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8 Apr 2015

NanoSteel
NanoSteel design and sell proprietary steel alloys. They are developing their first alloys for additive manufacturing, which create a unique microstructure. These will be used to make hard and wear resistant parts, such as bearings, cutting tools and impellers. Hard and wear-resistant materials are difficult to 3D print because they are typically brittle and therefore crack easily.
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7 Apr 2015

NovaCentrix feedback about the IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA event
NovaCentrix is focused on technologies and materials to enable manufacturing in Printed Electronics. This interview was conducted at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA event.
4 Apr 2015

Autonomous Vehicles Part 3 - Reasons and Hype Curve
In the third installment of the autonomous vehicles series, we look at the reasons behind making a vehicle that is fully or partly autonomous and plot a hype curve for the various types of autonomous vehicles. The final article will discuss autonomous vehicle technologies and markets.
3 Apr 2015

Crossover motorcycles in new multi-billion dollar market
The new IDTechEx report, "Electric Motorcycles and Three Wheel Electric Vehicles 2015-2025" reveals gaps in the market as e-motorcycles and their three wheel derivatives become a multi-billion dollar market. One gap is the crossover between bikes and motorcycles created as a premium-priced product.
2 Apr 2015

3D printing jet engines and electric vehicles
At the major event IDTechEx Show! in Berlin April 28-29 there is a conference, Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing. It will reveal radical new advances such as structural electronics replacing components-in-a box, 3D printing of electric cars by Local Motors of the USA and 3D printing of small jet engines as range extenders for electric vehicles, land, water and air, by Microturbo Safran of France. IDTechEx has the world's largest selection of reports on electric vehicles and their components and systems.
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2 Apr 2015

Colloidal Ink interview at IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA event
Learn more about Colloidal Ink in this interview made at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA show.
1 Apr 2015

Wearable, automotive and IoT drive sensor growth at IDTechEx Show!
The last decade has seen the cost of sensors fall to an average sales price of 50 cents from several dollars, driven first by the increase in sensors for automotive followed by consumer electronics such as smart phones. The next phase of volume growth will be driven by wearable technology, IoT and driver assisted/autonomous vehicles. This is also driving work on new types of sensors, such as flexible, larger area ones.
1 Apr 2015

Lessons from conferences on electric, connected and autonomous cars
The event SMMT Connected covered the connected and ultimately autonomous car with some nod in the direction of other autonomous vehicles doing "dull, dirty, dangerous" rather than freeing up time and reducing accidents, which is what autonomous cars target.
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30 Mar 2015

NanoXplore and Graphene - interview at IDTechEx event
Group NanoXplore specialises in the science of graphene and its derivative materials. Learn more in this interview made at the IDTechEx Graphene LIVE! event.
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30 Mar 2015

BioBots (now known as Allevi)
Biobots are a new start-up, which launched a $5000 bioprinter in January 2015, making it the cheapest bioprinter available for biomedical research, drug discovery and cosmetics testing.
27 Mar 2015

Product Development Technology - You Can't be a One-Trick Pony
Develop3d LIVE: a Product Development Technology conference at Warwick Arts Centre, on the University of Warwick campus, in the UK.
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27 Mar 2015

Exploring the possibilities with Sensors in Medicine
IDTechEx joined around 100 delegates at the Sensors in Medicine 2015 event at the Royal Geographical Society on London's Exhibition Road. Two days of talks from companies, academics and physicians discussed the key trends around the topic, and presented the state-of-the-art when it comes to different sensors for medical point of care diagnosis.
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27 Mar 2015

NRC Printable Electronics initiative - interview with IDTechEx
The National Research Council (NRC) is the Government of Canada's premier organization for research and technology development.
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25 Mar 2015

Sung An Machinery - interview at IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA
Sung An Machinery, better known as SAM, manufactures Extrusion Coating and Laminating Machines, Solution Coating and Laminating Machines, Rotogravure Printing Machines, and In-Line Flexographic Printing Machines.
24 Mar 2015

Apple, Samsung, LG Chem move into the flexible batteries business
After years of slow progress from small companies, flexible batteries now have the attention of big brands such as Apple, Samsung, LG Chemical, Nokia and STMicroelectronics, who are set to drive the flexible battery market from US$ 6.9 million in 2015 to over US$ 400 million in 2025 according to IDTechEx Research.
23 Mar 2015

The 2015 market for solar PV in four questions
Miss Paula Mints, chief market research analyst with SPV Research, summarized some of the most important points relating to the market for solar PV in a Q&A session with IDTechEx principal analyst Dr Harry Zervos.
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23 Mar 2015

Impressions of IDTechEx Wearable Technology event from Ortiz Industry
Wearable Technology LIVE! event interview hosted by IDTechEx.
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23 Mar 2015

IDTechEx Interview Organic Semiconductor Material Company Smartkem
SmartKem delivers 'organic' semiconductor materials for the manufacture of flexible and plastic electronic displays used in applications such as, eReaders, Smartphones, Tablets and TV's.
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23 Mar 2015

Crystalsol
Crystalsol OÜ was founded in 2008 as spin off company of the Technical University Tallinn and registered in Tallinn, Estonia. The company develops flexible photovoltaic technology based on CuSnZnS semiconductor particle. The technology is based on decades of research for the Russian military and Philips semiconductor know-how from the 1960s.
20 Mar 2015

Insights on Thermal Interface Materials
Overheating is the most critical issue in the computer industry. It limits power, performance, reliability and further miniaturisation. This article looks at the options for thermal interface materials.