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Lab-on-a-glove could bring nerve-agent detection to your fingertips

The new wearable, flexible glove biosensor carries out the sampling and electrochemical biosensing steps on different fingers, with the thumb finger used for collecting the nerve-agent residues and an enzyme immobilized on the index finger.

Worm-inspired material for soft robotics

A new material that naturally adapts to changing environments was inspired by the strength, stability, and mechanical performance of the jaw of a marine worm.

Unmanned undersea vehicle completes mine-hunting evaluation

The evaluation represents a significant milestone in the Knifefish program and demonstrates the UUV's capability to detect and classify potential mines, at a variety of depths, each posing a unique threat to naval vessels operating in a mission area.

New computer software programme excels at lip reading

A new computer software programme has the potential to lip-read more accurately than people and to help those with hearing loss.

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi design single board computers suitable for a range of applications. David Pugh met with Roger Thornton, Principal hardware engineer, to discuss the growing range of projects that Raspberry Pi boards are being used in.

MarkForged

IDTechEx Technology Analyst Dr Bryony Core profiled MarkForged CEO Greg Mark to gain insight into their line of composite printers and the Metal X printer.

Arevo Inc

IDTechEx Technology Analyst Dr Bryony Core profiled Arevo Inc. CEO Hemant Bheda to discuss their composite printing service bureau.

Sandia Nanoinks, LLC

Sandia Nanoinks is a very early stage company focused on copper nanoinks. It seeks to create customized copper nanoinks for the printed electronics industry. It plans on reaching the market through the customers of Optomec.

Autonomous vehicles reinvented

ARM is at the top of its game and its remarkable advances lead the field in most of the sectors covered in the forthcoming IDTechEx Show! May 10-11, with its 3000 paying delegates, 200 exhibitors and 225 presentations in nine parallel conferences. That is why ARM is giving a cornerstone presentation at the start of all of them.

Coming together, falling apart, and starting over, battery style

Whether inside your laptop computer or storing energy outside wind farms, we need high-capacity, long-lasting, and safe batteries.

Research leads to a golden discovery for wearable technology

Some day, your smartphone might completely conform to your wrist, and when it does, it might be covered in pure gold.

EnZinc

EnZinc is a US start-up working on the development of rechargeable Zn/air batteries, which they envision can be a low-cost alternative to Li-ion for electric mobility applications.

Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting:innovation aimed at commercialization

Thermoelectric energy harvester technology developers have had their hands full: they have identified multiple applications from industrial, to automotive, to portable/wearable devices, and are looking to find the perfect balance between power output, operational temperature, cost at volume production, some of the most important considerations when looking to develop a thermoelectric energy harvester.

Brake and tire dust kill too: Escape routes

Though tailpipe emissions will fall in the years ahead as more zero-emission vehicles hit the streets and old vehicles are retired, one major source of highway air pollution shows little sign of abating: brake and tire dust.

Affordable, powerful smart nano-drone

Kudrone, a palm-sized, smartphone-controlled drone that is taking on leading competitors.

Origami-inspired robot can hitch a ride

The Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot was inspired by origami. Its lightweight design is capable of flattening itself, tucking in its wheels and crawling into places rovers can't fit.

Transparent silver: Tarnish-proof films for flexible displays

The thinnest, smoothest layer of silver that can survive air exposure has been laid down, and it could change the way touchscreens and flat or flexible displays are made.

GNext s.a.s.

GNext is an Italian company focused on producing low-cost and high-volume graphene inks using its high yield (30%) process. Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh interviewed their Director and Co-founder, Dr Simone Ligi.

Talga Resources Ltd

Talga Resources is an Australian public company possessing mines in Sweden that yield highly graphitic and conductive ores that can be directed exfoliated into graphene.

Nanotube film may resolve longevity problem of challenger solar cells

Five years ago, the world started to talk about third-generation solar cells that challenged the traditional silicon cells with a cheaper and simpler manufacturing process that used less energy.