Update interview
1 Nov 2023

Sensel
Sensel are a start-up company founded in 2013 and based in the Bay Area in California, USA, offering touch-sensing solutions for the next generation of human machine interface (HMI) technologies.
1 Nov 2023

Why is Air Quality Monitoring Going Mobile?
In recent years, there has been significant interest in the use of low-cost gas sensors affixed to lampposts, trees, and traffic lights within smart cities to monitor outdoor air quality. Yet before this industry has really taken off, there are already signs of a trend away from the adoption of expansive sensor networks towards mobile platforms.
Update
1 Nov 2023

Analog Photonics
Founded by Dr Michael R. Watts (MIT) as a spin out from MIT, Analog Photonics was doing R&D on silicon photonics in partnership with MIT and commercialised an optical phased array (OPA) beam steering module in 2019
Update interview
1 Nov 2023

Giammarco Vetrocoke
Giammarco Vetrocoke is a process licensor in the field of carbon capture from gas streams using hot potassium carbonate (HPC) solutions. IDTechEx Technology Analyst Eve Pope caught up with the company at the Carbon Capture Technology Expo Europe 2023.
31 Oct 2023

Join Our Upcoming Webinar - The Road From 5G to 6G
Friday 10 November 2023 - Summary of 5G Progress: An overview of 5G commercial advancements in the past year, along with future growth prospects; 6G Tech Trends: Insights into the key technology trends in 6G development, identification of key contributors, and the overarching goals; 6G Networks Enablers: Understanding how non-terrestrial network and a smart electromagnetic (EM) environment through technologies like smart skins, repeaters, and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) can contribute to 6G network deployment; Applications in 5G and Future 6G: Examination of the current state of 5G adoption across industries and a glimpse into the potential applications that 6G will address in the future.
31 Oct 2023

Evaluating the Emerging Materials Landscape for EMI Shielding
Ensuring that sensitive electronic components are not adversely affected by radiated electromagnetic interference (EMI) is an essential part of circuit design. Where compactness and close component proximity are a priority, such as in smartphones and smartwatches, conventional board-level shielding with metallic enclosures is increasingly being replaced with conformal package-level shielding.
Full profile interview
31 Oct 2023

Crypta Labs
Tess Skyrme, Senior Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, interviewed CEO Jon Maliepaard about Crypta Labs' quantum photonic based quantum random number generator (QRNG).
Full profile interview
31 Oct 2023

Zero Terrain/Energiasalv
Zero Terrain is based in Estonia and is developing an underground pumped hydro storage (UPHS) technology for long duration energy storage (LDES) applications.
Full profile interview
31 Oct 2023

Akkodis — Battery Swapping for Electric Vehicles
Akkodis are an engineering service provider with over 50,000 employees and an annual turnover of ~€4 billion. Akkodis presented their battery swapping solution to IDTechEx at ABTS in Berlin, which uses a 4.1 kWh module weighing 18kg that can use various cell chemistries and formats depending on the application.
Full profile interview
30 Oct 2023

Komatsu: Electrification of Construction Machines
Komatsu is a global leader in the supply of construction equipment. It has recently begun its electrification transition and this profile explores its current offerings and strategy.
30 Oct 2023

Webinar - Thermal Management Opportunities in 2023 and Beyond
Wednesday 15 November 2023 - Electric vehicles: Battery strategies; Battery thermal interface materials; Direct oil cooling electric motors; Power electronics and adoption of wide bandgap semiconductors; Fire protection materials. Data centers: Increasing design power; Liquid cooling thermal management strategies; Industrial collaborations and opportunities for players
Background
30 Oct 2023

Tonly
Tonly is a manufacturer of dump trucks for the mining industry, founded in 2005 and based in Xianyang, China.
Update interview
30 Oct 2023

Fluor: Carbon Capture
Fluor Corporation is an American multinational engineering and construction firm headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is a holding company that provides services through its subsidiaries in the following areas: oil and gas, industrial and infrastructure, government, and power. IDTechEx Analysts Eve Pope and Chingis Idrissov caught up with Fluor at the Carbon Capture Technology Expo Europe 2023.
Full profile interview
27 Oct 2023

FUTURUS
Founded in 2016 in Beijing, China, FUTURUS has become an interesting player in the heads-up display (HUD) market that is specializing in built-in thin film transistor (TFT) based windshields and augmented reality (AR) HUDs using light field displays (LFDs).
Full profile interview
27 Oct 2023

BarkCloth Europe
BarkCloth Europe produces various materials that derive from tree bark and other sustainable plant-based materials, including leather alternatives, and operates in Germany and Uganda. IDTechEx spoke to Oliver Heintz, the CEO and Co-founder of BarkCloth Europe, about their alternative leathers.
Full profile interview
27 Oct 2023

Randaemon
Randaemon is developing a true random number generator based on beta-decay. The company is developing proof of concept device hardware, as well as proprietary ciphers, for an on-chip solution to high-level data encryption. Senior Technology Analyst Dr Tess Skyrme interviewed the CEO Janusz Borodzinski, VP of Business Development Krzysztof Appelt, and CTO Jan Kuba.
27 Oct 2023

Service Robots - Our New and Efficient Coworkers
When picturing a robot, an intimidating human-like figure might come to mind, but what if they could help businesses gain maximum benefit from their unmatched efficiency and power? Service robots are technological marvels proving to possess the enhanced capabilities of human labor, with fantastic flexibility and unmatched power, while always looking smart.
Full profile interview
27 Oct 2023

WEVO-CHEMIE: Hydrogen & RFB Applications
WEVO-CHEMIE is a German specialty chemicals company founded in 1945, specializing in the manufacturing and supplying of polyurethane, epoxy and silicone resins for encapsulation, adhesive and sealing applications.
Update interview
27 Oct 2023

Bright Renewables: Carbon Capture
Bright Renewables describes itself as a renewable gas technology company. Solutions offered include those for biogas upgrading and carbon capture. IDTechEx Technology Analyst Eve Pope caught up with Bright Renewables at the Carbon Capture Technology Expo Europe 2023.
26 Oct 2023

Join Our Upcoming Webinar - The Future of Automotive Radar
Thursday 2 November 2023 - The emerging demands on radar from developing autonomous vehicle technologies; What a 4D imaging radar is and why it is needed; What routes are available to create 4D imaging radar; How radar technologies and implementations are diverging; Who the leading suppliers in 4D imaging radar are