TyroMotion GmbH (AT)

Electric motors based on reluctance torque

RETORQ Motors company designs and manufactures advanced electric traction motors-generators based on its proprietary RETORQ axial flux REluctance TORQue motor technology.

Machine learning used to predict earthquakes in a lab setting

A group of researchers have used machine learning techniques to successfully predict earthquakes.

New ways to achieve selectivity for biomarkers in bioelectronics

Engineers have experimentally verified the electrochemical processes that control charge transfer rate from an organic polymer to a biomarker molecule, using common materials and measurement techniques to make their results widely accessible and reproducible.

3D printer makes first wearable battery

Imagine printing off a wristband that charges your smartphone or electric car with cheap supplies from a local hardware store.

Delivery robot helps mail carriers make their rounds

Deutsche Post has selected the German town of Bad Hersfeld as its test site for a robot to accompany mail deliverers on their routes and carry their mail items.

Merck Group

This profiles provides a brief background on Merck's organic photovoltaic material's business and progress

Pohltec Metalfoam

Pohltec Metalfoam is a company that manufacture aluminum foam panels. IDTechEx analyst Dr Richard Collins interviewed Dr Korbinian Heim (Research Engineer and Project Manager).

Corvus Energy powers industry's first hybrid fish processing vessel

Corvus Energy has been selected by Wärtsilä as the supplier of a lithium ion based energy storage system for the world's first full service hybrid fish farm processing and transport vessel.

Product packaging that can power itself

Smart technology deserves smart packaging and a professor and an alumnus are combining forces to develop packaging so smart it can energize itself.

Autonomous snake-like robots to support search-and-rescue teams

A team of researchers has received a three-year, $400,000 award from the National Science Foundation to create autonomous snake-like robots that can navigate more naturally and easily through the rubble, confined spaces, and rough terrain left in the aftermath of a disaster and send images and information to search-and-rescue teams.

Trends in Industrial Biotechnology

The revenue of industrial biotechnology currently stands at $203 billion. Industrial biotechnology covers an ever growing range of applications, including agricultural, chemical and material production.

New development phase for wave energy device

Marine Power Systems has unveiled its quarter-scale prototype wave energy generator the WaveSub as it moves into a new, sea-based test phase of its development.

Record for longest range of an electric vehicle

IT Asset Partners have claimed the official Guinness Book of World Records title for the Longest Range of an Electric Vehicle by traveling more than 1600 kilometers at the Auto Club Speedway of California in Fontana over a two day consecutive run.

Wearables to boost security of voice-based log-in

A security-token necklace, ear buds or eyeglasses eliminate vulnerabilities in voice authentication -- the practice of logging in to a device or service with your voice alone.

Major players in appliances sector explore 3D printing for spare parts

The Asia Pacific sector of the Swedish multinational home appliance manufacturer Electrolux recently partnered with Spare Parts 3D to conduct a feasibility study that aims to evaluate the on-demand and distributed production of spare parts.

Enhancing solar power with jewels of the sea

Diatoms, a kind of algae that reproduces prodigiously, have been called "the jewels of the sea" for their ability to manipulate light. Now, researchers hope to harness that property to boost solar technology.

New treatment for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy

Barrow Neurological Institute is the first Arizona hospital to offer a new treatment for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.

Octopus inspires 3-D texture morphing project

A group is using the cephalopod as inspiration for a method to morph flat surfaces into three-dimensional ones on demand.

Nexeon (UK)

Nexeon is a British company working on silicon pillar anode materials for advanced Li-ion batteries. The anodes come in a low loading (10%) and high loading (30%) configuration.

Artificial pancreas performs well in clinical trial

During more than 60,000 hours of combined use of a novel artificial pancreas system, participants in a 12-week, multi-site clinical trial showed significant improvements in two key measures of well-being in people living with type 1 diabetes.