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A report from AABC Europe 2017: Day 1

Just like the Battery Show in the U.S. is the prime location for exhibitors to showcase their battery innovations and manufacturing capabilities, AABC Europe is the leading conference in the Old Continent when it comes to the quality of its speakers. This year from the 30th January to the 2nd February, the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference was hosted as usual at the Congress Center Mainz along the river Rhein in Germany. In this premium article, IDTechEx analysts Mr. Gonzalez and Dr. Grande will give a summary of their week in Mainz as well as insights into the wider implications for the automotive battery industry. This account focuses on everything that happened on DAY ONE.

Airborne Wind Energy: sophisticated technology, primitive marketing

The technology of Airborne Wind Energy AWE has progressed in leaps and bounds recently as many developers prepare to sell them.

Blood, sweat and tears: New ways to monitor glucose levels in diabetes

People with diabetes have traditionally self-monitored their glucose levels using disposable biosensors and invasive sampling techniques. While this industry has been one of the success stories of the printed electronics industry, worth around $6 billion today, profitability is falling as government reimbursement models are changing and strain is put on both consumers and manufacturers.

Airborne Wind Energy: sense and nonsense

The new IDTechEx report, "Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) 2017-2027" looks at the addressable markets and technologies and offers forecasts and roadmaps based on ongoing AWE interviews and analysis worldwide.

Conductive inks: China to the rescue, again?

China has already once completely transformed the photovoltaic (PV) industry and maybe about to do so again.

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi design single board computers suitable for a range of applications. David Pugh met with Roger Thornton, Principal hardware engineer, to discuss the growing range of projects that Raspberry Pi boards are being used in.

MarkForged

IDTechEx Technology Analyst Dr Bryony Core profiled MarkForged CEO Greg Mark to gain insight into their line of composite printers and the Metal X printer.

Arevo Inc

IDTechEx Technology Analyst Dr Bryony Core profiled Arevo Inc. CEO Hemant Bheda to discuss their composite printing service bureau.

EnZinc

EnZinc is a US start-up working on the development of rechargeable Zn/air batteries, which they envision can be a low-cost alternative to Li-ion for electric mobility applications.

Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting:innovation aimed at commercialization

Thermoelectric energy harvester technology developers have had their hands full: they have identified multiple applications from industrial, to automotive, to portable/wearable devices, and are looking to find the perfect balance between power output, operational temperature, cost at volume production, some of the most important considerations when looking to develop a thermoelectric energy harvester.

GNext s.a.s.

GNext is an Italian company focused on producing low-cost and high-volume graphene inks using its high yield (30%) process. Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh interviewed their Director and Co-founder, Dr Simone Ligi.

Talga Resources Ltd

Talga Resources is an Australian public company possessing mines in Sweden that yield highly graphitic and conductive ores that can be directed exfoliated into graphene.

Unparalleled market insights of 3D printing at the IDTechEx Show! -

IDTechEx are delighted to be back in Berlin on 10-11 May for the annual 3D Printing Europe event and offers the opportunity for key innovators and end-users across several verticals to share their insights and expertise in the leading edge of additive manufacturing

Webinar Tuesday 4 April 2017 - Printed and Flexible Sensors

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 4 April 2017 titled Printed and Flexible Sensors: From Healthcare to IoT.

HP unveils Open Materials program to advance polymer powders for 3DP

Attending AMUG 2017 in Chicago, IL, this week, Technology Analyst Dr Bryony Core gained exclusive insight to HP's new Open Materials and Applications Lab and their Materials Development Kit (MDK) for the optimisation of polymer powders for use in additive manufacturing.

Stretchable electronics: no longer a solution looking for a problem

The electronic industry is in the midst of a major paradigm shift: novel form factors are emerging, ranging from the introduction of limited stretchability, through to ultra-elastic and conformable electronics. This transfiguration has been in the making for more than a decade now, but it is only now that it is beginning to make a substantial commercial impact.

Webinar Thursday 30 March 2017 - Printed, Flexible, Hybrid Electronics

DTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Thursday 30 March 2017 tilted Printed, Flexible and Hybrid Electronics: Hot Trends and Market Outlook.

Graphene for Printed and Flexible Electronics

IDTechEx has invited a series of industrial players and leaders active in graphene commercialization to contribute their opinions about the state of the technology and markets. As part of article series, we will today hear from Group NanoXplore Inc.

Solvay

Dr Lorenzo Grande spoke to Thierry Baert and Thomas Mathivet from Solvay. They are expanding their battery material portfolio by developing gel polymer electrolytes that are based on their proprietary PVDF binders.

Agricultural robotic start-ups are graduating into the market

Agricultural robots are a natural next step in the technology progression of agricultural machinery. In fact, these are special times in the development of agricultural robots because the cost of computing and data acquisition has dramatically fallen over the decades, finally enabling robots that transform many aspects of agriculture.