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Innovations at Aluminium 2018: Production processes and e-mobility

IDTechEx attended Aluminium 2018 at the Düsseldorf Messe, Germany. This event reaches nearly 30,000 attendees and covers the complete aluminium supply chain.

Ambient light energy harvesting watch from Lightricity

Lightricity discuss their ambient light energy harvester, the highest in the world. In this case employed in a watch, however, other customers are applying it to different applications.

Nippon Chemi-Con

Nippon Chemi-Con has developed a new line of conductive agents for active materials that increase the performance and durability of Li-ion batteries.

Spotlight on Heraeus

Heraeus bring over 160 years of metals, materials, and technical expertise to the electronics industry. Meet their newly formed Heraeus Printed Electronics team on booth Z34 at Printed Electronics USA 2018 in Santa Clara, CA on 14-15 November.

Spotlight on Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd

Since 1906, Bando has been a pioneer in the non-tire rubber and plastics industries. Meet Bando at Printed Electronics USA 2018.

Graphene Production. Quality and Sustainability.

In this article, Dr Scott Watkins will provide some perspective on the manufacture of graphene oxide with respect to chemical purity and production sustainability.

Quantum dots: evolving downconverter technology beyond phosphors?

Quantum dots (QDs) are often billed as the ultimate, or at least as the next generation of, phosphors. The main driver often is the QDs' ability to act as ultra-narrowband downconverters, resulting in extremely wide color gamut displays and efficient and high CRI solid state LED lights.

Can thermoelectric energy harvesting succeed in a new form?

Thermoelectric energy harvesting is a failure when set against the publicity of participants over the last 30 years. "The roaring mountain gave forth a mouse". Current versions do not scale above kW and are rarely used above mW - serious because the market for energy harvesting above 1W is about 100 times the value market below.

Color-changing contact lens to monitor disease

For all the good they do, eye drops and ointments have one major drawback: It's hard to tell how much of the medication is actually getting to the eye. Now scientists report that they have developed a contact lens that changes color as drugs are released. This visual indicator could help eye doctors and patients readily determine whether these medications are where they should be.

Using electrical stimulation to treat untreatable diseases

Electrical stimulation of the human body is an established method of treating several diseases and conditions.

Record Number of Exhibitors for Printed Electronics USA

265 organizations from 25 countries will be exhibiting at Printed Electronics USA on November 14 & 15, 2018 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California.

Australasia's first autonomous air taxi coming to New Zealand

Kitty Hawk's Zephyr Airworks, the operator of Cora in New Zealand, is entering into an agreement with Air New Zealand -- a partnership to one day bring the first ever air taxi service to the sky.

Simple stickers may save lives of heart patients, athletes

Heart surgery can be traumatic for patients. Having to continuously monitor your status without a doctor when you are back home can be even scarier. Imagine being able to do that with a simple sticker applied to your body.

Aluminum on the way to titanium strength

Scientists have proposed a technology that can double the strength of composites obtained by 3D printing from aluminum powder, and advance the characteristics of these products to the quality of titanium alloys: titanium's strength is about six times higher than that of aluminum, but the density of titanium is 1.7 times higher.

IDTechEx Announces the Winners of Launchpad

IDTechEx Announces the Winners of Launchpad, the New Technologies Initiative will showcase innovations from 10 start-up companies at the IDTechEx Show! held in Santa Clara, USA on November 14-15, 2018 (www.IDTechEx.com/USA). All winners will be showing a new working prototype or product, many for the first time.

Dinosaur movement leads to stronger robots

Computer simulations may soon provide a realistic glimpse into how some species moved and inform work in fields such as robotics, prosthetics and architecture.

Deep learning distinguishes recalled-benign mammograms

An artificial intelligence approach based on deep learning convolutional neural network could identify nuanced mammographic imaging features specific for recalled but benign (false-positive) mammograms and distinguish such mammograms from those identified as malignant or negative.

Strong and self-healing ion gels

Scientists have designed an ion gel with excellent toughness and an ability to self-heal at ambient temperature without any external trigger or detectable change in the environment such as light or temperature. This new class of material has promising potential for building flexible electronic devices.

Unlocking the value in second-life electric vehicle batteries

With global electric vehicle sales hitting 4 million this summer, increasing attention has been paid to the end-of-life issues of EV batteries. Recycling the batteries to recover the raw materials seems to be the default solution. However, after their first life as powertrain for electric cars, the batteries could still hold 70-80% of their initial capacity which can be further utilised in second-life applications such as stationary energy storage before being recycled.

Cellink

IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao spoke with Cellink CEO Erick Gatenholm and Cellink Head of Global Sales Johan Berthag at TERMIS WC 2018.