External press release
15 Dec 2020

New Partnership Brings Clean Energy to Indoor Farming
Move takes critical step to increase sustainability of indoor farming, while driving demand for more clean energy.
Full profile interview
15 Dec 2020

Nanotech Energy
Nanotech Energy produce graphene-based energy storage devices. IDTechEx spoke with Scott Jacobsen (Director of Business Development).
Full profile interview
15 Dec 2020

Aerosense
IDTechEx interviewed Satoru Shimada, Director and COO of Aerosense about their latest progress with their suite of drone products.
15 Dec 2020

Promising Material can Store Solar Energy for Months or Years
Researchers studying a crystalline material have discovered it has properties that allow it to capture energy from the sun. The energy can be stored for several months at room temperature, and it can be released on demand in the form of heat.
15 Dec 2020

Flexible, Screen Printed Rechargeable Battery with 10 Times More Power
A team of researchers has developed a flexible, rechargeable silver oxide-zinc battery with a five to 10 times greater areal energy density than state of the art. The battery also is easier to manufacture; while most flexible batteries need to be manufactured in sterile conditions, under vacuum, this one can be screen printed in normal lab conditions. The device can be used in flexible, stretchable electronics for wearables as well as soft robotics.
Topic overview
15 Dec 2020

Where is the Hydrogen Market Heading?
This IDTechEx Premium Article provides a review of announced hydrogen projects between September-November 2020
Background
14 Dec 2020

thingc Robotics
Australian start-up thingc Robotics is developing autonomous agricultural robots, with the aim of creating a flexible robotics platform for a number of agricultural tasks. The company's robotics platform is one of the ten finalists selected for Future Farming Magazine's "Best Concept Field Robot 2020", with winner being awarded at FIRA 2020.
Update
14 Dec 2020

Nexus Robotics
Nexus Robotics is a Canadian start-up that develops autonomous agricultural robots through machine learning. The company's autonomous weeding robot, Robot La Chèvre is one of the ten finalists selected for Future Farming Magazine's "Best Concept Field Robot 2020", with winner being awarded at FIRA 2020.
14 Dec 2020

Smart City Materials $400 Billion Market
Smart cities are now much more ambitious. That means new materials are their biggest enabler, with information and computer technology dropping to an important support role.
External press release
14 Dec 2020

Ferrero's Climate Goals Validated by Science Based Targets Initiative
Ahead of the five-year anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement on December 12, Ferrero is proud to announce that the independent Science Based Targets initiative has validated Ferrero's climate goals, recently announced as part of the company's 11th Sustainability Report.
External press release
14 Dec 2020

MakerBot Offers Three New ABS Composite Materials from Kimya
MakerBot, a global leader in 3D printing and subsidiary of Stratasys Ltd announces that three new Kimya ABS composite materials by ARMOR have been qualified for MakerBot LABS for the MakerBot METHOD X 3D printer.
14 Dec 2020

Artificial Intelligence System to Protect Killer Whales from Ships
Researchers are working on a project that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to classify whale calls. The ultimate goal of the neural network project is to develop a warning system to help protect endangered southern resident killer whales from potentially fatal ship strikes.
14 Dec 2020

First Grid Scale Flow Battery to be Built in South Australia
Australia's first ever utility-scale vanadium flow battery is set to be installed in regional South Australia, aiming to demonstrate the potential impact that flow batteries could provide in reaching the energy storage target in the Australian Government's first Low Emissions Technology Statement.
14 Dec 2020

British Airways partners with ZeroAvia on Hydrogen Passenger Aircraft
British Airways has teamed up with ZeroAvia in a project to explore how hydrogen-powered aircraft can play a leading role in the future of sustainable flying.
14 Dec 2020

Printed/Flexible Sensors Required for Wearable Skin Patches
Printed/flexible electronics is extremely well suited to wearable skin patches due to its low weight, flexibility/conformality, and potential for high-throughput, low-cost manufacturing of these disposable items.
External press release
14 Dec 2020

Hyundai to Acquire Controlling Interest in Boston Dynamics
Hyundai Motor Group and SoftBank Group Corp agreed on main terms of the transaction pursuant to which Hyundai Motor Group will acquire a controlling interest in Boston Dynamics in a deal that values the mobile robot firm at $1.1 billion.
14 Dec 2020

EC Proposes Regulation to Improve Li-ion Sustainability
The European Commission (EC) has proposed stricter regulations regarding the sustainability of batteries.
Full profile interview
14 Dec 2020

CaroCure
CaroCure has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) platform, AxDrug, for the creation of best-in-class drug candidates.
Background
11 Dec 2020

iTarra
iTarra is an Irish start-up developing autonomous, electrically driven tractors. The iTarra tractors is one of the ten finalists selected for Future Farming Magazine's "Best Concept Field Robot 2020", with winner being awarded at FIRA 2020.
Update
11 Dec 2020

The Fendt Xaver
At the Fendt press event on September 3rd 2020, the company presented the latest generation of Xaver field robots. These robots now have 3 wheels instead of 4 and are equipped with a seeding unit with a disc coulter. The Fendt Xaver is one of the ten finalists selected for Future Farming Magazine's "Best Concept Field Robot 2020", with winner being awarded at FIRA 2020.