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Artificial Retina Restores Vision in Blind Rats

An international team of scientists has developed a new nanoparticle-based artificial retina prosthesis that can be injected into the eye.

Could Drones Deliver Packages More Efficiently by Hopping on the Bus?

One-click purchases and instant delivery have helped fuel the growth of e-commerce, but this convenience has come at the cost of increased traffic congestion, longer commute times, and strained urban communities.

How Will COVID-19 Diagnostic Technologies Evolve in the Post-Lockdown

While the COVID-19 outbreak continues to rise in some countries, many others have successfully brought down the number of daily new cases and reproduction number. European countries have loosened the general lockdown, such as Germany, Spain, and UK. Gone together with the quarantine are the huge daily COVID-19 testing numbers.

Huge Materials Opportunities in Emerging Photovoltaics

There are huge materials opportunities in emerging photovoltaics. Hear Dr Peter Harrop discuss the topic in this short presentation (9mins in length) sharing research from the new IDTechEx report, "Materials Opportunities in Emerging Photovoltaics 2020-2040". IDTechEx #IDTechExResearch #Photovoltaics #AdvancedMaterials #Solar #ElectricVehicles #PVMaterials #Perovskite

The New Tattoo: Drawing Electronics on Skin

One day, people could monitor their own health conditions by simply picking up a pencil and drawing a bioelectronic device on their skin. In a new study, engineers demonstrated that the simple combination of pencils and paper could be used to create devices that might be used to monitor personal health.

New Cathode Coating Extends Lithium Ion Battery Life

The new coating, called PEDOT, marks a breakthrough in lithium-ion battery technology since it fully and completely protects each particle of the cathode — inside and out — from reactivity with the electrolyte.

Increasing Driving Range in Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

Dynamic current is normally not specified in system and device data sheets. It is usually integrated and "hidden" with system reserve/bypass/stabilizing capacitors, adding to the overall DC current draw from electric vehicle batteries.

3D Printed Latex Rubber Breakthrough

Researchers have discovered a novel process to 3D print latex rubber, unlocking the ability to print a variety of elastic materials with complex geometric shapes.

Award for Game-Changing EV Platform Technology

REE has been named as one of ten game-changing companies by Bloomberg for its breakthrough EV platform, which is completely flat, scalable and modular and offers customers full design freedom to create the broadest range of EV and autonomous vehicles for current and future use.

Nidec ASI Growing in Northern Europe

Nidec ASI is growing in Northern Europe and is supplying battery energy storage solutions for three major projects in Finland and Sweden.

Wärtsilä wins 200 MW power plant contract in South America

Wärtsilä will supply a flexible baseload 200 MW power plant to a country in the Northern Andes. The flexibility of the efficient yet fast-starting Wärtsilä solution will provide the grid balancing capability that is essential with increasing amounts of intermittent wind and solar power generation entering the power systems.

Sympower and Vattenfall Power Flexibility in the Swedish Energy Market

Sympower is working with Vattenfall to help increase the amount of flexibility in Sweden's reserves markets. The companies are working together to control approximately 60MW worth of assets of the country's new fast frequency reserves, which has a total capacity of just under 70MW.

Join the IDTechEx Webinar 29th July - Sensors in Turmoil

IDTechEx has reports on many types of sensors from vehicle RADAR to biosensors, printed to wearable. By popular request, an overview of all of them is now available, called "Sensors 2021-2041". Some of the research is shared in this webinar.

Record Efficiency for Printed Solar Cells

A new study reports the highest efficiency ever recorded for full roll-to-roll printed perovskite solar cells, marking a key step on the way to cheaper and more efficient ways of generating solar energy.

Automotive Radar: Golden Era of Innovation and Growth

Radar uptake in vehicles will continue its increase, driven both by an increase in the number of adopting cars and by the radar content per vehicle. Both trends are driven by the increasing adoption of ADAS and will be sustained and strengthened in the longer term by the emergence of highly automated or autonomous driving.

Liquid Crystals Create Easy-to-Read, Color Changing Sensors

By creating a thin film of polymer filled with liquid crystal droplets and then manipulating it, scientists have determined the fundamentals for a color-changing sensing system that could be used for smart coatings, sensors, and even wearable electronics.

Safer CRISPR Gene editing with Fewer Off-Target Hits

The CRISPR system is a powerful tool for the targeted editing of genomes, with significant therapeutic potential, but runs the risk of inappropriately editing "off-target" sites. However, a new study shows that mutating the enzyme at the heart of the CRISPR gene editing system can improve its fidelity.

Join the IDTechEx Webinar on Plastic Recycling Technologies

23rd July 2020 - The webinar includes: An overview of the state of plastic recycling; An introduction to the emerging technologies across the world of plastic recycling; and A discussion of the economics of plastic recycling technologies in view of global oil prices.

Join the IDTechEx Webinar on Thin, Flexible and Printed Batteries

28th July - From this webinar, you will learn: An introduction of thin, flexible and printed batteries; Common technologies applied in these batteries; Potential applications and special focus; and Current status and future opportunities

Energy Vault

Energy Vault is a start-up developing a gravitational energy storage (GES) devices, based on on cranes and cement bricks. The great innovations of the company are based on the cranes properties and the bricks material.