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Epishine Receives 80 million SEK (EUR 8 million)

Epishine receives 80 million SEK (EUR 8 million) - AxSol becomes largest individual shareholder.

Most Marine Renewable Energy Produced in the United States

Verdant Power's grid-connected tidal power demonstration project in New York City has exceeded performance projections by every measure.

Eco Wave Power Installs Wave Measurement Buoy in Portugal

Eco Wave Power is pleased to announce that Capitania do Porto do Douro (Port Authority of the Douro), in Portugal, has provided an approval for the installation of a Spotter Buoy in proximity to Barra do Douro breakwater, with the purpose of collecting wave data for Eco Wave Power's planned wave energy project in the region.

Last Mile Autonomous Delivery Robot Developed with Ultimaker S3

Ultimaker announced that Final Aim Inc utilized the Ultimaker S3 to rapidly design the first autonomous delivery robot in use for Singapore.

Porotech

Porotech is a spin-out from the Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride in the Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge.

Printed Circuit Solutions by Molex

Molex's vision is "creating long term value by transforming electronic solutions to enhance the user experience." They leverage their talent and expertise to offer customers the technology, capabilities and services that allow them to excel. This creates superior returns for both their customers and Molex.

Electric Vehicles & DC Fast Charging: Moving to the Next Level

The IDTechEx report "Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles and Fleets 2021-2031" finds that the total number of electric vehicle charging outlets surpassed 1 million in 2020, with both China and Europe at or below the optimum 10 electric vehicles per charging outlet.

Rio Tinto to Deploy World's First Fully Autonomous Water Trucks

Rio Tinto will deploy the world's first fully autonomous water trucks at its $2.6 billion Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region. The new vehicles, primarily used for dust suppression on site, will enhance productivity by enabling mine operations to digitally track water consumption and reduce waste.

Bio-Inspired Hydrogel Protects the Heart from Post-Op Adhesions

A hydrogel that forms a barrier to keep heart tissue from adhering to surrounding tissue after surgery was developed and successfully tested in rodents. The team of engineers, scientists and physicians also conducted a pilot study on porcine hearts, with promising results.

Inkjet Printing Shows Promise As New Strategy For Making E-Textiles

In a new study researchers have demonstrated they could print layers of electrically conductive ink on polyester fabric to make an e-textile that could be used in the design of future wearable devices.

Machine Learning Can Reduce Worry About Nanoparticles In Food

While crop yield has achieved a substantial boost from nanotechnology in recent years, alarms over the health risks posed by nanoparticles within fresh produce and grains have also increased. In particular, nanoparticles entering the soil through irrigation, fertilizers and other sources have raised concerns about whether plants absorb these minute particles enough to cause toxicity.

FedTech (printed sensors)

FedTech is a start-up 'venture builder' that aims to provide support and funding to early stage technology-based start-ups. IDTechEx caught up with FedTech partner John Cole to discuss a current project that aims to commercialize low-cost printed gas sensors for food quality monitoring.

Aberdeen City Council Begins Search for Hydrogen Hub Strategic Partner

The search for Aberdeen City Council's new joint venture partner to build an exciting new hydrogen hub in the city, which will be Scotland's first commercially scalable, investable hydrogen production site, has launched.

Join the Upcoming IDTechEx Webinar: Emerging Image Sensor Technologies

Wednesday 14 July 2021 - Emerging SWIR image sensor technologies, such as extend-range silicon; Hybrid photodetectors utilizing quantum dots or organic semiconductors; Thin film flexible photodetectors; Hyperspectral imaging; Event-based vision; Flexible x-ray image sensors.

"Electronic Nose" Accurately Sniffs Out Hard-to-Detect Cancers

An odor-based test that sniffs out vapors emanating from blood samples was able to distinguish between benign and pancreatic and ovarian cancer cells with up to 95 percent accuracy, according to a new study.

Solar Energy Collectors Grown From Seeds

Engineers have created microscopic seeds for growing remarkably uniform 2D perovskite crystals that are both stable and highly efficient at harvesting electricity from sunlight.

Lead From Leaded Petrol Persists in London Air Despite '90s Ban

Lead levels in London's atmosphere have dropped drastically since lead additives in petrol were phased out, and currently meet UK air quality targets. However despite this drop, airborne particles in London are still highly lead-enriched compared to natural background levels, according to new research.

WACKER SILICONES - Thermal Materials for EVs

WACKER produces many materials used in the EV market. This interview with IDTechEx focussed on their silicone thermal interface materials for EV battery packs.

e-ThermoGentech (e-Thermo) Japan

We visited this company. They get half the efficiency of Komatsu KELK rigid thermoelectric chips meaning 3-4% but achieve what they call "unique" flexibility by using the usual BiTe as chip arrays on a flexible substrate.

9T Labs

9T Labs is a company that specialise in 3D Printing of composite material. IDTechEx caught up with Yannick Willemin (Business Development Manager).