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AVEER

At CES 2020 IDTechEx met with AVEER, a company that has developed 3D tracking with RFID. AVEER talked about their systems, their differentiation and applications.

Highlights from CES 2020: Vehicle technologies and autonomous mobility

IDTechEx analysts attended CES 2020 in Las Vegas on 7-10th Jan 2020. The Consumer Electronics Show, organized by the Consumer Technology Association, is the largest electronics event in the world. CES 2020 has attracted over 170,000 in attendance during the four days.

SureStar

At CES 2020 IDTechEx met up with Surestar Lidar for an update on their LIDAR sensors. IDTechEx analysts learnt of the latest prices from SureStar LIDAR.

MAS

At CES 2020 IDTechEx met with MAS. In e-textiles, the company demonstrated a range of products including heated jackets.

Powering Amazon HQ2 With 100% Renewable Energy

Pittsylvania County in Virginia will be the home of a new solar farm, which will power Amazon's new headquarters along with other Amazon-owned operations across the Commonwealth. The project is planned for completion by the summer of 2021. Amazon has contracted 82 megawatts of the new 120 MW solar farm, which is expected to generate 172,500 megawatt hours of renewable energy annually.

Energy Square

IDTechEx interviewed Energy Square at CES 2020. Rather than contactless power, energy square uses contact pads integrated on surfaces, such as those on the table in the picture, with devices having pins which make contact with the pads and draw power.

Trash into Valuable Graphene in a Flash

That banana peel, turned into graphene, can help facilitate a massive reduction of the environmental impact of concrete and other building materials. While you're at it, toss in those plastic empties.

Solaris to Present New 15 Meter Electric Bus

This year Solaris is going to showcase a new addition to its electric bus segment on offer. This will be the low-entry Solaris Urbino 15 LE electric. The tri-axle bus is built mainly with customers of the Scandinavian market in mind.

3D Bioprinted Patches Use Pectin to Heal Wounds

Biodegradable 3D-printable inks based on pectin have been developed as a system for direct and indirect wound-dressing applications, suitable for 3D printing technologies.

Towards Fleets of Robots in the Fields

Naio Technologies SAS Dino robot is designed to make vegetable weeding on large-scale vegetable farms easier. Its main asset is that it works autonomously. The company recently closed a €14 million Series A funding round.

Webinar Wednesday 5 February 2020 - Plant-Based and Cultured Meat

IDTechEx will be hosting a free webinar on Wednesday 5 February 2020 titled Plant-Based and Cultured Meat: The Future of Meat Alternatives.

Giant Battery to Support Renewable Energy Drive in Queensland

One of Australia's largest grid-scale batteries will be built at Wandoan in Queensland under a 15-year agreement between AGL and Vena Energy Australia.

Call For Papers Printed Electronics Europe: Flexible Structural Hybrid

IDTechEx is now accepting applications to present at Printed Electronics Europe in Berlin on 13 - 14 May 2020. Tell us about your new concepts, technologies, materials and applications. Successful submissions will be speaking alongside global experts flying in from all over the world.

Facial Recognition Technology for Use in Firefighting

A team of computer engineers are working on a series of projects aimed at making the life-saving work of firefighters easier and safer.

What to expect at Healthcare Sensor Innovations USA 2020

Healthcare Sensor Innovations USA 2020: Dr Nadia Tsao covers what to expect at our next event in San Jose, March 17 & 18. Register: www.HealthcareSensorInnovations.com/USA

Aixtron

IDTechEx analysts visited Aixtron in the UK. Aixtron are a ca 300mEUR revenue company that specialise in CVD equipment for multiple sectors. Their core technology is atmospheric pressure MOCVD using a close coupled showerhead process.

GenesInk

IDTechEx met with GenesInk at CES 2020. The company provide silver inks, most of which use silver nanoparticles.

Avalon Battery

Avalon Battery is an American company manufacturing medium power size vanadium flow battery, for commercial and industrial application.

Aerbetic

At CES 2020 IDTechEx met with Arnar Thors, CEO of Aerbetic, who were on the Aernos stand (Aernos provide miniaturized gas sensors sensitive to parts per billion).

Apollo Neuroscience

IDTechEx met with Apollo Neuroscience at their booth at CES 2020's Eureka Park. They have developed a wrist-worn product which gives vibrational patterns to promote various moods.