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Higher solar module efficiencies closer with nanowire breakthrough

Sol Voltaics has taken a significant leap towards commercializing its highly anticipated, efficiency-boosting solar technology by completing the manufacture of PV nanowires using its proprietary Aerotaxy process.

Robot ships will be energy independent

IDTechEx reports on electric boats correctly predicted the advent of autonomous electric ships. We even see them becoming energy independent using such things as solar roads as rugged decking and airborne wind energy in the form of tethered drones flying at up to 1000 meters where the winds are consistent and have four times the energy.

Scientists aim to stamp out new horticultural pest

Scientists will pursue cutting-edge microbiology and robotics research in a bid to stop a destructive and abundant pest which is now threatening fruit production around the world.

Movesense publicly launches software developer kit

Suunto is making it easier to rapidly develop and bring to market new, more accurate motion-sensing solutions with Movesense, a sophisticated sensor and software developer kit that's now publicly available.

RIUM Radioactivity sensor: a powerful gamma spectrometer!

Two French companies on Nouvelle Aquitaine booth at IDTechEx show!

Webinar Tuesday 20 June - Robotic Technology Transforming Agriculture

IDTechEx is hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 20 June 2017 titled How Progress and Innovation in Robotic Technology is Transforming Agriculture.

The Evangelists and Pragmatists in the race to augment the world

At the Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2017 last week IDTechEx analyst James Hayward began to subconsciously position each company and individual that he spoke to on a scale between two extremes, as explained in this article.

High-performance Roll-to-Roll processing for flexible electronics

Functionalized and curved surfaces made of glass or plastic, rollable displays, high-quality bended surfaces for architecture or interior design in automotive or luxury furniture sector - flexible materials with integrated functionalities are not just a technological trend but capture markets already.

Vattenfall and BMW Group conclude supply contract for batteries

Vattenfall and the BMW Group have signed a contract for the delivery of up to 1,000 lithium-ion batteries this year.

Tethered soft exosuit reduces metabolic cost of running

Researchers have demonstrated that a tethered soft exosuit can reduce the metabolic cost of running on a treadmill by 5.4%.

Texas team debuts battery-less pacemaker

A wireless, battery-less pacemaker that can be implanted directly into a patient's heart is being introduced.

International Neuromodulation World Congress

IDTechEx attended the International Neuromodulation World Congress, hosted by the International Neuromodulation Society (INS) in Edinburgh.

Combatting weeds with lasers

A robot automatically identifies weeds in a field and combats them with a short laser pulse. Sustainable agriculture, which avoids the use of herbicides as far as possible, could benefit from this smart idea.

Hyundai comeback on buses

Hyundai used to be a leader in buses but the explosion of the huge, protected Chinese market has resulted in the global leaders consisting entirely of Chinese companies growing their sales rapidly - mainly with pure electric buses - and Daimler, with declining sales.

Sensor could improve evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of asthma

Scientists have created a graphene-based sensor that could lead to earlier detection of looming asthma attacks and improve the management of asthma and other respiratory diseases, preventing hospitalizations and deaths.

Navisens

IDTechEx spoke to Sander Idelson and Founder/CEO Dr Ashod Donikian from Navisens at AWE 2017. They have developed a dead reckoning system for mapping spaces using IMUs in portable devices such as AR headsets.

Sturfee

Sturfee have developed a technique for 3D geospatial mapping using smartphone camera platforms alongside overhead photography data. They are a startup based in Santa Clara, and we spoke to them at AWE 2017.

Rokoko

Rokoko have developed a motion capture suit using IMUs positioned as nodes in a suit on the body. They are manufacturing their first 300 units, targeting the film and animation sector as their first market.

Tri-D-Innov adds electronics on plastics

Startup company Tri-D-Innov provides additive metallization for plastic and composite materials electronic packaging.

Stretchable electronics: near term commercial success stories

In this article we highlight one stretchable electronics technologies with potential to become near-term success stories: interconnects.