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Battery power even in freezing cold

Transporting power sources in the coldest places may be easier with a new re-chargeable, non-metallic battery from Japan.

Nanosys introduces Hyperion quantum dots

Nanosys, Inc., has introduced Hyperion Quantum Dots, a new Quantum Dot material system that represents a significant development breakthrough in unlocking the market for displays meeting the BT.2020 UltraHD color standard.

Fuel efficient hybrid excavator

Komatsu Europe International has introduced the new HB365LC-3, a high technology and environmentally sustainable 36 tonnes hydraulic hybrid excavator.

Catapult Sports

This background profile covers Catapult Sport's activities in wearable technology for professional sports teams, outlining their progress so far and latest financials.

Aztrong

AzTrong is a Taiwanese graphene company strong focused on end applications. It has so far raised $6m and is scaling up an rGO process and targets the energy storage, thermal interface material and e-textile applications.

Plastic and flexible OLED displays market to reach $18bn by 2020

IDTechEx Research has just released new forecasts for the OLED display market.

Using static electricity, RoboBees can land and stick to surfaces

Roboticists demonstrate that their flying microrobots, nicknamed the RoboBees, can now perch during flight to save energy - like bats, birds or butterflies.

Ricoh 3D printer designed to support high functional materials

Businesses across Europe can accelerate their manufacturing innovation programmes following the European launch of Ricoh's first branded high-end 3D printer.

Canatu and E Ink team up to make flexible touch displays for wearables

Canatu and E Ink Holdings, are working together with the objective to offer a line of flexible touch displays for the wearable market, with the first product ready for sampling to customers in July 2016.

Discovery could energize development of longer-lasting batteries

A researcher has made a discovery that could open the door to cellphone and car batteries that last five times longer than current ones.

Polymatech

Rachel Gordon interviewed Polymatech's Business Development Manager Ehsan Khan about their work in Thermal Interface Materials.

Solar cells of the future could be based on iron molecules

Researchers have successfully explained how iron-based dyes work on a molecular level in solar cells. The new findings will accelerate the development of inexpensive and environmentally friendly solar cells.

Size quantization of Dirac fermions in graphene

Quantum mechanics is the field of physics governing the behavior of things on atomic scales, where things work very differently from our everyday world.

Rocket launch nearer thanks to 3D printing

The qualification of the engine is a major milestone for 3D printing; Rutherford is the first oxygen/hydrocarbon engine to use additive manufacturing for all primary components of the combustor and propellant supply system.

CAFE Tenth Electric Aircraft Symposium Report: overview

This annual event by the delightful staff of the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency Foundation CAFE took place May 19-20 at San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront.

CAFE Tenth Electric Aircraft Symposium Report May 2016

IDTechEx attended the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation event in San Francisco on May 19-20. This article provides a fuller overview of what we learnt from the event.

2015 - A great year for large-sized lithium-ion batteries

Electric bus is a game changer in the battery market.

Nanomaterial to drive new generation of solar cells

Physicists have discovered radical new properties in a nanomaterial, opening new possibilities for highly efficient thermophotovoltaic cells that could one day harvest heat in the dark and turn it into electricity.

Self-healing, flexible electronic material functions after many breaks

Electronic materials have been a major stumbling block for the advance of flexible electronics because existing materials do not function well after breaking and healing. A new electronic material created by an international team, however, can heal all its functions automatically even after breaking multiple times.

Heraeus - 3D printing metals

Heraeus supply gas atomised metal powders for 3D printing. From Q3 2016 they intend to offer high melting alloys such as Zr, Mo, Ta and Nb.