20 Jun 2018

Ameren Microgrid earns PEER gold certification
Green Business Certification Inc has awarded the Ameren microgrid a PEER Gold certification, the first microgrid in the world to achieve such recognition for performance excellence under PEER v2. PEER, or Performance Excellence in Electricity Renewal, is a certification program that provides a comprehensive framework for defining high-performing power systems.
20 Jun 2018

Audi connects the electric car with the house
Audi is taking the idea of electric mobility beyond the automobile in offering its customers a tailormade system offering. To that end, the brand is teaming up with two new partners to connect its electric model Audi e-tron with the user's home infrastructure.
20 Jun 2018

In-mold electronics become commercial once again
Conductive inks are a wonderfully adaptive technology. This characteristic has enabled them to stay relevant and to rejuvenate themselves over the past several decades. This is because as old markets have struggled or declined the technology has managed to find and/or create new uses. Several years ago, a new frontier called in-mold electronics (or IME) started to emerge. This frontier, as reported in the IDTechEx Research report Conductive Ink Markets 2018-2028: Forecasts, Technologies, Players, is once again becoming commercial.
20 Jun 2018

Robot car Marilyn parks in the furthermost lot fully autonomously
The VTT robot car Marilyn is currently undergoing tests on fully autonomous parking in the area furthest from its driver, at a distance of up to a hundred metres. The Internet of Things assists the car in finding and driving into a free space.
20 Jun 2018

Webinar Thursday 12 July - Gas Sensors for Internet of Things
IDTechEx will be hosting a free webinar on Thursday 12 July titled Gas Sensors for Internet of Things.
20 Jun 2018

Webinar Thursday 5 July - Advances in Fiber Laser Technologies
IDTechEx will be hosting a free webinar on Thursday 5 July titled Advances in Fiber Laser Technologies.
External press release
20 Jun 2018

Lincoln Clean Energy adds to its executive leadership team
Lincoln Clean Energy announced that Vishal Kapadia has joined the company as its Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development where he will spearhead all finance functions for Lincoln Clean Energy's rapidly expanding renewable energy portfolio.
Youtube interview
20 Jun 2018

Next generation equipment for additive manufacturing
The AMSYSTEMS Center is a joint innovation center of TNO and the High Tech Systems Center of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e HTSC) to accelerate (new ways of) additive manufacturing in diverse industries.
20 Jun 2018

New wind turbines are even efficient in low winds
VTT Research Centre of Technology has explored the potential and economic benefits of new wind power technology. The technology would greatly increase the benefits of wind energy and enable the competitive utilisation of wind power in Finland.
External press release
20 Jun 2018

Preparing for the surgical robot boom
With greater investment from healthcare organisations and surgical robot technology about to become generic, the conditions are perfect for a boom in the surgical robotics market. But how can design engineers and technical medical staff ensure these new systems operate reliably and safely?
20 Jun 2018

Transparent Conductive Films: major technology and commercial trends
This article analyses the major technological and commercial trends that shape the past, present and future of transparent conductive film technology.
19 Jun 2018

Subsidies for electric trucks from the German Government
The Federal Ministry of Transport (BMVI) has submitted a subsidy policy for environmentally friendly trucks, which has been published in the Federal Gazette at the beginning of June.
19 Jun 2018

Jaguar Vector Racing break maritime electric world record
Jaguar Vector Racing have broken the outright world and national electric speed records in a battery-powered boat. The unique Jaguar Vector V20E recorded an average speed of 88.61mph across the two legs of the famous 1km course on Coniston Water, England.
19 Jun 2018

Why a trucking company built its own grid
At the Pitt Ohio trucking facility in Harmar, Pennsylvania, tractor trailers roll up to a depot where lights, computers, and electric forklifts are all powered by clean energy produced on-site.
19 Jun 2018

Making quantum puddles
A team of physicists have discovered a fundamentally new way surfaces can get wet. Their study may allow scientists to create the thinnest films of liquid ever made—and engineer a new class of surface coatings and lubricants just a few atoms thick.
19 Jun 2018

Solar powered UAVs fly for more than twelve hours
Researchers are developing technology for unmanned aerial vehicles that has given them the ability to fly for more than 12 hours by harvesting energy from the atmosphere and the sun.
19 Jun 2018

Artificial intelligence senses people through walls
X-ray vision has long seemed like a far-fetched sci-fi fantasy, but over the last decade a team of researchers has continually gotten us closer to seeing through walls.
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19 Jun 2018

Mobile EV charger that self charges as recovery vehicle is driving
A portable complete system that can operate using Lithium-ion batteries and be independent of any specific type of delivery vehicle.
External press release
19 Jun 2018

Directed Energy Deposition to be 10x faster and 5x less expensive
Optomec Report shows directed energy deposition to be 10x faster and 5x less expensive than power bed fusion for building mid-size metal parts.
19 Jun 2018

New sensors open door to wearable medical diagnostic device
Scientists from ANU have designed tiny optical sensors that open the door to developing a wearable device that allows doctors to medically diagnose people's health in real time.