21 Mar 2019

World record performance for transparent solar cell
Ubiquitous Energy has certified a record transparent solar cell with 9.8% power conversion efficiency.
21 Mar 2019

Royal Mail trials e-trikes
Royal Mail is conducting its first ever trial of zero-emission e-Trikes for letter and parcel deliveries later this month. The trial is an example of the Company's efforts to continue to reduce CO2 emissions associated with its operations.
21 Mar 2019

Seeing through a robot's eyes helps those with motor impairments
An interface system that uses augmented reality technology could help individuals with profound motor impairments operate a humanoid robot to feed themselves and perform routine personal care tasks such as scratching an itch and applying skin lotion. The web-based interface displays a "robot's eye view" of surroundings to help users interact with the world through the machine.
20 Mar 2019

Two million zero emission miles
Zero emission transit buses powered by BAE Systems' battery electric drive systems and fuel cell electric drive systems have successfully driven more than two million miles in transit bus service.
20 Mar 2019

Strength in numbers for 3D printing
Additive manufacturing, also called 3D printing, is commonly used to build complex three-dimensional objects, layer by layer. Researchers have shown that the process can also help to make a high-performance alloy even stronger.
20 Mar 2019

Wind generated more than one-third of UK power over the last week
Great Britain's onshore and offshore wind farms have generated more electricity than any other source of power over the past seven days.
20 Mar 2019

Teaching neural networks to determine crowd emotions
Scholars have developed an algorithm that detects emotions in a group of people on a low-quality video. The solution provides a final decision in just one hundredth of a second, which is faster than any other existing algorithms with similar accuracy.
20 Mar 2019

Biosensor may provide better cancer diagnosis
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have developed a new biological sensor that could help clinicians better diagnose cancer and epilepsy.
20 Mar 2019

First commercial drone deliveries to vessels
In partnership with Airbus, Wilhelmsen's shore-to-ship Singapore pilot project, marks the first deployment of drone technology in real-time port conditions, delivering a variety of small, time-critical items to working vessels at anchorage.
20 Mar 2019

Advances point the way to smaller, safer batteries
People don't ask too much from batteries: Deliver energy when it's needed and for as long as it is wanted, recharge quickly and don't burst into flames.
Event summary
19 Mar 2019

A report from the 2nd Autonomous Driving Forum 2019
IDTechEx analysts attended the 2nd Autonomous Driving Forum, which was held in the Optics Valley in Wuhan, China on 20-21 Feb. 2019.
19 Mar 2019

Airbus, Altran and Microsoft Open the IDTechEx Show!
The IDTechEx Show! at the Estrel Convention Centre in Berlin, Germany on 10 - 11 April is the leading global event for product innovators and technology scouts. Opening the event will be two Cornerstone presentations that will cover exciting developments across these technologies.
19 Mar 2019

Floating solar plant in Albania
Statkraft Albania has entered into an agreement with Norwegian floating solar technology developer Ocean Sun AS for the delivery of a floating solar plant with a maximum capacity of 2 MW at the Banja reservoir in Albania.
19 Mar 2019

Peugeot launches eight new e-bikes equipped with in-frame batteries
The new Peugeot Trekking and Road e-bikes are high-tech showcases for the PEUGEOT Cycles
brand. The new range features the BOSCH PowerTube battery integrated into the frame.
19 Mar 2019

Nanocrystal 'factory' could revolutionize quantum dot manufacturing
Researchers have developed a microfluidic system for synthesizing perovskite quantum dots across the entire spectrum of visible light. The system drastically reduces manufacturing costs, can be tuned on demand to any color and allows for real-time process monitoring to ensure quality control.
19 Mar 2019

US Army contract for small ground robots
QinetiQ North America announces that it has won the competition for the US Army's Common Robotic System-Individual program.
19 Mar 2019

Keeping high-risk workers safer
Researchers have created a motion-powered, fireproof sensor that can track the movements of firefighters, steelworkers, miners and others who work in high-risk environments where they cannot always be seen.
19 Mar 2019

Implantable 'tea bag' releases insulin for children with diabetes
Children with Type 1 diabetes have only one option to control their blood sugar: insulin treatment. Ravaged by an autoimmune disease that attacks their own pancreas and islets -- microscopic clusters of cells that sense blood sugar and produce insulin -- patients are forced to rely on insulin from an external source.
18 Mar 2019

Wearable liquid unit that aims to harvest energy
A fascination with movie technology that showed robots perform self-repair through a liquid formula inspired a university professor to make his own discoveries - which are now helping to lead the way for advancements in self-powering devices such as consumer electronics and defense innovations.
18 Mar 2019

Train your robot to feed you dinner
Researchers have developed a robotic system that can feed people who need someone to help them eat. After identifying different foods on a plate, the robot can strategize how to use a fork to pick up and deliver the desired bite to a person's mouth.