26 May 2017

Using distinctive body locations to control mobile devices
Researchers are placing ultra-thin, electronic tattoos on distinctive body locations. The user can touch, squeeze or pull them, and thereby intuitively control mobile devices such as a music player, or easily make indicators light up.
24 May 2017

Runaway Adoption of Pure Electric Vehicles: Multiple Triggers
It has long been speculated that electric vehicle adoption may have a sudden tipping point of adoption. IDTechEx pointed out that incentives help as does reaching lower cost of ownership but lower up-front price is the killer blow.
22 May 2017

Unintended Consequences Advance Electric Car Takeoff
Obvious things drive adoption of a new type of car such as subsidies, tax breaks and special privileges such as free parking.
19 May 2017

Report from the IDTechEx Show! Berlin, Germany 2017
Strong positive feedback and growth at Europe's most important event on emerging technologies
15 May 2017

The shock tactics set to shake up immunology
Vagus-nerve stimulation, has been used since the 1990s to treat epilepsy, and since the early 2000s to treat depression
12 May 2017

Wearable Technology Awards Presented At The IDTechEx Show! In Berlin
At the IDTechEx Show!, two companies were honoured for their great achievements in developing and commercialising wearable technology. A summary of the awards and winners are as follows:
3 May 2017

IDTechEx Show! Exhibition Grows by 30%
On May 10-11 an estimated 3,000 people from over 40 countries will meet at the Estrel Convention Centre in Berlin to discuss the commercialization of a diverse range of emerging technologies.
2 May 2017

World's first wearable EMG assistive technology
NeuroNode is the world's first wearable EMG assistive technology device that gives those with ALS/MND, spinal cord injury, or any other condition causing paralysis and loss of speech a connection to the world.
26 Apr 2017

Toyota, ARM, VF Global, Galvani Bioelectronics to Open IDTechEx Show!
The IDTechEx Show! in Berlin, Germany on 10-11 May is Europe's most important event for those involved in technology scouting and product innovation, bringing together emerging technologies with global brands.
20 Apr 2017

Biased bots: Human prejudices sneak into AI systems
Many experts think of artificial intelligence systems as coldly logical and objectively rational. But in a new study researchers have demonstrated how machines can be reflections of us and acquire human-like biases.
17 Apr 2017

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.
17 Apr 2017

Machine learning for fast drawing
Drawing on a computer can be slow and difficult so Google has created AutoDraw, a new web based tool that pairs machine learning with drawings created by talented artists to help you draw.
11 Apr 2017

Electricity Producing Drones
They call it Airborne Wind Energy (AWE). It started with kites flying higher than a conventional wind turbine to create electricity from the familiar figure of eight trajectory where winds are much stronger and more consistent than those tapped by conventional wind turbines on land or even offshore.
7 Apr 2017

Manned Electric Aircraft: Progress and Potential
Recently, there has been a sharp increase in development activity with electric aircraft, as examined in the new report from IDTechEx Research, Manned Electric Aircraft 2017-2027.
5 Apr 2017

Europe's Most Important Event on Emerging Technologies
The IDTechEx Show! takes place on 10 & 11 May in Berlin, hosting over 200 exhibitors and over 3,000 attendees.
3 Apr 2017

Bioengineering a better eye: the advent of artificial retinas
Retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration are two forms of blindness that affect cumulatively over 10 million people in the Unites States.
30 Mar 2017

The global attitude to the wearable technology industry is changing
As the hype fades, companies are increasingly focused on specific and varied product opportunities within this diverse space.
30 Mar 2017

Could Airborne Wind Energy become a $3 billion market?
Airborne Wind Energy employs kites, tethered drones or turbines in balloons to make electricity, accessing more consistent, stronger winds above those reached by wind turbines on land.