17 Jan 2020

Ford is First Customer of Agility Robotics Biped Digit Robot
Agility Robotics is launching Digit, a robot with arms and legs to work with humans and in human spaces, for commercial sale; and, Ford Motor Company is the first customer, receiving the first two robots off the line.
Full profile interview
17 Jan 2020

Galen Robotics
Galen Robotics is developing a single-platform solution, a Robotic ENT Microsurgical System (REMS) called Galen ES, to aid surgeons across several disciplines with minimal disturbance to existing workflows.
17 Jan 2020

Toyota Invests $394M in Joby for Air Mobility
Toyota is exploring a new flight path for mobility through a new collaboration with Joby Aviation , an aerospace company that is developing and commercializing all-electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft to enable the deployment of fast, quiet and affordable air transportation services.
Youtube interview
17 Jan 2020

Integrated Thin Flexible Circuits
TF Massif are involved with the development of Large Area Thin Film Circuits & Assemblies. They currently have capabilities and are producing flexible circuits 50in x 144in and 60in circuits early next year.
External press release
17 Jan 2020

CPI to Welcome Printed Electronics Thought Leaders at Industry Day
CPI is hosting the innoLAE Industry Day 2020, an event uniting large corporates, SMEs and the associated supply chain in the printed electronics industry to discuss the latest commercial developments.
17 Jan 2020

Albright Silicone Launches its 3D Printing Silicone Capability
Albright has added a 3D printing capability and developed a special 3D silicone molding process for relatively low cost rapid turnaround prototyping. Customers that need a small number of parts for initial testing but are not ready for metal tooling can benefit from working with a silicone molder that is able to provide LSR molding with 3D printed tooling.
16 Jan 2020

Machine Learning Shapes Microwaves for a Computer's Eyes
Engineers have developed a new method to identify objects using microwaves that improves accuracy while reducing the associated computing time and power requirements. The system could provide a boost to object identification and speed in fields where both are critical, such as autonomous vehicles, security screening and motion sensing.
16 Jan 2020

The First Living Robots
A book is made of wood. But it is not a tree. The dead cells have been repurposed to serve another need. Now a team of scientists has repurposed living cells—scraped from frog embryos—and assembled them into entirely new life-forms. These millimeter-wide "xenobots" can move toward a target, perhaps pick up a payload (like a medicine that needs to be carried to a specific place inside a patient)—and heal themselves after being cut.
16 Jan 2020

Growing Strained Crystals Could Improve Performance of Perovskites
A new method could enable researchers to fabricate more efficient and longer lasting perovskite solar cells, LEDs and photodetectors. By growing thin perovskite films on substrates with different compositions, engineers have invented a way of fabricating perovskite single crystals with precisely deformed, or strained, structures.
16 Jan 2020

Fitbits for Cows: Technology for Higher Yields, Happier Cows
More than half of Americans now track their daily activities with some kind of wearable device in an effort to stay healthy. In the future, so will most dairy cows.
Youtube interview
16 Jan 2020

Organic Photovoltaics as a Shading Element
The company specializes in developing photovoltaically active shading systems based on Organic Photovoltaic Technology (OPV), producing OPV curtains for all kinds of applications, and marketing them through its partners.
16 Jan 2020

Rolls-Royce Takes Majority Holding in Power Storage Specialist
The joint development work on a range of storage solutions in recent months has shown that the two companies are an excellent fit.
16 Jan 2020

Kia Motors Announces Strategy to Transition to EV, Mobility Solutions
Kia Motors Corporation has announced details of 'Plan S' encompassing mobility services and vehicle electrification, connectivity and autonomy.
15 Jan 2020

Prostrate Cancer Can Now be Diagnosed Better Using AI
Researchers have developed a 'deep learning' system that is better than most pathologists at determining the aggressiveness of prostate cancer. The AI system, which uses tissue samples to arrive at its diagnosis, taught itself to identify prostate cancer based on data from over 1200 patients.
Update interview
15 Jan 2020

Dispelix
Dispelix are a company that create waveguides for AR products. IDTechEx interviewed Dispelix's Co-founder and CEO Antti Sunnari and discussed the current position of the company.
Full profile interview
15 Jan 2020

FlexDex Surgical
FlexDex Surgical, founded in 2013, is a medical technology company. Its device enables surgeons to perform minimally invasive surgical procedures.
15 Jan 2020

Low Cost Battery Technology For Extreme Fast Charging and Long Range
Enevate announced its new 4th generation technology optimized for high volume commercialization and manufacturing at gigafactory scale.
Update interview
15 Jan 2020

2AI - Applied Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
2AI pursues research on fundamental advances in AI for the development of technically innovative solutions. IDTechEx spoke to members of 2AI involved in the development of LaserNAVI, a collaborative robot for patient-specific laser treatment of vascular lesions.
Youtube interview
15 Jan 2020

Tangible and Unique Data Sculptures
Biliana K. is an Art/Tech Startup, that develops problem-solving technology and innovation regarding the Digital Art market.
15 Jan 2020

Paper-Thin, Ultra-Flexible MicroLED Display Technology
Successful demonstration of the ability to make high-performance GaN Field-Effect Transistors directly on thin, flexible and rollable metal foil substrates. These transistors can be produced without the need for a transfer step and can be integrated side-by-side with microLED emitters for use in a display.