23 Oct 2014

Structural energy storage and integrated photovoltaics
Structural electronics (SE) is one of the most important emerging technologies in this century.
23 Oct 2014

3D printing industry will reach over $14B by 2025
The latest forecasts by IDTechEx, including ten key markets, show the 3D Printing Industry will reach over $14B by 2025.
23 Oct 2014

Big-data approach to estimate range of electric vehicles
Researchers have developed new software that estimates how much farther electric vehicles can drive before needing to recharge.
Background
23 Oct 2014

Store Electronic Systems (SES)
Store Electronic Systems (SES) was founded twenty years ago, but product sales have accelerated in the last five years. The company provides electronic shelf labels (ESLs) for the retail sector. To date, its products and systems have been installed more than 7,000 stores in 52 countries and the company have sold almost 110 million ESLs.
22 Oct 2014

The $2 billion conductive ink industry gathers in Santa Clara
This is a successful and growing industry. Indeed, IDTechEx projects that the $2billion conductive ink/paste sector will grow $3.2 billion in 2025 at the material level.
22 Oct 2014

Dyesol signs letter of intent with Tata Steel
Dyesol has signed a landmark agreement with Tata Steel UK. The agreement will play a critical role in Dyesol creating a commercial base in the United Kingdom to develop, manufacture and distribute its revolutionary solid-state DSC technology.
22 Oct 2014

Lithium-ion battery that warns of potential fire hazards
Scientists have developed a "smart" lithium-ion battery that gives ample warning before it overheats and bursts into flames.
22 Oct 2014

New ceramic flexible battery sets records
Flexible batteries have had a difficult time because they are much more expensive than coin cells and they usually store relatively little energy. Nonetheless, there is pent up demand.
22 Oct 2014

Structural battery for EV smart skin?
Flexible batteries have had a difficult time because they are much more expensive than coin cells and they usually store relatively little energy. Nonetheless, there is pent up demand.
21 Oct 2014

The Internet of Things: Who will be the winners?
The Internet of Things is of great excitement to many of the world's largest consumer electronics companies because they seek the "next big thing", with existing markets in smart phones, tablets and computing saturating.
Background
21 Oct 2014

Ericsson
Ericsson is a leading telecom company. They provide services, software and infrastructure. They have worked on several innovative concepts such as Connected Me and Windows of Opportunity.
20 Oct 2014

Printed electronics in Sweden
Sweden has been very active in the development of printed electronics. IDTechEx recently visited some of the main players in the industry to see their facilities and product concepts. In this article, we give a snapshot of printed electronics in Sweden.
20 Oct 2014

IDTechEx Expands Presence in Asia
Adds Experienced Manager to its Rapidly Growing Japan Team.
Tokyo, Japan and Cambridge, UK - Oct. 20, 2014 - IDTechEx the leader in market research on emerging technologies today announced the expansion of its Japan office with the hiring of Mr. Yasuo Yamamoto as its head of business development in Japan.
20 Oct 2014

A step closer to revolutionizing electronics
Scientists have discovered a new self-assembly method for producing defect-free graphene nanoribbons with periodic zigzag-edge regions.
20 Oct 2014

Ultra-fast charging batteries that last 20 years
Scientists have developed ultra-fast charging batteries that can be recharged up to 70 per cent in only two minutes.
20 Oct 2014

Intelligent autonomous clothing
Technical textiles act as antennas that harvest energy from RF fields. This energy is used by RFID chips to drive embedded sensors such as those monitoring temperature or heartbeat.
17 Oct 2014

Wearable Technologies and Glucose Monitoring: Progress Assessment
In 2012 347 million people worldwide had diabetes according to the World Health Organization. Disposable glucose test strips have improved the lives of millions of diabetic patients who need to monitor their blood glucose level on a regular basis.
17 Oct 2014

Tiny, sound-powered chip to serve as medical device
Engineers are developing a way to send power - safely and wirelessly - to smart chips programmed to perform medical tasks and report back the results.
17 Oct 2014

Perfect torque distribution for safe driving
Researchers have developed a torque vectoring transmission with characteristics that are optimally adapted to electric vehicles.