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The First Single-Crystal Organometallic Perovskite Optical Fibres

Due to their very high efficiency in transporting electric charges from light, perovskites are known as the next generation material for solar panels and LED displays. A team have invented a brand-new application of perovskites as optical fibres.

Tonus — Soft Robotics and Wearable Garment Start-up

Tonus is a Germany-based startup specializing in wearable garments and soft robotics.

Electreon: Dynamic Wireless Charging

Electreon is a publicly-traded Israeli company, developing and implementing wireless electric road systems (wERS) — a platform that wirelessly charges commercial and passenger electric vehicles while they are in motion.

Turntide Technologies Electrifies 300,000 Commercial Vehicles

Turntide Technologies Inc achieved a significant milestone with more than 300,000 vehicles now using its electric powertrain components and batteries across its combined customer base.

Forsee Power

Forsee is a lithium battery pack manufacturer targeting a wide spread of vehicle applications outside of mainstream automotive. Forsee uses a variety of cell technologies and suppliers depending on the application and also offers hybridized capacitor/lithium solution and solutions for hydrogen and diesel hybrid powertrains.

EcoPro BM

EcoPro BM are a manufacturer of Li-ion cathodes.

Alcan Systems

Alcan Systems is a Germany-based telecommunications startup, founded in 2017 based on research carried out at Technische Universität Darmstadt. IDTechEx spoke with Alcan Systems about its efforts to enter the 5G market.

Deep Brain Stimulation Works for Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Deep brain stimulation can halve the symptoms of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD as it is commonly known, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence. And two thirds of those affected experienced substantial improvement within two years, finds the analysis.

Soft Devices Powered by Algae Glow in the Dark When Stretched

Researchers have developed soft devices containing algae that glow in the dark when experiencing mechanical stress, such as being squished, stretched, twisted or bent. The devices do not require any electronics to light up, making them an ideal choice for building soft robots that explore the deep sea and other dark environments.

Europe's First 3D Printed Office Extension is Now Complete in Austria

Europe's first 3D printed office extension has opened in Hausleiten in Austria. The project is a result of a collaboration between the construction technology group STRABAG and the scaffolding and formwork manufacturer and 3D concrete printing pioneer PERI. The building is a 125 m2 office extension to an existing building in Hausleiten.

Oil & Gas Platform Electrification with Wave Energy

Offshore oil & gas platforms require constant power supply and decarbonization of this power is a high priority. A case study has shown that wave power is highly competitive with offshore wind power, both in terms of levelized cost of energy and providing a more stable power supply that requires only half as much power balancing.

CorPower Ocean, Maersk Supply Service and Dieseko: UMACK Anchor

CorPower Ocean, Maersk Supply Service and Dieseko have successfully installed the first commercial-scale UMACK anchor to support the HiWave-5 demonstration project. The novel anchor has been installed 4km off the coast of Aguçadoura, in northern Portugal, where it will be used to anchor the CorPower C4 Wave Energy Converter, as part of the flagship HiWave-5 project.

CATL

CATL are the leading manufacturer of Li-ion batteries globally.

SAFI-Tech

SAFI-Tech is an American company based in Iowa and was founded in 2016. SAFI-Tech has developed an innovative approach to low temperature soldering. This involves confining super-cooled liquid solder within a primarily oxide shell, which enables it to flow at ambient temperature when the shell is broken. This is especially useful for soldering temperature sensitive components.

Pyrowave

Pyrowave use a microwave-based process for the chemical recycling of plastic waste. IDTechEx spoke with Dr Jocelyn Doucet (CEO and Founder).

Powering Ubiquitous Electronics with Perovskite Photovoltaics

Powering IoT devices in a cheap, sustainable fashion is crucial to achieve the promised vision of a connected world. Small, low-cost thin film solar cells, optimized to work with diffuse indoor light, offer a solution to this dilemma.

E-Force: Heavy-Duty Truck Electrification

E-Force One AG are a Swiss engineering firm who manufacture electric heavy-duty trucks. They convert convention IVECO truck chassis to all-electric powertrains.

Titanium Alloy, Highest Strength of Any 3-D Printed Metals to Date

A world-first study has demonstrated how cutting-edge 3D-printing techniques can be used to produce an ultra strong commercial titanium alloy - a significant leap forward for the aerospace, space, defence, energy and biomedical industries.

Hertz and GM Plan Major EV Expansion

Hertz and General Motors Co announced an agreement in which Hertz plans to order up to 175,000 Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac and BrightDrop EVs over the next five years. Hertz and GM believe this plan is the largest expansion of EVs among fleet customers and the broadest because it spans a wide range of vehicle categories and price points — from compact and midsize SUVs to pickups, luxury vehicles and more.

Connection of France's First Offshore Wind Farms

Delivering near-baseload energy production, offshore wind farms are a central element of the European energy transition. Three new offshore wind farms are currently being built off the French Atlantic Sea coast at Saint-Nazaire, Fécamp and Courseulles-sur-Mer, where a total of more than 150 wind turbines are to be installed. The first wind farm near Saint-Nazaire, with 80 wind turbines and a total output of 480 MW, will be put into operation by the end of 2022.