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ECG, Thermocouple and Moisture Sensor Embedded into Smart Fabrics

KARL MAYER is a technology and market leader as well as a driving force for innovations in textile machinery building.

Boeing's New 777X to Offer Gentex Dimmable Windows

Gentex Corporation announced that its latest generation of dimmable aircraft windows will be offered as optional content on the new Boeing 777X.

IBM and Daimler use Quantum Computer to Develop Next-Gen Batteries

Electric vehicles have an Achilles heel: the capacity and speed-of-charging of their batteries. A quantum computing breakthrough by researchers at IBM and Daimler AG, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, could help tackle this challenge.

Ultrasound Can Make Stronger 3d-Printed Alloys

Researchers have used sound vibrations to shake metal alloy grains into tighter formation during 3D printing.

Stretchy, Skin-Like Sensors Bring a Human Touch to Wearables

Researchers have developed a stretchy, transparent and self-powering sensor that records the complex sensations of human skin.

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd

umitomo Electric, part of the Sumitomo Corporation, develops and manufactures vanadium redox flow battery for large scale applications.

Polytechnique Montréal - NanoRobotics Laboratory

The NanoRobotics Lab has developed a robotic platform that enables endovascular interventional procedures in deep and difficult to reach areas of the vasculature.

Flexible Integrated Circuits Thinner Than a Human Hair

PragmatIC demonstrates its Flexible Integrated Circuits.

Development of Solar Cell to Be Used for Space Application

JinkoSolar has signed MOU with Shanghai Institute of Space Power-Sources to co-develop high efficiency solar cell technology for both space and terrestrial applications. Innovators and engineers from both sides will co-develop space-based photovoltaic cells with a more efficient, low-cost, robust silicon wafer as the supporting bottom substrate and bottom cell.

Plant Based Pork From Impossible Foods

The food tech startup is providing an exclusive first taste of Impossible Pork -- a plant-based upgrade to the world's most ubiquitous meat. Impossible Foods is also launching Impossible Sausage, which debuts in late January at 139 Burger King restaurants in a limited-time test of the Impossible Croissan'wich.

Uber and Hyundai Announce Aerial Ridesharing Partnership

Uber and Hyundai Motor Company have announced a new partnership to develop Uber Air Taxis for a future aerial ride share network and unveiled a new full-scale aircraft concept.

Wearable Air Conditioning

One day, soldiers could cool down on the military battlefield -- preventing heat stroke or exhaustion -- by using "wearable air conditioning," an on-skin device that includes numerous human health care applications such as the ability to monitor blood pressure, electrical activity of the heart and the level of skin hydration.

HEPHAESTUS Surgical

Hephaestus Surgical is a medical device company specialised in laparoscopic instrument holders.

Augumenta

Augumenta are a Finnish company which create applications for Augmented Reality glasses. IDTechEx interviewed Peter Antoniac, co-founder and CTO.

New Production Method for Carbon Nanotubes Gets Green Light

A new method of producing carbon nanotubes - tiny molecules with incredible physical properties used in touchscreen displays, 5G networks and flexible electronics - has been given the green light by researchers, meaning work in this crucial field can continue.

Drones Effective Tools for Fruit Farmers

Researchers are researching the use of drones for fruit trees. Most of the agricultural applications for drones - or, more technically unmanned aerial vehicles - have been on grain crops like wheat, corn and soy.

Coated Polythiophene films at Kodak

Eastman Kodak Company, incorporated in 1901, is a global commercial printing and imaging company with technologies in materials science, digital imaging science and software, and deposition processes

Polluted Wastewater in the Forecast? Try a Solar Umbrella

Researchers have demonstrated a way to double the rate of evaporation by using solar energy and taking advantage of water's inherent properties.

World's First Public Road Test of Vehicle Equipped with Smart Lidar

RoboSense announced the world's first public road test of a vehicle equipped with a Smart LiDAR Sensor.

Collaboration on Multiscale Simulation for OLEDs

Simbeyond​ and S​oftware for Chemistry & Materials​ announce their collaboration on ​Multiscale simulation for Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs): from molecule to device.​