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Robo reef protector to save the Great Barrier Reef

An underwater drone that can keep watch on reef health and accurately identify and inject the devastating crown-of-thorns starfish is ready to be put to the test on the Great Barrier Reef, as a result of a collaboration between QUT, Google and the Great Barrier Reef.

Reliable thermoplastic composite parts using 3D printing

Advanced 3D printing with thermoplastic composites: To achieve that goal, the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and systems IMWS in Halle (Saale) and Brightlands Materials Center in the Netherlands are going to collaborate. Together, the partners want to optimize fiber-reinforced thermoplastics to make them ideally suited for 3D printing on an industrial scale.

Foresight acquires 14.4MW wind farm

Foresight Group LLP announces the acquisition of the 14.4MW wind farm in North Pickenham, from German renewables company, ENERTRAG AG.

Projects drive biopharmaceutical manufacturing innovation

The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals is pleased to announce a group of projects, designed to advance biopharmaceutical manufacturing and workforce development in the United States.

Daystar Power secures financing

Daystar Power has secured funding from DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, Germany's development finance institution and a subsidiary of KfW, to finance its roll-out of hybrid solar power solutions in West Africa.

Avery Biomedical Devices

Avery Biomedical Devices is a medical device company that has been offering the diaphragm pacemaker since 1971. IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao interviewed Avery Biomedical Devices CSO Dr Dilys Gore on 15 Aug 2018.

OLED Display Market to Reach $25.5Bn in 2018

The new IDTechEx Research report "Global OLED Display Forecasts and Technologies 2019-2029" provides a comprehensive assessment of OLED display technologies and markets based on primary research conducted globally by IDTechEx analysts.

Magazino

Magazino is a German start-up established in 2014. It wants to build the 'brain' behind the robot.

Quantum dot films in displays: major technology and market trends

In this article, IDTechEx Research will focus on some of the key frontiers of short-, medium-, and long-term change in quantum dot films. In particular, we will argue that the transition away from Cd based QDs will soon be complete; we will show how QD material improvements are translating into total cost reductions and how that is reshaping the market's pricing strategies; and finally we will consider whether film type QDs can continue their supreme reign, or whether relentless innovation soon render them obsolete.

Wearable to monitor lithium levels

People living with bipolar disorder and depression will soon be able to use a unique wearable sensor to safely monitor their lithium drug levels.

If military robot falls, it can get itself up

Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have developed software to ensure that if a robot falls, it can get itself back up, meaning future military robots will be less reliant on their Soldier handlers.

Siemens and PowerCell to collaborate in fuel cell systems for ships

The aim of the collaboration is to develop an energy supply system for vessels which is based on fuel cells. Siemens will supply the SISHIP BlueDrive integrated energy and propulsion system into which PowerCell will install its fuel cell modules. Possible joint projects could include energy supply systems for ferries, yachts, cruise ships and research vessels.

World's largest 3-D printed reef installed at Summer Island Maldives

Summer Island Maldives partnered with Reef Design Lab to design and build the 3-D modular reef.

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TransPower

TransPower is a fast growing startup founded in 2010, dedicated to bringing pure electric and fuel cell / electric hybrid trucks to market. With recent partnerships from Peterbilt, an American trucking OEM, and Meritor, the company has launched a new facility in Escondido just north of San Diego to ramp-up production. They have currently sold around 50 pure electric or fuel cell heavy-duty vehicles.

Largest wind farm in the Gulf underway

Masdar, a renewable energy company based in Abu Dhabi, signed a turnkey engineering and construction contract with the consortium formed by TSK and General Electric to build a 50 MW wind farm in Oman, the first large-scale project of this type in the Gulf.

Vanadium battery hooked up to Australian electricity grid

Renewable energy took another step forward in Australia as Protean Energy successfully hooked up its vanadium battery with WA electricity operator Western Power.

One step closer to bioengineered replacements for vessels and ducts

A team of researchers have developed a way to bioprint tubular structures that better mimic native vessels and ducts in the body. The 3-D bioprinting technique allows fine-tuning of the printed tissues' properties, such as number of layers and ability to transport nutrients.

World's first hearing aid with integrated sensors and AI

Livio AI is the world's first hearing aid to utilize integrated sensors and artificial intelligence and the first device to track physical activity and cognitive health as measured by hearing aid use in social situations.

Shape-shifting material can morph, reverse itself using heat, light

A new material can transform into complex, pre-programmed shapes via light and temperature stimuli, allowing a literal square peg to morph and fit into a round hole before fully reverting to its original form and could have broad applications for manufacturing, robotics, biomedical devices and artificial muscles.