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FlexEnable Discusses Flexible Printed Backplanes at the IDTechEx Show!

Video interview with FlexEnable at the IDTechEx Show! (27-28 April, 2016 | Berlin, Germany).

Light truck with fuel cell, battery and supercapacitor

An electric vehicle with three energy storage systems shows the complexity of commanding different control systems in only one vehicle. Both new systems can supply the required energy to propel the electric motor and the fuel cell system can also recharge the high-voltage battery.

Fresh Fruit Robotics

Fresh Fruit Robotics (FFR) was recently established by Mr Avi Kahani. IDTechEx interviewed him about the robotic fruit picker that they are commercialising.

DeepField Robotics

Deepfield Robotics is a Bosch start-up focused on providing tools and services for precision agriculture. Deepfield is well positioned thanks to Bosch's strengths on IT services and sensory products.

Blue River Technology

Blue River Technology is one of the best funded agricultural robotic start-ups in the world. We recently interviewed Mr Ben Chostner, VP of Business Development at Blue River Technology.

Energy harvesting: The place of triboelectrics

Triboelectrics will only be a small part of the energy harvesting EH market projected by IDTechEx to be over $7 billion in global market value in 2027.

Energy harvesting: The wild cards

This article looks at some of the energy harvesting 'wild cards' including magnetostrictive, capacitive (electrostatic) and triboelectric energy harvesting.

F. Poulsen Engineering ApS

F Poulsen is a lifestyle Danish company established in 1986. It has been commercially selling robotic weed killers for the past five years.

Optomec Shows Their Printed Technology At The IDTechEx Show! In Berlin

Video interview with Optomec at the IDTechEx Show! (27-28 April, 2016 | Berlin, Germany).

Webinar Thursday 14 July - Wearables: The Next Big Thing?

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Thursday 14 July 2016 titled Wearables: The Next Big Thing or the Next Big Disappointment?

Boost for Helium Electric Aircraft

Helium has important applications in MRI machines, welding, manufacturing semiconductors, deep-sea diving and blimps. If it was readily available and affordable, its use in EVs such as underwater vehicles and aircraft would increase greatly.

Boost for solar aircraft market

A research team has developed a new approach to finding fields of helium underground, and with the first use of the technique they have discovered a massive reserve in East Africa according to a new report from Oxford University in the UK.

Energy Harvesting: Off-Grid Microwatt to Megawatt 2017-2027

At last: the whole picture. Energy Harvesting: Off-grid Microwatt to Megawatt 2017-2027 embraces making electricity from humans, wind, sun, waves, tide, thermals and other ambient sources where it is needed and with no pollution.

Webinar Tuesday 12 July - Graphene - Where Next After the Hype?

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 12 July 2016.

Toyota: big gains from downsizing PM motor

While forklifts, buses, Tesla cars and some new electric motorcycles tend to use asynchronous (induction) traction motors, most other cars and motorcycles stick to permanent magnet machines, seeing considerable development potential including using less permanent magnet material with its potentially high cost.

redT

redT is a company listed on the London Stock Exchange that has spent the last 15 years developing a vanadium redox flow battery for stationary applications. They claim a competitive price per kWh as well as an easy integration thanks to their plug and play technology.

Axial flux traction motor with 15% advantage

The first electric motor in the world was made by Michael Faraday over 160 years ago and it was axial flux yet almost all traction motors have been radial flux ever since.

Which traction motor wins?

In this article IDTechEx analyzes the trends in traction motors at EVS29 in Montreal, Canada last week.

Carbon nanotubes - been there, done that?

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are now making a steady but quiet comeback.

Lessons from EV patents

This article discusses a presentation by members of the European Patent Office at EVS29 in Montreal Canada, June 22, on intellectual property showing the future of electric vehicles.