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Autonomous shuttles start giving rides in Sion

The smart vehicles will be run by PostBus, Switzerland's leading public bus operator. They will carry up to 11 passengers at a time, at a maximum speed of 20 kilometers per hour. They will be monitored and controlled by a remote operator using a software program developed by the EPFL startup BestMile.

Energy harvesting: The place of triboelectrics

Triboelectrics will only be a small part of the energy harvesting EH market projected by IDTechEx to be over $7 billion in global market value in 2027.

Fantastic voyage to the nanoverse one step closer

Robots so small they can enter the bloodstream and perform surgeries are one step closer, a research team has discovered.

Energy harvesting: The wild cards

This article looks at some of the energy harvesting 'wild cards' including magnetostrictive, capacitive (electrostatic) and triboelectric energy harvesting.

Hybrid and electric systems R&D at the U.S.-DOE

This paper first presented at EVS29 Montreal Canada provides an overview of the Fiscal Years 2015-2016 Hybrid and Electric Systems research and development activities - with emphasis on its advanced electric drive research -funded by the Vehicles Technologies Office of the U.S. Department of Energy.

3D printed silk 'micro-rockets' for biological environment

By using an innovative 3D inkjet printing method, researchers have taken the biggest step yet in producing microscopic silk swimming devices that are biodegradable and harmless to a biological system.

New brand of smart textiles

The core technology of iQmax is to combine fiber with electronics, offering a functional innovative product for use in apparel

Next generation display for diving helmets

This unique system enables divers to have real-time visual display of everything from sector sonar (real-time topside view of the diver's location and dive site), text messages, diagrams, photographs and even augmented reality videos.

Flower power: photovoltaic cells replicate rose petals

With a surface resembling that of plants, solar cells improve light-harvesting and thus generate more power.

F. Poulsen Engineering ApS

F Poulsen is a lifestyle Danish company established in 1986. It has been commercially selling robotic weed killers for the past five years.

Come back rear wheel drive in cars: All is forgiven?

This article discusses rear wheel drive technology in mild hybrid and full hybrid vehicles.

Optomec Shows Their Printed Technology At The IDTechEx Show! In Berlin

Video interview with Optomec at the IDTechEx Show! (27-28 April, 2016 | Berlin, Germany).

Wearables to help amputee gamers

It's tough to play video games when you have no fingers to push buttons on the controller.

A new bio-ink for 3D printing with stem cells

Scientists have developed a new kind of bio-ink, which could eventually allow the production of complex tissues for surgical implants.

Webinar Thursday 14 July - Wearables: The Next Big Thing?

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Thursday 14 July 2016 titled Wearables: The Next Big Thing or the Next Big Disappointment?

Universal Display Corporation acquires BASF's OLED IP

Universal Display Corporation has announced that through its wholly-owned subsidiary UDC Ireland Limited, it has acquired the OLED Intellectual Property assets of BASF SE.

Boost for Helium Electric Aircraft

Helium has important applications in MRI machines, welding, manufacturing semiconductors, deep-sea diving and blimps. If it was readily available and affordable, its use in EVs such as underwater vehicles and aircraft would increase greatly.

Boost for solar aircraft market

A research team has developed a new approach to finding fields of helium underground, and with the first use of the technique they have discovered a massive reserve in East Africa according to a new report from Oxford University in the UK.

DoMicro Shows Automated Manufacturing Processes at the IDTechEx Show!

Video interview with DoMicro at the IDTechEx Show! (27-28 April, 2016 | Berlin, Germany).

Affordable advanced 48V ADEPT hybrid

Following almost three years of intensive testing, development and validation of advanced mild hybrid technologies with 48V 'intelligent electrification' applied to a Ford Focus project demonstrator, the ADEPT (advanced diesel-electric powertrain) consortium partners have announced that the project is on course to meet the stringent air quality and ultra-low emission requirements expected of near term next generation vehicles.