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Speed and Absorption Key to Optimizing New Rechargeable Battery

Rechargeable batteries are a necessity to meet the world's growing energy demands in a sustainable fashion but not all are equal. Researchers have worked to optimize a promising candidate of such energy sources—lithium sulfur batteries.

This Touchy-Feely Glove Senses and Maps Tactile Stimuli

Researchers have designed a new touch-sensing glove that can "feel" pressure and other tactile stimuli. The inside of the glove is threaded with a system of sensors that detects, measures, and maps small changes in pressure across the glove. The individual sensors are highly attuned and can pick up very weak vibrations across the skin, such as from a person's pulse.

CorPower Completes World's Largest Wave Energy Test-Rig

CorPower has constructed the world's largest wave energy test-rig following an intense two-year project. The 45-tonne moving mass system, installed at CorPower's Stockholm base, is capable of simulating ocean wave conditions anywhere in the world.

Oxford PV and Meyer Burger Falling Out Threatens Europe Solar Industry

Oxford PV has fallen out with its strategic manufacturing equipment supplier Meyer Burger as both complete factories in Germany.

FibriCheck

FibriCheck is a Belgian startup that has developed an software-based solution for the detection of atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm disorder. IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao interviewed FibriCheck Project Manager Felicia Vaz on 5 Aug 2021.

Sensel- Touchpad Evaluation Kit

IDTechEx was sent an evaluation kit for Sensel's haptic trackpad product. Designed primarily to meet the requirements for a laptop trackpad, the unit integrates Sensel's force sensing technology and custom haptics.

EV Fires: Disaster for Automakers, Opportunity for Material Suppliers

Whilst IDTechEx expects EVs to continually improve in safety, there will always be the risk of a battery fire due to many potential causes. This presents an opportunity for those material suppliers making thermal interface materials (TIMs), flame-retardant materials, or fire protection materials.

Wrist Device to Control Tourette's Closer to Market

A revolutionary new stimulation treatment for Tourette's, proven to reduce tics, has moved closer to being available to people as a wearable wrist device with the launch of a new spin-out company.

Narrow Electric Tractor Perfect for Vineyards

Solectrac, a subsidiary of Ideanomics announced the launch of the all-new e70N electric tractor, a specially designed, narrow model purpose-built for easy handling and maneuverability on vineyards and farm operations.

New Printing Technique for Flexible Electronics

New technology that enables more efficient and effective transfer printing for electronic devices has been developed by researchers

DiDi

DiDi is a Chinese ride-hailing company that has been working on autonomous robotaxis.

Solar-Powered Microbes to Feed the World?

An international research team has shown that using solar-panels to produce microbial protein - which is rich not just in proteins but also in other nutrients - is more sustainable, efficient and environmentally friendly than growing conventional crops. This method uses solar energy, land, nutrients, and carbon dioxide from the air.

Neural Network Shows People with Autism Read Expressions Differently

People with autism spectrum disorder have difficulty interpreting facial expressions. Using a neural network model that reproduces the brain on a computer, a group of researchers have unraveled how this comes to be.

UL and Hyundai to Advance Second Life Battery Safety, Performance

UL and Hyundai Motor Company have entered into an agreement to help further the safe deployment and use of second life battery energy storage systems.

New Technology will Allow Important Metals to be Made More Efficiently

Researchers have invented a cheaper, safer, and simpler technology that will allow a "stubborn" group of metals and metal oxides to be made into thin films used in many electronics, computer components, and other applications.

Metawave

Metawave is a radar antenna specialist who has developed an analogue beam forming radar chip, offering high resolution and 250m range.

Vanguard Products Corporation: Thermal and EMI Materials

Vanguard Product Solutions presents a new approach to EMI shielding and thermal materials for electronic components.

ADA Technologies: Aligned Carbon Fiber TIMs

At the Advancements in Thermal Management Conference (04/08/21-05/08/21) IDTechEx learnt more about ADA's QiFlo carbon fiber thermal interface materials (TIMs).

Ambiotex

IDTechEx interviewed Maximilian Weitzel, Data Scientist at Ambiotex. We discussed their latest progress commercialising their smart clothing platform with related software and apps within various market verticals, including recent moves towards approval as a medical device.

Exploring Human-Body Communications with Binaural Hearing Aids

Wearable technology seems all poised to take over next-generation electronics, yet most wireless communication techniques are not up to the task. To tackle this issue, scientists delved deep into human-body communications, in which human tissue is used as the transmission medium for electromagnetic signals. Their findings pave the way to more efficient and safer head-worn devices, such as binaural hearing aids and earphones.