4 May 2018

Project will deploy hydrogen fuel cell EVs in Paris, London, Brussels
ZEFER (Zero Emission Fleet vehicles for European Roll-out) will deploy large fleets of 60 hydrogen fuelled vehicles in each of three European capitals (Paris, London and Brussels).
4 May 2018

Wearable device measures tendon tension
For athletes and weekend warriors alike, returning from a tendon injury too soon often ensures a trip right back to physical therapy. However, a new technology developed by engineers could one day help tell whether your tendons are ready for action.
4 May 2018

Precision optical components with inkjet printing
Researchers have developed an inkjet printing technique that can be used to print optical components such as waveguides. Because the printing approach can also fabricate electronics and microfluidics, it could advance a variety of devices such as optical sensors used for health monitoring and lab-on-a-chip devices that integrate and automate multiple laboratory functions onto a small circuit, or chip.
4 May 2018

Perovskite solar cell application in office buildings
The first developer worldwide to cover office buildings with semi-transparent perovskite solar cells on a commercial scale. This will revolutionize the approach towards energy self-sufficient buildings.
3 May 2018

Photovoltaic facades: are they feasible?
There are several flavours of technology today jostling to make the dream of electricity-generating windows a reality.
3 May 2018

Electric vehicles for mining will be a $9 billion market in 2028
As mines age and operations continue to extract lower ore grades at deeper levels, a focal shift to increased productivity, efficiency and improved safety continues
3 May 2018

Paint Job Transforms Walls Into Sensors, Interactive Surfaces
Walls are what they are — big, dull dividers. With a few applications of conductive paint and some electronics, however, walls can become smart infrastructure that sense human touch, and detect things like gestures and when appliances are used.
3 May 2018

Transforming robots for rides at amusement parks
A prototype of the ridable transforming humanoid robot J-deite RIDE, a 4-meter tall robot that can transform from a bipedal walking humanoid form (robot mode) to a wheel-driven form (vehicle mode) and back.
3 May 2018

Underwater photovoltaics
Photovoltaics is now common on water because cooling increases output. It is used on a vast scale for on-grid solar farms but it has a place off grid too.
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2 May 2018

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Update from the IDTechEx Show! Berlin 2018
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2 May 2018

Retinue Reflective
It is developing a simple technology that helps trucks and large mobile machinery avoid hitting human objects. It is pre-revenue and is looking for its first 0.5m Euro seed funding.
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2 May 2018

Tungshu (Dongxu Optoelectronic Technology)
Tungshu has been making significant publicity over its graphene work. The scale of its operation however remains constrained mostly to R&D work and demonstrators. They work on both CVD graphene and platelet-type graphene.
2 May 2018

Photovoltaic cooking makes sense
Modern energy harvesting from solar windows to solar roads is about much more than replacing grid electricity: cooking, heating and other high-power activities currently using fossil fuels are now a target too.
2 May 2018

Artificial intelligence opening the Vatican's archives
In Codice Ratio is a research project that aims at developing novel methods and tools to support content analysis and knowledge discovery from large collections of historical documents.
2 May 2018

Volkswagen to offer electrified versions of its models
Volkswagen is to launch an electric version of its globally best-selling vehicle - the Volkswagen Golf, offering a sustainable, efficient and powerful alternative.
2 May 2018

Personalized bio-inks boost healing potential of printable body tissue
Researchers have incorporated platelet-rich plasma into a bio-ink: a 3-D-printed mixture of cells and gel that could eventually become the stuff of skin grafts and regenerative tissue implants.
2 May 2018

Why a robot can't yet outjump a flea
When it comes to things that are ultrafast and lightweight, robots can't hold a candle to the fastest-jumping insects and other small-but-powerful creatures. New research could help explain why nature still beats robots, and describes how machines might take the lead.
2 May 2018

Cell membrane inspires new ultrathin electronic film
Japanese researchers have developed a new method to build large areas of semiconductive material that is just two molecules thick and a total of 4.4 nanometers tall. The films function as thin film transistors, and have potential future applications in flexible electronics or chemical detectors.
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1 May 2018

Solaria
Solaria is a provider of an exciting range of semi-transparent c-Si based solar panels with transparencies as high as 80 percent, for residential and architectural applications.
1 May 2018

Improving advanced wound care technologies in preparation for future
IDTechEx's new report titled Advanced Wound Care Technologies 2018-2028 profiles technologies across the wound care space to identify opportunities in diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of chronic wounds.