External press release
12 Jan 2021

Panasonic Automotive Brings Drivers AI Enhanced Situational Awareness
Panasonic Automotive is pleased to introduce its new Augmented Reality HUD. Panasonic utilizes its latest advances in optics, volume optimization and imaging technology, combined with AI technology from its SPYDR cockpit domain controller to render near-field and far-field content for vehicle information (like speed), object and pedestrian detection, and mapping / route guidance, for a seamless, more engaged and informed driver experience.
Full profile interview
12 Jan 2021

Sun Chemical
Sun Chemical is a sub-division of DIC Corporation, a Japanese chemical company. They are the world's largest producer of printing inks and pigments.
In this profile we review their portfolio of materials for printed electronics applications.
12 Jan 2021

Wearable Related Webinars Available to Watch On-Demand Today
IDTechEx currently have a number of wearable related webinars available to watch on-demand. These include presentations on XR, wearables - the impact of COVID, and self-powered electronics.
Full profile interview
12 Jan 2021

SAES Getters (Flexible Electronics)
SAES Getters is an Italian company that supplies advanced materials, with a focus on getters (gas/moisture absorption materials). This profile focuses on their portfolio of materials for printed/flexible electronics.
External press release
11 Jan 2021

Rohinni Doubles Mini LED Placement Speed with 100 Hz Placement Tech
Rohinni,a leading developer of enabling technology for design and production of mini LED- and micro LED-based products, today announced that it has achieved the fastest proven mini LED placement speed at 100 Hz with its new bondhead.
Update interview
11 Jan 2021

XTPL
XTPL offer equipment capable of very high resolution printing (~1 um) of high viscosity conductive inks. This update is based on a webinar and associated Q&A with XTPL, delivered by founder and CEO Filip Granek in December 2020.
11 Jan 2021

Hungry Salmon Revealed with Sound Waves and AI
The feed cost represents about 50 percent of the costs of farming salmon. But how do we know if the salmon is hungry or still full? Researchers have rethought to find answers. The result is less wastage and pollution - and enough food for the salmon.
11 Jan 2021

Stimulating Endings of the Vagus Nerve with Light to Combat Obesity
Gastric bypass surgery is sometimes the last resort for those who struggle with obesity or have serious health-related issues due to their weight. Now researchers have described a medical device that might help with weight loss and requires a simple operative procedure for implantation.
11 Jan 2021

World's Largest Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage System now Online
The Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility has been connected to the power grid and began operation. At 300 megawatts/1,200 megawatt-hours, the lithium-ion battery storage system, located on-site at Vistra's Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, California, will be the largest of its kind in the world.
11 Jan 2021

Energy Storage Related Webinars Available to Watch On-Demand Today
IDTechEx currently have a number of energy storage related webinars available to watch on-demand. These include presentations on 2020 highlights, solid-state batteries, li-ion recycling, stationary energy storage, hydrogen economy and redox flow batteries.
External press release
11 Jan 2021

How Many Offshore Wind Turbines to Power Europe's Largest Cities?
The UK has the largest wind farm market, beating other world leaders such as Germany and China - so much so, that 20% of the UK's energy comes from wind turbines. However, there is currently an even bigger drive to increase wind energy use in Europe.
11 Jan 2021

Breakthrough Manufacturing Process for Sensor for Smart Contact Lenses
Researchers report on how they have developed a breakthrough sensor system and manufacturing process. The global team of engineers reveal that the new contact lens sensor system contains a photodetector for receiving optical information, a temperature sensor for diagnosing potential corneal disease and a glucose sensor for directly monitoring the glucose levels in tear fluid.
11 Jan 2021

World's First AI-Based Robotic Restaurant
Nala Robotics is opening the world's first state-of-the-art intelligent restaurant. This AI-based robotic kitchen can create dishes from any cuisine around the world, using authentic recipes from celebrated chefs.
External press release
11 Jan 2021

Finance for 3D Printed Solid State Batteries
The loan facility will be used to fund Blackstone's plans to mass-produce the next generation of 3D-printed solid-state batteries and for other investments. The batteries will be used in the auto industry and in many other applications.
11 Jan 2021

5M€ For Development of a Hybrid Testing Platform for Ocean Energy
VALID is a 3-year project designed to develop a Hybrid Testing Platform for accelerated testing with methodologies by combining the virtual and physical environment, reducing cost in the product developing process, tackling scaling challenges and lowering uncertainties once fully demonstrated in the ocean.
External press release
11 Jan 2021

Setting Standards for New Materials
Silicon was first discovered in 1787, but it wasn't until the 1950s that it became widely used in industry. In contrast, the Graphene Flagship has been working to bring graphene to the market in just ten years. Determining accepted technical standards for graphene will play a large part in meeting that deadline.
8 Jan 2021

Upcoming Webinar - Massive Opportunities for Electric Two-wheelers
Thursday 14 January 2021 - In this webinar, Senior Technology Analyst Luke Gear will discuss the history of the electric two-wheeler markets by region, why the global market is currently saturated, where the future opportunity is and give an overview of the battery technology trends, electric motor trends and more.
8 Jan 2021

Abu Dhabi Rolls Out 175 E-Paper Bus Stop Displays
Department of Transport Abu Dhabi (DoT) has rolled out 175 e-paper bus stop displays across key locations and city landmarks.
8 Jan 2021

Neural Network Connects Text and Images
Although deep learning has revolutionized computer vision, current approaches have several major problems: typical vision datasets are labor intensive and costly to create while teaching only a narrow set of visual concepts; standard vision models are good at one task and one task only, and require significant effort to adapt to a new task; and models that perform well on benchmarks have disappointingly poor performance on stress tests, casting doubt on the entire deep learning approach to computer vision.
8 Jan 2021

3D Printing Helps Create Guinness Record Breaking Diamond Ring
The process to design The Divine began in September 2018, and the design team ran through multiple iterations before deciding on the form of a flower.