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Vehicle Batteries: Abandon Pack, Module or Both?

There is a race to 1000km battery-electric vehicles (BEV) and beyond.

First Solar's Photovoltaic Technology Completes 25 Years of Testing

Determining how many years a solar panel will last can take, well, years. Intended to function for 25 years or more, solar panels must be made to withstand the elements. In some cases, panels continue working well after their planned operational lifetime.

MXene Coating Could Prevent Electromagnetic Interference in Wearables

Researchers have reported that fabric coated with a conductive, two-dimensional material called MXene, is highly effective at blocking electromagnetic waves and potentially harmful radiation. The discovery is a key development for efforts to weave technological capabilities into clothing and accessories.

New Combined Process for 3D Printing

Chemists have developed a way to integrate liquids directly into materials during the 3D printing process. This allows, for example, active medical agents to be incorporated into pharmaceutical products or luminous liquids to be integrated into materials, which allow monitoring of damage.

The Aquaculture Industry's New Maintenance Robot

This ROV can fully operate on its own, and follow along with fish's behaviour and health with its Argus eyes - all while keeping a safe distance. It even inspects the technical standard of the enclosure while it's at it

Remote Patient Monitoring is Improving Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes

The biggest trends in CVD management currently revolve around remote patient monitoring (RPM), which enables the patients' health to be examined from a distance.

Patent for Stem Cell Enriched Biofiller for Revitalizing Dental Pulp

The European Patent Office granted the patent for Dental pulp regeneration technology developed by Chilean researchers. This unique methodology, is based on a "biofiller" that consists of stem cells encapsulated in blood-derived matrix which allows the revitalization of the dental pulp, allowing for continued development of the root and surrounding tissue.

MakerBot Collaborates with Oryx Additive to Offer Support

MakerBot teams up with Oryx Additive to provide additive manufacturing support removal and finishing solutions to customers.

Mercedes-Benz to Produce 8 All Electric EQ Models

The EQS, the first electric luxury sedan from Mercedes-Benz, will start in the first half of 2021 in Factory 56 at the Sindelfingen site.

New Silicone Adhesive Improves Lives of Patients Using Wearables

Acrylate and silicone have dominated the medical adhesive market for years. But the adhesives currently available require device engineers to choose between strength and wear duration, or comfort and pliability.

Launch of UK's First Coordinated System to Boost Renewable Energy

A first-of-its-kind system to enable more renewable energy to connect to the electricity system, more quickly, has gone live.

Aquatic Robot Powered by Light and Magnets

Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind life-like material that acts as a soft robot. It can walk at human speed, pick up and transport cargo to a new location, climb up hills and even break-dance to release a particle.

Avery Dennison, Schreiner MediPharm, PragmatIC on NFC Technology

Together with Schreiner MediPharm and PragmatIC Semiconductor, Avery Dennison is leveraging NFC technology to extend smart packaging to the unit-level for everyday pharma in order to significantly improve patient safety and experiences.

Life Saving Technology Selected Among Top Biotech Innovations

Veintis™, the bioinspired tissue-engineered vascular graft developed by the Chilean biotech company Cells for Cells SA, has progressed to the second round one of China's most renowned startup competitions.

TM Robotics and Evershed help Ricoh Automate its Manufacturing Process

In an industrial context, the word automation is often, inaccurately, used to mean only industrial robotics. In fact, it refers to everything from inverter driven conveyor systems to advanced manufacturing software.

IDTechEx Highlights 2020: Energy Storage Research

Energy storage technologies have undergone several years of sustained growth stemming from progress in markets such as consumer devices and the quest for decarbonization kick-starting growth in electric vehicle (EV) and stationary energy storage demand.

3D Printing 2020: A Challenging Year But Fascinating Times Ahead

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted the 3D printing sector and its end users (such as printing bureaus), new directions of travel have nonetheless emerged. Some opportunities have even been directly prompted by the pandemic.

Xidas

Xidas has developed a proprietary micro-engineering method that relies on bonding patterned sheets of different materials to make micro-mechanical and micro-electronic devices. These include sensors, energy harvesters and miniaturized medical devices. The company primarily targets industrial IoT as an application space.

Nanotech Energy

Nanotech Energy produce graphene-based energy storage devices. IDTechEx spoke with Scott Jacobsen (Director of Business Development).

Aerosense

IDTechEx interviewed Satoru Shimada, Director and COO of Aerosense about their latest progress with their suite of drone products.