Background
16 Mar 2021

EMS/Nagase
Engineered Material Systems (EMS) has rebranded as Nagase ChemteX America Corporation, following greater alignment with its Japanese parent company Nagase. This background profile briefly summarizes its activities in stretchable conductive inks.
16 Mar 2021

Market for eVTOL Air Taxis to Grow to $14.7 Billion by 2041
Air taxis and flying cars are easy to hype but IDTechEx's new report on the subject is not that hype. This independent research into electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for passenger transport reflects the reality of the eVTOL market at this early stage of its development.
16 Mar 2021

Community of 3D Printed Zero Net Energy Homes in California
Palari Group and Mighty Buildings have secured a site and commenced development of the world's first community of 3D-printed zero net energy homes located in Rancho Mirage, California.
Update interview
16 Mar 2021

DuPont (Wearable Technology)
IDTechEx recently attended a webinar in which Dupont outlined its portfolio of materials for wearable technology, especially electronic skin patches. This includes stretchable conductive inks, adhesives and substrates, marketed under the 'Liveo' and 'Intexar' brands.
External press release
16 Mar 2021

Introducing 3 New Copper Pastes
Copprint launched its first product a year ago. Despite the global pandemic, Copprint successfully fulfilled customer orders from across 25 countries worldwide. At the same time, silver prices surged by 60%, increasing material costs for most printed-electronics products, driving the industry to look for alternatives.
Background
16 Mar 2021

ACI Materials
ACI Materials produce conductive inks adhesives and encapsulants for printed electronics applications, including flexible hybrid electronics and wearable technologies. Its key differentiator is the use of cavitation to produce nanoparticles and micron-sized flakes, which its claims leads to superior dispersion and improved performance.
External press release
16 Mar 2021

Boom in Utility Energy Storage Demand Drives Battery Research
Increased demand for energy storage in the utility sector has resulted in a broad spectrum of application developments for advanced batteries.
External press release
16 Mar 2021

VELO3D Selected for Aftermarket Part Solutions for Gas Turbines
VELO3D is pleased to announce that Chromalloy recently selected the VELO3D Sapphire system as their additive manufacturing solution to significantly impact the economics of future Maintenance, Repair & Operations projects in Chromalloy's aviation and energy markets.
External press release
16 Mar 2021

Aggreko and SailGP New Three Year Partnership
Aggreko has partnered with SailGP to support the championship's commitment to a better future.
External press release
16 Mar 2021

Living Lab of 200 Real World Smart Homes for Testing Electric Vehicles
Innovative companies developing smart home products or services that incorporate electric vehicle charging will benefit from a new offering in Energy Systems Catapult's real-world test environment - the Living Lab.
External press release
16 Mar 2021

Worktop Integrated with Wireless Charging Technology
Wharf Worktops has mastered a pioneering technique to seamlessly integrate wireless charging technology beneath the surface of its worktops.
15 Mar 2021

IBM Uses AI to Speed up Antibiotic Design, and it Works
Antibiotic resistance is no joke. It's a huge threat to human health — even more so during the raging pandemic. We need new antibiotics, and we need them fast.
15 Mar 2021

Floating Solar Project for the Netherlands
The Amer floating PV project consists of 13,400 solar panels that will float on a lake near the Amer power plant in Geertruidenberg, in the Netherlands' province of Noord-Brabant. After completion, the innovative PV project will have an installed capacity of 6.1 megawatts peak.
15 Mar 2021

Printed Electronics for 6G Smart Surfaces Everywhere
6G Communications is coming to your smartphone around 2030, according to Samsung and others, but it can only succeed if it deploys smart surfaces everywhere. Essential to this is printed electronics.
15 Mar 2021

Nissan's Factory Robots Making use of Second Life LEAF Batteries
Longer lasting and faster to charge, Nissan's automated guided vehicles - mobile machines that help workers in factories - are evolving thanks to the second life of Nissan LEAF batteries.
Background
15 Mar 2021

Aurora Flight Sciences
Aurora Flight Sciences are a subsidiary of Boeing. They are pioneers in the development of unmanned air vehicles and are developing a Passenger Air Vehicle (PAV) eVTOL aircraft.
Event summary
15 Mar 2021

5G at MWC Shanghai 2021 (Part 1)
In this two-part premium article IDTechEx include some of the key highlights from the presentations given at MWC 21.
Topic overview
14 Mar 2021

IDTechEx comment on Northvolt's acquisition of Cuberg
On March 10th, European battery start-up Northvolt announced their agreement for the acquisition of Cuberg, a US start-up developing lithium metal batteries, for an undisclosed amount.
Background
14 Mar 2021

Sila Nanotechnologies
Sila Nanotechnologies are a US based start-up developing drop-in silicon anode material for Li-ion batteries.
Update interview
12 Mar 2021

Aleph Farms
Aleph Farms is an Israeli company working to create the next generation of meat products using cultured animal cells, rather than requiring the slaughter of livestock. The company uses a combination of tissue engineering and 3D bioprinting to create structured meat products such as steaks and has even produced cultured meat in space. At SynBioBeta Food and Agriculture Conference 2021, IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst spoke with Neta Lavon, VP of R&D at Aleph Farms.