TyroMotion GmbH (AT)

Audi fuel cell technology

The A7 Sportback h tron quattro uses a powerful electric drive with a fuel cell as its energy source, in combination with a hybrid battery and an additional electric motor in the rear.

Runtastic

Runtastic GmbH produce apps, products and services for fitness and exercise tracking. Alongside a suite of niche hardware, the Runtastic Orbit is a waterproof fitness tracker wristband for general fitness and sleep monitoring. They also produce a suite of 18 mobile apps for fitness which have been downloaded 95 million times.

3D printing materials market will increase ten-fold to $8bn by 2025

A massive increase in the use and applications of 3D printers is encouraging huge growth in the market for 3D printing materials. The total consumable market in in 2013 was $800m and is expected to reach $8bn by 2025, according to IDTechEx's new report 3D Printing Materials 2015-2025, Status, Opportunities, Market Forecasts.

Battery harvests energy from body heat

A battery that can convert your body heat into electricity could lead to mobile phones capable of charging themselves while in your pocket.

Flexible encapsulation for electronics: overcoming barriers

DTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 9 December discussing flexible encapsulation for electronics.

Growing the US electric vehicle market

The White House and U.S. Department of Energy announced private sector commitments to cut carbon pollution and reduce their dependence on foreign oil.

Graphene 3D Lab

Graphene 3D Lab are a spin-out from Graphene Laboratories specialising in developing thermoplastic filament for 3D printing enhanced with graphene nanoplatelets.

Launch of innovative environmentally friendly aircraft programme

Watching a nearly silent aircraft fly past your bedroom window at night, fuelled by used vegetable oil and batteries is one step closer to becoming a reality thanks to the new UK aviation company, Faradair Aerospace Limited

Paper electronics could make health care more accessible

Flexible electronic sensors based on paper — an inexpensive material — have the potential to cut the price of a wide range of medical tools, from helpful robots to diagnostic tests

Efficient method to produce nanoporous metals

These metals open the application space to areas such as energy harvesting, sensing and electrochemical studies

Supercapacitors for electric vehicles: what construction?

Attendance was 40% up at the recent IDTechEx event in Santa Clara California with its 200+ exhibitors and nine parallel conferences. Supercapacitors conference and associated Masterclass had a larger attendance and sturdy debate.

Cartamundi, Holst Centre and imec join forces

Collaboration will integrate thin-film NFC Chips into game cards to create an intuitive, easy and fun gaming experience.

New electrolyte developed for magnesium-sulfur batteries

A research group has developed an electrolyte which allows the construction of magnesium - sulfur battery cells.

New electric trucks

The new IDTechEx report, Industrial and Commercial Hybrid and Pure Electric Vehicles 2015-2025 forecasts in eleven categories because so much is now happening.

SolidEnergy battery has twice the energy density of Tesla batteries

MIT startup, SolidEnergy has achieved 1337 Wh/L in energy density twice that of Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi and Tesla batteries which the company claim will disrupt more than 20 years of domination of the consumer electronics and electric vehicle industries by traditional Li-ion batteries.

Flexible electronics breakthrough by inorganic-based laser lift off

Flexible electronics have been touted as the next generation in electronics in various areas, ranging from consumer electronics to bio-integrated medical devices.

Shaping the future of energy storage with conductive clay

In the race to find materials of ever increasing thinness, surface area and conductivity to make better performing battery electrodes, a lump of clay might have just taken the lead.

LUXeXceL

LUXeXceL 3D print truly transparent materials by adding droplets of photopolymer and curing with UV light to make objects with good optical properties and high shape conformity.

Watch the keynote opening of Energy Harvesting USA 2014

About 2,800 people and 200 exhibitors from 40 countries converged to hear about energy harvesting, printed electronics and other related technologies in Santa Clara last week. Watch the opening video here.

Huge Growth of Printed Electronics USA - Event Report

About 2,800 people and 200 exhibitors from 40 countries attended the IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA event in Santa Clara last week - the world's largest event on the topic. Watch the highlights here.