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Longer Lasting Sodium-Ion Batteries on the Horizon

Cheap and abundant, sodium is a prime promising candidate for new battery technology. But limited performance of sodium-ion batteries has hindered their large-scale applications. Now, a research team has developed a sodium-ion battery with greatly extended longevity in laboratory tests. An ingenious shift in the ingredients that make up the liquid core of the battery prevents the performance issues that have bedeviled sodium-based batteries.

Hasbro 3D Prints Your Face on Action Figures

Hasbro has announced Hasbro Selfie Series figures—a groundbreaking endeavor to use 3D printing to manufacture personalized action figures at scale. For the first time, fans will be able to scan their face with a smart device and have a custom-made look-a-like action figure delivered to their door.

Perfand LED

Perfand LED is a Polish LED provider, established in 1992 by Andrezj Trawinski. IDTechEx spoke with Perfand at GreenTech 2022.

Final Test and Assembly of World's Most Powerful Wave Energy Converter

Bombora Wave Power is entering the final test and assembly phase of the ground-breaking 1.5MW Pembrokeshire Demonstration Project, as it prepares to validate the powerful Wave Energy Converter.

3D Printing Nickel Single Crystals Using Laser Additive Manufacturing

Researchers have succeeded in fabricating a nickel single crystal with only a very few crystalline defects by irradiating nickel powder with a large-radius, flat-top laser beam (i.e., a laser beam whose intensity is uniform across a cross-section of the beam). This technique may be used to fabricate a wide variety of single-crystalline materials, including heat-resistant materials for jet engines and gas turbines.

Indium Corporation Partnership with SAFI-Tech, New Solder Products

Metallic soldering represents a key manufacturing process across many industries, including aerospace, automotive, and electronics. Current solder products trade off the reliability of joints formed with the very high processing temperatures needed to form those joints—a problem that has limited material selection and product design.

Symphoni

Symphoni is a Canadian company developing and providing LED systems for the horticulture industry, having been spun out from lighting solutions company Delight Company in 2020. IDTechEx spoke with Symphoni at the GreenTech 2022 event.

Nidec — A Wide Range of Gearboxes for Automation

Founded in 1973, Nidec are a Japanese manufacturer famous for their electric motors. The annual revenue of this corporation was US$15.21 billion in 2021. At Automatica 2022, Nidec demonstrated a wide range of gearboxes for different applications

Cutting-Edge Cleft Surgery Training Tool to Debut in UK

3D printed simulator, developed by Simulare Medical, a division of Smile Train, will lead to safer, higher-quality surgery for every child living with cleft lip and palate

Rolls-Royce Advances Hybrid-Electric Flight

Rolls-Royce announces the development of turbogenerator technology, which includes a new small engine designed for hybrid-electric applications. The system will be an on-board power source with scalable power offerings and will complement the Rolls-Royce Electrical propulsion portfolio, enabling extended range on sustainable aviation fuels and later as it comes available through hydrogen combustion.

Efficient, Stable and Eco-Friendly Thermoelectric Material Discovered

Waste heat is a very promising source of energy conservation and reuse, by means of converting this heat into electricity—a process called thermoelectric conversion. Commercially available thermoelectric conversion devices are synthesized using rare metals. While these are quite efficient, they are expensive and, in the majority of cases, utilize toxic materials. Both these factors have led to these converters being of limited use.

LuxAI

LuxAI is a social robot manufacturer headquartered in Luxembourg. LuxAI's product has a unique feature with its 'all-in-one' design, and this is a unique value proposition of the company in comparison with other market players.

ASE — Advanced Semiconductor Packaging

A comprehensive overview of advanced packaging technologies and business strategies in ASE.

Digital Smell: The Sensor Opportunity Under Our Noses

Imagine a world where we not only upload pictures of our latest recipes, beauty products, and coffees - but also share their smell. The opportunities for digital smell could be vast, but what are they, and what gas sensor technology will enable it?

Final Prototype Triumph TE-1 Project Testing Results Revealed

The unique collaboration between Triumph Motorcycles, Williams Advanced Engineering, Integral Powertrain Ltd, and WMG, University of Warwick, funded by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles through Innovate UK, was set up to create ground-breaking developments in specialist electric motorcycle engineering and innovative integrated technology design.

Durable Material for Flexible Artificial Muscles

Materials scientists and colleagues have developed a new material and manufacturing process for creating artificial muscles that are stronger and more flexible than their biological counterparts.

Huntsman 3D Printing

Huntsman Corporation are an American multinational chemical company; within their Polyurethane division, Huntsman develop and sell urethane 3D printing materials. IDTechEx spoke with Stephane Peysson, Global Business Development Manager at Huntsman, about their 3D printing materials and activities.

Markforged to Expand into Mass Production of End-Use Metal Parts

Markforged has entered into a definitive agreement with Höganäs AB to acquire Digital Metal, the creator of a leading binder jetting solution known to be precise and reliable, extending Markforged's capabilities into high-throughput production of metal additive parts.

Wonder Robotics Launches Smart Autonomous Drone Solution

Wonder Robotics announced the closing of a $4 million fundraising round led by Elron Ventures, in conjunction with Besadno Investment Group. The funds will be used to scale up operation and marketing efforts, while developing technology for additional applications.

Wärtsilä to Supply Energy Storage for Big Solar-Plus-Storage Portfolio

The technology group Wärtsilä is delivering a 500-megawatt / 2-gigawatt hour portfolio of energy storage systems to clean energy developer and operator Clearway Energy Group. The contracts cover five sites located in Hawaii and California and include one of the world's largest ever solar-plus-storage project portfolios. The combination of energy storage and solar photovoltaic resources will provide essential grid reliability to balance an increasing mix of renewable generation.