24 Mar 2015

UK start-up powers rural villages in South Africa
Samsung and Pavegen collaborated to give shoppers in Sandton City shopping mall a positive take on renewable energy, as part of Samsung's 'What If I Can' campaign.
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

Finding an affordable way to use graphene is the key to its success
Graphene is a remarkably strong material given it's only a single carbon-atom thick. But finding ways to do something with it - that's also affordable too - have always been a challenge.
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.
Youtube
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.
23 Mar 2015

New electrolyte rids batteries of short-circuiting fibres
A new electrolyte for lithium batteries eliminates dendrites while also enabling batteries to be highly efficient and carry a large amount of electric current.
23 Mar 2015

A call to change recycling standards as 3-D printing expands
The 3-D printing revolution has changed the way we think about plastics. Everything from children's toys to office supplies to high-value laboratory equipment can be printed.
23 Mar 2015

Telit modules to end luggage loss and traveler frustration
The Eviate eTrack is the first solution that is linked to worldwide travel systems.
23 Mar 2015

'Smart bandage' detects bedsores before they are visible to doctors
Engineers at UC Berkeley are developing a new type of bandage that does far more than stanch the bleeding from a paper cut or scraped knee.
Full profile interview
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

Dramatic new approach to electric vehicles
The IDTechEx conference Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing tears up the rule book on the electric vehicles market, which will be worth $500 million by 2025 (IDTechEx Research figures 2015).
20 Mar 2015

Longest automated drive in North America
Delphi Automotive PLC will demonstrate the full capabilities of its active safety technologies with the longest automated drive ever attempted in North America.
20 Mar 2015

LEAPTech to demonstrate electric propulsion technologies
The arrival of a unique experimental demonstrator at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center may herald a future in which many aircraft are powered by electric motors.
20 Mar 2015

Substrate computing harvests energy from the structure itself
Researchers are developing a new technology known as substrate computing. This will allow sensing, communication and diagnostic computing, all within the substrate - the building material - of a structure, using energy harvested from the structure itself.
20 Mar 2015

Technology for layerless 3D printing
An innovative approach to polymer-based 3D printing that promises to advance the industry beyond basic prototyping to 3D manufacturing.
20 Mar 2015

Smart mattress cover tracks sleep
The first mattress cover that can warm your bed, automatically track sleep and intelligently wake you up.
20 Mar 2015

First wide-width R2R sintering system for printed electronics
XENON Corporation has introduced the S-5100 Wide-Width Sintering System, the industry's first wide-width roll-to-roll sintering solution for printed electronics production applications.
External press release
19 Mar 2015

CPT's new technical centre in Coventry
The official opening by Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) of its new engineering technical centre in the West Midlands.
Youtube
19 Mar 2015

Sonoplot interview at IDTechEx Printed Electronics event
SonoPlot designs and sells Microplotter® materials dispensing systems for drawing features as small as 10 to 20 microns. Learn more in this interview made at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA show.
External press release
19 Mar 2015

Terra Motors unveils S750, the world's first e-bike from Japan
Japan's leading innovator of electric two- and three-wheeler manufacturer, Terra Motors Corporation unveils the S750.