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MEDICA 2019 - Technologies for management of neurological disorders

MEDICA is the world's largest medical trade fair, held once a year in Messe Düsseldorf, Germany. IDTechEx analysts Nadia Tsao and Ivan De Backer attended MEDICA 2019, held over 18-21 November 2019. A record-breaking 5500 exhibitors were at MEDICA 2019, along with 121,000 trade visitors over the 4 days.

Roceso Technologies

IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao spoke with Roceso Technologies Co-founder & CEO Jane Wang. Roceso have developed the EsoGLOVE soft robotic glove for hand rehabilitation. Roceso was spun out from the National University of Singapore 3.5 years ago.

NeuroSTIM

The PSAD measures spasticity (contracted muscles) for patients suffering from neuromuscular conditions such as cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury.

Engineered Fluids

Engineered Fluids are a Texas based company that sell single-phase immersion coolants, their AmpCool product range is specifically tailored for several components within electric vehicles including the batteries and motors.

XO-NANO Smartfoam

XO-NANO Smartfoam produce several additives for foams which enable sensing technologies or enhanced thermal properties. XO-NANO are a small company but with some key partnerships and rapidly increasing sales are hoping to grow in the coming years.

SynPhNe

An IDTechEx analyst spoke with SynPhNe Director & CEO Abhijeet Pandit. SynPhNe are a Singaporean start up that has developed a neurorehabilitation device. The company also has offices in New Jersey, USA, and India.

Rehabotics

IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao stopped by the Rehabotics booth. Rehabotics is a Taiwanese startup developing a robotic glove. The device is designed for rehabilitation of patients with neuromuscular disorders.

Kinarm

IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao spoke with Kinarm President & CEO Anne Vivian-Scott. Kinarm are a Canadian company based in Kingston, Ontario that are developing tools for diagnosis and monitoring of neurological disorders.

Reflex

IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao spoke with Daniel Ciuta from Reflex. Reflex are a Romanian company that has developed the world's first 3D physical therapy/rehabilitation device.

Drone Ag

Drone Ag is a British company that produces easy to use software for agricultural drones. In November 2019, IDTechEx Analyst Dr Michael Dent spoke with Jack Wrangham, Founder and Director of Drone Ag.

Sensuron

IDTechEx met with Sensuron In November 2019. Sensuron are a company that specialise in distributed fiber optic sensing. This is for a few applications, most notably being structural health monitoring.

Qineto

IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao spoke with Tim Dings, Managing Director & Co-Founder of Qineto. Qineto have developed an interactive non-contact game for exercise and rehabilitation.

Brisbane Orders 60 E-Buses

As part of Brisbane Metro, Brisbane City Council will introduce a new fleet of 60 high-capacity Metro vehicles. The Metro vehicles will integrate seamlessly into busway operations and share the busway with existing bus services, as part of a better planned network.

Zimbabwe to Benefit from Pumped Hydroelectric Energy Storage

Zimbabwe is currently experiencing up to 18 hours of load-shedding daily so Ngonyezi Projects pumped hydroelectric energy storage power plant at Osborne dam will contribute to the reduction of the hours of load-shedding.

3D Printing Improves Tiny Electrodes for Medical Sensors

A new 3D-printing method allows manufacturers to better customize carbon microelectrodes used as biomedical implants. These implants are used to record signals from the brain or nervous system.

New Metallic Material for Flexible Soft Robots

'Origami robots' are state-of-the-art soft and flexible robots that are being tested for use in various applications including drug delivery in human bodies, search and rescue missions in disaster environments and humanoid robotic arms.

Wood is the Surprising Ingredient in Electrodes for Wearables

Wood fibres are being used by researchers to create a new class of stronger and lower-cost electrodes for even lighter and long-lasting flexible electronics and wearables.

Scratching the Surface of Perovskites

Versatile compounds called perovskites are valued for their application in next generation solar energy technologies. Despite their efficiency and relative cheapness, perovskite devices have yet to be perfected; they often contain atomic-level structural defects.

Sencrop

Sencrop is a AgTech start-up that produces wireless weather stations for agriculture. At the REAP Conference 2019, IDTechEx Analyst Dr Michael Dent spoke with Victoria Nicol, UK Sales Support Manager from Sencrop.

Netafim

Netafim is the world's largest producer of drip irrigation systems. In November 2019, IDTechEx Analyst Dr Michael Dent spoke with Julian Gruzelier, Technical Manager at Netafim about Netbeat, the company's IoT precision irrigation system.