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Learnings from 95 case studies on commercial skin patches

Product-wide trends when viewing relative performance of case studies in commercial skin patches.

Computer vision startup for retail and wind power industries

Clobotics announced that it has closed an additional round of financing. Venture capital raised in this round now totals $21 million (USD). With the new capital, Clobotics will continue to expand its business in North America to further penetrate the wind power and retail industries. The company will also invest in ongoing product development and continue to build its growing team of experts in computer vision, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Kids connect with robot reading partners

Kids learn better with a friend. They're more enthusiastic and understand more if they dig into a subject with a companion. But what if that companion is artificial?

Water bottles and other recycled 3D printing materials

Soldiers on the battlefield or at remote bases often have to wait weeks for vital replacement parts. Now scientists report they have found a way to fabricate many of these parts within hours under combat conditions using water bottles, cardboard and other recyclable materials.

Minesto completes initial commissioning trials of marine energy kite

Minesto has completed the initial commissioning sea trials of its unique subsea kite technology called Deep Green off the coast of Holyhead, North West Wales. Through the initial trials, a range of functionalities such as the kite control system, launch and recovery systems, connections and communications have been tested and verified in various sea states.

Flexible drug delivery microdevice to advance precision medicine

A research team has developed a flexible drug delivery device with controlled release for personalized medicine, blazing the path toward theragnosis.

Redefining the 'end-of-life' of retired electric vehicle batteries

Consumer batteries such as those used in power tools, mobile phones and laptops are normally recycled/disposed after their service life - that's what we normally refer to as the 'end-of-life' of the batteries. However, retired car batteries that are no longer suitable for electric cars could still hold sufficient capacity for second life applications. The 'end-of-life' of an electric car battery needs to be redefined as they could be further used, for example, for another 10 years or even longer in various post-vehicle applications before they are finally recycled/disposed.

Webinar Thursday 6 September - Energy Harvesting Microwatt to Megawatt

IDTechEx will be hosting a free webinar on Thursday 6 September titled Energy Harvesting Microwatt to Megawatt: New Objectives, New Solutions.

Webinar Thursday 30 August - 5G and Low Power Wireless Networks

IDTechEx will be hosting a free webinar on Thursday 30 August titled 5G and Low Power Wireless Networks.

Canada's largest ever battery-electric bus contract

New Flyer Canada ULC announced that the Société de transport de Montréal and the Société de transport de Laval have awarded New Flyer a contract for 40 forty-foot, zero-emission, battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE heavy-duty transit buses.

Bosch forms strategic collaboration with fuel-cell expert Ceres Power

Bosch is pressing ahead with the development of fuel-cell technology for potential new power systems. Together with the technology specialist Ceres Power, based in Horsham, U.K., the company wants to develop the next stage of solid-oxide fuel-cell technology.

Jenax

Flexible Lithium Polymer Battery Technologies with new form factors, wearables, and future devices cannot be achieved with traditional batteries.

Electric two-wheelers: a transition as important as electric cars?

IDTechEx expects growth of electric two-wheelers to accelerate internationally beyond Europe, the U.S. and China in the following years.

E-lectric! Jaguar classic will build zero-emissions E-types

Following an overwhelmingly positive reaction to the original concept for 'the most beautiful electric car in the world', Jaguar Classic has confirmed it will offer all-electric E-types for sale. The news follows the iconic EV sports car's successful debut in concept in September 2017.

Solar powered McDonalds

McDonald's newly designed restaurant a one-of-a-kind modern and environmentally-friendly design and enhanced customer experience with self-order kiosks, table service, mobile order and payment, and delivery.

Graphene phase modulators hold the key to faster mobile technology

Researchers created and tested a graphene based phase modulator that outperforms existing silicon based ones.

Doubling performance with lithium metal that doesn't catch fire

A rechargeable battery technology developed could double the output of today's lithium ion cells—drastically extending electric vehicle ranges and time between cell phone charges—without taking up any added space.

End-to-end metal additive manufacturing

Velo3D announced the general release of its end-to-end metal additive manufacturing solution that solves some of the most difficult additive manufacturing challenges including product design limitations, part-to-part consistency, process control and cost-effective manufacturing.

Treating glaucoma effectively

A real innovation in intraocular pressure measurement, this implant provides actionable information to optimize the therapy for patients afflicted with glaucoma.

Highlights from the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference, U.S.

The Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC) is a global series of conferences for companies and academics to present their latest research on Li-ion batteries for the auto industry. Every year it is held in Europe, the U.S. and Asia.