Sensors

Nanoscale devices integrated into the leaves of living plants can detect the toxic heavy metal in real time.

IDTechEx attended and gave the keynote at Microtech Ventures' event "Medical Wearables 2020". This premium article covers some of the prominent themes of the event, including highlights from some of the more prominent presentations.

IDTechEx have released their latest report on haptics, projecting that the industry will grow from $3.6bn in 2020 to nearly $5bn per year by 2025.

Xidas has developed a proprietary micro-engineering method that relies on bonding patterned sheets of different materials to make micro-mechanical and micro-electronic devices. These include sensors, energy harvesters and miniaturized medical devices. The company primarily targets industrial IoT as an application space.

Graphene is a 2D sheet of carbon but this term has been consistently confused, particularly at commercial levels with companies looking to leverage the marketing value.

Printed/flexible electronics is extremely well suited to wearable skin patches due to its low weight, flexibility/conformality, and potential for high-throughput, low-cost manufacturing of these disposable items.

IDTechEx recently attended the Image Sensor and IS Auto US 2020 online conference. This premium article outlines and analyzes the talks given.

Digital water networks are beginning to see an increase in interest as the hype around these systems grows.

Infineon presented the recent developments of its image sensors for indirect time-of-flight LiDAR at Image Sensors 2020.

Sense Photonics manufacture LiDAR systems, using sensors from Infineon. This update covers its recently released flexible laser array, and is based on a presentation given at the Image Sensor 2020 online conference.

In this premium article IDTechEx discuss three exciting emerging applications of printed/flexible electronics, including multiple case studies.

Velodyne develops LiDAR sensors, and is best known for its characteristic rotating sensors. This update highlights static applications where Velodyne believes LiDAR can offer significant benefits, and is based on a presentation at the Image Sensor 2020 online conference.

Trieye presented the latest progress and capabilities of its silicon-based short-wave infra-red image sensors at the Image Sensor 2020 online conference.

ON Semiconductor is a large company that produces a wide variety of semiconductors. This profile focuses on its LiDAR sensors for depth perception applications, and is based on a presentation given at the Image Sensors 2020 conference.

Aryballe have developed an innovative sensors for odor assessment that enable odors to be detected and quantified. This capability and has applications across many sectors including automotive, consumer goods and food/beverages. The sensor is based on a silicon photonic structure with gas sensitive functionalization.

At IDTechEx, we cover emerging technologies and industry trends, and the COVID-19 pandemic has had a direct or indirect impact on all of them. In this article we will describe some of the key roles that these technologies have played in 2020.

Tuesday 15 December 2020 (3 sessions to choose from) - The current state of global agriculture; Key technology trends in the field of agricultural robotics; Enabling technologies in agricultural robotics; and Case study discussions of autonomous tractors and robotic fresh fruit picking.

Radically different robot shuttles are bringing big changes to cities.

Improving cities is not optional. It is essential due to a perfect storm of people moving to cities, increasingly violent weather and crime, inadequate national electricity grids and global warming raising temperatures and sea levels. Pollution is killing the sea, air and land. Failure to cope means wars, famine and other disasters.

Following decades of development, 2021 and 2022 are set to be notable years for the graphene industry, as it finally approaches an inflection point. Some in the graphene sector are now seeing their labors bear fruit in the form of commercial success - but that is not the case for everyone.