MAS Holdings

Isola

Isola is a manufacturer of low-loss pre-pregs and copper clad laminates (CCLs) for 5G/mmWave/6G and high speed digital (HSD) applications.

Aiways: EV Passenger Car Start-up

Aiways are an electric car start-up headquartered in Shanghai, China. Alongside the Chinese market, they are particularly focused on selling their EVs into European markets. IDTechEx spoke with Aiways' European Product Manager Uwe Likar at the 2022 Battery Show in Stuttgart, where he presented an overview of Aiways' operations in China and Europe.

Mayflower Autonomous Ship Has Reached North America

Following two years of design, construction and AI model training, the Mayflower Autonomous Ship was officially launched in September 2020. With no human captain or onboard crew, this is the first self-directed autonomous ship with technology that is scalable and extendible to traverse the Atlantic Ocean.

MatterHackers $5M NAVAIR Tier 1 Additive Manufacturing System Contract

MatterHackers was competitively awarded a five-year IDIQ contract (up to $5M) to deliver fully-deployable additive manufacturing systems to US Navy and Marine bases across the United States and overseas.

Nanowear

IDTechEx interviewed Venk Varadan, Co-Founder and CEO of Nanowear. They are developing a new type of nanotechnology-based sensing material in textile, with applications in AI-based remote diagnostics applications.

Mayflower Autonomous Ship Begins Transatlantic Crossing Attempt

Ocean research non-profit ProMare and IBM have announced the Mayflower Autonomous Ship is now in international waters as it attempts to cross the Atlantic ocean and reach the United States.

Clim8

IDTechEx caught up with Florian Miguet, CEO and co-founder of Clim8. We discussed their progress over the last few years and the wider commercial situation within the heated apparel industry.

Versius at Frimley Health to Give More Patients Keyhole Surgery

CMR Surgical Ltd announced the introduction of Versius, a next-generation surgical robot at Frimley Health. Frimley Health is a well-established surgical robotics centre and has become the first hospital in the UK to use Versius in Urology, as well as in Colorectal surgery, expanding the number of patients receiving the benefits of robotic assisted minimal access surgery.

Manchester Hospital Uses Versius for First Robotic Keyhole Surgery

Versius is portable, modular, and designed to be easily moved between operating theatres. Once in an operating theatre, it takes an average of 15 minutes to set up the system. This allows it to be used frequently, with one Versius robot capable of performing hundreds of operations each year.

Scavenger Technology Allows Robots to Eat Metal for Energy

When electronics need their own power sources, there are two basic options: batteries and harvesters. Batteries store energy internally, but are therefore heavy and have a limited supply. Harvesters, such as solar panels, collect energy from their environments. This gets around some of the downsides of batteries but introduces new ones, in that they can only operate in certain conditions and can't turn that energy into useful power very quickly.

MAS

At CES 2020 IDTechEx met with MAS. In e-textiles, the company demonstrated a range of products including heated jackets.

Avantama

Avantema, a Swiss start-up, is developing perovskite QDs.

Clim8

IDTechEx spoke with Claire Ortiz, recently appointed VP Business Development, North America for Clim8, at the IDTechEx Show. They displayed their product, licensed to Odlo (I-Thermic) at their display on "Demonstration Street" at the event.

Unmanned, fully-autonomous ship that will cross the Atlantic

A global consortium of partners, led by marine research organization ProMare, is building an unmanned, fully-autonomous ship that will cross the Atlantic on the fourth centenary of the original Mayflower voyage in September 2020.

NTT (New Textile Technologies)

IDTechEx interviewed Hans Bauer, Managing Director of NTT, at their booth at the IDTechEx Show in Berlin.