21 Aug 2020

NASA Is Developing an All-Electric X-57 X-Plane: A Cleaner Way to Fly
NASA is developing an electrically powered X-57 plane. Just as electric cars are becoming more and more commonplace on our roads each day, aerospace engineers are seeking to make electric air transportation a reality.
21 Aug 2020

Webinars Available to Watch On-Demand Today
IDTechEx currently have a number of webinars available to watch on-demand. These include presentations on robotic surgery, vertical farming, plant-based and cultured meat, and skin analysis technologies.
External press release
21 Aug 2020

esVolta Selects ION Energy to Improve Battery Energy Storage Projects
esVolta has selected ION Energy to improve the operational efficiency of its utility scale battery energy storage projects, in one of the largest such deals in the world.
Full profile interview
20 Aug 2020

BASF 3D Printing Solutions
B3DPS develop and commercialise filaments, powders and UV resins for additive manufacturing for a variety of applications and industries. In addition to supplying materials for common 3D printing processes, the company also develops polymer powders, liquid photopolymers as well as metal and plastic filaments.
Background
20 Aug 2020

Titan Advanced Energy Solutions
Titan Advanced Energy Solutions are a US start-up company who have developed an ultrasound based technology to improve the state-of-charge and state-of-health measurement of Li-ion.
20 Aug 2020

Augmenting Healthcare with Augmented Reality
Augmented reality and mixed reality are being used more and more in hospitals by doctors and healthcare professionals to provide them with a hands-free working environment, greater flexibility with overlaying information and processing information from its camera.
20 Aug 2020

Skin Sensors Enable Personalized Skin Care
IDTechEx have released a new research report, "Skin Sensors 2020- 2030: Technologies, Markets, Players, Forecasts".
20 Aug 2020

Solar Powered Yacht Completes Circumnavigation of Bali
Solar Eclipse completed of the 220 nautical mile circumnavigation of Bali. The entire cruise was completed using nothing but the power of the sun to drive the catamaran's electric motors and charge the batteries.
20 Aug 2020

Skin-Like Electronics and Computer Vision Recognise Hand Gestures
Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that recognises hand gestures by combining skin-like electronics with computer vision.
20 Aug 2020

Battery Technology Capable of Capturing CO2 Emissions
The University of Surrey is to begin work on a new lithium-ion battery technology that is capable of capturing CO2 emissions, following an award from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Topic overview
19 Aug 2020

New maneuvering on fuel cell vehicles
IDTechEx predicted ten years ago that fuel cell cars would be a failure and, on any criterion, that is true today following lacklustre sales due to no meaningful consumer proposition and consequently numerous supplier exits.
Background
19 Aug 2020

Scrona
Scrona is an early stage Swiss company that has developed a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) that enables very high resolution (<1 um) electrohydrodynamic printing via 1000s of independently controllable nozzles simultaneously. This exciting technology breaks the current trade-off between printing speed and resolution.
Update
19 Aug 2020

Cynora
Cynora is a German company focused on the development of more efficient emissive materials for OLED displays primarily utilizing TADF rather than phosphorescence. This update article discusses developments at Cynora since our previous update in 2016.
19 Aug 2020

3D Electronics: An Alternative to PCBs?
Mention an electronic circuit and you are likely to picture a printed circuit board (PCB): a rigid rectangle in a characteristic green color with copper lines and a bewildering array of components soldered onto it. But does adding electronic functionality means using a PCB and thus requires shoehorning a rigid rectangle into the product?
19 Aug 2020

New Flexible Electronics Research Shows Promise for Spinal Therapies
Patients recovering from spinal cord injuries or who have mobility disorders related to spinal nerve compression are frequently treated by the conditioning of the Hoffmann's reflex via non-surgical electrostimulation therapy. To track the progress of the treatment, electromyography is used to record the amplitude of the patient's muscle twitch response.
Background
18 Aug 2020

Nopion
Nopion are a Korean company that specializes in metallic nanoparticles. Along with applications such as EMI shielding, thesenanoparticles are employed in a self-assembling anisotropic conductive adhesives that enables component attachment at lower pressures than the incumbent technology.
Background
18 Aug 2020

MolecuLED
MolecuLED is an early stage Israeli company that has developed color conversion films based on organic molecules rather than quantum dots.
Update interview
18 Aug 2020

SteradianSemi
SteradianSemi has been in operation since 2016.
Based in Bangalore, India
Background
18 Aug 2020

Calterah Semiconductor Technolog
Calterah Semiconductor Technolog - company background by Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh
Background
18 Aug 2020

Forge Nano
Forge Nano are developing atomic layer deposition techniques and tools for coatings various materials, including catalysts and powders for additive manufacturing but with a particular focus on Li-ion electrodes.