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Headmade Materials

Headmade Materials is a German start-up developing a Metal AM standard called Cold Metal Fusion, where metal powders can be printed with selective laser sintering (SLS) printers. IDTechEx spoke with Levent Akbas, chief commercial officer at Headmade Materials, on their technology and materials.

6K and Our Next Energy Collaboration to Create Low-Cost Gemini Cathode

6K and Our Next Energy Inc announced a partnership as ONE looks to scale up and commercialize its Gemini cell chemistry. The organization signed a letter of intent outlining how the companies will work together to significantly lower the cost and manufacturing capital required when producing this new battery material.

In the Future Your Entire Car Could Be a Radar Antenna, Says IDTechEx

Radar miniaturization is one of the key trends that IDTechEx has identified in "Automotive Radar 2022-2042". There are several factors that are contributing towards this, such as moving from 24GHz to 77GHz which shrinks the antenna size. Or, transitioning from SiGe-BiCMOS based transceivers to Si-CMOS ones, which reduces the number of discrete computational components and shrinks the circuit board. So, with the size continuing to come down, IDTechEx asks, how small can it get?

A New Way to Ink: Next Step in Wearable Tech?

Scientists have developed an inexpensive way to transform an ordinary shirt into an electronic smart shirt—one able to monitor and adjust body temperature or even allow the wearer to apply heat to a sore shoulder or back. All from a design printed on the fabric of the shirt or any other piece of clothing.

Zadar Labs - Software Definied Radars

The automotive radar market is rife with innovative technologies coming from start-ups. Zadar's contribution to the space is a re-imaging of the boundary between software and hardware. New Si-CMOS based componentry is making radar's much more flexible and facilitating on-the-fly, over-the-air updates that can continuously improve the radar's performance over the lifetime of the vehicle.

Velo3D Ships First Sapphire XC to an Aerospace Customer

Velo3D Inc has announced its first Sapphire XC delivery. The Sapphire XC, or "Extra Capacity," is the company's newest and largest metal 3D printer that delivers both faster production and larger parts.

Uhnder - digital code modulation automotive radar

Uhnder is a start up working on radar on chip technologies for automotive and other applications. Uhnder use a 28nm Silicon CMOS technology to construct a single chip with 192 virtual channels giving high imaging potential. Uhnder has also moved away from the widely frequency modulated continuous wave emission pattern in facour of digital code modulation, this brings increased performance and robustness to interference.

Continental - automotive radar and LiDAR suppliers

Continental are one of the largest automotive tier 1 suppliers, and one of the largest suppliers of radar for ADAS applications such as adaptive cruise control and automatic emergency braking. IDTechEx spoke to Continental at ITS World Congress 2021 in Hamburg.

Zadar

Zadar is a radar start-up specialising in next-generation SAE level 2+ applications.

Sony Semiconductor Isarel

Sony Semiconductor Israel is a company that provides cellular IoT chipsets for 4G/LTE-M and NB-IoT networks. IDTechEx spoke with Dima Feldman, VP of Product Management and Marketing in July 2021.

Metawave

Metawave is a radar antenna specialist who has developed an analogue beam forming radar chip, offering high resolution and 250m range.

Evonik Launches New Product Line of Photopolymers for 3D Printing

Evonik has developed two photopolymers for industrial 3D printing applications. The two ready-to-use materials mark the start of a new product line of polymer resins suitable for use in common VAT polymerization technologies such as SLA or DLP.

Chemours

US Chemical company, Chemours is a spin-off of Du Pont since 2015. Chemours is a market leader in the fluoropolymer titanium coating materials, although commercialising also base chemicals for industrial applications.

Desirable Metals for 3D Printing Near Market Readiness

Despite a temporary setback owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the market for 3D printing of metals is expected to see a significant rise over the next decade. Within that, it is anticipated that most of the revenue will be attributed to material sales.