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Newton Prize 2020 Award to Fund Solar Micro-Grids in Cape Town

A remarkable project that aims to bring safe and reliable energy to informal settlements in South Africa has won the Chair's Prize in the 2020 Newton Fund awards.

3D Printing Biomedical Parts with Supersonic Speed

Forget glue, screws, heat or other traditional bonding methods. A collaboration has developed a 3D printing technique that creates cellular metallic materials by smashing together powder particles at supersonic speed.

Image Recognition AI Technology in Medical Diagnostics

AI in Medical Diagnostics 2020-2030 - this IDTechEx report benchmarks 60+ companies for image recognition AI performance, market readiness, value proposition, technical maturity and more. It includes granular forecasts for 12 clinical applications, insights into addressable market size and penetration until 2030.

Brain Injuries can be Unbroken by Innovative Neuro-Technologies

A recently published scientific study reports the latest breakthroughs from Project Iron Soldier. Captain (retired) Trevor Greene, who was attacked with an axe to the head while serving in Afghanistan, continues to disrupt conventional limits in recovery after brain injury.

New AI Tool Limits Vital Sign Monitoring, Improves Inpatient Sleep

Vital sign monitoring disruptions for hospitalized patients during overnight hours have been linked to cognitive impairment, hypertension, increased stress and even mortality. For the first time, a team has developed a deep-learning predictive clinical tool to identify which patients do not need to be woken up overnight - allowing them to rest, recover and discharge faster.

Miraisens, Inc.

IDTechEx interviewed Hiroyuki Ikushima, Masatoshi Miyakawa and Norio Nakamura from Miraisens. They are a haptics company based in Japan which was acquired by Murata in December 2019. IDTechEx spoke to them about their 3DHaptics technology and business objectives.

Elementum 3D Gold Medal, US Air Force Advanced Manufacturing Olympics

Elementum 3D earned first place at the inaugural US. Air Force Advanced Manufacturing Olympics. The company won the event's "Material Hurdles" technical challenge with its A7050-RAM2 high-strength aluminum alloy, beating eight other finalists.

Electrical Stimulation Reduces Swallowing Problems

Using electrical stimulation in the throats of patients recovering from conditions such as strokes or head injuries will help to relieve swallowing problems, leading to a quicker recovery time, according to a new study.

Sky-Futures Brings Flock on Board as Drone Insurance Partner

Sky-Futures, an ICR company, one of the world's leading drone inspection and survey service providers, has appointed connected insurance provider, Flock, as its drone insurance partner.

Join the Upcoming Webinar: Smart Cities Become Much More Ambitious

18 November 2020 - The expenditure on new technologies for emerging smart cities will pass one trillion dollars yearly. That is the subject of this webinar -sharing some of the research carried out by PhD level multilingual IDTechEx analysts worldwide for their new overview report on smart city technologies with 35 forecasts.

New Report from IDTechEx on Materials for Printed/Flexible Electronics

IDTechEx have released a new market research report on materials for printed/flexible electronics - materials for OLEDs, photovoltaics (OPV), thin film transistors (OTFTs), photodetectors (OPDs). Also carbon nanotubes, perovskites, quantum dots, functional inorganic inks, component attachment materials, conductive inks.

Micro-LED - Lighting the Way for Display Technologies?

Micro-LED is exciting the markets and commentators, but the question of whether, and how, it will become the natural replacement for other LED technologies, including the currently dominant LCD and OLED, is somewhat complex.

Leclanché (Marine)

Leclanché is a premium battery-maker based out of Switzerland. IDTechEx caught up with the company at the recent Battery Show online event to discuss the various low-emission vessel solutions and the role for batteries.

Emerging Market: CO2 Gas Sensors to Assess COVID-19 Transmission Risk

IDTechEx predicts that over 50K gas sensors will be installed in Germany alone in 2021 and the demand for CO2 gas sensors globally will exceed 1 million units if other European countries and the new US government will decide to follow the same path.

Perovskite Metasurfaces for Smart Glass

Perovskite thin films will make it possible to turn normal glass into smart surfaces that can display information in AR devices and convert solar energy into electricity.

Improving High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries with Carbon Filler

Lithium-ion batteries are the major rechargeable power source for many portable devices as well as electric vehicles, but their use is limited, because they do not provide high power output while simultaneously allowing reversible energy storage.

Volkswagen US Lab for Developing, Testing EV Batteries

Volkswagen of America has marked the start of construction of its Battery Engineering Lab at its Chattanooga Engineering and Planning Center. The approximately $22 million dollar facility will test and validate electric vehicle cells and battery packs for the North American region.

Introducing Ultimaker 2+ Connect: Robust Single Extrusion

The new Ultimaker 2+ Connect improves on its predecessor's legacy and allows users to send print jobs via Wi-Fi or Ethernet.

In-Shoe Sensors and Mobile Robots Help Seniors Stay Active

Researchers are leveraging some of the newest mechanical and robotic technologies to help some of our oldest populations stay healthy, active, and independent.

Alchemy Cloud

Alchemy Cloud is a software company providing complete lab digitalization solutions to chemical and materials companies. IDTechEx spoke with Sasha Novakovich (Co-Founder & CEO).