IDTechEx

Flexible Hybrid Electronics: Trends, Opportunities and Challlenges

While flexible electronics have been around for years, either as flexible PCBs or genuinely printed electronics, there has always been a trade-off between flexibility and capability. A new report from IDTechEx discusses the innovation trends, opportunities and challenges in the FHE market.

Total Enters Floating Offshore Wind With First Project in UK

The project will have a 96 megawatts capacity and will be installed in an area with water depth of 70 meters. This makes Total one of the first movers in this technology in the UK, the world's largest offshore wind market.

Ring Uses AI to Detect COVID-19

Researchers and smart ring maker Oura Health announced a national study designed to accelerate early detection of the COVID-19 virus symptoms and contagiousness. Leveraging an artificial intelligence -driven predictive model, wearable ring technology, and a COVID-19 monitoring app.

Flatter Graphene, Faster Electrons

Bumps on a road slow down our pace, so do corrugations in graphene to travelling electrons. By flattening the corrugations out, we help electrons move effectively faster through a graphene sheet.

Honda Hybrid and EV Batteries get Second Life

The pan-European arrangement will see SNAM collect and recycle batteries from Honda's increasing number of hybrid and electric vehicles and either potentially prepare them for 'second-life' renewable energy storage uses or extract valuable materials for recycling if they are not suitable for that purpose.

Insect-Like Robot Uses Artificial Neurons to Modify Gait in Real Time

A research team has developed NeuroPod, an automaton that simulates the activity of a six-legged insect. The model, which walks, trots and runs, uses efficient and cost effective materials. It could therefore pave the way for the creation of prostheses or structures for the rehabilitation of spinal cord injuries at a reduced cost compared with those currently in use.

New Report Addresses Key Questions About the $25bn Hearables Market

IDTechEx have released a new report covering the market, technology and players in hearables. It finds that the hearables market was worth $24.5bn in 2019 and will continue to grow at a forecasted 14% YoY from 2020-2025.

Flexim Instruments

Flexim instruments create a number of instruments for use in a variety of industries, such as water, oil and gas etc. IDTechEx interviewed Andy Hammond, General Manager

Flexible Nanotube Adhesive Sheet with High Thermal Conductivity

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd has announced the development of the world's first adhesive sheet composed of carbon nanotubes with extremely high thermal conductivity of up to 100 W/mK. Carbon nanotubes have high thermal conductivity and represent a promising candidate for heat dissipation from heat sources including semiconductor devices.

Ultralight, Flexible and Wearable Solar Cells

An ultralight flexible solar cell, 10 times thinner than the width of a human hair, could hold the key to promising power sources for future wearable technology.

International Contest for Innovators Using Paper-Based Electronics

Printed batteries, displays, temperature, humidity and genetic sensors... Over the last two years, the European project INNPAPER has been developing these electronic items, using only paper and conductive inks. Now the technology is almost ready to be used, and the project has launched an Open Call, looking for initiatives in the electronics field that have innovative ideas on how to use the project's devices. The call will be open from today until June 1st.

Titomic Becomes Registered Research Service Provider

Titomic has been certified a Research Service Provider by Innovation and Science Australia, the statutory body that advises the Australian Government on innovation, research and science issues. The first additive manufacturer to get Research Service Provider status, it will allow Titomic to provide scientific or technical expertise and resources to perform research and development work for other companies.

European Responses to Covid-19 Accelerate Electricity Transition

Coal based power generation has fallen by over a quarter (25.5%) across the European Union and United Kingdom in the first three months of 2020, compared to 2019, as a result of the response to Covid-19, with renewable energy reaching a 43% share.

Finding Leukemia's Weakness Using Genome-Wide CRISPR Technology

A team of researchers used CRISPR technology to identify key regulators of aggressive chronic myeloid leukemia, a type of cancer that remains difficult to treat and is marked by frequent relapse.

Why Robots are Being Trained in Self-Awareness

Robots passing cognitive tests such as recognising themselves in a mirror and being programmed with a human sense of time are showing how machines are being shaped to become a bigger part of our everyday lives.

Zero-Emission Dry Cargo Ship Enabled by Hybrid, Electric Solutions

Electric, digital and connected solutions provide a direction of travel for dry cargo vessels towards greater efficiency and lower emissions using proven technology. In this, it is the ship's electrical propulsion system that acts as the key enabler for the integrated automation and control systems that can deliver transformative operations.

COVID-19 Diagnostics: Technologies, Players and Trends

The need for universal and massive testing across the population has led to a race for technology innovations for COVID-19 diagnostics. The new IDTechEx report, "COVID-19 Diagnostics", surveys the technology landscape, with an in-depth analysis of the technology innovations that are enabling quick access to COVID-19 diagnosis in response to the global pandemic.

New Electrode Material to Increase Charge of Lithium Batteries

Lithium batteries hold a lot of promise for the future of many applications, including electric vehicles, but tend to be prohibitively expensive. A research team has developed a new electrode material to make lithium batteries not only cheaper, but longer lasting with higher energy density.

Carbon Dot-Based Method for Increasing the Efficiency of Solar Cells

An international group of scientists has proposed a method that allows for significantly increasing the efficiency of solar cells and light-emitting diodes. The scientists managed to achieve this result by augmenting the auxiliary layers of the devices responsible for electron transport rather than working with the main active layer.

Car Cover Claims to Extend EV Life

The solar modules on the car cover provide supplementary power to the vehicle and increase its range up to an additional 15km per day with a target of 30km per day within 3 years, based on 8 hours' outside exposure of the vehicle per day.