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Sneakers that change colour on demand

A shoe comprised of material that can communicate with your smartphone and shift colors on demand.

Researchers to test new optical fibre 3D printing technique

Researchers are set to investigate using 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, techniques in the fabrication of optical fibre.

Micro-supercapacitor structure inspired by intricate design of leaves

Chemical batteries store a lot of energy but require a long period of time for that energy to charge and discharge plus have a limited lifespan. Capacitors charge quickly but cannot store enough charge to work for long enough to be practical.

National electric vehicle strategies strongly diverge

The industrial and commercial electric vehicle business will be 42% of the EV market in 2025 on IDTechEx analysis with well over 50% of the profits because so much of it is specialist and niche and the vehicles are not bought on up-front price.

Agreement for the production of atomically thin 2D layered materials

Capitalising on its experience in the manufacture of graphene, Thomas Swan Ltd can now quickly scale the manufacture of 2D materials, such as boron nitride and molybdenum disulphide, which will be available from this summer.

Webinar Tues 14 July: TCF Enters The Consolidation Phase

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 14 July 2015.

Wearable will allow scientists to work on Mars

NASA and Microsoft have teamed up to develop software called OnSight, a new technology that will enable scientists to work virtually on Mars using wearable technology called Microsoft HoloLens.

3D printing goes high speed and high volume

The world's first additive manufacturing machine that can make plastic parts as fast and as cheaply as traditional manufacturing is to be built by the University of Sheffield.

Solar energy generating noise barriers alongside highway

Alongside the A2 highway near Den Bosch two test noise barriers are installed that generate solar energy.

Single-catalyst water splitter produces clean-burning hydrogen 24/7

Scientists have invented a low-cost water splitter that uses a single catalyst to produce both hydrogen and oxygen gas 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Intel® IoT Gateway Development Kit

Advantech is pleased to announce comprehensive IoT Gateway Development Kit bundle with Intel® Gateway Solutions for Internet of Things.

Breakthrough graphene production, revolution in artificial skin

A pioneering new technique to produce high-quality, low cost graphene could pave the way for the development of the first truly flexible 'electronic skin', that could be used in robots.

Qualcomm: wireless charging success

IDTechEx was guest of Qualcomm at the Hilton Hotel Park Lane London 26 June and at the Formula E pure electric car racing in Battersea Park London the day after.

Hematite 're-growth' smoothes rough edges for clean energy harvest

Finding an efficient solar water splitting method to mine electron-rich hydrogen for clean power has been thwarted by the poor performance of hematite.

Robust new process forms 3D shapes from flat sheets of graphene

Researchers have developed a new approach for forming 3D shapes from flat, 2D sheets of graphene, paving the way for future integrated systems of graphene-MEMS hybrid devices and flexible electronics.

Trends in PV metallization

The photovoltaic industry remains a major end user of printed electronics. In this article, we will provide a detailed cost breakdown of the wafer-based silicon photovoltaic cells, showing that Ag and Al metallization continue to constitute a major cost element of the overall PV cell even though the manufacturers make to zero margin. We will then investigate some of the trends in Ag metallization before commenting on silicon inks, which at one point appeared to be the technology that increased efficiency but were leapfrogged by progress in metallization pastes.

QMC increases manufacturing capacity for high-heat tolerant QDX

Quantum Materials Corp has announced that it has met target expansion of its lab and manufacturing operations on schedule in response to increased demand for the Company's recently -launched line of heat-resistant QDX™ Quantum Dots.

3D printing materials to be tested for hazardous fumes

Clean Strands has announced that it will be expanding the scope of emissions testing on materials used for 3D printing.

Vision aid cleared by FDA

Wicab, Inc has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration granted Wicab's de novo application and allowed marketing of the BrainPort® V100 device in the USA.

Researchers stretch a thin crystal to get better solar cells

An interdisciplinary team has made a semiconductor crystal with a variable band gap.