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Digital Smell: The Sensor Opportunity Under Our Noses

Imagine a world where we not only upload pictures of our latest recipes, beauty products, and coffees - but also share their smell. The opportunities for digital smell could be vast, but what are they, and what gas sensor technology will enable it?

Final Prototype Triumph TE-1 Project Testing Results Revealed

The unique collaboration between Triumph Motorcycles, Williams Advanced Engineering, Integral Powertrain Ltd, and WMG, University of Warwick, funded by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles through Innovate UK, was set up to create ground-breaking developments in specialist electric motorcycle engineering and innovative integrated technology design.

Durable Material for Flexible Artificial Muscles

Materials scientists and colleagues have developed a new material and manufacturing process for creating artificial muscles that are stronger and more flexible than their biological counterparts.

Huntsman 3D Printing

Huntsman Corporation are an American multinational chemical company; within their Polyurethane division, Huntsman develop and sell urethane 3D printing materials. IDTechEx spoke with Stephane Peysson, Global Business Development Manager at Huntsman, about their 3D printing materials and activities.

Markforged to Expand into Mass Production of End-Use Metal Parts

Markforged has entered into a definitive agreement with Höganäs AB to acquire Digital Metal, the creator of a leading binder jetting solution known to be precise and reliable, extending Markforged's capabilities into high-throughput production of metal additive parts.

Pratt & Whitney Evaluating an End-to-end Solution from Velo3D

Velo3D Inc announced that Pratt & Whitney, a Raytheon Technologies business, has acquired an end-to-end solution from Velo3D to evaluate the Sapphire printer for manufacturing production jet engine components.

First CORSIA Certified Aviation Fuel Delivered to American Airlines

For the first time in aviation history a CORSIA certified batch of sustainable aviation fuel was delivered to a commercial airline. Neste delivered a batch of its Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel to American Airlines at San Francisco International Airport.

Wonder Robotics Launches Smart Autonomous Drone Solution

Wonder Robotics announced the closing of a $4 million fundraising round led by Elron Ventures, in conjunction with Besadno Investment Group. The funds will be used to scale up operation and marketing efforts, while developing technology for additional applications.

Wärtsilä to Supply Energy Storage for Big Solar-Plus-Storage Portfolio

The technology group Wärtsilä is delivering a 500-megawatt / 2-gigawatt hour portfolio of energy storage systems to clean energy developer and operator Clearway Energy Group. The contracts cover five sites located in Hawaii and California and include one of the world's largest ever solar-plus-storage project portfolios. The combination of energy storage and solar photovoltaic resources will provide essential grid reliability to balance an increasing mix of renewable generation.

AI Reduces Emissions in the Archipelago

Every summer, ferries transport crowds of visitors between islands in the Swedish archipelago. With the help of a new AI platform, each ferry can now reduce its fuel consumption by 10-25 percent, which contributes to a significant reduction in CO2 emissions. This is according to the results from long-term testing.

Peak Power Receives $765,000 From Canadian Govt to Deploy Chargers

Peak Power has received a $765,000 investment through Natural Resources Canada's Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program to install 117 V1G chargers. The total cost of the project is valued at over $1.6 million.

Stäubli — Demonstrating a Full Solution for Future Factories

IDTechEx met Stäubli at Automatica 2022. Stäubli are a Swiss mechatronics company founded in 1892. The company has over 5,500 employees worldwide, and had a 1.3 billion swiss franc turnover last year.

Voltiris

Voltiris is a Lausanne-based start-up providing photovoltaics modules optimized for use in greenhouses. IDTechEx spoke with Voltiris Chief Systems Officer Dominik Blaser at the GreenTech 2022 event.

Wavefront Systems: 3D Forward-Looking Sonar

Wavefront Systems has been developing underwater mapping technologies since it was founded in 2004. Wavefront's products use an array of sonar emitters and receivers to build maps of the sea floor, helping ships to avoid collisions or run aground.

Power Electronics: EV Charging

Power Electronics is a global supplier of solar and battery storage inverters and has diverged into commercial and industrial EV charging solutions. It is headquartered in Spain and has expanded globally with a presence in over 20 countries. IDTechEx spoke to Mr Michael Gschwandtner, who heads business development for its electric mobility division.

Yaskawa — Leading Player of Industrial and Collaborative Robots

Yaskawa is a Japanese manufacturer of servos, motion controllers, AC motor drives, switches, and robots. It was demonstrating the company's cobots and industrial welding robots at Automatica 2022. IDTechEx had an in-depth interview with the company at the booth, discussing the latest robotic products.

LayerOne

LayerOne is the rebranded name of Abalonyx, which were acquired in July 2021 by Aker through their venture platform Clara. IDTechEx spoke with Dr Alessandro Dani (CCO).

Hyliion: Natural Gas PHEV Truck

Texas-based manufacturer Hyliion (Hi-LEE-on) have developed hybrid powertrains for class 8 tractors

Nikola: Electric Truck

Nikola are an American company manufacturing battery electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles.

SEA Electric: Electric Trucks

SEA Electric, headquartered in California, offer several all-electric power systems under the 'SEA-Drive' brand'.