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Robots Weeding Organic Farms, Patrolling for Greenhouse Pests

Robots that use artificial intelligence to recognise the health of fruit and vegetable crops and when they're ready to harvest are being trialled to help small, organic and greenhouse farmers with weeding and patrolling for pests.

Sensitronics

Sensitronics produces pressure sensors based on force sensing resistor (FSR) technology. They are unique among their competitors in that they recently started to offer customizable force sensing resistor material by the foot.

Elephantech

Elpehantech, formerly AgIC, have developed an additive PCB manufacturing method. Silver nanoparticles are printed only onto the required areas of the board surface, and then electroless plating technology is applied to grow copper traces onto the printed areas.

Mobile EV Chargers on the Go: Niche or Disruptive?

With the growing population of plug-in electric vehicles (EVs), the charging infrastructure industry is also progressing quickly to meet the ever-increasing demand for recharging the EV batteries.

Conductive Inks: Hybrid Electronics, In-Mold Electronics, Skin Patches

Conductive ink business is inherently wonderfully diverse. This has allowed the industry to rejuvenate itself time and time again and to remain very relevant through generations of product lifecycles.

Telehealth Rises to the Challenge During the COVID-19 Crisis

Telehealth has been poised to disrupt healthcare for many years, but unfortunately has faced a slow rise in adoption. This has changed in the COVID-19 crisis.

Robots Provide Surgeons With Superhuman Stability and Precision

Robotic systems are increasingly being used to facilitate and optimise the positioning of instruments and tools during surgery. These systems simplify operating room workflows.

QCL

QCL is a supplier of a range of innovative, rapid testing products for a wide range of industries. These include: beverages, dairy, environmental, feed and forage, food, grain and milling, oils and fats, pharma. IDTechEx interviewed Dr. Mark Whatton, Technical Projects Manager

Volvo and Daimler Planning Joint Venture

Sharing the Green Deal vision of sustainable transport and a carbon neutral Europe by 2050, two leading companies in the commercial vehicle industry, Daimler Truck AG and the Volvo Group, have signed a preliminary non-binding agreement to establish a new joint venture.

Tanzania's First Wind Farm Near Completion

Tanzania's first ever wind farm to reach financial close and start construction is nearing completion. Once operational, the 2.4MW wind farm will provide much-needed energy security to customers of a rapidly expanding private rural grid network.

Remote Control of Soft Robots

Soft materials, such as rubber or polymers that can endure drastic changes to their shape, are promising for applications where flexibility and shapeshifting abilities are paramount. For example, these materials can be used to create soft robots suited for specialized tasks, ranging from medical devices that could navigate around inside the body to robots for search-and-rescue missions that can squeeze through small openings.

Webinar 29 April Miniaturised Gas Sensors for Environmental Monitoring

IDTechEx will be hosting a free 30-minute webinar on Wednesday 29 April 2020. Miniaturised Gas Sensors for Environmental Monitoring will be presented by IDTechEx Technology Analyst, Dr Luyun Jiang.

IDTechEx Predicts the Digital Water Market to Be Over $2Bn by 2030

Data can drive insights, increase efficiency, and provide detailed information about current water and wastewater networks. The water industry is one which has many unknowns, and more data can provide help to this mature and large industry.

The Vanadium Flow Batteries as Energy Storage Devices

While Li-ion batteries have totally conquered the electric-vehicle industry, and currently dominating the energy storage sector as well, the redox flow batteries are silently (but not too much) taking their share of the stationary energy storage market.

Shell Aims to be Net Zero in 2050

Shell plans to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 or sooner (covering scope one, two and three emissions).

In East Africa, a Race to Outsmart Locusts with Drones and Data

While the eyes of the world are on the novel coronavirus, East Africa continues to struggle with another crisis of biblical proportions: growing swarms of ravenous locusts. Both crises are extraordinary in scale, and both foes multiply so quickly that governments are struggling to contain them.

Partnership for 3D Pharmaceutical Printing

Health care is poised for a potential giant leap forward thanks to the 3D printing of medications. To advance the technology and science of 3D pharmaceutical printing, Purdue University's College of Pharmacy and Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC are launching a comprehensive collaboration on future 3DP pharmaceutical equipment and medications.

Lung-Heart Super Sensor on a Chip Tinier Than a Ladybug

During a stroll, a woman's breathing becomes a slight bit shallower, and a monitor in her clothing alerts her to get a telemedicine check-up. A new study details how a sensor chip smaller than a ladybug records multiple lung and heart signals along with body movements and could enable such a future socially distanced health monitor.

Central Midori

Central Midori is a Singapore based company that focuses on printed electronics for HMI applications. They produce force sensors, flexible circuits, membrane switches and even light guiding materials.

Equinom

Equinom is an Israeli biotechnology company that uses artificial intelligence and big data processing to rapidly identify multi-trait seeds, significantly improving the efficiency of selective breeding programs. In April 2020, IDTechEx Analyst Dr Michael Dent spoke with Itay Dana, Vice President of Marketing at Equinom.