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Is This the Costliest Oversight in Materials Science This Century?

The materials science industry is highly competitive. There are large changes in various sectors, such as an electric and autonomous future for vehicles, geopolitical & legislative developments, and new players offering innovative materials looking to gain market share. The key to future success will rely on commercializing R&D activity and remaining agile to market needs, two reasons that developing a materials informatics strategy is imperative.

First Electric Bus Designed and Developed in Africa

Opibus has just introduced the first all-electric bus in Kenya as well as the first African designed electric bus ever. This is the first major step in the company's vision to provide a locally designed and developed electric bus that can be mass-produced for the pan-African market, by the end of 2023.

Market Maturity of Agricultural Robotics

Innovation roadmap for the report 'Agricultural Robots and Drones 2022-2032: Technologies, Markets & Players'.

First 3D Food Printing Technology in Asia

Hong Kong Technology Startup, Alt Farm announced the debut of the first-ever 3D food printing technology for high-quality and creative food in Asia that achieves a level of product quality comparable to high-quality plant-based food, resulting in a far more efficient, sustainable, and ethical way to create foods without compromising on quality.

Tiny Electric Generators Could Accelerate Wound Healing

Researchers are working to overcome challenges in order to bring wearable, electric, wound-healing devices to clinical practice.

Maersk Invests in Electrofuels Startup Company

Maersk expects several fuels to exist alongside in the future fuel mix and has identified 4 potential fuel pathways to decarbonization; biodiesel, alcohols, lignin-enhanced alcohols and ammonia.

Honeywell and FREYR Collaborate on Next-Generation Battery Cells

Through the agreement, Honeywell and FREYR intend to provide smart energy storage solutions to address the needs of a wide range of commercial and industrial customers alike. Subject to viability, FREYR will leverage Honeywell's broad automation and software expertise including automation systems, quality assurance and controls, and industrial software to provide manufacturing capacity at scale in Europe and the US.

Zadar Labs: Software-Defined Radars

The automotive radar market is rife with innovative technologies coming from start-ups. Zadar's contribution to the space is a re-imaging of the boundary between software and hardware. New Si-CMOS based componentry is making radar's much more flexible and facilitating on-the-fly, over-the-air updates that can continuously improve the radar's performance over the lifetime of the vehicle.

Scintil Photonics

Scintil Photonics are a start-up company whose aim is to supply photonic integrated circuits, whereby III-V lasers are integrated at the wafer level onto silicon. IDTechEx spoke with Yannick Paillard, CCO.

Sensirion

Manufacturer of temperature, humidity and gas sensors for the automotive industry, medical technology, building technology, industrial processes and consumer goods.

Why is the 3D Printing Market not Consolidating?

"We expect to see the additive manufacturing market consolidating in the near future" has been the refrain of many for nearly a decade now. The thought really strengthened after major acquisition moves by industry titans Stratasys and 3D Systems between 2010-2012. Stratasys would acquire wax 3D printer company Solidscape and merge with material jetting pioneer Objet in 2011-2012, while 3D Systems completed a jaw-dropping 13 acquisitions between 2011-2012. With so many major moves by market leaders in the early 2010s, it seemed like market consolidation was just around the corner.

Fully Autonomous Large, High-Speed Ferry Makes First Run in Japan

Successful completion of a demonstration test of the world's first fully autonomous ship navigation systems on a large car ferry, a 222-meter ferry, with autonomous port berthing and unberthing using turning and reversing movements and high-speed navigation of up to 26 knots.

ExxonMobil Ambition for Net Zero by 2050

ExxonMobil announced its ambition to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions for operated assets by 2050, backed by a comprehensive approach to develop detailed emission-reduction roadmaps for major facilities and assets.

1,000-Cycle Lithium-Sulfur Battery Could Quintuple EV Ranges

A new biologically inspired battery membrane has enabled a battery with five times the capacity of the industry-standard lithium ion design to run for the thousand-plus cycles needed to power an electric car.

World's Smallest Nano-Based Capacitive Sensor

Somalytics Inc introduce two remarkable products that "feel" human presence through Somalytics' unique, miniature carbon-nanotube paper composite capacitive sensors: the SomaControl gesture monitor and the SomaSense 3D floor mat.

GoodWe Steps Up Solar Footprint in the UK

Alongside its already-established inverters, GoodWe is bringing to the UK a new series of low and high wattage batteries in 2022 later this year, as well as new utility scale inverters.

IRP and Bosch Partner to Mass-Produce Controllers for the EV Market

IRP Systems has signed a strategic agreement with Bosch for the industrialization and serial manufacturing of IRP's personal mobility electric motor controllers. The partnership brings together Bosch's renowned automotive manufacturing capabilities and IRP's innovative e-powertrain technology to deliver top quality, robust and affordable controllers for a variety of personal mobility OEMs in Europe and worldwide.

In-Mold Electronics: Multiple Players, Diverging Strategies

How do we communicate with our electronic devices? There are many different 'human-machine interfaces (HMI)' options, ranging from the well-established (keyboard/mouse/mechanical switches) to somewhat more recent developments such as the capacitive touch screens found on smartphones. As greater numbers of devices around us gain 'smart' functionality, the ability to incorporate HMI components elegantly and cost-effectively is increasingly important.

Webinar: Technologies Driving 3D Printing Hardware's $10Bn Momentum

Join the free webinar - Thursday 27 January 2022. What are the major printing technologies driving the 3D printing hardware market's growth? What are new emerging technologies to keep an eye on? Is the hardware market at a point of consolidation or expansion?

Hynion Becomes Sweden's Largest Supplier of Hydrogen Fuel for Vehicles

Hynion has entered into an agreement to supply buses in Sandviken, Sweden, with hydrogen and, at the same time, take over Linde's hydrogen filling station in Sandviken to provide hydrogen fuel to buses as well as to the cars.