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Thinfilm and British American Tobacco Global Travel

Thin Film Electronics ASA announced British American Tobacco Global Travel Retail as a new customer.

Henkel and Holst Centre continue collaboration

Henkel and Holst Centre announced the extension of their fruitful longterm collaboration, which focuses on developments related to health patch technologies and products.

Robotic solution to water leaks

The robot is a soft body, tetherless robot for finding leaks early and accurately in municipal water distribution pipes.

YASA opens new 100,000 unit Oxford production facility

YASA's new Oxford production facility was officially opened by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Rt Hon Greg Clark MP.

Interactive flooring for smart city projects

Pavegen has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Siemens to bring its technology to smart city projects around the world.

BellaSeno

IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao interviewed BellaSeno co-founder and CTO Dr Mohit Chhaya on 19 January 2018. BellaSeno is a preclinical company using 3D printing to create scaffolds for breast reconstruction.

Smart Underwear: Connected Textiles

Using printed electronics and fiber science Myant seamlessly embed technology into textiles to change the way we live.

Recycling and reusing worn cathodes to make new lithium ion batteries

Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed an energy-efficient recycling process that restores used cathodes from spent lithium ion batteries and makes them work just as good as new. The process involves harvesting the degraded cathode particles from a used battery and then boiling and heat treating them. Researchers built new batteries using the regenerated cathodes. Charge storage capacity, charging time and battery lifetime were all restored to their original levels.

Heart-muscle patches created from human cells

Large, human cardiac-muscle patches created in the lab have been tested, for the first time, on large animals in a heart attack model. This clinically relevant approach showed that the patches significantly improved recovery from heart attack injury.

E-paper bus stop displays head to the Holy Land

Projective, specialist technology provider for public transport operators, has deployed Papercast solar powered e-paper bus stop displays for the Jerusalem Transportation Master Plan Team passenger information system upgrade in Israel.

Hotel guests get a kick out of self-parking slippers

Combining the ultimate in traditional hospitality with Nissan's autonomous driving technology, one Japanese inn is treating guests to some unusual amenities: self-parking slippers, tables and floor cushions.

The future of farming with cow facial recognition

Using predictive imaging analysis to monitor the health and well-being of crops and livestock by providing the information to make better decisions, solving problems before they occur.

Vahana's first flight a success

Airbus, A³, and the Vahana team announce their successful first flight. Alpha One, reached a height of 5 meters before descending safely. Its first flight, with a duration of 53 seconds, was fully self-piloted and the vehicle completed a second flight the following day.

A simple new approach to plastic solar cells

Plastic solar cells, based on blends of conducting organic polymers, are of interest for making lightweight and cheap solar cells. The problem with these kinds of solar cells is that their solar power efficiencies are very closely related to the way the different types of materials mix and crystalize in thin films. This means complex and careful processing is usually needed to make efficient polymer solar cells.

3D printing of living cells

Using a new technique they call 'in-air microfluidics', scientists succeed in printing 3D structures with living cells. This special technique enable the fast and 'on-the-fly' production of micro building blocks that are viable and can be used for repairing damaged tissue, for example.

Flexible lithium battery for wearable electronics

The rapid development of flexible and wearable electronics is giving rise to an exciting range of applications, from smart watches and flexible displays—such as smart phones, tablets, and TV—to smart fabrics, smart glass, transdermal patches, sensors, and more. With this rise, demand has increased for high-performance flexible batteries. Up to now, however, researchers have had difficulty obtaining both good flexibility and high energy density concurrently in lithium-ion batteries.

Lightweight robots harvest cucumbers

Automation-intensive sectors such as the automotive industry are not the only ones to rely on robots. In more and more agricultural settings, automation systems are superseding strenuous manual labor. A

Halo Neuroscience

IDTechEx analyst Dr Alexis Karandrea conducted a Q&A session with this company.

Drones: large size means large market

The hobbyist market for drones has turned out to be something of a passing fad. Professional use is enduring and growing with modest numbers and a strong software and services aspect.

Norway aims for all short-haul flights to be 100% electric by 2040

Boeing Co backed startup Zunum has begun building its first electric airplane motor and is working with U.S. agencies to prepare for commercial flights to take off from small U.S. airports in 2022.