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Intel advances the safe integration of drones into US airspace

Intel is working with the Federal Aviation Administration and other industry participants to foster innovation and to shape the global standards and practices for unmanned aircraft systems, with safety being the first priority.

NP Photonics, Inc.

NP Photonics are a fiber laser manufacturer. IDTechEx first had a discussion with NP Photonics at SPIE Photonics West 2018 in January 2018; this was followed by a full interview in March 2018. The company specializes in fiber lasers for a variety of sensing applications.

Drones: large size means large market

The hobbyist market for drones has turned out to be something of a passing fad. Professional use is enduring and growing with modest numbers and a strong software and services aspect.

British Airways using facial recognition

British Airways has become the first airline to trial self-service biometric boarding gates on international flights out of the USA, working in partnership with Los Angeles Airport.

Wearable designed to lighten load for marines

Flat, scale-like load sensors are placed within the boot insole to measure the user's weight during activities such as standing, walking and running.

Stimwave wins contract with Defense Logistics Agency

Stimwave's devices use Wireless Pain Relief technology and are 95 percent smaller than any other neuromodulation device on the market.

Satellite or drone internet?

Beaming the internet to the 4.5 billion people that do not have it should be massively profitable.

Industry/government group for safe operation of space robotics

Recent technological advances have made the longstanding dream of on-orbit robotic servicing of satellites a near-term possibility.

ITN Energy Systems Inc

ITN is spinning off its daughter company Storion, which is developing vanadium redox flow batteries for the German, US, and Indian markets. Dr Lorenzo Grande interviewed Ashutosh Misra, VP of Administration.

If we can't make better batteries, let's make them smarter

IDTechEx Technology Analyst Lorenzo Grande looks at the example of TankTwo. While the US Government throws millions of dollars into post-Li-ion development, and private companies struggle with smartphone recalls due to defective batteries, a bunch of innovative inventors are putting a good deal of lateral thinking into how to make the best of what is already on the market.

Breezometer

David Pugh interviewed Itai Rosenzweig, Account manager at Breezometer. Since its formation in 2014, Breezometer assisted 50 million people in making informed decisions on well-being using air quality data.

Aerovironment

Aerovironment makes Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and EV chargers. IDTechEx CEO Raghu Das interviewed their VP & CEO, Charles Botsford.

Challenges in Soft Robotics

IDTechEx analyst Rachel Gordon spoke with Matthew Borgatti, Lead Scientist at Super-Releaser, about the challenges of bringing successful, durable, inexpensive soft robots to market.

Report on SMMT Open Forum UK

The SMMT Open Forum at Automechanika Birmingham UK on the 7th June 2016 opened with an SMMT view of the saturated UK car market, currently in a temporary up phase.

2015 - A great year for large-sized lithium-ion batteries

Electric bus is a game changer in the battery market.

Ostendo Technologies

This profile is focused on Ostendo's Quantum Photonic Imager (QPI) technology, its proprietary LED microdisplay, currently under development. Although still largely in stealth mode about its technology, some information has been made available about the company's QPI to IDTechEx analysts and in some display symposiums.

Researchers find security breach in 3D printing process

With findings that could have been taken from the pages of a spy novel, researchers have demonstrated that they can purloin intellectual property by recording and processing sounds emitted by a 3D printer.

General Motors

IDTechEx reports Dr. Cai's work in Lithium Sulphur Batteries at General Motors Research and Development.Dr. Cai presented her work at the Battery Show in Novi Michigan in September 2015.

Amprius

Amprius is a spinout of Stanford University working on silicon nanowire anodes for Li-ion batteries. Their target market is that of high altitude pseudo-satellites (HAPS), thanks to a specific energy of 400 Wh/kg.