26 Oct 2017

NASCAR, JCDecaux, Galvani and Terrafugia to open the IDTechEx Show!
Opening the IDTechEx Show! in Santa Clara, Nov 15-16, are four select Cornerstone presentations which will showcase how new technologies are coming to market which solve big problems created by changing demographics and global megatrends, from mobility to healthcare to enabling the ubiquity of electronics.
26 Oct 2017

ITO and its alternatives: the next major growth phase will come?
ITO and ITO alternative have, in recent years, faced challenging market conditions. Sluggish growth, together with increased supply and the threat of substitutes, led to price falls, even price wars, forcing an industry consolidation.
26 Oct 2017

Drone delivery: publicity stunt or game changer in instant fulfilment?
The idea of drone delivery sharply divides commentator opinion: some dismiss it as a mere publicity stunt whilst others consider it a game changer that will bring near instant product fulfilment to e-commerce, stripping traditional shops of their last major differentiator.
26 Oct 2017

Passive RFID Sensors Overtake Battery Assisted RFID Sensors
IDTechEx Research assesses that the entire RFID market will be worth $11.76 Billion in 2018, up a steady 5% from 2017. A small sub sector of that entire market, but one which will grow at a faster rate of 12% from 2017 to 2018, is the market for RFID sensors.
26 Oct 2017

Transparent solar technology represents wave of the future
See-through solar materials that can be applied to windows represent a massive source of untapped energy and could harvest as much power as bigger, bulkier rooftop solar units, scientists report.
25 Oct 2017

More Money Raised for Printed and Organic Electronics: The Rationale
Excitement is building in the printed and organic electronics sector as demand grows and investors focus in on the opportunities.
25 Oct 2017

imgne X3 driving structural health reporting revolution using graphene
Come to booth Y27 at the IDTechEx Show! in Santa Clara to see how graphene coated conductive textiles are going to change the way that infrastructure is built and maintained.
25 Oct 2017

Spotlight on First Graphite
First Graphite has clearly demonstrated it is now one of the lowest cost, highest quality, jumbo platelet size graphene producers in the world with feedstock carbon grades four times higher than the nearest competitor.
25 Oct 2017

Electric motors based on reluctance torque
RETORQ Motors company designs and manufactures advanced electric traction motors-generators based on its proprietary RETORQ axial flux REluctance TORQue motor technology.
25 Oct 2017

Machine learning used to predict earthquakes in a lab setting
A group of researchers have used machine learning techniques to successfully predict earthquakes.
25 Oct 2017

New ways to achieve selectivity for biomarkers in bioelectronics
Engineers have experimentally verified the electrochemical processes that control charge transfer rate from an organic polymer to a biomarker molecule, using common materials and measurement techniques to make their results widely accessible and reproducible.
25 Oct 2017

3D printer makes first wearable battery
Imagine printing off a wristband that charges your smartphone or electric car with cheap supplies from a local hardware store.
25 Oct 2017

Delivery robot helps mail carriers make their rounds
Deutsche Post has selected the German town of Bad Hersfeld as its test site for a robot to accompany mail deliverers on their routes and carry their mail items.
Background
24 Oct 2017

Merck Group
This profiles provides a brief background on Merck's organic photovoltaic material's business and progress
Full profile interview
24 Oct 2017

Pohltec Metalfoam
Pohltec Metalfoam is a company that manufacture aluminum foam panels. IDTechEx analyst Dr Richard Collins interviewed Dr Korbinian Heim (Research Engineer and Project Manager).
24 Oct 2017

Corvus Energy powers industry's first hybrid fish processing vessel
Corvus Energy has been selected by Wärtsilä as the supplier of a lithium ion based energy storage system for the world's first full service hybrid fish farm processing and transport vessel.
24 Oct 2017

Product packaging that can power itself
Smart technology deserves smart packaging and a professor and an alumnus are combining forces to develop packaging so smart it can energize itself.
24 Oct 2017

Autonomous snake-like robots to support search-and-rescue teams
A team of researchers has received a three-year, $400,000 award from the National Science Foundation to create autonomous snake-like robots that can navigate more naturally and easily through the rubble, confined spaces, and rough terrain left in the aftermath of a disaster and send images and information to search-and-rescue teams.
23 Oct 2017

Trends in Industrial Biotechnology
The revenue of industrial biotechnology currently stands at $203 billion. Industrial biotechnology covers an ever growing range of applications, including agricultural, chemical and material production.
23 Oct 2017

New development phase for wave energy device
Marine Power Systems has unveiled its quarter-scale prototype wave energy generator the WaveSub as it moves into a new, sea-based test phase of its development.