IDTechEx

Ultrahaptics acquire Leap Motion for a reported $30m

Ultrahaptics announced the acquisition of Leap Motion on May 30th 2019, for a reported $30m. This brings Leap Motion's prominent and popular hand tracking technique alongside Ultrahaptics' contactless haptic feedback technique. The two technologies have inherent synergy, with the haptic feedback systems capable of being configured based on hand tracking for the user.

Power electronic modules: growth opportunity for conductive pastes?

Power electronics is a growing market thanks to electrification of many industries including the automotive industry.

Supercapacitor Turnaround

The supercapacitor market has bottomed out and is now into a sustained period of strong growth. Recent actions of three giant companies not usually associated with supercapacitors illustrate why.

Field trials of raspberry harvesting robot system

University of Plymouth spinout company Fieldwork Robotics has completed initial field trials of its robot raspberry harvesting system.

Wind Industry creates Africa Task Force to speed up development

The Global Wind Industry Council has set up a new Task Force to speed up and facilitate the development of wind energy in Africa.

Washable smart garments

Lunative, the multi award-winning German forerunner in "Smart Light Wear Technology" for textile and fashion products provides OEMs and B2B partners in textile, functional wear and fashion industry ready-made and customized solutions - suitable for a huge range of smart clothes, e-textiles and new textile-based smart applications.

Audi opens battery storage unit in Berlin

The storage unit has a capacity of 1.9 MWh and uses used lithium-ion batteries from development vehicles to test various interaction scenarios between electric cars and the power grid. The objective: Intelligent networking to promote the energy transition.

Highview Power to bring giga-scale cryogenic energy storage to Chile

Highview Power's expansion into Chile comes at a crucial time for the country as growing energy demand, high electricity costs, and changing consumption patterns require energy solutions that are clean, reliable and cost-efficient while supporting the nation's grid, providing critical backup power during power outages and natural disasters and solving problems for key industries, like mining.

Flexitricity partners with Anesco to optimise battery assets

Flexitricity will provide market access for 19.5MW of Anesco's battery storage portfolio. Renewables and energy storage developer Anesco is one of the largest battery developers in the UK and made history by installing the first utility scale battery storage unit in the UK.

Using AI to land drones smoothly

New system employs a deep neural network to overcome the challenge of ground-effect turbulenc.

Selenium improves thin film solar cells

The rows of blue solar panels that dot landscapes and rooftops are typically made out of crystalline silicon, the workhorse semiconductor found in virtually every electronic device.

Electric field-based dressing to help heal wound infections

Researchers have found a way to charge up the fight against bacterial infections using electricity.

Wearable brain devices marketed to consumers raise ethical questions

Wearable brain devices are now being marketed directly to consumers and often claim to deliver benefits like boosting memory and modulating symptoms of depression. Although the industry is quickly growing, little is known about the validity of these claims and the related ethical consequences or repercussions.

Tacterion

IDTechEx interviewed Daniel Strohmayr, Co-CEO of Tacterion at the IDTechEx Show! in Berlin, April 2019.

Adhesives Research

At the IDTechEx Show! Europe 2019, IDTechEx exchanged with Ramoji Alla, who is in charge of Sales Lead Generation at the Ireland office of Adhesives Research.

TeraDiode

TeraDiode are one of the few players in the laser market manufacturing high-power direct diode laser (HPDDL) products.

5G Macro Cell

An analysis of 5G Macro Cell compiled by IDTechEx Research, Technology Analyst Dr Luyun Jiang

Report from MedTech Forum, Paris 15-16 May 2019

The MedTech Forum 2019 took place on Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th May 2019 in Paris, France. It was preceded on Tuesday 14th May 2019 by the fifth annual Start-Up Innovantes du Dispositif Medical event, which enables French MedTech start-ups to showcase their technology. This report was compiled by IDTechEx analysts Ivan De Backer and James Hayward who both attended the events.

Hyprevention

Hyprevention developed a biomechanical reinforcement technique, called Strutplasty, to strengthen bone structure in patients at risk of osteoporotic fracture or suffering from bone fragility.

Vemli

Vemli created a digital online platform that enables pharmaceutical laboratories and companies to advertise their products in the form of a 2 minute video directly to healthcare professionals.