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Nanopaint

Nanopaint offer a wide range of functional inks for printed electronics, including piezoresistive, piezoelectric and magnetic inks. IDTechEx spoke with Sofia Carneiro, Project and R&D Manager.

Comparison of LIDAR, Radar, Cameras, and 1D/3D Ultrasonic Sensors

Innovation roadmap for the comparison of LIDAR, Radar, and Ultrasonic Sensors.

IDUN Technologies

IDUN Technologies is developing neural interface technology, using in-ear EEG. Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, interviewed CEO, Simon Bachmann.

LG Chem

LG Chem is a leading chemical company that announced its plans to build an aerogel production plant in November 2022. IDTechEx spoke with the aerogel division to get an update on the development.

Advanced Semiconductor Packaging: Trends and Growth Drivers

Advanced semiconductor packaging technologies are crucial due to the slowing of Moore's law and rising costs of monolithic Si IC development and manufacturing. Initially, components were individually packaged and integrated at the PCB board level, but as devices become smaller and require higher processing capabilities, component integration needs to be pushed beyond board level.

Lumineq

Lumineq is a company headquartered in Espoo, Finland, that specializes in supplying thin film electroluminescent (TFEL) displays for several applications from night vision to automotive displays.

Will Solid-State Batteries Eliminate the Need for EV Fire Protection?

Thermal runaway and the associated battery fires have proven to be a critical concern for customers, battery designers, and electric vehicle manufacturers. Many vehicles have experienced battery fires and hundreds of thousands have been recalled.

Aerogel Technologies

Aerogel Technologies are a company that specialise in polymer aerogels. IDTechEx spoke with Dr Stephen Steiner (CEO) and Justin Griffin (COO) to provide an update on the company.

TriLite Technologies

TriLite is a developer and manufacturer of laser beam scanning (LBS) projectors, targeted especially for use in consumer augmented reality (AR) glasses. TriLite's Trixel 3 projector is extremely compact to fit in the arm of glasses, uses a single bi-axial MEMS mirror, and does not require external relay optics. The Vienna, Austria based firm has developed innovative machine learning-based software to simplify calibration and control, reducing production costs and increasing manufacturing yields.

Ferroperm Piezoceramics

Ferroperm Piezoceramics manufacture piezoelectric ceramic components which can be used as actuators and sensors. IDTechEx spoke with Louise Bierregaard (Senior Research Engineer) and Rasmus Lou-Moeller (Director of Engineering).

F-WAVE

F-WAVE Co., Ltd. is a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of Zinnia Tek and it has taken over the land, buildings, and production facilities of Fuji Electric's solar cell factory in Kumamoto Factory, the R&D equipment in Chiba Factory, inventory assets, and related trademarks and intellectual property rights pertaining to the business.

Siquance

Siquance is developing electon-spin-based quantum computers built leveraging existing semiconductor fabrication techniques.

Thermal Management Expo and Ceramics — Fillers and Barriers

IDTechEx attended and spoke at the Thermal Management Expo North America from May 2nd to May 3rd. This premium article will primarily focus on TIM2 and active general cooling methods such as liquid cooling.

Second Life Electric Vehicle Batteries Value Chain

Innovation roadmap for second life EV batteries.

AiDEN: Enabling Services on Connected Cars

Vehicles have had connectivity for a long time, longer than most might think. However, OEMs have had a stranglehold on the data available from cars. It is mainly used for their own telematics analysis and has provided little added value to vehicle owners. Android Auto Operating System has standardized data from the vehicle and AiDEN has jumped on this as an opportunity to revolutionise connected vehicle services.

Market Readiness of Perovskite Applications

Innovation roadmap for perovskite applications' market readiness.

Tesla's Trendsetting Semiconductor Move and Why You Should Care

Microcontrollers (also known as controllers, MCUs and other name variations) are the backbone on which modern vehicles are built. Regardless of whether a car is powered by petrol, diesel, electric, hydrogen, PDG, or anything else, its functionalities will be heavily dependent on controllers.

Lohum

Lohum is an end-of-life battery management and battery manufacturing company, based in India. The company has Li-ion battery recycling and second-life remanufacturing capabilities.

Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies

Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies GmbH is a German company developing liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) technologies for hydrogen storage and distribution.

Why AI Should Be at the Top of the National Agenda

Artificial Intelligence has come a long way since the success of DeepMind over Go world champion Lee Sedol in 2016; the world is beginning to change according to the new possibilities afforded by AI. From the robust predictive abilities of OpenAI's ChatGPT - where the AI chatbot can be used for all sorts of purposes, from creating scripts (including malware) to writing academic essays - to AI image generators that are so good that they can win Sony world photography awards, the complexity and capabilities of AI algorithms are growing at a startlingly fast pace.