4 Mar 2016
Electric bus sector is game changer for battery market
The electric bus market is growing at a CAGR of 20% in terms of unit sales. The rapid growth is a game changer for the battery market as electric buses require large-sized batteries ranging from 74 kWh (fast charging e-bus) to over 300 kWh (slow charging e-bus). This is why IDTechEx Research forecasts that the e-bus battery market will overtake the consumer electronics sector by 2020.
4 Mar 2016
Opportunities for start-ups at the IDTechEx Show! Berlin
Analyst IDTechEx helps start-ups by letting them exhibit free in its big shows such as the forthcoming "IDTechEx Show!" in Berlin April 27-28 with over 150 exhibitors, over 2500 paying delegates and eight parallel conferences, two of them strongly featuring high power energy harvesting both from ambient energy and by recuperation in vehicles.
3 Mar 2016
IDTechEx announce the Electric Vehicles Europe Awards 2016
All companies operating within these technologies are welcome to apply. The winners will be announced during the drinks reception on 27 April at the annual IDTechEx Show! in Berlin.
[Closing date - 18 March 2016]
3 Mar 2016
IDTechEx announce the Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe Awards 2016
All companies operating within these technologies are welcome to apply. The winners will be announced during the drinks reception on 27 April at the annual IDTechEx Show! in Berlin.
3 Mar 2016
Energy harvesting, steady growth, sensible increase in opportunities
2015 has been a year to report very disparate progress in advancing different energy harvesting technologies: advances in thermoelectrics, new and higher power output photovoltaics, capacitive harvesting as well as steady development of markets for electrodynamics along with new applications have created an array of devices serving a diverse number of industries; with applications for wireless sensors, switches and actuators all the way to high power industrial waste heat and vibration harvesting, the technology landscape is developing at a steady pace, with many interesting applications being realized.
3 Mar 2016
Enter the Printed Electronics Europe awards, closing date 18 March
The IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe conference and exhibition will take place on 27 & 28 April at the Estrel convention center in Berlin. This is the only event focused on the commercialisation of printed, organic and flexible electronics.
2 Mar 2016
IDTechEx announces the winners of Launchpad
IDTechEx Announces the Winners of Launchpad, a New Technologies Initiative. IDTechEx Launchpad will showcase innovations from 10 start-up companies at the IDTechEx Show! (Berlin, Germany 27-28 April 2016).
Full profile interview
1 Mar 2016
Boston-Power, Inc.
IDTechEx interviewed Darren Bischoff, Director of Business Development & Marketing at Boston-Power, Inc. who talked about the company and their technology.
Boston Power, established in January 2005 by Christina Lampe-Onnerud, is a privately owned lithium-ion battery manufacturing company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston Power's innovative battery chemistry, which is made of nickel-based cathode material, and cell design offer high energy density, wide operating temperature, long life and safety for different applications ranging from industrial and consumer electronics through to electric vehicles and stationary energy storage.
Full profile interview
1 Mar 2016
Lumiode, Inc.
Lumiode is a spin out from Columbia University focused on commercializing micro-LED displays. Dr Vincent Lee, the company's CEO spoke to IDTechEx Principal Analyst Dr Harry Zervos about Lumiode's technology, roadmaps and addressable markets.
29 Feb 2016
Markets for Thin, Flexible, Printed and Micro-Batteries: PART 5
In the final edition of our five-part series of articles on thin, flexible, printed and micro-batteries, IDTechEx Technology Analyst Xiaoxi He looks at how batteries with special form and structural features are increasingly demanded as part of the growing Internet of Things.
Youtube
28 Feb 2016
IDTechEx Company Introduction Video
A brief video introducing IDTechEx
26 Feb 2016
Traction motors for electric vehicles change radically
There are about 200 companies making traction motors for electric vehicles, rather like the 200 making the lithium-ion batteries that increasingly power them.
26 Feb 2016
Berlin leading in electric vehicles
It was in Berlin that the first solar charged electric boat appeared. The first hybrid electric aircraft with a rotary combustion engine flew from Berlin Schoenefeld Airport. In another first, this year Deutsche Bahn will offer a fleet of electric and hybrid cars for rent to its long-distance travelers, in order to make its transportation services door-to-door in Berlin.
26 Feb 2016
IDTechEx EV & Energy Storage Launchpad - closing date 26 February
Independent research and business intelligence experts IDTechEx focus on emerging technologies and providing powerful data to clients worldwide. On the cutting edge of new developments in sectors such as Hybrid and Pure Electric Vehicles, Wearables, Printed Electronics, and Energy Storage and Harvesting, IDTechEx proudly support start-ups in many ways.
25 Feb 2016
Microsoft tests underwater data center for more efficient cooling
Microsoft has tested a prototype of a self-contained data center that can operate hundreds of feet below the surface of the ocean, in efforts to reducing the need for expensive air-conditioning.
Youtube
24 Feb 2016
IDTechEx Show! | Best Application of IoT Award Won by Eurotech
Video interview with Eurotech from the IDTechEx Show!
24 Feb 2016
Unmatched Insights at IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe in Berlin
Europe's largest event on printed, flexible and organic electronics, Printed Electronics Europe 2016, hosted by IDTechEx in Berlin on April 27-28 features over 226 speakers from 30 countries. The speaker programme has been designed by IDTechEx analysts embedded in the industry cherry picking the biggest brands and most innovative technology developments from around the world.
24 Feb 2016
Webinar Tues 8 March: Printed Electronics in Automotive Applications
IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 8 March 2016.
Youtube
23 Feb 2016
Flexible Haptics in Smartwatch wristbands by Novasentis
Video Interview from the IDTechEx Wearable USA event.
Youtube
23 Feb 2016
Energy independent electric vehicles: a summary with Dr Peter Harrop
This short video presented by IDTechEx Chairman Dr Peter Harrop reveals how electric vehicles that never need refuelling, plugging in or contactlessly charging are now on general sale, with many more to come.