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Trumpf to offer selective laser melting for 3D printing of metals

German industrial machining and tooling equipment manufacturer, Trumpf, has added another type of metal 3D printing technology to its portfolio. This makes Trumpf the only manufacturer to offer all of the major laser 3D printing technologies.

2015: 3D Printing's Year of Disillusionment?

IDTechEx analyst Rachel Gordon reflects on the 3D printing industry over the past year, highlighting some of the biggest trends and predicting what lies in store in 2016.

Report: Meeting of SMMT EV Group, London 10 Dec

This article includes a summary of the SMMT EV Group meeting which took place in London on Thursday 10 December.

Demand for quantum dots will increase 20-fold over next decade

Ever since Sony launched the first television with quantum dots in 2013, these highly engineered materials have been back in the spotlight.

Conference: Electric Vehicles - Everything is changing USA 2015

Summary of the key information tracked during the Electric Vehicle conference held in Santa Clara USA.

Innovative sensors make wearables truly unique

Defining and exploiting value proposition is an essential part of wearable technology's journey from early adopters into mass markets, and sensor platforms enable the key value proposition in most wearable devices today. This is why made-for-wearable sensors are being developed around the world, and this is why IDTechEx Research finds that made-for-wearable sensors will represent 42% of all sensors in wearable devices in 2026, up from a measly 7% in 2015.

Eurecat - CETEMMSA

CETEMMSA is a non-profit research institution with 19 years experience of applied research into smart materials and devices. In 2015 they merged with other local research centres to become Eurecat. CETEMMSA's research areas include printed electronics, high performance textiles including eTextiles, surface biofunctionalisation, printed circuits and components, photonics and others.

How to make batteries flexible

Thin, flexible and printed batteries have the potential to be widely used in wearable and medical devices and will reach a market of over $400 million in a decade, according to IDTechEx report Flexible, Printed and Thin Film Batteries 2015-2025: Technologies, Forecasts, Players.

Solid Power

Established in 2013 as a spin-out company from the University of Colorado Boulder, Solid Power has been working on commercializing the company's next-generation all solid-state rechargeable batteries.

BroadBit

Broadbit is a start up that develops metallic sodium battery technologies using solid sodium as electrode.

RFID 2015-2020: a review and outlook by IDTechEx Research

This presentation covers the size of the RFID market in 2015 and outlook for the next five years.

Yaskawa Motoman Robotics

Yaskawa have the largest installed base of any robot manufacturer.

Smart Clothing: Past, Present, Future

With Clothing+ newly unveiled in it's new position under Jabil, smart clothing has become the centre of attention in the wearable technology industry once again. This short article looks back at the origins of smart clothing, placing the current interest in the topic in context. With key players quickly entering the space and investment at an all time high, IDTechEx's latest work analyses the key trends within this evolving industry.

Lizard electric vehicles

Extreme vehicle concepts have a habit of appearing in a car near you.

An integrated textile heart monitoring solution

An innovative smart garment reference design for building an integrated textile Heart Rate Monitoring solution.

Transphorm

Inefficient power conversion wastes tens of billions of dollars every year but now Transphorm of Goleta, California is redefining power conversion. Its work is part of the move from inefficient silicon power semiconductors needing considerable water cooling to silicon carbide or gallium nitride versions is seen as the future of power electronics in a host of IDTechEx interviews across the world. This content has been updated in June 2018 following a further recent interview.

iBeam Materials Inc

i-BEAM Material is a small technology spin out from Los Alamos National Laboratory that focuses on roll-to-roll production of large-area substrates used in inorganic LED growth. The objective is to couple this with roll-to-roll epitaxial equipment to scale up the size of LED wafers and convert LEDs from being a point source light to a surface emission one (similar to OLEDs). It is still however early days and the LED performance has a long way to go.

Sensoria

Sensoria provide a body sensing platform incorporating textile sensors, flexible microelectronics and software/cloud platforms targeted initially towards sports and apparel companies. Their current products involve a smart t-shirt, sports bra and smart socks.

Greater presence of thin flexible battery companies at IDTechEx Show!

People showed great interest in the thin flexible batteries during IDTechEx Show!, which took place from 18th to 19th November in Santa Clara USA. Here is a summary of some interesting work that was on display.

Highlights of IDTechEx Wearable USA

The IDTechEx Show! in Santa Clara assembled the largest collection of innovators and experts around wearable technology. The aim was to share knowledge, build networks and solve problems that the industry faces. With decision makers from the most well-known and prestigious wearable technology projects all present, the stage was set for two productive days of networking, problem solving and discussion. This article covers some of the main themes of the event.