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dotLumen

.lumen (also styled as dotLumen) is developing software and hardware for "pedestrian autonomous driving". The company's first product is a haptics and audio-enabled headset which is designed to give full mobility to the blind and visually impaired. The early-stage firm is based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

GreenMantra Technologies

GreenMantra Technologies is a chemical recycling company producing polymer additives from plastic waste. The company is based in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.

Ayar Labs: AI Accelerator Interconnect

Ayar Labs is a San Jose-based startup working on an optical I/O connectivity solution that offers high bandwidth, low-power, low-latency connections, using photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and electrical integrated circuits (EICs) on a monolithic chiplet. IDTechEx Technology Analyst James Falkiner spoke with Terry Thorn, Vice President of Commercial Operations at Ayar Labs, discussing Ayar Labs' current and future solutions for high-speed in-package optical communications.

UBQ Materials

UBQ Materials is an Israeli company using a mixture of chemical and mechanical recycling to produce a biobased and waste-based thermoplastic. IDTechEx spoke with UBQ Materials about its process and materials portfolio at NPE 2024.

Resonac Holdings

IDTechEx spoke to Resonac at PCIM 2024 to discuss its products and recent innovations for the electric vehicle power electronics industry.

ROHM's SiC and GaN for EV Powertrains

IDTechEx spoke to ROHM at PCIM 2024 to discuss progress in its SiC MOSFET technology and business, where ROHM discusses the demand for SiC MOSFETs and showed some applications of its power modules from tier-one suppliers and automotive OEMs. ROHM discusses its predictions for SiC and GaN in automotive.

General Vibration

General Vibration Corporation is a US-based technology development and IP licensing company working in the field of vibrational technologies, particularly haptics. A significant focus is on the phase-based synchronization of haptic actuators for more responsive and efficient actuation than single actuator solutions.

Great Eastern Resins Industrial (GRECO): Bioplastics

Great Eastern Resins Industrial Co., Ltd. (GRECO), founded in 1955 and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is a leading player in the chemical manufacturing industry, specializing in synthetic resins and adhesives. Its bioplastic product is a biobased TPU.

Kovatera

Kovatera is a Canadian OEM of mining light vehicles. This profile will focus on Kovatera's electric vehicle, the KT200e.

Vertical Ventures: Understanding eVTOL Operations

First came the eVTOL hype, followed by startups, investments, prototypes, and vertiport planning. Now, designs are being refined, and type certification is progressing. Battery and hydrogen fuel cell R&D are at their peak. eVTOL pilot training plans are forming, and vertiport construction is starting worldwide.

Cincinnati Test Systems

Cincinnati Test Systems (CTS) is a US-based leak-testing solutions provider that is headquartered in Ohio.

Mitsubishi Motors

Mitsubishi is the sixth-largest Japanese automotive OEM and 19th largest in the world. This company profile highlights Mitsubishi's key activities around electrification and autonomous driving and benchmarks the company against its peers.

MaterialsZone

MaterialsZone describes itself as "the Lean R&D solution", offering a SaaS suite of tools to manage and utilize data across the lab, from the development to the production stage. These include machine learning and visualization tools to speed up development of new materials. The company's HQ is in Tel-Aviv.

Sungrow

Sungrow is a battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator and supplier, based in China.

Sandvik: Electric Drill Rig

IDTechEx spoke to Sandvik at Euro Mine Expo 2024 regarding its battery-electric DL422iE drill rig.

ZapBatt Inc

ZapBatt is a US-based company developing an LTO-based battery system with flexible input and output voltage. IDTechEx spoke with ZapBatt Founder and CEO, Charles Welch.

Metalenses: The New Key to Computer Vision?

Refractive lenses are one of humanity's oldest and most ubiquitous technologies. They have developed to dizzying levels of sophistication in the last few hundred years, with today's tiny, high-quality lens assemblies found in smartphones often costing less than a dollar to produce.

Battery Cathode Innovations Promise Greener Batteries

Improving the performance and reducing the cost of Li-ion batteries have been primary concerns for the Li-ion battery industry over the past 10-15 years. The environmental and societal implications of Li-ion battery production and deployment have come under increasing scrutiny, along with concerns regarding supply chain concentration.

Ateios

Ateios is a California-based startup that focuses on the development of light-cured cathodes for rechargeable batteries. It was founded in 2017, moving from a focus on stretchable battery cells to generalist manufacturing process innovation. This interview, conducted with CEO Rajan Kumar, contains key information on their technology and business model.

Inceptio

Inceptio is a Chinese-based autonomous truck software developing startup.