17 Jul 2018

North Wales tidal energy project
Marine energy developer Minesto has initiated the commissioning program of its first tidal energy project in commercial scale in North West Wales, with initial sea trials of the company's DG500 tidal energy converter taking place in Holyhead harbour and the Holyhead Deep site.
17 Jul 2018

Shifting power in diabetes management: products behind the progress
Diabetes is unrivaled amongst modern health issues. The World Health Organisation reports that there are 422 million adults living with diabetes in 2017, and the number is expected to rise to 640 million by 2040.
17 Jul 2018

McLaren £1.2bn plan to go 100% hybrid by 2025
McLaren Automotive has announced its ambitious, wide-ranging business plan that will take the company to its fifteenth anniversary. McLaren is committed to ensuring that its sportscar and supercar range will be hybrid within seven years.
17 Jul 2018

Lockheed Martin and Arconic collaborate on 3D printing
As part of an initiative to develop next-generation advanced materials and manufacturing processes, Lockheed Martin and Arconic announced a two-year Joint Development Agreement. Together, the companies will develop customized lightweight material systems and advanced manufacturing processes, such as metal 3D printing, to advance current and next-generation aerospace and defense solutions—including new structures and systems not currently in existence.
17 Jul 2018

Mass production of flexible displays at Royole campus
Royole Corporation announced that its massive 1.1-million-square-foot Quasi-G6 Mass Production Campus in Shenzhen, China is up and running for mass production of fully flexible displays.
17 Jul 2018

Strengthening US manufacturing using advanced robotics
The project focuses on advanced robotics manufacturing and will develop an operator-guided, semi-automatic assembly process using industrial robots integrated with multiple sensors.
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16 Jul 2018

Fuji Electric
Fuji Electric are a Japanese company has a wide range of products and solutions for different electrical applications
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16 Jul 2018

GaN Systems
GaN Systems is a semiconductor company developing wide bandgap semiconductor devices using Gallium Nitride (GaN).
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16 Jul 2018

Infineon
Infineon Technologies is a multinational semiconductor manufacturer.
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16 Jul 2018

ExaGaN
ExaGaN is a start-up that produces transistors and wafers based on gallium nitride (GaN).
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16 Jul 2018

Rohm Semiconductor
Rohm Semiconductor is a Japanese multinational electronics company.
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16 Jul 2018

OLED lighting & Printed, flexible & stretchable sensors
Holst Centre is an independent R&D center that develops technologies for wireless autonomous sensor technologies and flexible electronics, in an open innovation setting and in dedicated research trajectories.
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16 Jul 2018

UnitedSiC
United SiC is a fabless US based semiconductor company that since it's formation in 1998 as been focused exclusively on the development and manufacturing of silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor products for power electronic applications.
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16 Jul 2018

VisIC Technologies
VisIC Technologies is an Israeli fabless semiconductor company developing power electronics products based on gallium nitride (GaN).
16 Jul 2018

First hydrogen fuel cell vessel in the United States
Golden Gate Zero Emission Marine has been awarded a USD 3 to build the first hydrogen fuel cell vessel in the United States. The zero-emission vessel will be the first of its kind in the US, and will highlight the advantages of hydrogen fuel cells for the commercial maritime sector.
16 Jul 2018

Apple launches new clean energy fund in China
Apple announced a new first-of-its-kind investment fund in China to connect suppliers with renewable energy sources. As part of Apple's commitment to address climate change and increase the use of renewable energy within its supply chain, 10 initial suppliers and Apple will jointly invest nearly $300 million over the next four years into the China Clean Energy Fund.
16 Jul 2018

Computer models could replace animal testing
A study suggests that advanced algorithms working from large chemical databases can predict a new chemical's toxicity better than standard animal tests. The computer-based approach could replace many animal tests commonly used during consumer product testing. It could also evaluate more chemicals than animal testing, a change that could lead to wider safety assessments.
16 Jul 2018

Researchers improve conductive property of graphene
Researchers have connected a graphene layer with two other atomic layers (molybdenum diselenide and tungsten disulfide) thereby extending the lifetime of excited electrons in graphene by several hundred times.
16 Jul 2018

Drones survey African wildlife
A new technique enables fast and accurate counting of gnu, oryx and other large mammals living in wildlife reserves. Drones are used to remotely photograph wilderness areas, and the images are then analysed using object recognition software and verified by humans.
16 Jul 2018

Vodafone adds first wearable products to V by Vodafone range
Vodafone Group is launching the first wearable products in its "V by Vodafone" Consumer Internet of Things range: "V-SOS Band by Vodafone", an emergency alert wrist band and the "V-Kids Watch by Vodafone" smartwatch.