1 Jul 2016

Boost for solar aircraft market
A research team has developed a new approach to finding fields of helium underground, and with the first use of the technique they have discovered a massive reserve in East Africa according to a new report from Oxford University in the UK.
7 Jun 2016

Autonomous flight for commercial helicopter
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, has successfully demonstrated a 30-mile autonomous flight using a Sikorsky S-76 commercial helicopter.
15 Apr 2016

Future Electric Vehicle Technology Experts Gather
At the IDTechEx Show! in Berlin on 27-28 April, large numbers of experts are gathering. Most of them specialise in the next wave of technologies becoming key to the automotive, aerospace and electronics industries.
28 Mar 2016

First 3-D-printed component flies on U.S. Navy's Trident II D5 missile
The U.S. Navy's Fleet Ballistic Missile program flew into the future last week with its first 3-D-printed missile component.
19 Jan 2016

NASA's Juno spacecraft breaks solar power distance record
NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter has broken the record to become humanity's most distant solar-powered emissary.
8 Sep 2015

World's largest ocean thermal plant
Makai Ocean Engineering celebrates the completion of the world's largest operational Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority.
1 Sep 2015

$75 million DoD funding for flexible hybrid electronics hub
The Obama administration will award a Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Flexible Hybrid Electronics to a consortium of 162 companies, universities, and non-profits led by the FlexTech Alliance.
23 Jul 2015

The intelligent soldier system - military wearables
On May 19th 2015, IDTechEx attended a conference aboard HMS Belfast in London, bringing together senior military innovation personnel with acting servicemen and technical innovators in relevant fields. The topic for discussion was wearable technology for the military.
Event summary
18 May 2015

The Intelligent Soldier System - Military Wearables
The military is a driving force for many types of technology development, but wearable technology integration is a gradual and challenging process. IDTechEx report from the latest event on this topic.
15 May 2015

Huge success of 3D Printing Europe
The IDTechEx team are all back in the office after an exhausting, but thoroughly enjoyable week, at IDTechEx Show! incorporating 3D Printing Europe. The 11th annual IDTechEx event in Europe was the biggest and best yet!
2 Apr 2015

3D printing jet engines and electric vehicles
At the major event IDTechEx Show! in Berlin April 28-29 there is a conference, Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing. It will reveal radical new advances such as structural electronics replacing components-in-a box, 3D printing of electric cars by Local Motors of the USA and 3D printing of small jet engines as range extenders for electric vehicles, land, water and air, by Microturbo Safran of France. IDTechEx has the world's largest selection of reports on electric vehicles and their components and systems.
13 Mar 2015

Materialise to offer 3D printed metal objects
According to IDTechEx research, the market for 3D metal printers is currently $440m, and is expected to grow to $6b in 2025.
11 Mar 2015

Speakers announced for 3D Printing Europe 2015
IDTechEx is excited to announce the agenda for 3D Printing Europe 2015. After months of planning, we are ready to launch our fantastic speaker programme.
Full profile interview
9 Mar 2015

Velodyne LiDAR
Velodyne LiDAR is a division of Velodyne Acoustics Inc. It develops and commercialises a pioneering LiDAR sensor technology that has attracted a lot of attention in the automotive sector since it was adopted by Google for the development of their autonomous car.
29 Oct 2014

The graphene industry finds new market opportunities in California
The 5th IDTechEx conference and tradeshow on graphene and 2D materials- Graphene and 2D Materials LIVE! - has become the annual meeting place for the global graphene industry in California.
8 Oct 2014

Printed, organic and flexible electronics markets
IDTechEx, the global market research, technology scouting and events firm, finds that in 2014 three technologies - OLED displays, sensors and conductive ink - make up 99% of the $23.97 billion market for printed, organic and flexible electronics.