Background
4 Aug 2016

Precision Hawk
Precision Hawk was established in 2010 in Toronto, Canada. The original focus of the company was to do precise remote sensing of data followed by data processing/analysis to provide actionable recommendations to farmers
1 Jul 2016

Wearables to help amputee gamers
It's tough to play video games when you have no fingers to push buttons on the controller.
Background: Partners
6 Jun 2016

Prieto Battery Inc
The primary focus of this collaboration with Intel is to accelerate the introduction of Prieto's full 3D solid-state battery cell into the marketplace. Specifically, Prieto has agreed to complete a series of milestones designed by Intel and Prieto to demonstrate the company's battery performance and readiness, with a focus on improving the performance of the battery against size, energy density, and complexity vectors. Intel will be staging their investment to each milestone; and in exchange, Prieto is granting Intel the ability to implement the technology first in computing devices.
Full profile interview: Partners
3 Jun 2016

Enovix
Its engineers have worked closely with Enovix to employ a modern hi-tech process for fabricating its 3D silicon lithium-ion battery.
1 Jun 2016

Electricity you can eat
Engineers have created an edible supercapacitor that can wipe out E. coli or power a camera from inside the body.
Full profile interview
26 May 2016

Aztrong
AzTrong is a Taiwanese graphene company strong focused on end applications. It has so far raised $6m and is scaling up an rGO process and targets the energy storage, thermal interface material and e-textile applications.
12 Apr 2016

Volocopter is flying manned, a step forward in urban mobility
The premiere of manned flights with the world's first certified Multicopter, e-volo's Volocopter VC200, marks a step forward in urban mobility.
Full profile interview
8 Mar 2016

InVisage Technologies
InVisage is a pioneer in hybrid CMOS image sensors. The company is based in Menlo Park, CA and has received over $100m in funding. InVisage has developed a technology called QuantumFilm, which is a light sensitive layer of quantum dots. Remi Lacombe presented their latest progress at the IDTechEx Sensors USA conference.
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.
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.
Full profile interview
17 Feb 2016

Clearinks Displays
Clearinks Displays is a reflective display technology supplier. It was re-founded in 2012 to commercialize its version of electrophoretic display technology. Its key claimed selling points over standard electroscopic technology are its video (60s per second) and full colour capabilities. The company has raised $10m to commercialize this technology and is therefore running a lean and capital-light operation.
17 Feb 2016

Intel Curie at X Games Aspen
At the recent X Games held in Aspen, Intel embedded the Intel® Curie⢠compute module onto snowboards during the Men's Snowboard Slopestyle and Men's Snowboard Big Air competitions.
Full profile interview
12 Jan 2016

Nantero
Nantero was founded in 2001. It has since raised a total of $87.5m via multiple rounds of funding from VCs and strategic investors ($40m raised in 2014). Nantero has generated accumulative sales of $50m to this date. They have 170 approved patents and 200 pending ones protecting spin coating, patterning, circuit design and testing. Its technology enables high-performance non-volatile memory. Its follows a licensing business model.
18 Dec 2015

Wearable technology in 2015 - how far have we come?
As the hype around wearable technology fades, IDTechEx technology analyst James Hayward looks at where the industry is now.
External press release
16 Dec 2015

GaN Systems wins coveted 2015 Global Semiconductor Award
GaN Systems, the leading manufacturer of gallium nitride power transistors, has won the coveted Global Semiconductor Alliance 2015 "Start-Up to Watch" award.
28 Oct 2015

Top ten trends you'll see at Printed Electronics USA 2015
Today's emerging technologies are varied, vast - and moving at the blink of an eye. Here are the top 10 key trends we'll see at the show that are changing the way the world lives, works and plays.
26 Oct 2015

World's first wearable gateway for first responders
Mutualink has developed the world's first wearable communications gateway that enables first responders to share multimedia information with command posts and other agencies in real time over secure wide area networks.