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U.S. patent awarded on high efficiency multijunction solar cell

Ecoark Holdings Inc has announced its subsidiary Magnolia Solar Inc has recently been awarded a new U.S. patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Low-cost localisation system ready for market

Oxbotica has announced the release of its pioneering camera-based localisation software for autonomous vehicles, Dub4.

Chirp

Chirp technology enables point-to-point communication through audible sounds and has found numerous use cases over the last 12 months. David Pugh spoke to Mike Smales, SVP of operations about this innovative communication system.

RFID Sensors: Filling a Real Need or Hoping for the Best?

RFID is booming - it now accounts for the largest number of silicon integrated circuits made of one particular type. But in addition to over 20% growth, there is much more to come. RFID is moving beyond wireless identification alone to wireless sensing of parameters such as temperature, humidity and much more.

Material turns sunlight, heat, movement into electricity all at once

Many forms of energy surround you: sunlight, the heat in your room and even your own movements. All that energy -- normally wasted -- can potentially help power your portable and wearable gadgets, from biometric sensors to smart watches.

Perpetual drones

Nothing lasts forever: things wear out. However, there is a huge pent up demand for "perpetual" autonomous drones for everything from security to surveying, meteorology and even power generation.

Smart glasses that focus automatically

The days of wearing bifocals or constantly swapping out reading glasses might soon come to an end.

4 million pound robotics boost for offshore windfarms

A collaboration has received funding to deliver a human-robotics hybrid solution for the maintenance and operation of offshore windfarms.

Are you a start-up company? Explore the IDTechEx Launchpad Initiative

The IDTechEx Launchpad initiative is open to early-stage start-ups, universities, newly spun-out companies, research labs and government labs who can demonstrate a working prototype or product that highlights new advances in any of the related event topics of: 3D printing, electric vehicles, energy harvesting, energy storage, graphene, internet of things, printed electronics, sensors, or wearable technology.

Stomach acid provides long-term power for ingestible devices

A research team has developed a set of ingestible devices that draw energy from fluids in the stomach and the small intestine, and can provide power for nearly a week.

Thin, flexible, light-absorbent material

Transparent window coatings that keep buildings and cars cool on sunny days. Devices that could more than triple solar cell efficiencies. Thin, lightweight shields that block thermal detection. These are potential applications for a thin, flexible, light-absorbing material developed by engineers.

Contract to supply energy storage for first hybrid chemical tanker

Corvus Energy Inc has announced that it has been selected as the supplier of the lithium ion based energy storage system for a new hybrid chemical tanker being built for Rederiet Stenersen AS of Norway.

Alan Harper Composites Ltd

Alan Harper Composites are a 6-person company developing reusable silicone vacuum bags. IDTechEx technology analyst Dr Richard Collins interviewed Alan Harper (CEO and Founder).

With or without a driver, vehicles are able to cooperate

Researchers have developed an algorithm for automated vehicles to operate in traffic alongside manually-driven vehicles. This is a key step in the shift towards autonomous driving expected to be achieved by 2030.

The world's first heat-driven transistor

Scientists have created a thermoelectric organic transistor. A temperature rise of a single degree is sufficient to cause a detectable current modulation in the transistor.

Wearable watches to monitor blood pressure

What if there were a wearable fitness device that could monitor your blood pressure continuously, 24 hours a day?

Research pinpoints promise of polycrystalline perovskites

A team of scientists determined that surface recombination limits the performance of polycrystalline perovskite solar cells.

How Big Pharma is betting on electronics

As the business model for commercializing new drugs becomes increasingly more difficult to sustain, the pharmaceutical industry is trying to reinvent itself. One bet is on electronic devices that could provide direct treatment of some chronic diseases. The race is on to find new materials that will be compatible for this new form of medicine.

Summer heat for the winter

Can thermal solar energy be stored until wintertime? Yes, this is possible, using a cheap material like sodium lye. Within a European research consortium scientists and their colleagues have spent four years studying this question by pitting three different techniques against each other.

Electric boat climbs mountains

Light amphibious all-terrain vehicles have their own place within a broad spectrum of modern self-propelled machines.