TyroMotion GmbH (AT)

Azul3D

Azul3D is an American start-up developing High Area Rapid Printing, a high-throughput resin printing technology. IDTechEx spoke with CTO James Hedrick, CEO Cody Peterson, and CRO Tuan Tranpham.

XG Sciences

XG Sciences is a graphene manufacturer. IDTechEx spoke with Dr Leroy Magwood (CTO).

NAWA Technologies

NAWA Technologies produce vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs). IDTechEx spoke with Dr Pascal Boulanger (CTO and Founder).

Zero Emission Infinity Train will use Gravitational Energy to Recharge

Marking its transition to a global green renewables and resources company, Fortescue has completed the acquisition of UK-based Williams Advanced Engineering. To mark the purchase at the Oxfordshire site, WAE and Fortescue announced the world first, zero emission "Infinity Train". The regenerating battery electric iron ore train project will use gravitational energy to recharge its battery electric systems without any additional charging requirements for the return trip to reload.

Polar-Orbiting Next-Generation Missile Warning System Sensor

Northrop Grumman Corporation and Ball Aerospace will design and develop the two mission payloads for the US Space Force's Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar program.

These Solar Panels Pull in Water Vapour to Grow Crops in the Desert

Using a unique hydrogel, scientists have created a solar-driven system that successfully grows spinach by using water drawn from the air while producing electricity. The proof-of-concept design offers a sustainable, low-cost strategy to improve food and water security for people living in dry-climate regions.

New Super Material Could Battle Bullets, Deflect Space Debris

Engineers have created a nanofiber material that outperforms its widely used counterparts — including steel plates and Kevlar fabric — in protecting against high-speed projectile impacts. Basically, it's better than bulletproof.

Imitation Red Blood Cells to Deliver Lifesaving Drugs

From the liver to the kidneys to the lungs, the human body is equipped with many levels of filters, which protect the body from harmful outside materials. But this system also has its downsides. Critically important drugs such as chemotherapy or multiple sclerosis treatments are also foreign materials, so the body filters out a large portion of these drugs - up to 90%, in some cases.

Gefertec

Gefertec is a German manufacturer of wire-based directed energy deposition (DED) printers. IDTechEx spoke with CEO Tobias Krümberg.

Zeon

ZEON is a large chemical company with a division for SWCNTs. IDTechEx spoke with several members of their team including Mitsugu Uejima and Taichi Yatsuzuka.

infinityPV

infinityPV manufactures its own organic solar cells with an efficiency ~5-6%, along with supplying other printed electronics related equipment. This profile is based on a presentation given at the InnoLAE 2022 conference on large area printed and flexible electronics.

How Semiconductor Shortage Affects RFID Industry

COVID-19 is a double sword. COVID pushes businesses to adopt technologies quicker to improve production as well as management efficiency, in order to survive. COVID-19, on the other hand, catalyzes an ongoing issue - the semiconductor shortage - that has had a substantial influence on a wide variety of businesses in recent years, including the RFID industry.

Join the Upcoming Webinar - Stationary Storage: Three Huge New Markets

Thursday 10 March 2022 - Saving the planet and reducing local pollution and costs means mainly solar and wind power for the next 20 years with its sudden shut-downs, extended weaknesses and inability to follow demand even when it is working. Major stationary storage will be demanded in three waves.

Mantle

Mantle is an American start-up developing a hybrid printer that combines metal paste extrusion with precision machining.

How Artificial Intelligence can Benefit the Cultural Heritage Sector

Cultural heritage professionals aim to improve the way we understand paintings by generating descriptions of them. However, since millions of cultural objects have been created throughout history, completing such a task seems impossible, but only for humans.

Isuzu, Hino, and Toyota Plan Next-Generation FCEV Route Bus

Isuzu Motors Limited, Hino Motors Ltd and Toyota Motor Corporation plan to strengthen their efforts to electrify buses toward the achievement of carbon neutrality by 2050. Isuzu and Hino to begin production of BEV flat-floor route buses in FY2024.

Storing Summer Heat to use in Winter

New technology that could store heat for days or even months, helping the shift towards net zero, is the focus of a new project involving the Active Building Centre Research Programme. Thermal energy storage means excess energy generated at times when renewables are in abundance can be stored and released to make up future shortfalls.

Ultrathin Films for Stretchable and Sturdy Bioelectronic Membranes

Researchers have developed a unique design of ultrathin films for highly flexible yet mechanically robust bioelectronic membranes that could pave the way for diagnostic on-skin sensors that fit precisely over the body's contours and conform to its movements.

Price Position of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs)

Innovation roadmap for the report 'Carbon Nanotubes 2022-2032: Market, Technology, Players'.

SPEE3D

Australian start up SPEE3D have developed technology for 3D printing metals called 'Supersonic 3D Deposition', otherwise known as cold spray.