14 Jan 2020

Clever Modular Concept Solves the Issue of Cost
Modular vehicles can help solve a majority of the problems and questions posed by modern mobility that arise as the result of new IT technologies such as autonomous driving and of traffic congestion and the associated inefficiency and air pollution.
14 Jan 2020

Webinar Thursday 23 January 2020- Electric Vehicle Motor Manufacturers
IDTechEx will be hosting a free webinar on Thursday 23 January 2020 titled Electric Vehicle Motor Manufacturers: Which to Buy, Employ, Avoid.
14 Jan 2020

Diagnosing Cardiovascular Disease
Diagnosing CVD is the first step in patients' road to recovery. It is imperative to detect the disease early in order to administer treatment while it is still treatable. In addition, preventing the disease altogether is becoming more important in healthcare. The main approaches for detecting CVD are currently in vitro diagnostics (IVD) at point-of-care (POC) and the use artificial intelligence (AI) in cardiovascular imaging.
Topic overview
14 Jan 2020

Solid-state automotive lidar: commercializing photonic beam steering
What does it take to commercialize photonic beam steering?
14 Jan 2020

The Application of Augmented Reality in Sport
Augmented reality has many different use cases. This article discusses some of the augmented reality products which are designed for a sports application.
14 Jan 2020

10 Puerto Rican Schools Receive Resilient Microgrids
Many of the schools that received microgrid systems were without power for six months after the hurricanes. Four hundred faculty members and 3,600 students were impacted by this project and now have access to clean, resilient power if future severe weather events or grid outages occur.
Youtube interview
14 Jan 2020

Designer Integrates 3D Printing and Future Fabrics for Bespoke Fashion
Kitty Yeung is a physicist, artist, maker, fashion designer and musician based in Silicon Valley, California. She currently manages the Bay Area Microsoft Garage, a program that drives a culture of innovation at Microsoft.
External press release
14 Jan 2020

NextEnergy Capital Announces Second Close of its Flagship US$750m Fund
NextEnergy Capital Group announces the second close of NextPower III, its flagship private ESG infrastructure fund focused on funding the construction and long-term ownership of new-build solar power plants across international markets.
14 Jan 2020

Graphene Surprises Researchers Again
Physicists have used computer modeling to refine the melting curve of graphite that has been studied for over 100 years, with inconsistent findings. They also found that graphene "melting" is in fact sublimation.
14 Jan 2020

Delta Airline First to Trial Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton
Delta is first airline to explore first-of-its-kind wearable robotic exoskeleton to bolster employee strength and safety.
13 Jan 2020

Bell Reveals the City of the Future
Bell Textron Inc reveals a vivid look into the future of the smart city ecosystem. The Bell Nexus air taxi and the Autonomous Pod Transport will coexist to move people, products and information across connected cities.
Youtube interview
13 Jan 2020

ECG, Thermocouple and Moisture Sensor Embedded into Smart Fabrics
KARL MAYER is a technology and market leader as well as a driving force for innovations in textile machinery building.
13 Jan 2020

Boeing's New 777X to Offer Gentex Dimmable Windows
Gentex Corporation announced that its latest generation of dimmable aircraft windows will be offered as optional content on the new Boeing 777X.
13 Jan 2020

Stretchy, Skin-Like Sensors Bring a Human Touch to Wearables
Researchers have developed a stretchy, transparent and self-powering sensor that records the complex sensations of human skin.
13 Jan 2020

AI for #MeToo: Training Algorithms to Spot Online Trolls
Researchers have demonstrated that machine-learning algorithms can monitor online social media conversations as they evolve, which could one day lead to an effective and automated way to spot online trolling.
13 Jan 2020

IBM and Daimler use Quantum Computer to Develop Next-Gen Batteries
Electric vehicles have an Achilles heel: the capacity and speed-of-charging of their batteries. A quantum computing breakthrough by researchers at IBM and Daimler AG, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, could help tackle this challenge.
13 Jan 2020

Ultrasound Can Make Stronger 3d-Printed Alloys
Researchers have used sound vibrations to shake metal alloy grains into tighter formation during 3D printing.
Background
10 Jan 2020

Polytechnique Montréal - NanoRobotics Laboratory
The NanoRobotics Lab has developed a robotic platform that enables endovascular interventional procedures in deep and difficult to reach areas of the vasculature.
Youtube interview
10 Jan 2020

Flexible Integrated Circuits Thinner Than a Human Hair
PragmatIC demonstrates its Flexible Integrated Circuits.
10 Jan 2020

Plant Based Pork From Impossible Foods
The food tech startup is providing an exclusive first taste of Impossible Pork -- a plant-based upgrade to the world's most ubiquitous meat. Impossible Foods is also launching Impossible Sausage, which debuts in late January at 139 Burger King restaurants in a limited-time test of the Impossible Croissan'wich.