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ZPower

Founded in 1996, ZPower develops and commercializes silver-zinc batteries. In 2013, ZPower introduced silver-zinc rechargeable batteries for the hearing industry.

$1M Commitment to Electrify Communities in Rural Kenya

Renewvia will develop and operate solar minigrids in the communities of Lomekwi, Nakukulas, Locheremoit, Kagintan, Kori, and Lorengelup by the end of 2021. These minigrids will provide clean, reliable and affordable energy to more than 7,500 individuals and multiple small- and medium-businesses, laying the foundation for improved livelihoods and economic growth.

AI in Drug Discovery Cuts Timelines From 5+ Years to Months

AI has been successfully applied to speed up virtual screening, de novo drug discovery, and can be utilized to optimize compounds to have drug-like properties. Processes that typically take several years can be reduced to a matter of months.

OLED 'Skin' Display Can be Stretched by Up to 30%

With the establishment of flexible displays behind us, many have asked what the next big development in display technology will be

Green Crypto Firm Runs Mining Computers off Cow Manure

A crypto mining business which runs its computers off cow manure has taken £5million in sales bookings so far this year.

MakerBot Introduces New Clean Air Smart HEPA Filtration System

MakerBot today introduced its new Clean Air smart filtration system. The new system is part of MakerBot's continued efforts to develop and deliver 3D printing solutions that support industry safety, sustainability, and compliance practices.

Ceramics and Graphene Open Up New Possibilities for Bone-Like Material

Graphene Flagship Partnering Project CERANEA develops graphene-filled ceramic sandwiches that deliver materials with enhanced properties and functionalities.

3D Ceram Sinto

3D Ceram Sinto is a ceramic 3D printer and materials manufacturer based in Limoges, France. IDTechEx spoke with Kareen Malsallez and Maxence Bourjol, marketing manager and area sales manager (respectively) at 3D Ceram.

Aerogels: Is China Taking Over the Market Landscape?

As with nearly all manufacturing of functional materials and beyond, there has been a shift to China, and the aerogel industry has been no exception.

Pollux Releases Their Their Product with Epishine's Light Cell

Pollux, one of Epishine's first customers, which already has two light-powered products on the market, is now revealing a new product in the Hadar family: "Hadar Cold", a connected sensor for temperatures below zero. This sensor is designed to help preserve, extend, and ensure the shelf life of refrigerated products, without the maintenance cost for changing the batteries.

Injectable Implants Track Body Temperature, World First Clinical Study

Study concludes that digital implants in humans display similar performance as standard medical devices, which opens for many potential areas of use. The company is now offering the implants as an open research platform for body temperature measurements for example screening of Covid-19 and other infectious diseases.

Fifth Chinese Member Company Joins Global Wind Organisation

Fast growing Chinese wind turbine manufacturer CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Co Ltd has now joined Global Wind Organisation, becoming part of a global network of stakeholders driving standards for safety.

Kateeva Announces Strategic Partnership with Pixelligent

Kateeva today announced a strategic partnership with Pixelligent. The collaboration is focused on improving light output efficiency in OLED mobile phones by optimizing an inkjet-printed planarization layer over microlens arrays.

Artificial Intelligence in Drug Discovery and How it is Applied

IDTechEx CEO, Raghu Das discusses Artificial Intelligence in Drug Discovery with Principal Analyst, Dr Nadia Tsao, covering some recent research in the new report 'AI in Drug Discovery 2021: Players, Technologies, and Applications'

Brazil Orders 50 eVTOLs

Eve Urban Air Mobility and Helisul Aviation, one of the largest helicopter operators in Latin America, announced a partnership that will focus on creating an ecosystem-wide approach to prepare for Urban Air Mobility operations in Brazil.

Super Productive 3D Bioprinter Could Help Speed up Drug Development

A 3D printer that rapidly produces large batches of custom biological tissues could help make drug development faster and less costly. Nanoengineers developed the high-throughput bioprinting technology, which 3D prints with record speed--it can produce a 96-well array of living human tissue samples within 30 minutes. Having the ability to rapidly produce such samples could accelerate high-throughput preclinical drug screening and disease modeling.

Digital Fabric has Memory, Temperature Sensors and a Neural Network

Researchers have created the first fiber with digital capabilities, able to sense, store, analyze, and infer activity after being sewn into a shirt.

Flexible, High-Performance Transparent Electrodes

The future of electronic displays will be thin, flexible and durable. One barrier to this, however, is that one of the most widely used transparent conductors for electronic displays—indium tin oxide —doesn't perform as well on larger areas and can crack and break down with wear.

Machine Learning Platform Mines Nature for New Drugs

Researchers have developed a new process that could reinvigorate the search for natural product drugs to treat cancers, viral infections and other ailments.

1000 Mile Electric Cars for Everyone

Some research from the new IDTechEx report 'Routes to 1000 Mile (1600km) Battery Electric Cars'