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Tarzan robot hangs above crops to inspect plants as they grow

With robots dangling over the field, researchers will be able to get more frequent measurements and to avoid some laborious field work. Someday, they may be able to stay at their laptops miles away, in the air conditioning, scanning a steady stream of images and data sent back from the robots.

3D printed patch can help mend a broken heart

A team of biomedical engineering researchers has created a revolutionary 3D-bioprinted patch that can help heal scarred heart tissue after a heart attack.

New battery coating could improve smart phones and electric vehicles

High performing lithium-ion batteries are a key component of laptops, smart phones, and electric vehicles. Currently, the anodes, or negative charged side of lithium ion batteries, are generally made with graphite or other carbon-based materials.

Aspect Biosystems

IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao interviewed Aspect Biosystems' Tamer Mohamed and Thomas Lum on 16 June, 2017. Aspect Biosystems is a Canadian 3D bioprinting company developing a proprietary lab-on-a-printer technology.

Organovo

Organovo is a 3D bioprinting company focussed on providing liver and kidney tissue testing services to pharmaceutical companies. The company also aims to produce liver tissue patches for therapeutic use.

Hermes trials self-driving robots in London

Hermes is launching an innovative testing programme for the use of self-driving delivery robots in London.

Non-flammable graphene membrane developed for safe mass production

Researchers have discovered a simple and scalable method for turning graphene oxide into a non-flammable and paper-like graphene membrane that can be used in large-scale production.

How some battery materials expand without cracking

When you charge a battery, or when you use it, it's not just electricity but also matter that moves around inside.

A report from Battery Japan 2017

IDTechEx Technology analyst Dr. Lorenzo Grande was at Battery Japan 2017 to listen to the 30+ talks by leading Japanese companies, as well as to attend the co-located exhibition.

4.25 Million funding for battery and autonomous vehicle research

Business Secretary Greg Clark and Transport Minister John Hayes have announced a range of research funding which included a total of £4.25 million for a high energy battery research project, and an autonomous vehicle research project at WMG at the University of Warwick.

Are your sensors spying on you?

Cyber experts have revealed the ease with which malicious websites, as well as installed apps, can spy on us using just the information from the motion sensors in our mobile phones.

Imec and Solliance's perovskite PV modules achieve 12.4%

The module efficiency was measured under long-term maximum power point tracking, testifying to its exceptional stability.

New 3-D printing method creates shape-shifting objects

A team of researchers has developed a new 3-D printing method to create objects that can permanently transform into a range of different shapes in response to heat.

Honda introduces first robotic lawn mower

Honda has introduced the company's first robotic lawn mower for use in the United States, Miimo.

New technique studies neuromodulation in real time

Researchers have developed a light-sensitive technique to visualize and manipulate neuromodulation with unprecedented spatial and temporal precision.

City of Porterville orders 10 forty-foot all electric buses

GreenPower Motor Company Inc announces that it has entered into a sales contract to supply 10 GreenPower EV350 40-foot zero-emission all-electric transit buses with the City of Porterville in California.

Can Welsh marine energy really boost the economy?

The end of March this year saw a flurry of activity in the Welsh marine sector.

Robots to the rescue

It's no small task to build a fully autonomous robot capable of mining raw materials from the surface of Mars.

Mild Hybrid 48V Vehicles 2017-2027

Vehicle emissions regulations for 2025 and 2030 are unlikely to be met by conventional vehicle technology as applied to most vehicles beyond small cars. Going to strong hybrid and pure electric powertrains involves considerable expense and delay and often totally new platforms.

Germany EV laggard to leader

Germany took a wrong course in vehicle powertrains initially resisting government support for electric vehicles, but many German industrial and commercial vehicle manufacturers are now going electric.