Event summary
14 Feb 2019

Four Trends from Japan International Aerospace Exhibition 2018
Aerospace and defence are key drivers for many new technologies. They often have the deepest pockets and are the most likely to adopt the newest technologies.
14 Feb 2019

Advances in stretchable rubbery semiconductors
Researchers have reported significant advances in stretchable electronics, moving the field closer to commercialization.
14 Feb 2019

Australia streaks ahead to be renewables world champion
Research has found that Australia is installing renewable power per person each year faster than any other country, helping it to meet its entire Paris Agreement emissions reduction targets five years early.
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14 Feb 2019

OPTELOS
Optoles was launched in May 2016 and secured its first customer with the release of their software platform for drone data analytics in Jun 2017.
14 Feb 2019

Converting Wi-Fi signals to electricity with new 2-D materials
Imagine a world where smartphones, laptops, wearables, and other electronics are powered without batteries. Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have taken a step in that direction, with the first fully flexible device that can convert energy from Wi-Fi signals into electricity that could power electronics.
Topic overview
13 Feb 2019

Thermal interface materials in automotive LED lighting
This brief article explores the use of thermal interface materials (TIM) in automotive LED lighting.
13 Feb 2019

Out of Academia, Into Industry: Printed Electronics Business
Printed, Flexible and Organic Electronics is a market worth $31.6 Billion in 2018, according to IDTechEx Research. The majority of that is for OLED displays, with glass-based versions now entering their golden age and foldable OLEDs and printed OLEDs now entering a phase of commercial growth. Then there is the near $2 Billion market for conductive ink used in many diverse applications and the $3.6 Billion market for sensors, mainly comprising of biosensors so far.
13 Feb 2019

In-Mold Electronics: design, material and process innovation
In Mold (or Mould) Electronics promises to enable high-volume production of structural electronics where the electronic circuitry and functionality are part of the 3D-shaped structure itself. This will save weight and space and will enable new elegant designs.
13 Feb 2019

Bosch to assume full control of electric motor manufacturer EM-motive
Bosch is now assuming full control of EM-motive, one of Europe's most successful manufacturers of electric motors. Bosch and Daimler set up EM-motive GmbH as a fifty-fifty joint venture in 2011. Since then, it has manufactured some 450,000 electric motors.
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13 Feb 2019

Ynvisible's displays to be used in the smart label sector
Ynvisible Interactive Inc announces that it has begun work on commercial contracts that expect to reach market in 2019. The first two contracts are with leading companies in the field of smart labels and related verification and tracking services.
13 Feb 2019

Largest 3D printed rocket engine
Orbex has publicly unveiled its Prime rocket for the first time. Designed to deliver small satellites into Earth's orbit, the rocket is made from a specially-formulated lightweight carbon fibre and aluminium composite and includes the world's largest 3-D printed rocket engine.
13 Feb 2019

Testing lithium-ion battery recycling technology
American Manganese Inc commences testing of lithium-ion battery materials recycling pilot plant.
13 Feb 2019

New legislation needed to regulate police facial recognition tech
Facial recognition technology, being trialled by two major police forces in Britain, should be subjected to more rigorous testing and transparency, according to new research.
Background
12 Feb 2019

FirstKind Ltd.
FirstKind, a subsidiary of Sky Medical Technology, is a medical device company based in the UK that has developed a neuromuscular electrical stimulation device for the prevention of venous thromboembolism and for the enhancement of wound healing.
12 Feb 2019

Printed OLED Displays
In this premium article below we cover some of the latest activities with printed OLED displays.
12 Feb 2019

Polymer power potential
The mantra 'reduce, reuse, recycle' is increasingly pertinent. Every year, vast amounts of energy that could be captured and reused is lost through waste heat. Now, scientists have demonstrated, through theoretical calculations, that it may be possible to fabricate thermoelectric organic polymers that can convert heat into electrical energy with high efficiency.
12 Feb 2019

Better electric boats and ships
Naval Group and Centrale Nantes have printed the first demonstrator of hollow propeller blades by metal additive manufacturing as part of the European H2020 project, RAMSSES1. Funded by the European Commission, this collaborative program aims to reduce the environmental impact of ships.
12 Feb 2019

Cheaper way to light up OLED screens
Chemists have found a cheaper way to light up smartphone and TV screens, which could save manufacturers and consumers money without affecting visual quality. Copper is the answer, according to their study.
12 Feb 2019

Flexible barriers: will flexible glass become the ultimate solution?
This article from IDTechEx examines whether flexible glass is the ultimate solution for flexible barriers and encapsulation.
12 Feb 2019

First fabric to automatically cool or insulate depending on conditions
Despite decades of innovation in fabrics with high-tech thermal properties that keep marathon runners cool or alpine hikers warm, there has never been a material that changes its insulating properties in response to the environment. Until now.