TyroMotion GmbH (AT)

Transparent robot swims silently underwater

An innovative, eel-like robot developed by engineers and marine biologists can swim silently in salt water without an electric motor. Instead, the robot uses artificial muscles filled with water to propel itself. The foot-long robot, which is connected to an electronics board that remains on the surface, is also virtually transparent.

3D printing for heart valve disease

A new study examines the effectiveness of 3D printing technology and computer modeling to predict paravalvular leak in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

UK's first grocery delivery service by electric cargo bike

A fleet of five zero emission bikes will be setting off across South London from the Streatham Common store, delivering up to 100 orders a day to local customers who've shopped through the retailer's groceries online website.

Cambridge Business Insight Forums - Off Grid

On the 21 June 2018, IDTechEx is very pleased to invite you to our Business & Technology Insight Forums at the prestigious Wolfson College in Cambridge (UK), to learn more about Off Grid Energy Independence in electricity.

Ford phases out passenger cars, focuses on electric vehicles & trucks

Ford announced plans late Wednesday to eliminate some of the company's most well-known cars in North America, phasing out its passenger cars as it focuses on trucks and electric vehicles.

Smart glass: a rising technology

Smart glass is a family of electrically-active glass technologies capable of darkening at the press of a button to block light and heat entering your building or car (see table below).

A higher-energy, safer and longer-lasting zinc battery

A team of researchers has created a water-based zinc battery that is simultaneously powerful, rechargeable, and intrinsically safe.

How deep learning is helping the blind 'see'

Guide dogs are great for helping people who are blind or visually impaired navigate the world. But try getting a dog to read aloud a sign or tell you how much money is in your wallet.

Researchers 3D print electronics and cells directly on skin

In a groundbreaking new study, researchers used a customized, low-cost 3D printer to print electronics on a real hand for the first time, as shown on Printed Electronics World.

Germ-zapping robots destroy germs and bacteria

Robots for the purpose of enhancing environmental cleanliness by disinfecting and destroying hard-to-kill germs, bacteria, and superbugs in hard to clean places.

New solutions for factory floor from Stratasys

Stratasys has unveiled a range of new solutions designed to accelerate the use of additive manufacturing on the factory floor.

Saule Technologies

Saule Technologies is a spin-out company from University of Valencia working on perovskite solar cells, especially targeting consumer electronics applications.

What is the Limit of Supercapacitor Energy Density?

An electrochemical double layer capacitor is purely electrostatic in action, meeting the definition of a capacitor. There are other ways of getting high capacitance and energy density.

Nanotec

Nanotec are manufacturers of nanomaterials including Cu, Li2S, and cellulose. Dr Richard Collins visited their facilities and spoke with Patricio Jarpa (General manager).

Volvo Cars aims for 50 per cent of sales to be electric by 2025

Volvo Cars aims for fully electric cars to make up 50 per cent of its sales by 2025, the company announced.

US solar funding

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office announced $105.5 million in funding for projects that span the office's research portfolio and address the affordability, flexibility, and performance of solar technologies on the grid.

Smart printing: power generating films and luminescent glass

New inks for inkjet printers make it possible to print organic displays or solar cells on film and glass for the use in architecture, the textile industry and many other industries.

Drones tested for search and rescue

The scenarios being tested this week are a shoreline search for a casualty, an offshore search for multiple casualties in the sea, a mud rescue and a communications blackspot where a drone is required to relay information between rescue teams and a casualty on a cliff.

Botfactory

Update from IDTechEx Show! Berlin 2018.

Voltera

Update from IDTechEx Show! Berlin 2018.