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The Biggest Challenge for Autonomous Vehicles

Every company testing autonomous vehicles in California must report any collision to the California DMV. The new IDTechEx report "Autonomous Cars, Robotaxis & Sensors 2022-2042" provides analysis on this data, spanning the last two and a half years' worth of the reports. It is not looking good for human drivers.

New Fibres Make Breath-Regulating Garments

"Robotic" textiles could help performers and athletes train their breathing, and potentially help patients recovering from postsurgery breathing changes.

Volvo Group Launches World's First Vehicle Using Fossil-Free Steel

Volvo Group is proud to reveal the world-first vehicle made of fossil-free steel from SSAB. More vehicles will follow in 2022 in what will be a series of concept vehicles and components using fossil-free steel from SSAB.

First Supply of Consistent, Scalable, Human Muscle Cells for Research

Cell coding company bit.bio has launched a new product, ioSkeletal Myocytes. It's the first product of its kind that provides physiologically relevant human skeletal muscle cells that are reliable, reproducible and consistent at scale. Access to ioSkeletal Myocytes will supercharge research and drug discovery for musculoskeletal and metabolic conditions.

Ultimaker Announces PVA Removal Station, Enabling Fast Post-Processing

The PVA Removal Station enables 3D printer users to develop products faster by allowing quick and effective elimination of support material.

INEOS Launches Hydrogen Campaign

Hydrogen is a fabulous, clean source of energy that can be used as both a raw material for industry and as a power source for transport and the home. It has a massive role to play in lowering the UK's greenhouse gas emissions and INEOS is committed to playing a leading role in the hydrogen revolution.

BayWa r.e. Acquires Second Lanarkshire Wind Farm Site

BayWa r.e. has completed the acquisition of the project rights for Broken Cross Wind Farm in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. BayWa r.e. purchased the project, which is located on a restored coal mine, from developer Brockwell Energy.

Creative Materials Temperature Sensing Ink, Coating And Adhesive

Creative Materials introduces 129-06 temperature sensing conductive ink, adhesive and coating in either one component or two component versions.

A Winning Solution for Autonomous Farming Safety

Agri-tech company Agribot AI has won the Agri-EPI and Hands Free Farm hackathon tackling safety and security concerns around autonomous agricultural vehicles.

Mitsubishi Corporation Releases Roadmap to a Carbon Neutral Society

Mitsubishi Corporation has established new greenhouse-gas emissions reduction targets and energy-transformation investment guidelines. Mitsubishi will continue to simultaneously fulfill its responsibility to provide stable energy supply, such as natural gas, while rising to the global challenge of realizing a carbon neutral society.

PragmatIC Semiconductor Secures $80 Million Funding

PragmatIC Semiconductor has secured $80 million of Series C funding. This scale-up investment will be used to build a second FlexLogIC fab in the North East of England, to meet the growing demand for ultra-low-cost flexible integrated circuits for the Internet of Everything.

UK Hydrogen Roadshow Shows Low Carbon Hydrogen Innovation

The first-ever double decker hydrogen bus tour of the UK set off from London to shine a spotlight on the part hydrogen has to play in the country's race to net zero.

FREYR Announces Joint Venture with Koch Strategic Platforms

FREYR Battery announced the formation of a joint venture in the United States between Koch Strategic Platforms and FREYR. The JV, which has a 50%/50% ownership structure, has been established to develop an initial 50 GWh of Gigafactory-scale battery cell manufacturing capacity in the U.S. based on 24M Technologies SemiSolid platform technology.

NGK Insulators to Convert to Renewable Energy by 2026

NGK Insulators plans that all electricity used at its overseas bases will be converted to renewable energy sources by the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. This measure forecasts that approximately 60% of all electricity used by the NGK Group as of the end of fiscal 2025 will derive from renewable energy sources, helping to cut about 330,000 tons of CO2 annually.

OBRIST Group

OBRIST Group is an Austrian engineering and technology company developing emission reduction technologies for the automotive sector. In September 2021, IDTechEx Technology Analyst Dr Hydra Rodrigues spoke to Chris Meusburger, project lead for synthetic fuels at OBRIST Group.

NanoCnet

NanoCnet is an early-stage company making conductive inks and other products based on their proprietary "silver nanostrand" technology, high aspect ratio silver nanoparticles with an oblong cross section. They state that these are more stable and much cheaper to make than silver nanowires whilst fulfilling a similar function.

Quantum Technologies

Quantum Technologies is an early-stage Germany company that has developed a new method of remotely measuring magnetic fields (and hence electric currents, including in EVs) that is both isotropic and suitable for harsh environments. It utilizes the quantum phenomena to measuring magnetic field induced changes in the fluorescence of a diamond nitrogen vacancy center.

Is it Finally Time for Printed Temperature Sensors?

Think of a temperature sensor - and a traditional glass thermometer, or perhaps a small thermistor would probably spring to mind. However, a new class of temperature sensors is rapidly emerging that offers spatial resolution together with a thin-film format.

Join the Upcoming IDTechEx Webinar on In-Mold Electronics

Thursday 21 October 2021 - IME offers multiple advantages relative to conventional mechanical switches, including reduction in weight and material consumption of up to 70% along with a much simpler assembly. Given these benefits, and increasing interest from OEMs/manufacturers/material suppliers, IDTechEx forecasts IME to be a $1.5bn market by 2032.

Accelerating the Discovery of New Materials for 3D printing

A new machine-learning system costs less, generates less waste, and can be more innovative than manual discovery methods.