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Thermal Management Online Conference - IMAPS/IEEE-EPS

This IDTechEx Premium article covers some of the highlights from the presentations at the IMAPS-UK Thermal Management Online Conference event including presentations on electric vehicles, thermal interface materials and industrial power electronics.

IDTechEx Highlights 2020: Energy Storage Research

Energy storage technologies have undergone several years of sustained growth stemming from progress in markets such as consumer devices and the quest for decarbonization kick-starting growth in electric vehicle (EV) and stationary energy storage demand.

3D Printing 2020: A Challenging Year But Fascinating Times Ahead

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted the 3D printing sector and its end users (such as printing bureaus), new directions of travel have nonetheless emerged. Some opportunities have even been directly prompted by the pandemic.

Xidas

Xidas has developed a proprietary micro-engineering method that relies on bonding patterned sheets of different materials to make micro-mechanical and micro-electronic devices. These include sensors, energy harvesters and miniaturized medical devices. The company primarily targets industrial IoT as an application space.

New Partnership Brings Clean Energy to Indoor Farming

Move takes critical step to increase sustainability of indoor farming, while driving demand for more clean energy.

Nanotech Energy

Nanotech Energy produce graphene-based energy storage devices. IDTechEx spoke with Scott Jacobsen (Director of Business Development).

Aerosense

IDTechEx interviewed Satoru Shimada, Director and COO of Aerosense about their latest progress with their suite of drone products.

Promising Material can Store Solar Energy for Months or Years

Researchers studying a crystalline material have discovered it has properties that allow it to capture energy from the sun. The energy can be stored for several months at room temperature, and it can be released on demand in the form of heat.

Flexible, Screen Printed Rechargeable Battery with 10 Times More Power

A team of researchers has developed a flexible, rechargeable silver oxide-zinc battery with a five to 10 times greater areal energy density than state of the art. The battery also is easier to manufacture; while most flexible batteries need to be manufactured in sterile conditions, under vacuum, this one can be screen printed in normal lab conditions. The device can be used in flexible, stretchable electronics for wearables as well as soft robotics.

Where is the Hydrogen Market Heading?

This IDTechEx Premium Article provides a review of announced hydrogen projects between September-November 2020

thingc Robotics

Australian start-up thingc Robotics is developing autonomous agricultural robots, with the aim of creating a flexible robotics platform for a number of agricultural tasks. The company's robotics platform is one of the ten finalists selected for Future Farming Magazine's "Best Concept Field Robot 2020", with winner being awarded at FIRA 2020.

Nexus Robotics

Nexus Robotics is a Canadian start-up that develops autonomous agricultural robots through machine learning. The company's autonomous weeding robot, Robot La Chèvre is one of the ten finalists selected for Future Farming Magazine's "Best Concept Field Robot 2020", with winner being awarded at FIRA 2020.

Smart City Materials $400 Billion Market

Smart cities are now much more ambitious. That means new materials are their biggest enabler, with information and computer technology dropping to an important support role.

Ferrero's Climate Goals Validated by Science Based Targets Initiative

Ahead of the five-year anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement on December 12, Ferrero is proud to announce that the independent Science Based Targets initiative has validated Ferrero's climate goals, recently announced as part of the company's 11th Sustainability Report.

Artificial Intelligence System to Protect Killer Whales from Ships

Researchers are working on a project that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to classify whale calls. The ultimate goal of the neural network project is to develop a warning system to help protect endangered southern resident killer whales from potentially fatal ship strikes.

First Grid Scale Flow Battery to be Built in South Australia

Australia's first ever utility-scale vanadium flow battery is set to be installed in regional South Australia, aiming to demonstrate the potential impact that flow batteries could provide in reaching the energy storage target in the Australian Government's first Low Emissions Technology Statement.

British Airways partners with ZeroAvia on Hydrogen Passenger Aircraft

British Airways has teamed up with ZeroAvia in a project to explore how hydrogen-powered aircraft can play a leading role in the future of sustainable flying.

MakerBot Offers Three New ABS Composite Materials from Kimya

MakerBot, a global leader in 3D printing and subsidiary of Stratasys Ltd announces that three new Kimya ABS composite materials by ARMOR have been qualified for MakerBot LABS for the MakerBot METHOD X 3D printer.

Printed/Flexible Sensors Required for Wearable Skin Patches

Printed/flexible electronics is extremely well suited to wearable skin patches due to its low weight, flexibility/conformality, and potential for high-throughput, low-cost manufacturing of these disposable items.

Hyundai to Acquire Controlling Interest in Boston Dynamics

Hyundai Motor Group and SoftBank Group Corp agreed on main terms of the transaction pursuant to which Hyundai Motor Group will acquire a controlling interest in Boston Dynamics in a deal that values the mobile robot firm at $1.1 billion.