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Sintering may create new electronics manufacturing technologies

Engineers have made a fundamental breakthrough in understanding the physics of photonic "sintering," which could lead to many new advances in solar cells, flexible electronics, various types of sensors and other high-tech products printed onto something as simple as a sheet of paper or plastic.

Memjet v HP lawsuit a footnote in the 3D printing patent wars

Since Memjet filed its lawsuit against HP on August 11, 2015, a few dozen commentators have theorized that the suit will affect 3D printing.

Manchester announced as UK's Internet of Things city

A groundbreaking public-private consortium is celebrating winning a competition for Manchester to be the UK's Internet of Things City Demonstrator.

Yaskawa Motoman Robotics

Yaskawa have the largest installed base of any robot manufacturer.

Smart Clothing: Past, Present, Future

With Clothing+ newly unveiled in it's new position under Jabil, smart clothing has become the centre of attention in the wearable technology industry once again. This short article looks back at the origins of smart clothing, placing the current interest in the topic in context. With key players quickly entering the space and investment at an all time high, IDTechEx's latest work analyses the key trends within this evolving industry.

Lizard electric vehicles

Extreme vehicle concepts have a habit of appearing in a car near you.

An integrated textile heart monitoring solution

An innovative smart garment reference design for building an integrated textile Heart Rate Monitoring solution.

Funding round to drive step-change in wave energy efficiency

The challenge for wave energy converters is to be robust enough to survive the toughest storms, while at the same time produce enough energy to support a viable business case.

Nanotechnology device to simplify blood sugar testing

This innovation depends on an injectable, near-infrared optical biosensor nanotube that would read a person's blood glucose constantly and an optical glucose scanner that can access the data collected by nanotube.

LG Display makes major investment in next-generation OLED panels

LG Display has announced that it will invest KRW1.84 trillion to begin building a new panel plant in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, with production expected to commence in the first half of 2018.

Technology to harness the electrical energy from plants

Researchers describe a power cell that harnesses electrical energy from the photosynthesis and respiration of blue-green algae.

Smartscooter electric vehicle

The Gogoro Smartscooter is a high-performance, zero emissions two-wheeled electric vehicle.

EOS enters a three-year technical partnership with Williams

EOS has announced that they have entered a three-year technical partnership with Williams Grand Prix Engineering and Williams Advanced Engineering.

Transphorm

Inefficient power conversion wastes tens of billions of dollars every year but now Transphorm of Goleta, California is redefining power conversion. Its work is part of the move from inefficient silicon power semiconductors needing considerable water cooling to silicon carbide or gallium nitride versions is seen as the future of power electronics in a host of IDTechEx interviews across the world. This content has been updated in June 2018 following a further recent interview.

Sensoria

Sensoria provide a body sensing platform incorporating textile sensors, flexible microelectronics and software/cloud platforms targeted initially towards sports and apparel companies. Their current products involve a smart t-shirt, sports bra and smart socks.

Greater presence of thin flexible battery companies at IDTechEx Show!

People showed great interest in the thin flexible batteries during IDTechEx Show!, which took place from 18th to 19th November in Santa Clara USA. Here is a summary of some interesting work that was on display.

A cooperative regenerative braking system

Hyundai Mobis has announced that the company became the first in Korea and the second in the world to successfully develop the next-generation electronic integrated regenerative brake system known as iMEB for environment-friendly cars like hybrid cars and electric vehicles.

A promising new prototype of battery

After two years of research, a French team have just designed an alternative technology to Li-ion for application in specific sectors.

Highlights of IDTechEx Wearable USA

The IDTechEx Show! in Santa Clara assembled the largest collection of innovators and experts around wearable technology. The aim was to share knowledge, build networks and solve problems that the industry faces. With decision makers from the most well-known and prestigious wearable technology projects all present, the stage was set for two productive days of networking, problem solving and discussion. This article covers some of the main themes of the event.

Ybrain

Ybrain is a start-up in brain healthcare founded by former students of KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). They are developing a wearable medical device that will measure and improve brain functions, in the aim to alleviate the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment (MCI).