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LifeSignals

LifeSignals designs chips for wearable sensors and electronic skin patches for patient vital sign monitoring.

Citrine Informatics

Citrine Informatics provides a materials/chemicals informatics platform which is deployed to customers as a cloud service. The company believes it leads on training on small datasets. IDTechEx spoke to Citrine Informatics' CEO and Co-founder Greg Mulholland and Director of Marketing Joshua Tappan.

Advanced Semiconductor Packaging Technologies in Data Centers

In this article, IDTechEx will cover the growth drivers of advanced semiconductor packaging technologies on data center applications, as well as give several examples of cutting-edge commercial server products that adopt advanced semiconductor packaging technologies. The content of this article is from IDTechEx's newly released market research report, "Advanced semiconductor packaging 2022-2033".

Stable Electrodes for Long-Term, Wearable Brain-Machine Interface

Researchers have developed an electroencefalography electrode that patients wear on their head to monitor brain activity. The EEG electrodes system could act as a brain-computer interface, which can be controlled by brain signals to help repair damage to the brain caused by strokes and other disorders.

Renewable Energy Investments Must Triple by 2050

In its new report the World Meteorological Organization said that in order to put the world on a net zero trajectory by 2050, that renewable energy investments must triple by then.

Self-Teaching AI Uses Pathology Images to Diagnose Rare Diseases

Rare diseases are often difficult to diagnose and predicting the best course of treatment can be challenging for clinicians. Investigators have developed a deep learning algorithm that can teach itself to learn features which can then be used to find similar cases in large pathology image repositories.

Bio-based Synthetic Textiles

Today, synthetic fabrics make up about 60% of overall apparel and continue to grow at a faster rate of demand than cotton, wool, hemp, and other natural fibers. The low cost of synthetic polymers, as well as favorable properties such as waterproofing or stretch, keep synthetic fabrics well in demand. But almost all synthetic fabrics are made from petroleum, so it is a key target for the transition to a circular economy. One significant approach for this is to substitute petroleum feedstock for bio-based feedstock to make the same synthetic fabrics without a trade-off in the properties that make synthetics such an asset for the textiles industry. In this premium article, IDTechEx looks at the most prevalent classes of synthetic textiles for apparel, polyesters, nylon (polyamides), polyurethanes (including spandex), and acrylic, and discusses the efforts being made to transition these materials to bio-based.

Qualcomm: Preparing to Supply Autonomy to Automotive Market

Qualcomm has a long history in communications and chip design for mobile devices. As the automotive industry moves towards autonomous abilities as the main performance differentiator, Qualcomm is preparing to position itself as a supplier of autonomous systems for the future. It has its own chip design to support the computations of automated driving and it has acquired other companies to support it with sensing hardware and autonomous software. IDTechEx spoke to Qualcomm at ITS World Congress, where the two discussed Qualcomm's business, the consolidating ADAS market, and the US Chips Act.

Cosinuss

Cosinuss develops in-ear vital sign monitoring devices.

Newly Developed Smart Polymers Have Life-Like Properties

Although just cute little creatures at first glance, the microscopic geckos and octopuses fabricated by 3D laser printing could open up new opportunities in fields such as microrobotics or biomedicine. The printed microstructures are made from novel materials - known as smart polymers - whose size and mechanical properties can be tuned on demand and with high precision.

The Battery that Runs 630 km on a Single Charge

The number of newly registered electric vehicles in Korea surpassed 100,000 units last year alone. Norway is the only other country to match such numbers. The core materials that determine the battery life and charging speed of now commonly seen EVs are anode materials. Korea's domestic battery industry has been committed to finding revolutionary ways to increase the battery capacity by introducing new technologies or other anode materials. But what if we get rid of anode materials altogether?

Electronic Skin Allows for Long-Term Attachment with no Discomfort

Researchers have succeeded in developing the world's first ultrathin and breathable nanomesh organic field-effect transistor that can be applied to electronic skin devices. Nanomesh OFET, in combination with various sensors, is expected to enable direct measurement of physiological data from the skin surface and optimize data processing.

The Market for Wearable Sensors Is Expanding, Says IDTechEx

The latest wearable sensors report from IDTechEx, "Wearable Sensors 2023-2033", breaks down the complex landscape of sensor types, biometrics, and form factors. IDTechEx highlights the key opportunities and challenges for each sensor type to achieve commercial success across the next ten years.

Singtex Industrial Corporation

Singtex is a textiles manufacturer focusing on recycled and bio-based materials with its S.Cafe brand.

Mobileye: Improving ADAS with REM

Mobileye was founded in 1999 and is now one of the largest suppliers of chips in the automotive industry. It has three major divisions, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous vehicles (AV), and data. At ITS World Congress 2022, IDTechEx spoke to Mobileye about its Mobileye Roadbook.

Upcoming Webinar: Fixing Three Innovation Gaps in AR/VR Hardware

Wednesday 19 October 2022 - Augmented and virtual reality devices are becoming established commercial products, but they have yet to meet their full promise of revolutionizing how we interact with computing. For this to happen, substantial hardware development needs to take place: but what are the key bottlenecks here?

Seaweed-Based Battery Powers Confidence in Sustainable Energy Storage

A research team uses nanomaterials made from seaweed to create a strong battery separator, paving the way for greener and more efficient energy storage.

Device Converts the Slightest Breeze into Electricity

Scientists have developed a low-cost device that can harness energy from wind as gentle as a light breeze and store it as electricity.

General Purpose Robots Should Not Be Weaponized

New generations of robots are more accessible, easier to operate, more autonomous, affordable, and adaptable than previous generations, and capable of navigating into locations previously inaccessible to automated or remotely-controlled technologies. Advanced mobile robots will provide great benefit to society as co-workers in industry and companions in our homes.

New IDTechEx Report Explores Carbon Dioxide Removal Market Potential

The Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) sector has experienced growing corporate interest and swift development, with record investments over the past year in technologies that draw carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere.