11 May 2022

AI Goggles Will Guide Medics in Emergencies
A research team will develop an artificial intelligence tool, Medical Assistance, Guidance, Instruction and Correction, or MAGIC, to assist combat field medics in 50 medical skills applied during common procedures.
Update interview
1 Mar 2022

Raymor Industries
Raymor Industries is a small but longstanding company that specialises in the plasma torch process for the production of various nanomaterials. IDTechEx caught up with Dr Norma Mendoza and Jefford Humes.
External press release
11 Feb 2022

Soft Robot Morphs From a Ground to Air Vehicle Using Liquid Metal
Imagine a small autonomous vehicle that could drive over land, stop, and flatten itself into a quadcopter. The rotors start spinning, and the vehicle flies away. Looking at it more closely, what do you think you would see? What mechanisms have caused it to morph from a land vehicle into a flying quadcopter?
10 Feb 2022

Autonomous Black Hawk Helicopter Makes First Flight Without Crew
ALIAS is a flexible, extensible automation architecture for existing manned aircraft that enables safe reduced crew operations, which facilitates the addition of high levels of automation into existing aircraft. It also provides a platform for integrating additional automation or autonomy capabilities tailored for specific missions.
4 Feb 2022

AI Headset Helps Military Pilots Perform Expected and Unexpected Tasks
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Perceptually-enabled Task Guidance program to develop a prototype artificial intelligence assistant. The prototype will be embedded in an augmented reality headset to help rotary pilots perform expected and unexpected tasks.
Full profile interview
25 Jan 2022

Alertgy
Alertgy is a US-based biotech startup currently developing the Alertgy NICGM, a noninvasive CGM device in the form of a wristband. IDTechEx analyst Brendan Beh spoke with Alertgy CEO, Marc Rippen, on 18 January 2022.
Full profile interview
24 Nov 2021

Nano-OPS
Nano-OPS, a spin-out from Northeastern University, have developed an innovative method of producing additive electronics. This involves the assembly of nanomaterials to produce features as small as 20 nm, enabling the production of devices with transistors, inverters, MEMS and more.
Full profile interview
9 Sep 2021

MIXCOMM
MIXCOMM is a business located in the United States that offers mmWave RF solutions (including beamforming ICs and antenna modules) for 5G and Satcom. On July 26th, 2021, IDTechEx spoke with MIXCOMM's CEO Mike Noonen and VP of Business Development Jay Martin.
2 Sep 2021

Bionic Arm Restores Natural Behaviours in Upper Limb Amputations
Researchers have engineered a first-of-its-kind bionic arm for patients with upper-limb amputations that allows wearers to think, behave and function like a person without an amputation, according to new findings.
25 Aug 2021

Tiny Robot Earns World Record
The creator hopes his robots can someday be used to solve tricky engineering problems by emulating talented creatures like squid or mice that can seamlessly squeeze themselves like liquid into tight places. Biology, particularly insects, still surpass their robotic counterparts in almost every aspect, but he hopes to develop robots in the next decade that are significantly better at mimicking natural systems.
2 Aug 2021

Bipedal Robot Learns to Run and Completes 5 Kilometres
Cassie the robot has made history by traversing 5 kilometers, completing the route in just over 53 minutes.
Full profile interview
30 Apr 2021

Aqua Membranes
Aqua Membranes has developed a 3D Printer Spacer Technology for the membrane filtration industry. IDTechEx spoke with Craig Beckman (CEO).
2 Mar 2021

Thermoelectric Perpetual Submarine
In February 2021, The US agency DARPA awarded contracts to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation and Martin Defense Group (formerly Navatek) to build demonstration versions of the new Manta Ray unmanned underwater vehicle with an energy-harvesting system to power it indefinitely, allowing the robot submarine to carry out missions lasting months or years without returning to base or refueling.
13 Jan 2021

Hybrid Chips can run AI on Battery Powered Devices
Smartwatches and other battery-powered electronics would be even smarter if they could run AI algorithms. But efforts to build AI-capable chips for mobile devices have so far hit a wall - the so-called "memory wall" that separates data processing and memory chips that must work together to meet the massive and continually growing computational demands imposed by AI.
13 Jan 2021

Vagus Nerve Stimulation Helps Language Learning in Adults
A recent study showed language learning advantages with transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation included up to a 30% increase in accuracy and recall for some subjects.
Full profile interview
28 Oct 2020

IniVation
iniVation offer event-based vision sensors and the associated software. These sensors enable ultra-low response latency, low data rates, high dynamic range, and low power consumption by having pixels asynchronously report whenever they experience a change in light intensity.
Full profile interview
24 Jun 2020

Inkbit
Inkbit uses machine vision and machine learning to deliver a multi-material jetting platform with the speed, precision and materials required by industrial applications. IDTechEx spoke with Dr Davide Marini (CEO).
Full profile interview
26 May 2020

Optomec
Optomec is a capital equipment manufacturer based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They offer two products: Aerosol Jet and a laser based Direct Energy Deposition (DED) system for 3D printing metals named LENS. This profile focuses on the aerosol jet printer, and its applications in printed electronics.