TyroMotion GmbH (AT)

New technique offers spray-on solar power

Researchers at the University of Toronto, and IBM Canada's Research and Development Centre have just invented a new way to spray solar cells onto flexible surfaces using miniscule light-sensitive materials known as colloidal quantum dots (CQDs)—a major step toward making spray-on solar cells easy and cheap to manufacture.

Electric vehicles trends and opportunities

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Monday 15 December discussing electric vehicles trends and opportunities.

BeBop Sensors

BeBop sensors spun out from KMI in 2014. They provide flexible, smart textile sensors for OEMs, mainly based around measuring pressure, strain or torsion. They use print sensors onto fabrics using stretchable inks, and have excellent form factor.

Canada scores a hat trick at printed electronics' top industry event

In true national form, Canada's delegation to the Printed Electronics USA 2014 conference made a lasting impression, thanks in no small part to a strong performance on the ice.

Nanoparticle network could bring fast-charging batteries

A new electrode design for lithium-ion batteries has been shown to potentially reduce the charging time from hours to minutes by replacing the conventional graphite electrode with a network of tin-oxide nanoparticles.

Production tools to enable Printed Electronics

In this video, NovaCentrix explains how to move from research and development through to commercial production

Atmospheric carbon dioxide used for energy storage products

Chemists and engineers have discovered a fascinating new way to take some of the atmospheric carbon dioxide that's causing the greenhouse effect and use it to make an advanced, high-value material for use in energy storage products.

High-temperature thermoelectric generator for U.S. military

The successful demonstration of a 1,000W TEG designed for diesel engine exhaust heat recapture.

JnJ Innovations: A View on Medical Wearables

Johnson & Johnson Innovations are a technology scouting, analysis and acquisitions arm of Johnson & Johnson. They have 4 innovation centres in the world; two in the USA (West & East Coast), in London and in Shanghai. Their role is to identify current research in their fields of interest, and then help to develop it towards commercial applications. This discussion is centered around wearable technologies.

EEVC Belgium: Lessons from the first day

This two yearly event again had about 400 delegates. Once again it provided a forum for the huge number of European and global EV related organisations with overlapping agendas. Of the hundreds of millions of dollars they spend each year, too much goes on soft topics such as consumer attitudes to car models that will not be with us for long or how cars may form a meaningful part of a smart grid over ten years from now.

Detecting defects in solar cells

Researchers have developed a new technique for efficiently detecting malfunctioning areas of a PV module.

Shaping the future of energy storage with conductive clay

In the race to find materials of ever increasing thinness, surface area and conductivity to make better performing battery electrodes, a lump of clay might have just taken the lead.

Mapping the 3D Printing Equipment Landscape

IDTechEx has diligently compiled data on various 3D printing technologies on the market. The data has been compiled from all the key players in the industry. We have used data analytics to map the landscape on the basis of speed, price, precision and build volume. We have visualised our analysis, thus generating unique insight into the market positioning of 3D printing equipment suppliers. This analysis will help our clients identify whitespaces within the 3D printing landscape.

Fully flexible touch screen sensor technology

The DRAS technology delivers greater functionality and control to overcome the many limitations of today's smart phone and tablet capacitive touch screens including true flexibility, finger force sensing, accidental use and expensive integration.

Efficiency breakthrough for solar devices

Researchers have successfully synthesised one-dimensional graphenised carbon nanofibre to demonstrate an efficiency breakthrough in silicon-based solar cells.

Audi fuel cell technology

The A7 Sportback h tron quattro uses a powerful electric drive with a fuel cell as its energy source, in combination with a hybrid battery and an additional electric motor in the rear.

Runtastic

Runtastic GmbH produce apps, products and services for fitness and exercise tracking. Alongside a suite of niche hardware, the Runtastic Orbit is a waterproof fitness tracker wristband for general fitness and sleep monitoring. They also produce a suite of 18 mobile apps for fitness which have been downloaded 95 million times.

3D printing materials market will increase ten-fold to $8bn by 2025

A massive increase in the use and applications of 3D printers is encouraging huge growth in the market for 3D printing materials. The total consumable market in in 2013 was $800m and is expected to reach $8bn by 2025, according to IDTechEx's new report 3D Printing Materials 2015-2025, Status, Opportunities, Market Forecasts.

Battery harvests energy from body heat

A battery that can convert your body heat into electricity could lead to mobile phones capable of charging themselves while in your pocket.