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Vanadium battery hooked up to Australian electricity grid

Renewable energy took another step forward in Australia as Protean Energy successfully hooked up its vanadium battery with WA electricity operator Western Power.

One step closer to bioengineered replacements for vessels and ducts

A team of researchers have developed a way to bioprint tubular structures that better mimic native vessels and ducts in the body. The 3-D bioprinting technique allows fine-tuning of the printed tissues' properties, such as number of layers and ability to transport nutrients.

World's first hearing aid with integrated sensors and AI

Livio AI is the world's first hearing aid to utilize integrated sensors and artificial intelligence and the first device to track physical activity and cognitive health as measured by hearing aid use in social situations.

Shape-shifting material can morph, reverse itself using heat, light

A new material can transform into complex, pre-programmed shapes via light and temperature stimuli, allowing a literal square peg to morph and fit into a round hole before fully reverting to its original form and could have broad applications for manufacturing, robotics, biomedical devices and artificial muscles.

Segway-Ninebot personal electric transportation

Segway-Ninebot's product line-up contains more than thirteen products, bringing solutions for various kind of personal short-distance transportation that solve mobility issues and add a lot of fun and convenience to people's daily lives.

Wearable could help pregnant woman improve outcomes

Pregnant women could use a wearable app to detect whether they have or are susceptible to a condition that leads to serious health complications for them or their unborn child.

ViCardio can measure your beat-to-beat blood pressure

The CEO of ViCardio displays how their technology measures beat-to-beat arterial blood pressure, a measurement not normally available outside of intensive care. He explains how his company is unique within the arena of bio-sensors

Airborne Wind Energy 2018 Survey Results and Forecast

AWE should be seen as part of a bigger picture. The next generation of zero emission electricity producing technologies has no huge steel and concrete infrastructure, so it can have much less cost and installation time and making it redeployable.

A new generation of artificial retinas

Scientists report they have successfully developed and tested the world's first ultrathin artificial retina that could vastly improve on existing implantable visualization technology for the blind.

Seeking opportunities in IoT and AI: IoT Tech Expo Europe 2018

IDTechEx analyst Dr Luyun Jiang attended the event to cover Industrial IoT and AI &IoT.

Food meets technology at your table

Naulo is the first digitized robotics restaurant in Nepal where you can order food right from your table embedded with touch screens and wait for the robots built in Nepal to serve you.

USA power supply not ready for summer heatwaves

Los Angeles has had blackouts and soaring electricity prices. Electricity prices across the nation have jumped to as much as double for late summer. The Secretary of Energy is calling for subsidies to make otherwise noneconomic coal and nuclear power plants available to the grid.

AI can detect tumours

A study published in The Lancet Oncology establishes for the first time that artificial intelligence can process medical images to extract biological and clinical information.

Improved efficiency of CQD solar cells using an organic thin film

Recently, the power conversion efficiency of colloidal quantum dot -based solar cells has been enhanced, paving the way for their commercialization in various fields; nevertheless, they are still a long way from being commercialized due to their efficiency not matching their stability.

Autonomous grocery delivery trial

AutoX is launching a grocery delivery and mobile store pilot in San Jose allowing users to order and receive fresh produce and other goods, which will be delivered by AutoX's self-driving cars.

3D printed prototype brings bionic eye closer

Researchers have, for the first time, fully 3D printed an array of light receptors on a hemispherical surface. This discovery marks a significant step toward creating a "bionic eye" that could someday help blind people see or sighted people see better.

This bright blue dye is found in fabric could it also power batteries?

A sapphire-colored dye called methylene blue is a common ingredient in wastewater from textile mills. But scientists think it may be possible to give this industrial pollutant a second life. In a new study, they show that the dye, when dissolved in water, is good at storing and releasing energy on cue.

The future of diesel gensets: what are the long term prospects?

With most of the big players posting healthy figures in Q2, diesel genset revenues are showing continued growth throughout 2018. Are these results a sign of things to come or are they merely delaying an inevitable future decline?

Technology for Diabetes Management: Technology, players and markets

IDTechEx Research has recently released a new market report 'Technology for Diabetes Management, 2019-2029: Technology, Players and Forecasts', including details of glucose test strips, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), insulin pumps, insulin pens, digital health / digital therapeutics, side effect management and diagnosis.

Novel process to 3D print graphene

Researchers have developed a novel way to 3D print complex objects of one of the highest-performing materials used in the battery and aerospace industries.