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Ground-Breaking Autonomous Transport Project in Qatar

In Doha, representatives of Volkswagen AG and the Qatar Investment Authority signed the 'Project Qatar Mobility'. The goal is to develop a ground-breaking autonomous transport project and transform the future of urban mobility to a sustainable and commercial deployment of AD shuttles and bus services - even beyond 2022.

Refueling Satellites in Space, With the Help of a Robot

Many technologies that are essential for daily life — from communications to GPS navigation to weather forecasting — rely on the thousands of satellites that are orbiting Earth. When those satellites run out of gas and stop working, there's not much that can currently be done to fix them.

Freestanding Microwire-Array Enables Flexible Solar Window

TSCs are emerging devices that combine the advantages of visible transparency and light-to-electricity conversion. One of the valuable prospective applications of such devices is their integration into buildings, vehicles, or portable electronics.

Spread Co., Ltd.

Spread is Japan's largest vertical farming company, producing 51,000 heads of lettuce every day inside its highly automated facilities. In December 2019, IDTechEx Analyst Dr Michael Dent spoke with representatives from Earthside Group, parent company of Spread.

Curexo

Curexo operates in two very different fields: medical and trades. The medical field includes surgical robots, rehabilitation robots, robot supplies and services, and artificial joint supplies (implants). Its trades business include food, food additives and livestock products.

NextEnergy Solar Fund Energises UK's Largest Subsidy-Free Solar Plant

The Staughton solar plant will cover the yearly electricity demand of approximately 15,000 UK households. It is largely located on a former airfield on the Bedfordshire/Cambridgeshire border.

Optimizing Additive Manufacturing on a Molecular Level

As the complexity and applications of additive manufacturing increase, researchers are digging down to the smallest scales to optimize the technology on a molecular level.

Duratech Announces First Commercial Production of In-Mold Electronics

DuraTech Industries Inc is announcing its first commercial production of in-mold electronics (IME). IME combines all of the benefits of in-mold decorating with printed, conductive inks, creating a unique solution to user experiences.

Flexible Integrated Circuits Thinner Than a Human Hair

PragmatIC CEO Scott White talks about the rapid commercial ramp-up of its award-winning RFID product range, as well as the recently launched FlexIC Foundry offering that allows fab-less design of silicon-free chips.

Wärtsilä Modular Block Solution to Modernise Power Generation

Wärtsilä announces the first order of its innovative new Wärtsilä Modular Block solution for power generation to Aggreko, a global provider of mobile, modular power, temperature control and energy services.

Vehicle Batteries Provide New Energy for Households

Volvo Buses is now giving a second life to batteries from electric buses. In a unique cooperation with Stena Property and Stena Recycling's subsidiary BatteryLoop, bus batteries are used for energy storage and as an energy source in Gothenburg's Fyrklövern residential complex. The project is a step towards circular economy in electromobility creating new commercial possibilities for companies.

Nanograf

Previously SiNode, Nanograf develop silicon-graphene composite electrodes for Li-ion batteries. They presented at the IDTechEx Show USA 2019.

Pernod Ricard Winemakers to Source100% Renewable Energy

Pernod Ricard Winemakers has committed to sourcing 100% renewable electricity in Australia by mid-2019, supporting the company's global sustainability and responsibility goals.

What Will Happen to the Cultured Meat Industry in 2020?

Will the hamburgers of the future be made from animal cells grown in a lab instead of inside a cow? Cultured meat, also known as "cell-based" or "clean" meat, could soon be making its way to our dinner plates, completely bypassing the need for animal slaughter and overcoming some of the major environmental issues that currently plague the global agriculture industry. Even though no products have yet been released and there are major challenges with cost, regulation and scale up, the industry is growing rapidly, with investment reaching a new high in 2019.

Stretchy, Squeezy Soft Sensors One Step Closer

Stretchy and squeezy soft sensors that can fit around body parts or squeezed in hands could be used for applications including sports and rehabilitation after injury or stroke. For example, soft electrical force sensors in the form for a squeeze ball could monitor the rehabilitation of patients with hand injuries or neurological disorders.

Baylo

Background: Baylo was established in 2005 in France with the objective to use autonomous material handling robots thanks to autonomous navigation technology becoming available.

SeeGrid

SeeGrid is a well-funded AMR company for warehouses (around $100m to date). It is in fact one of the older companies around. It has even declared bankruptcy once (Dec 2015).

Novel Way to Predict Traffic Flow Using AI

Results show how AI can effectively uncover insights to solve traffic gridlock through trial and error of industrial geospatial data from. Traffic comes about when drivers make simple decisions that lead to complex behavior patterns. These patterns depend on various factors, such as time of day, the road network, congestion situations, holidays, weather conditions and day of the week. Effectively identifying and analyzing traffic patterns lead to more accurate predictions of how traffic would move on given roads at given times of day.

Global Tidal Energy Leader Gets go Ahead in Nova Scotia

World leading tidal energy company Nova Innovation has landed its largest project, which is set to deliver enough energy to power 600 homes.

CRISPR Provides Hope of Sickle Cell Cure

Thanks to the 'cut and paste' gene editing technique CRISPR, scientists are homing in on a cure for sickle cell disease - a genetic blood disorder - while other research is looking at how to expand the potential of CRISPR-based treatments.