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Energy independent electric vehicles: here come the benefits!

Energy independent electric vehicles (EIVs) vary from the new Inergy boat entirely driven by a 70kW vertical wind turbine to the autonomous solar aircraft flying at 60,000 feet for five years on sunshine alone.

Ostendo Technologies

This profile is focused on Ostendo's Quantum Photonic Imager (QPI) technology, its proprietary LED microdisplay, currently under development. Although still largely in stealth mode about its technology, some information has been made available about the company's QPI to IDTechEx analysts and in some display symposiums.

More players getting into touch with emerging haptics

As CES passed for another year we saw another wave of announcements and demonstrations without the topic reaching the limelight it will soon command.

Display and optics architecture in AR and VR smartglasses applications

This article looks into some of the differences in requirements in AR and VR head mounted displays.

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.

Agfa Specialty Products enters into development agreement with MGI

Agfa Specialty Products and MGI Digital Technology have announced the formal creation of a strategic development agreement aimed at the Printed Electronics industry. The objective is to combine both Agfa's unique and complementary chemical know-how and MGI Digital Technology's industrial know-how to develop and launch the world's first industrial inkjet solution for the Printed Electronics market.

Nascent Objects, Inc

Nascent Objects is a California-based start-up that 3D prints electronics. It enables printing 3D plastic objects with highly conducting interconnects embedded into the 3D printed structure. Nascent has developed its own specially-formulated ink, metallization technique, library of interchangeable components and a software that allows users to build their own 3D printed electronic components. This technology can help bridge the gap between standard electronic components and 3D printing, enabling a new wave of functional product development.

Key wearable technology markets

In 2015 the wearable technology market will be $24.2 billion. However, the majority of this - 74% - is for already mature wearables - the humble electronic wristwatch, earphones, blood glucose test strips and the like according to IDTechEx Research in the report Wearable Technology 2015-2025: Technologies, Markets, Forecasts.

itSeez3D leverages Intel® RealSense camera

itSeez3D, a leading developer of mobile scanning software, has announced it has ported the itSeez3D mobile scanner application to Intel RealSense technology.

Pebbles Interfaces joins Oculus

Oculus VR have announced that they have entered into an agreement to acquire Pebbles Interfaces — one of the leading teams in depth sensing technology and computer vision

The first electric highway in Australia

The Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia has decided to impulse the electric vehicle through the first "Electric Highway" in the country.

Wearables capture the atmosphere at Wimbledon

Wearables and court sensors gauge the mood of the audience.

Charging solutions manufactured by Circontrol

Dubai's government plan for the impulse of electric vehicles began in March and plans to install 84 charging stations in malls, airports, residential communities and hotels.

Flagship Pavegen installation confirmed for Canary Wharf district

Pavegen are selected to implement their technology in the heart of Canary Wharf.

Ultra lightweight motors for electric drones and airliners

Newcastle University in the UK was chosen by Boeing to develop an ultra-lightweight electric motor for an upper atmosphere electric aircraft. These spidery fixed-wing aircraft can have the wingspan of a jumbo jet but the weight of a small car.

Lessons from conferences on electric, connected and autonomous cars

The event SMMT Connected covered the connected and ultimately autonomous car with some nod in the direction of other autonomous vehicles doing "dull, dirty, dangerous" rather than freeing up time and reducing accidents, which is what autonomous cars target.

Wearable Sensors - Driving a Huge Commercial Opportunity

Wearable technology has received a lot of attention in the last five years. This article discusses the driving force behind this - the adaption of technology into a form factor that can be worn on the body.