TyroMotion GmbH (AT)

XO-NANO Smartfoam

XO-NANO Smartfoam specialises in additives for foams to give them new sensing or thermal properties. IDTechEx previously spoke to XO-NANO in November 2019. IDTechEx spoke to XO-NANO again in October 2022; since the previous interview XO-NANO has continued to develop its products, create some new applications, and expand the company.

The Attempt to Achieve Standardization within the Graphene Industry

The true description of graphene is that of a single atomic layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal array. However, the nanocarbon material landscape is much more complicated than this simple statement, with single-layer, few-layer, multi-layer, graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) and both graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) all to be considered as types of graphene.

Titomic USA Enters Renewable Energy Sector

Titomic Limited has made its first sale in both the renewable energy sector and North America, through its Titomic USA division, from a purchase order of a Titomic D523 low-pressure cold spray system.

Kodiak Robotics: Autonomous Trucking Start-up

Kodiak is a Silicon Valley-based start-up working in the field of autonomous trucks. Its testing fleet is currently in the trialling phase and is making commercial deliveries under the supervision of safety drivers.

IDTechEx Discuss Additive Manufacturing: So Much More Than the Printer

With so much focus being put on 3D printers, it can be easy to lose sight of the many other important sectors that make 3D printing, especially industrial additive manufacturing, possible. It takes an entire ecosystem, including materials, software, post-processing, quality assurance, services, specialized training, and more, for 3D printing to be utilized in high-value industries and applications

Robots Monitor the Environmental Impact of the Gas Leak

The University of Gothenburg has deployed three underwater robots in the Baltic waters around the leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines. This is done to be able to follow how chemistry and life in the sea changes over time due to the large release of methane gas. In addition, research vessel Skagerak is set to deploy on a new expedition to the Baltic Sea to test run the large, unmanned vessel Ran.

Clarification of Material Properties for Clearly Better Displays

A new material is set to provide us with faster and higher resolution displays. A new material called "ITZO" (for its constituent elements indium, tin, zinc and oxygen) promises to be up to seven times faster than the current state-of-the-art material. However, it has not been clear where this improvement comes from, hampering its adoption for industrial applications.

Beaming Clean Energy From Space

Once considered science fiction, technology capable of collecting solar power in space and beaming it to Earth to provide a global supply of clean and affordable energy is moving closer to reality. Through the Space-based Solar Power Project, a team of researchers is working to deploy a constellation of modular spacecraft that collect sunlight, transform it into electricity, then wirelessly transmit that electricity wherever it is needed—including to places that currently have no access to reliable power.

Gazelle Wind Power Offshore Wind Platform Design Principles Confirmed

Gazelle Wind Power has received the results of its basin model tests at the Environmental Hydraulics Institute - University of Cantabria facilities in Spain. The test report verified the feasibility of the Gazelle platform's concept in a wide range of conditions. A prototype model of Gazelle's platform was analysed through a variety of assessments including surge and yaw excitation tests, wind alone tests, wave alone tests, decay tests, and more.

6K Awarded Grant to Fund $107M Unimelt Plasma Processing Plant

6K has been selected as a recipient of the first set of projects funded by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. The $107 million project, of which $50 million will be funded through federal share from the Department of Energy, to accelerate deployment costs for battery material production associated with 6K's investment in a full-scale battery material manufacturing plant to be built in the southeast United States.

Vianode Opens R&D Center for Sustainable Battery Materials in Norway

The Vianode Technology Center will develop and deliver advanced anode materials making batteries greener. Vianode, owned by Elkem, Hydro and Altor, produces advanced battery materials with a greener footprint.

Octopus Energy Enters Italian Generation Market Through Partnership

Octopus Energy Generation enters Italy's green power market by investing in renewables developer Nexta in a move to help the country wean itself off gas and lower future energy bills.

Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory (HCL)

The HCL is based within the University of Cambridge and is developing silicon-based quantum computing hardware.

vario-optics

Vario-optics is a Swiss-based designer and manufacturer of polymer optical platforms for the datacoms, telecoms, and sensing markets. IDTechEx spoke with Nikolaus Flöry, Business Development Manager.

Ionic Mineral Technologies

Ionic Mineral Technologies are a US-based start-up aiming to become a vertically integrated supplier of silicon anodes for Li-ion batteries.

Essential Market Forecasts for the Chemical Recycling of Plastic Waste

IDTechEx has launched a new market report providing a technical assessment and independent market outlook on the topic; overall, it is forecast that pyrolysis and depolymerization plants will recycle over 20 million tonnes/year of plastic waste by 2033.

Spectre Unveiled: Rolls-Royce's First Fully Electric Car

In 1900, Rolls-Royce co-founder, Charles Rolls, prophesised an electric future for the motor car. Having acquired an electric vehicle named The Columbia Electric Carriage, he foresaw its suitability as a clean, noiseless alternative to the internal combustion engine - providing there was sufficient infrastructure to support it.

AI Model Can Accurately Predict Human Response to Novel Drug Compounds

The journey between identifying a potential therapeutic compound and Food and Drug Administration approval of a new drug can take well over a decade and cost upwards of a billion dollars. A research team has created an artificial intelligence model that could significantly improve the accuracy and reduce the time and cost of the drug development process.

3D Printed, Edible QR Codes

Researchers from Japan have developed a way to include an unobtrusive edible tag embedded inside food—in their original experiments, cookies—that can be read without having to first destroy the food. Another major advantage of their method, known as "interiqr," is that the tag doesn't change the outer appearance or taste of the food at all.

Impact of Newly Added US Sanctions on the Chinese Semiconductor Sector

Two of the nine new rules stand out, given the scale of both the short-term and long-term impact that they will cause. IDTechEx assesses the impact of these changes.