powered by lithium-ion batteries. Until now, manufacturers have had to design their devices around the size and shape of commercially available batteries. But researchers have developed a new method to 3D print lithium-ion batteries in virtually any shape.