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Machine Learning Recommends Jobs

Researchers have developed a machine learning-based method that can identify and recommend jobs to workers looking for a new role.

Decades of Research Brings Quantum Dots to Brink of Widespread Use

Using modern colloidal chemistry, the dimensions and internal structure of quantum dots can be manipulated with near-atomic precision, which allows for highly accurate control of their physical properties and thereby behaviors in practical devices.

Xerox

Xerox provided an update on their progress in additive manufacturing and their proprietary liquid metal printing process. IDTechEx spoke with Tali Rosman (General Manager).

Echodyne USA

About ten years ago, Echodyne, Kymeta and Evolv Technology broke off Intellectual Ventures to sell metamaterial products.

Electrification Will Take Mines Beyond Mining

Imagine mines with so much electricity production and storage that they do far more downstream processing. As reserves deplete, many will even transition to being zero-emission power stations and electricity storage for local communities and industry or even national grids. The cost of making-good becomes income from reinvention. That is the untold story of mining electrification, beyond the vital safety, greening, and cost reduction of electrics.

Ecofriendly Solution to Converting Waste Heat into Energy

A team of scientists has demonstrated a high-performing thermoelectric material in a practical form that can be used in device development. The material — purified tin selenide in polycrystalline form — outperforms the single-crystal form in converting heat to electricity, making it the most efficient thermoelectric system on record.

Implant Shows Extreme Promise for Regenerating Bone

Researchers developed a biodegradable, nanofiber-based implant, or scaffold, whose design could better regenerate bone by effectively guiding the migration of recuperative cells to the injury site. When implanted in rats with bone defects, the cylindrical scaffold promoted the regeneration of bone that was denser, more voluminous and more like the surrounding tissue than that achieved by many other state-of-the-art designs.

Distal Reality

IDTechEx interviewed Mark Salada, Founder and CTO of Distal Reality. They are developing and launching a new haptics app as part of longer term ambitions in developing a variety of new haptics interfaces.

Technique for Recycling Nanowires in Electronics

Researchers have demonstrated a low-cost technique for retrieving nanowires from electronic devices that have reached the end of their utility and then using those nanowires in new devices. The work is a step toward more sustainable electronics.

Nexa3D Partners with CREAT3D to Support British AM industry

The collaboration provides CREAT3D's customers with the opportunity to improve their competitiveness by purchasing Nexa3D's market-leading technology.

Drone Solution Improves Healthcare Access, Minimizes Supply Challenges

This new drone delivery network will improve access to urgently needed medical supplies for healthcare providers and the communities they serve. Air Methods will make this possible by deploying fleets of Wingcopter's new flagship delivery drone, the Wingcopter 198.

Protean Electric

Protean are specialists in the design, manufacturing and application of in-wheel motors. IDTechEx interviewed Protean in April 2020. In July 2021, IDTechEx carried out a new interview to see how Protean had faired and how the landscape for in-wheel motors has evolved.

Liquid Cooling for Data Centers

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Vitzrocell

Vitzrocell are a South Korean supercapacitor and primary lithium battery manufacturer.

The Challenges of the World's Largest Electric Vehicle Market

China's electric two-wheeler market is the largest electric vehicle market in the world. Some 29.66 million were produced in 2020 (with sales typically at over 98% of production). Today, however, the market is no longer seeing the explosive growth of the past, the IDTechEx report "Electric Two-wheelers 2021-2041" finds.

HS2 Harnessing the Power of Graphene Reinforced 3D Concrete Printing

In a UK first, on-site 3D reinforced concrete printing is set to deliver environmental, cost and community benefits for Britain's new high speed rail network. The cutting-edge technology, called 'Printfrastructure', will be deployed by HS2 Ltd's London tunnels contractor SCS JV (Skanska Costain STRABAG Joint Venture), in a move that represents a major step forward in construction technology.

MGA Thermal Raises AUD$8 Million for Thermal Energy Storage Blocks

MGA Thermal has raised AUD$8 million to expand manufacturing capacity and export their thermal energy storage blocks globally.

Hydrogen Engine-Equipped Corolla to Enter Super Taikyu Race

Toyota Motor Corporation will enter a vehicle equipped with a developmental hydrogen-powered engine at the five-hour-long Super Taikyu Race in Autopolis. The hydrogen engine is being developed as part of Toyota's efforts to realize a carbon-neutral mobility society.

Tiny Wireless Device Illuminates Neuron Activity in the Brain

Everything that happens in the brain is a result of neurons sending and receiving signals in complex networks that are not completely understood by scientists. These networks are what allow us to pick up a cup of coffee, laugh at a joke or stand up from a chair. When some neurons do not send and receive and signals properly, it can lead to problems such as epilepsy, depression, addiction and chronic pain.

CATL Unveils First Generation of Sodium-ion Batteries

CATL unveiled the company's first-generation sodium-ion battery, together with its AB battery pack solution - which is able to integrate sodium-ion cells and lithium-ion cells into one pack. Sodium-ion batteries will provide a new solution for the use of clean energy and transportation electrification, thus promoting the early realization of the goal of carbon neutrality.