Update
1 Dec 2023

Antora Energy
Antora Energy is based in the US and offers a thermal energy storage technology.
Update
29 Nov 2023

1414 Degrees
1414 Degrees is based in Australia and offers a thermal energy storage technology.
24 Nov 2023

The Automotive Display Eco-System - A Complex Environment
Modern automotive interiors are evolving at a tremendously fast pace, moving past the mechanical dials and becoming fully electronic. The key attributes of these electronics are noticed by consumers, such as the design of the display, its curvature, brightness, and type of technology, i.e., OLED or LCD, when, in reality, there is a lot more that goes into building the display and assembling the entire unit.
Full profile interview
27 Oct 2023

FUTURUS
Founded in 2016 in Beijing, China, FUTURUS has become an interesting player in the heads-up display (HUD) market that is specializing in built-in thin film transistor (TFT) based windshields and augmented reality (AR) HUDs using light field displays (LFDs).
19 Oct 2023

Is 3D Technology Envisioned for Automotive Displays?
The rise in vehicle autonomy is expected to bring revolutionary technology to the automotive display sector. It will bring a shift in focus from OEMs, enhancing passenger entertainment on-board and increasing the number of displays capable of delivering a more immersive experience via augmented reality (AR).
6 Oct 2023

Tech Giants Drive Surge in Data Center Thermal Management Demand
As reported by Nvidia's Q2 financial statement, its second-quarter data center's revenue was a record US$10.32 billion, up 141% from the previous quarter and up 171% from a year ago. With the increasing demand for high-performance servers in data centers, IDTechEx has seen challenges in data center thermal management and tremendous opportunities in this industry.
Full profile interview
3 Oct 2023

KB Element
KB Element is a Korean company, producing non-oxidized graphene via a high-temperature plasma exfoliation process. IDTechEx spoke with Kyoung-Jeong Bae (CEO).
Update interview
20 Sep 2023

Addoptics: 2023 Update
Addoptics is a Rotterdam-based company that uses 3D printed molds to produce prescription lenses that encapsulate both reflective and diffractive waveguides, improving aesthetics and usability. IDTechEx spoke to Addoptics about its ongoing pivot away from optics prototyping towards producing ophthalmic prescription lenses for AR glasses.
Background
12 Sep 2023

Quino Energy
Quino Energy is a US-based company developing organic redox flow batteries (ORFB).
Full profile interview
25 Aug 2023

XING Mobility: Immersion-Cooled Batteries
XING Mobility designs and manufactures immersion-cooled battery systems using Castrol fluids for electric vehicles and energy storage systems. The company was founded in 2015 in Taipei, Taiwan. IDTechEx caught up with its lead mechanical engineer at Battery Show 2023.
Full profile interview
24 Aug 2023

Leia Inc
Founded in 2014 from HP Labs, Leia Inc is a company headquartered in California, USA, specializing in the use of light field displays (LFDs) to deliver 3D images to the consumer. This futuristic technology has been gaining a lot of attention together with computer-generated holography (CGH) since they are the only types of technology that truly deliver images with multiple depth cues.
19 Jul 2023

Single-Phase Cooling: The Preferred Choice in Data Center
With the continuous increase in the thermal design power (TDP) of chips, traditional air-cooling methods are struggling to meet the cooling requirements of modern hyperscale data centers. As a result, liquid cooling has emerged as a promising solution due to the high specific heat capacity of liquids.
Full profile interview
12 Jul 2023

PreAct: Short-Range Flash LiDAR to Compete with Radar and Ultrasonics
PreAct is a start-up that was founded in 2018. It recognised that long-distance LiDAR would be a longer-term issue, with self-driving applications not ready for mass production in the short term. However, short-range sensing currently dominated by radar and ultrasonics presents an opportunity for LiDAR today. This is the market that PreAct is targeting with its TrueSense product.
Full profile interview
6 Jun 2023

Ascend Performance Materials: High Temperature PA66
Ascend Performance Materials presented its X-Protect technology to increase the melting temperature of nylon 66 (polyamide) with key applications in EV battery packs.