Full profile interview: SWOT
2 Mar 2017

Totem Power
24 Feb 2017

San Diego to become America's smartest city
San Diego is affectionately known as America's finest city, but the Southern California metropolis will soon become America's smartest city.
Full profile interview: SWOT
22 Feb 2017

Optomec
17 Feb 2017

Most stretchable elastomer for 3D printing
Due to its excellent material properties of elasticity, resilience, and electrical and thermal insulation, elastomers have been used in a myriad of applications.
13 Jan 2017

Tidal lagoon project makes the most of natural resources
A tidal lagoon is a 'U' shaped breakwater, built out from the coast which has a bank of hydro turbines in it. Water fills up and empties the man-made lagoon as the tides rise and fall. The system can generate electricity on both the incoming and outgoing tides, four times a day, every day.
18 Nov 2016

Connected vehicle important in Internet of Things
According to IHS Automotive forecasts, 55% of annual global new vehicle sales in 2020 will be vehicles that are connected - and at that time, nearly half of the global fleet of vehicles in operation will be connected.
8 Nov 2016

The bus of the future
Buses are very important. Injuries and deaths from two wheelers have not reduced very much in decades whereas vehicles with four wheels or more have seen huge improvements.
25 Oct 2016

Vibration energy harvesting: Where is the money?
Energy harvesting is off-grid production of electricity where it is needed using ambient energy such as wind, tide and waves or just vibration.
Full profile interview: SWOT
5 Oct 2016

Breezometer
3 Oct 2016

The latest from the world of 3D Printing
Rachel Gordon spent two days at TCT Show, a large 3D printing trade show in Birmingham, UK, to catch up on the industry developments and see the latest machines in action.
30 Sep 2016

Sarcos Robotics secures investment from Caterpillar, GE and Microsoft
Sarcos Robotics, developer of dexterous industrial robots for use in unstructured environments, announced it has secured funding from a group of top-tier strategic investors.
27 Sep 2016

Intelligent Building expert becomes new President of EnOcean Inc
EnOcean has announced the appointment of Neil Cannon as the company's new President of EnOcean Inc, the company's North American Division.
22 Sep 2016

Robotics is the future of agrochemicals business
Crop protection, chemicals and robotics at first appear totally unrelated, yet IDTechEx Research finds that steady improvements in agricultural robotics will, slowly but surely, fundamentally alter the crop protection chemicals business.
19 Sep 2016

GE plans to invest $1.4B to acquire additive manufacturing companies
GE has announced plans to acquire two suppliers of additive manufacturing equipment, Arcam AB and SLM Solutions Group AG for $1.4 billion.
14 Sep 2016

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.
6 Sep 2016

Major 3D printing players Arcam and SLM Solutions to be bought by GE
On Tuesday 6th September, General Electric caused a stir in the 3D printing industry by announcing plans to buy Arcam and SLM Solutions, for a total of $1.4 billion.
5 Sep 2016

3-D printed structures "remember" their shapes
Engineers are using light to print three-dimensional structures that "remember" their original shapes. Even after being stretched, twisted, and bent at extreme angles, the structures sprang back to their original forms within seconds of being heated to a certain temperature.
26 Jul 2016

Adoption of electric vehicles in Mexico
Mexico is not widely adopting pure electric vehicles on its roads partly because of inadequate incentives but also because charging infrastructure is inadequate in such a large country and there is no payback from putting it in.
11 Jul 2016

Has the 3D printing industry stabilised?
The stocks of the eight public 3D printing companies have crashed over the past years - will valuations stabilise in 2016?