23 May 2016

Self-healing, flexible electronic material functions after many breaks
Electronic materials have been a major stumbling block for the advance of flexible electronics because existing materials do not function well after breaking and healing. A new electronic material created by an international team, however, can heal all its functions automatically even after breaking multiple times.
23 May 2016

2015 - A great year for large-sized lithium-ion batteries
Electric bus is a game changer in the battery market.
23 May 2016

Nanomaterial to drive new generation of solar cells
Physicists have discovered radical new properties in a nanomaterial, opening new possibilities for highly efficient thermophotovoltaic cells that could one day harvest heat in the dark and turn it into electricity.
Full profile interview
23 May 2016

Heraeus - 3D printing metals
Heraeus supply gas atomised metal powders for 3D printing. From Q3 2016 they intend to offer high melting alloys such as Zr, Mo, Ta and Nb.
20 May 2016

Lithium-ion batteries will dominate the battery business
The brand new report from IDTechEx Research, Lithium-ion Batteries 2016-2026, finds that at around $140 billion in 2026, the lithium-ion battery business will dominate the battery business.
20 May 2016

Printing metal in midair
The increasing demand for flexible, wearable electronics, sensors, antennas, and biomedical devices has led a research team to innovate an eye-popping way of printing complex metallic architectures as though seemingly suspended in midair.
20 May 2016

$88 million in series E financing for OLED leader Kateeva
The new Kateeva investors are: BOE, Cybernaut Venture, GP Capital Shanghai, Redview Capital, and TCL Capital, all located in China. They join existing investors that include: Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, Sigma Partners, Spark Capital, Madrone Capital Partners, DBL Partners, New Science Ventures, and VEECO Instruments, Inc.
20 May 2016

IET response to Queen's Speech: driverless vehicles will need software
The Modern Transport Bill has been introduced in the Queens Speech which promises to ensure the UK is 'at the forefront of technology' with nods toward driverless cars, drones and the UK's first commercial spaceport.
19 May 2016

Power electronics for electric vehicles
At first it seems ridiculous that IDTechEx forecasts a huge growth in the power electronics business for electric vehicles.
19 May 2016

Milestone in solar cell efficiency
Australian engineers have edged closer to the theoretical limits of sunlight-to-electricity conversion by photovoltaic cells with a device that sets a new world efficiency record.
19 May 2016

Shape-shifting modular interactive device unveiled
here has been a growing interest toward achieving modular interactive devices in the human computer interaction community, but so far existing devices consist of folding displays and barely reach high shape resolution.
18 May 2016

CarConnect to harmonise home plug-in-vehicle charging
CarConnect, a pioneering project that will help the electricity industry better understand how plug-in electric vehicles charge at home in harmony with the electricity grid, is now underway in the UK.
18 May 2016

Silver could be the key to gold-standard flexible gadgets
Research has described how silver nanowires are proving to be the ideal material for flexible, touch-screen technologies while also exploring how the material can be manipulated to tune its performance for other applications.
18 May 2016

HP delivers production-ready 3D printing system
HP Inc has unveiled the world's first production-ready commercial 3D printing system, marking the next major step in its journey to bring disruptive manufacturing solutions to market.
18 May 2016

Wearable exosuits for patients with limited mobility
The soft exosuit — which is a soft wearable robot that is the first of its kind — was developed through extensive prototyping that included the involvement of roboticists, mechanical and biomechanical engineers, apparel designers, and software engineers.
External press release
18 May 2016

TPK consummates acquisition with Innova Dynamics
Innova Dynamics Inc and TPK Holding Co Ltd announced that after 3-years of close collaboration under a 'Joint Development Agreement and Framework for Touch-Sensor Strategic Alliance,' TPK has consummated an acquisition with Innova Dynamics.
17 May 2016

Lead-acid battery collapse now self-fulfilling prophecy
In this article IDTechEx explains why there is almost uniform negativity about lead acid batteries.
17 May 2016

HP finally launch Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solutions
Today HP has started taking orders for its new production-ready commercial 3D printing system. Multijet Fusion is being positioned as a truly industrial technology and poised to take a share of the $12 trillion global manufacturing market.
17 May 2016

Electric vehicles; Everything is changing...or has it changed already?
At last year's IDTechEx event 'Electric Vehicles; Everything is Changing', we concluded everything was indeed changing in the electric vehicle sector. At this year's event, still named 'Everything is changing', the question should surely be has everything changed already?