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With the high inflation, increasing labor costs, labor shortage, energy crisis, and hybrid working, the manufacturing industry experienced significant turmoil in 2022. Although some of these have started to get eased, 2023 is still expected to be a challenging year for the manufacturing industry.

Innovation roadmap for cleaning robots.

Innovation roadmap for the comparison of LIDAR, Radar, and Ultrasonic Sensors.

Microcontrollers (also known as controllers, MCUs and other name variations) are the backbone on which modern vehicles are built. Regardless of whether a car is powered by petrol, diesel, electric, hydrogen, PDG, or anything else, its functionalities will be heavily dependent on controllers.

This premium article provides an introduction to laser beam scanning (LBS) displays for augmented reality (AR).

Innovation roadmap for the technology readiness level of heavy duty autonomous vehicles.

The RFID industry is expected to maintain its growth trajectory, with IDTechEx forecasting a market value of US$14 billion in 2023, up from US$12.8 billion in 2022. This market value encompasses various RFID form factors, including labels, cards, fobs, and tags, as well as scanners, software, and services for both active and passive RFID technologies. Among these, the "Passive RFID Tags" segment stands out as the largest, comprising more than half of the total RFID market.

This premium article provides event summary coverage of software and extended reality (XR) applications from Europe's premier XR event, Laval Virtual.

This premium article covers digitizing agriculture, with technology progression roadmaps, use case examples, business models, and SWOT analyses.

Materials informatics is the application of data-driven methods, including machine learning techniques, to the field of materials science. This important part of the digital transformation toolbox for the materials industry has wide-ranging benefits, but the ability to enhance the sustainability of materials and their manufacturing processes could be the most impactful of these.

Agmatix is a company that specializes in providing big data solutions for the agricultural industry by leveraging data analytics and machine learning. Its goal is to help standardize the process of developing new products in the agricultural industry. This new product can vary from machinery to crops.

6G is the next generation of wireless technology that promises to go beyond mobile communication and revolutionize how people interact with the world around them. According to IDTechEx's latest 6G research, 6G could be with us in 2028 at the earliest.

IDTechEx's new report "Semiconductors for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles 2023-2033" finds that the coming mass adoption of electric vehicles will drive a 10-year CAGR of 20.9% in semiconductors used for electric powertrains. Along with the rise of more autonomous vehicles, this will drive the overall automotive semiconductor market to a CAGR of 9.4% over the next decade.

Wednesday 26 April 2023 - The current state of the industry, including a comprehensive analysis of the NFC and RAIN markets and their medium-term opportunities; The RFID market by regions, key growth drivers for various applications, and the remaining barriers to high-volume RFID adoption; Emerging technologies that could pose a threat to the RFID industry and innovative trends in RFID technologies that can help businesses stay ahead of the competition

Innovation roadmap for semiconductor integrated circuits.

TriEye is an Israeli company specialising in short-wave infrared (SWIR) image sensor and laser technology. It has developed an approach to manufacturing low-cost image sensors on silicon that are capable of detecting wavelengths in the SWIR region of the electromagnetic spectrum as well as the standard visible region. The company integrates its SWIR sensors and laser scanners into its product.

StretchSense produce hand motion-capture technology enabled by electroactive polymers (EAPs).

KEMET produces flexible haptic actuators for a range of applications including AR/VR. IDTechEx spoke with Valerio Zerillo, Product & Business Development Manager.

The RFID business continues to grow. The global RFID market is anticipated to continue to grow in 2023, with IDTechEx projecting a market value of US$14 billion in 2023, up from US$12.8 billion in 2022. This market value comprises of RFID labels, cards, fobs, and other form factors, as well as tags, scanners, and software/services for inactive and active RFID.