Background
6 Aug 2020

Google
Since 2018, Google has been collaborating with DeepMind, Cancer Research UK, Imperial College, Northwestern University and Royal Surrey County Hospital to explore whether AI could improve the detection of breast cancer.
Background
6 Aug 2020

CureMetrix
CureMetrix's product, cmAssist, is a computer-aided detection (CAD) software that utilises image recognition AI to help radiologists identify regions of interest on mammograms.
Update interview
6 Aug 2020

Gamma Alloys
Gamma Alloys are producers of metal matrix composites (MMC); they have recently pivoted to focus their attention on additive manufacturing. IDTechEx caught up with Mark Sommer (CEO).
Background
6 Aug 2020

Hyundai Kia Automotive Group
The Hyundai Kia Automotive Group refers to the group of affiliated companies interconnected by complex shareholding arrangements, with Hyundai Motor Company regarded as the de facto representative of the group.
6 Aug 2020

AI Accelerates Materials Science From the Lab to Market
Nearly every sector is proposing the use of artificial intelligence. Materials science R&D is relatively late to this trend, and there are many industry-specific hurdles, but the opportunities are beginning to be realized and the potential impact is significant.
6 Aug 2020

Tinted Solar Panels Could Boost Farm Incomes
Researchers have demonstrated the use of tinted, semi-transparent solar panels to generate electricity and produce nutritionally-superior crops simultaneously, bringing the prospect of higher incomes for farmers and maximising use of agricultural land.
6 Aug 2020

New Streamlined Approach for Twisted 2D Materials
How layers of 2D materials are stacked can have a profound effect on the properties. The twist angles can be the only difference between relatively mundane performance and the capacity to behave as a superconductor.
6 Aug 2020

World's Smallest Imaging Device has Heart Disease in Focus
A team of researchers has used 3D micro-printing to develop the world's smallest, flexible scope for looking inside blood vessels.
External press release
6 Aug 2020

Machines to Manufacture Gears for Robots
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool Co Ltd, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, has developed new models of hobbing and gear shaping machines with highly accurate machining to manufacture precision reduction gears for robots.
6 Aug 2020

Join the IDTechEx Webinar "Electric Cars: In the Wake of COVID-19"
Tuesday 11 August - The electric car market is facing fresh, unforeseen challenges in 2020, and in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, electric vehicles with a higher upfront price are a hard sell. How is the industry, and how are governments, responding? Are electric cars de-railed from their pre-coronavirus trajectory?
Update interview
5 Aug 2020

Thomas Swan
IDTechEx Analyst Khasha Ghaffarzadeh interviews Thomas Swan Business Director Michael Edwards
Update interview
5 Aug 2020

Sixth Element
IDTechEx Analyst Khasha Ghaffarzadeh interviews Sixth Element Sales Director Bernhard Münzing
Update interview
5 Aug 2020

Sixonia
IDTechEx Analyst Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh interviews Sixonia CEO Martin Lohe
5 Aug 2020

Drawn-on-Skin Electronics Offer Breakthrough in Wearable Monitors
A team of researchers has developed a new form of electronics known as "drawn-on-skin electronics," allowing multifunctional sensors and circuits to be drawn on the skin with an ink pen.
5 Aug 2020

AI to Identify Individual Birds of the Same Species
Humans have a hard time identifying individual birds just by looking at the patterns on their plumage. An international study involving scientists has shown how computers can learn to differentiate individual birds of a same species.
5 Aug 2020

Hybrid Inverter Integrates Distributed EnergySources
Researchers have developed an intelligent power electronic inverter platform that can connect locally sited energy resources such as solar panels, energy storage and electric vehicles and smoothly interact with the utility power grid.
5 Aug 2020

Underwater Robots Reveal Daily Habits of Endangered Whales
Not all humans are morning people. Neither, according to a new study, are all sperm whales - at least when it comes to foraging for food.
4 Aug 2020

Public Launch of a Materials Informatics Platform
Citrine Informatics has launched their materials informatics platform
4 Aug 2020

Wearable Detects Parasite Infestations in Chickens
Blood-feeding livestock mites can be detected with wearable sensor technology nicknamed "Fitbits for chickens."
4 Aug 2020

Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles, What Their Future Looks Like
Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are considered by the most, as two competing technologies. Although both technologies power an electric motor, they have different properties and each of them is well suited for some uses more than others.