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Abbott Diabetes Care

This is a comprehensive review of the business and technology of Abbott Diabetes Care, assembled from company reports and extensive academic literature review, and supported by additional interview comments over several years. It focuses primarily on the technology behind their market leading FreeStyle™ Libre™ CGM device, which generated over $1.8bn in revenue in 2019.

Partnership Between Energica Motor Company SpA and Total Lubrifiant

Total Lubrifiants, the world's fourth-largest international energy company on the lubricants market and Energica Motor Company, the Italian manufacturer of high-performing electric motorcycles, are proud to announce a new international partnership until the end of 2022. Total Lubrifiants becomes the Official Sponsor and Industrial Partner of Energica.

In-Mold Electronics: Material Development Opportunities

In-Mold Electronics (IME) is a process that combines printed electronics with 3D forming and molding to create 3D objects with embedded electronics. The electronics can include interconnects, sensors, rigid IC or LEDs, optical waveguides, and so on.

Sydney Switches to 100% Renewable Energy

All our operations - including street lights, pools, sports fields, depots, buildings and the historic Sydney Town Hall - are now run on 100% renewable electricity from locally-sourced clean energy.

Nano-Engineering Strategy Shows Potential for Advanced Energy Storage

The rapid development of renewable energy resources has triggered tremendous demands in large-scale, cost-efficient and high-energy-density stationary energy storage systems.

Testing Waste Water to Find COVID

In July 2020, the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology announced a standardised UK system for detecting coronavirus in wastewater, to provide an early warning of future outbreaks, reducing the reliance of testing large populations.

Small Power Free Solution

HiSilicon Ltd and Nowi Energy BV showcased the 2nd generation of their Energy Autonomous NB-IoT platform. The device acts as a sensor hub which can transmit via NB-IoT while operating indefinitely through its energy harvesting capabilities.

Fake Steak from a 3D Printer

3D Printed meat to be tested at high-end restaurants to start later this year. The products have the texture, flavor and appearance of beef steak and can be produced in the volume and cost to enable large-scale market launch.

Join the IDTechEx webinar 8 July - An Introduction to Li-ion Recycling

This webinar will provide an introduction to Li-ion recycling, covering the following key areas: Overview of recycling processes, Discussion of the value proposition of recycling, Analysis of 2nd-life vs recycling, and Look at the current Li-ion recycling market

Join the IDTechEx webinar 9th July - Where Are Opportunities in 5G

This webinar will help to clarify the real market opportunities for 5G from different perspectives, including: User equipment adoption, 5G station deployment, Active antennas, New trend in RF components, Materials challenges,and Emerging use cases

Electrify America Completes First of Two Fast Charging Routes

Electrify America announced the completion of its first cross-country route, which allows electric vehicle drivers to travel from coast to coast using the largest open DC fast-charging network in the United States.

Researchers Print, Tune Graphene Sensors to Monitor Food Freshness

Researchers dipped their new, printed sensors into tuna broth and watched the readings. It turned out the sensors - printed with high-resolution aerosol jet printers on a flexible polymer film and tuned to test for histamine, an allergen and indicator of spoiled fish and meat - can detect histamine down to 3.41 parts per million.

HP 3D printing

HP, a large information technology company known for developing printers, computers and software, started to look into developing 3D printers around 2012. This profile focuses on the company's 3D printing activities. HP has developed three product ranges of plastic 3D printers, all of which use the company's proprietary MultiJet Fusion Technology to produce 3D printed parts. It has also created a metal 3D printer called Metal Jet.

SOLIDpower

SOLIDpower is one of the main company producing solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC).

AI & cardiovascular disease: Tech, clinical applications & key players

Artificial intelligence & cardiovascular disease: Technologies, clinical applications and key players

InssTek

InssTek is a producer of directed energy deposition (DED) metal additive manufacturing printers. IDTechEx received the latest information on their company, new developments, and outlook from Kyung Won Park (Assistant Manager).

TRUMPF

TRUMPF develops additive manufacturing solutions for metal parts. The company has developed systems utilising two different laser technologies: laser metal fusion (LMF) and laser metal deposition (LMD).

Shrimp Shells to Produce Electrodes for Large Storage Batteries

Researchers have developed a system to produce electrodes for vanadium flow batteries, used in renewable energy storage. The electrodes are made from chitin, a polysaccharide found in the exoskeleton of crustaceans and insects.

BMW Group Opens new Additive Manufacturing Campus

The BMW Group has officially opened its new Additive Manufacturing Campus. The new centre brings together production of prototype and series parts under one roof, along with research into new 3D printing technologies, and associate training for the global rollout of toolless production.

Flexible Material Shows Potential for Use in Fabrics to Heat, Cool

A film made of tiny carbon nanotubes may be a key material in developing clothing that can heat or cool the wearer on demand. A new study finds that the CNT film has a combination of thermal, electrical and physical properties that make it an appealing candidate for next-generation smart fabrics.