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The $76bn wearable technology market and the new Timex smart watch

Analysts IDTechEx are unique in having six up-to-date reports with ten year forecasts on the wearable technology market.

Glucose Test Strips: What's Next

IDTechEx assess the market for glucose test strips, discusses key parameters affecting the market including regulatory pressures, and examines the latest innovations from companies such as Abbott Diabetes and Google.

IoT, energy harvesting and storage & printed electronics

Powering the internet of things: simple words to type but not necessarily the simplest of tasks to undertake. This article explores synergies between IoT, energy harvesting and storage and printed electronics.

Wearable tech for disease monitoring

A new wearable vapor sensor being developed could one day offer continuous disease monitoring for patients with diabetes, high blood pressure, anemia or lung disease.

Woven, Smart Skin & Structural Supercapacitors for EVs and Other Uses

Supercapacitors continue to improve faster than lithium-ion and lead-acid batteries, something pointed out by Bombardier and IDTechEx some time ago. There is near consensus that commercial Li-ion batteries will not improve more than a factor of two in cost and energy density in the next decade.

Thermoelectric material to hit market later this year

California-based Alphabet Energy plans to begin selling a new type of material that can turn heat into electricity. Unlike previous thermoelectrics, as such materials are known, it is abundant, cheap, and nontoxic.

IDTechEx summarises SID Display Week

As the development of flexible displays continues, companies are starting to focus on optimizing manufacturing processes and reducing costs.

Wearable technology and sensors changing the world

The conference Samsung Future Technology Needs, London 16/6/14 consisted of about 50 people. Primarily,

Impressions from SID Display Week 2014, San Diego, California

IDTechEx recently attended the SID Display Week 2014 in San Diego, California. Here, IDTechEx summaries the latest developments from the display world, covering (a) activity by Chinese companies such as BOE, which are transforming the OLED and the display business landscape; (b) flexible displays including the latest work by AUO, BOE, Samsung and LG; and (c) wearable electronics.

Highlights from a printed electronics conference

IDTechEx recently attended a Printed Electronics conference in Germany. IDTechEx analysts attended talks from a wide variety of companies. Here we include very brief highlights/summaries of the important points.

Why the interest in e-textiles?

The heart of the e-textile business as it emerges is electric and electronic functionality from sensing to light emission, achieved entirely by use of e-fibers.

Wearable technology $50 billion investment frenzy

Many giant electronics manufacturers, computer services companies and conglomerates are heavily investing in wearable technologies, the internet of things, and the internet of people. IDTechEx predicts massive growth in these areas in the coming years.

Leapfrog 3D Printers

Founded in March 2012, Leapfrog have had "triple digit expansion" to become a leading supplier of 3D printers for use in education and the engineering industry. Known for large build volumes, Leapfrog sell two families of 3D printers (Creatr and Xeed) both of which use thermoplastic extrusion technology. Ricoh have recently become a distributor.

3D Printing- Application Assessment

Historically, 3D printing applications have been focused on prototyping in major industries such as aerospace and automotive since the 1990s. The main value chain was simple with the printer manufacturer acquiring parts and chemicals to build a turn-key solution including both the printer and all consumables for industrial users. This article highlights findings from the latest IDTechEx report on 3D Printing Applications

Wearable Electronics: Here come the novelty peaks

Last Christmas and New Year the ideal present, for a girl of a certain age, from Japan to the UK was the Neurowear clip-on of floppy ears driven by brain waves to reflect your mood.

Internet of Things: The King has no clothes

Some use the term Internet of Things (IoT) to rename a large number of existing topics including the burgeoning world of cellphones, tablets and wearable connected devices, better referred to as the Internet of People (IoP).

Wearable electronics: success factors for 12,000 developers

Wearable electronics is a very fragmented industry when it comes to manufacturers. Even mature sub-sectors have no clear leaders in what will be a $70 billion plus business in 2024 with 12,000 developers and manufacturers as newly calculated by analysts IDTechEx.

Cell phone problems are huge market opportunities

There are many cell phone problems that represent huge commercial opportunities over the coming decade as their form and function are transformed beyond recognition.

3-D printer creates fitted electronic glove to replace pacemakers

Using an inexpensive 3-D printer, biomedical engineers have developed a custom-fitted, implantable device with embedded sensors that could transform treatment and prediction of cardiac disorders.

Wearable Technology: The $70 billion picture

This article shares some of the recent research from the brand new IDTechEx report Wearable Technology 2014-2024.