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Delivery robots in cities soon

Robot vehicles may give the insurance companies and car companies something to do when one robot taxi replaces 20 cars owned by private individuals as we move inexorably to 80% of people living in cities in 2050.

Two billion dollar wearable technology companies created

Wearable technology for humans is a big business. There will be almost 40 product sub-categories in the next 10 years, including fitness trackers, smartwatches, connected clothing, smart eyewear, medical devices, smart patches, headphones, and hearing devices.

Hitachi Zosen Corporation

Hitachi Zosen is a Japanese company that is working on a sulphide-based solid-state battery with a new process to fabricate Li-ion batteires by press forming.

EMPA

EMPA are the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology. They are currently working on a novel, hydride-based solid-state electrolyte that has a higher ionic conductivity than liquid electrolytes.

Major 3D printing players Arcam and SLM Solutions to be bought by GE

On Tuesday 6th September, General Electric caused a stir in the 3D printing industry by announcing plans to buy Arcam and SLM Solutions, for a total of $1.4 billion.

Learning from the death of Micropelt

Fabrice Poulin writes to a Linkedin energy harvesting group, "The industry was already buzzing about the difficulties of Micropelt end of last year."

Webinar Tuesday 20 September - 3D Printing: The rise of the prosumer

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 20 September 2016 titled 3D Printing: The rise of the prosumer.

TouchNetix Ltd

IDTechEx interviewed Chris Ard, the Managing Director of TouchNetix. They are a touchscreen technology developer including force touch implementation.

Go-To-Market strategies for large scale batteries.

In the final edition of a five part series on Residential, Commercial/Industrial and Utility batteries, Technology Analyst Dr Xiaoxi He looks at the go-to-market strategies prominent amongst players today.

Animal wearable electronics: Why the spate of acquisitions?

On Thursday 1 September BBC World Television delved deeper into this topic by interviewing the expert, Dr Peter Harrop Chairman of analysts IDTechEx.

Agricultural robotics and drones: a complex $10bn market by 2022

Robots and drones have already started to quietly transform many aspects of agriculture. Indeed, the IDTechEx Research report on Agricultural Robots and Drones 2016-2026: Technologies, Markets, and Players finds that this is already a $3bn market in 2016, growing to $10bn by as early as 2022.

Changing dynamics of the electric car business

Barclays Equity Research in the UK surprised the car industry by forecasting a sharp drop in car sales when rental vehicles become more popular.

Webinar Tues 13 September - Microcontrollers, Single-Board Computers

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 13 September 2016 titled Microcontrollers and Single-Board Computers

Large-Scale Utility Batteries: Opportunities beyond Electric Vehicles?

Electric vehicles have been the centre of attention for the majority of manufacturers in this space, but here Technology Analyst Dr Xiaoxi He looks beyond this market to other Utility options. This is the penultimate article in a five part series covering some brand new IDTechEx research on this topic.

Taming lightning to work your pacemaker

For a million years, mankind has known about static electricity but only recently have we known how to make it power things.

Lamp posts could be used as drone docking stations

Amazon proposes for their drones to dock and recharge on street lamps and other urban poles.

Residential Batteries: Economic Analysis

Technology Analyst Xiaoxi He discusses the residential battery landscape today, looking at costing by component over time as well as other metrics to analyse this market. This is the thirdof a five part series covering some brand new IDTechEx research on this topic.

Another EV maker goes full service green: IDTechEx analysis

Leo Motors Inc of Korea with the support of government officials of Henan, China, Leo Motors, Inc and Zhong Ji Well Parking System Co Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set up a joint venture company focused on battery production, electric boat business, and Connected Vehicle business based on Internet of Things platforms.

Webinar Tuesday 6 September - $6 Billion Opportunity for Batteries

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 6 September 2016 titled $6 Billion Opportunity for Batteries in Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Utility Applications

IDTechEx to Give Keynote at Display Innovation Taiwan Conference 2016

IDTechEx Research, a leading provider of independent market research, business intelligence and events on emerging technology announces that Dr. Khasha Ghaffarzadeh will be a keynote speaker at the Display Innovation Taiwan Conference 2016.