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Thermwood announces 3D additive machines

Thermwood's new machine line, called LSAM uses a two-step, near-net-shape production process.

V Technical Textiles

IDTechEx interviewed Steve Frierson, Business Development Manager at V Technical Textiles, based in up-state NY. They are a fully-owned US subsidiary of Statex, based in Bremen, Germany.

SharpEnd - The Agency of Things

SharpEnd is an agency dedicated to helping consumer brands leverage the Internet of Things. They are a cross between a management consulting group and a creative design agency with respect to IoT for brands.

Bosch Sensortec - Environmental Sensing

Bosch Sensortec manufacture sensors for incorporation with consumer electronics. They have had success in integration of motion sensors into mobile devices and have recently expanded into pressure, humidity and air quality sensing.

Discovery creates future opportunity in quantum computing

Scientists discovered a use for perovskites that runs counter to the intended usage of the hybrid organic-inorganic material.

First self-driving truck in underground mine

Volvo's fully autonomous truck is the first in the world to be tested in operations deep underground in the Kristineberg Mine.

Direct-drive legged robot platform

Researching and building next-generation legged robots that are superior to wheeled and tracked autonomous vehicles in many field applications.

Energy harvesting for new purposes - hear more in Santa Clara, Nov 16

The "IDTechEx Show!" in Santa Clara, California, November 16-17 is the world's most comprehensive event for those seeking to use or make energy harvesting devices and systems and for those developing the functional materials or considering investing in this vibrant industry.

Google, Unilever, Boeing, Coca-Cola at Printed Electronics USA 2016

IDTechEx launches the Printed Electronics USA conference agenda with over 220 speakers from 24 countries presenting on the latest market and technical progress from across the supply chain.

Will Western bus companies be wiped out?

Global warming is leading to increasingly onerous laws worldwide restricting carbon dioxide emissions. Even some of today's hybrids will fail to conform so it is back to the drawing board for most of the world's vehicle manufacturers.

Sarcos Robotics secures investment from Caterpillar, GE and Microsoft

Sarcos Robotics announced it has secured funding from a group of top-tier strategic investors including Caterpillar Ventures, GE Ventures, and Microsoft Corporation. Additionally, Cottonwood Technology Fund and two other private investment firms.

Fish biowaste converted to piezoelectric energy harvesters

Large quantities of fish are consumed in India on a daily basis, which generates a huge amount of fish "biowaste" materials. In an attempt to do something positive with this biowaste, a team of researchers explored recycling the fish byproducts into an energy harvester for self-powered electronics.

Wearable tracker could help patients, soldiers

Researchers have developed a multi-modal sensing device that can track the fine-grained activities and behavior of people with dementia — and it could help in Army combat training, too.

Printed graphene treated with lasers to enable paper electronics

Treating inkjet-printed, multi-layer graphene electric circuits and electrodes with a pulsed-laser process improves electrical conductivity without damaging paper, polymers or other fragile printing surfaces.

3D printed bike demonstrates the endless possibilities of 3D-printing

The 王-BIKE, the combined expertise of over 15 companies and research institutes, demonstrates the endless possibilities of 3D printing in the Flanders region of Belgium.

Europe pulls ahead in 48V mild hybrid cars

Mild hybrid cars at 48V will first hit global markets in a big way in 2017.

Buses will be taxis will be buses

IDTechEx attended the invitation-only Barclays Select Series: Disruptive Mobility event in Greenwich, London. Here we report some of what was said about autonomous vehicles at the reception and at the event itself.

Grant to develop breakthrough flexible electronics

World-leading nanoelectronics research center imec announces that Kris Myny, one of its young scientists, has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant.

Wildcat Discovery Technologies granted three patents

Wildcat Discovery Technologies, a technology company using high throughput methods to develop improved battery materials, is pleased to announce that it has been granted three patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its groundbreaking copper fluoride cathode Wildcat calls "CM4".

Thinfilm progresses with expansion plans in US and China

Thin Film Electronics ASA has announced key progress on several strategic initiatives related to a new US facility, business expansion in China, and its Quality Management program.