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Zero-Emission Truck Market Primed for Growth

The vast majority of new trucks sold today are powered by diesel engines, but like other on-road vehicle segments, this is set to change.

A Robot Learns to Imagine Itself

We humans acquire our body-model as infants, and robots are following suit. A Cresearch team announced today they have created a robot that—for the first time—is able to learn a model of its entire body from scratch, without any human assistance. The researchers demonstrate how their robot created a kinematic model of itself, and then used its self-model to plan motion, reach goals, and avoid obstacles in a variety of situations. It even automatically recognized and then compensated for damage to its body.

Engineering Team Creates Bioartificial Left Ventricle

Researchers have grown a small-scale model of a human left heart ventricle in the lab. The bioartificial tissue construct is made with living heart cells and beats strongly enough to pump fluid inside a bioreactor.

Machine Learning Identifies Gun Purchasers at Risk of Suicide

A new study suggests machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence, may help identify handgun purchasers who are at high risk of suicide. It also identified individual and community characteristics that are predictive of firearm suicide.

Longer Lasting Sodium-Ion Batteries on the Horizon

Cheap and abundant, sodium is a prime promising candidate for new battery technology. But limited performance of sodium-ion batteries has hindered their large-scale applications. Now, a research team has developed a sodium-ion battery with greatly extended longevity in laboratory tests. An ingenious shift in the ingredients that make up the liquid core of the battery prevents the performance issues that have bedeviled sodium-based batteries.

Hasbro 3D Prints Your Face on Action Figures

Hasbro has announced Hasbro Selfie Series figures—a groundbreaking endeavor to use 3D printing to manufacture personalized action figures at scale. For the first time, fans will be able to scan their face with a smart device and have a custom-made look-a-like action figure delivered to their door.

Perfand LED

Perfand LED is a Polish LED provider, established in 1992 by Andrezj Trawinski. IDTechEx spoke with Perfand at GreenTech 2022.

3D Printing Nickel Single Crystals Using Laser Additive Manufacturing

Researchers have succeeded in fabricating a nickel single crystal with only a very few crystalline defects by irradiating nickel powder with a large-radius, flat-top laser beam (i.e., a laser beam whose intensity is uniform across a cross-section of the beam). This technique may be used to fabricate a wide variety of single-crystalline materials, including heat-resistant materials for jet engines and gas turbines.

Final Test and Assembly of World's Most Powerful Wave Energy Converter

Bombora Wave Power is entering the final test and assembly phase of the ground-breaking 1.5MW Pembrokeshire Demonstration Project, as it prepares to validate the powerful Wave Energy Converter.

Indium Corporation Partnership with SAFI-Tech, New Solder Products

Metallic soldering represents a key manufacturing process across many industries, including aerospace, automotive, and electronics. Current solder products trade off the reliability of joints formed with the very high processing temperatures needed to form those joints—a problem that has limited material selection and product design.

Cutting-Edge Cleft Surgery Training Tool to Debut in UK

3D printed simulator, developed by Simulare Medical, a division of Smile Train, will lead to safer, higher-quality surgery for every child living with cleft lip and palate

Symphoni

Symphoni is a Canadian company developing and providing LED systems for the horticulture industry, having been spun out from lighting solutions company Delight Company in 2020. IDTechEx spoke with Symphoni at the GreenTech 2022 event.

Nidec — A Wide Range of Gearboxes for Automation

Founded in 1973, Nidec are a Japanese manufacturer famous for their electric motors. The annual revenue of this corporation was US$15.21 billion in 2021. At Automatica 2022, Nidec demonstrated a wide range of gearboxes for different applications

Rolls-Royce Advances Hybrid-Electric Flight

Rolls-Royce announces the development of turbogenerator technology, which includes a new small engine designed for hybrid-electric applications. The system will be an on-board power source with scalable power offerings and will complement the Rolls-Royce Electrical propulsion portfolio, enabling extended range on sustainable aviation fuels and later as it comes available through hydrogen combustion.

Efficient, Stable and Eco-Friendly Thermoelectric Material Discovered

Waste heat is a very promising source of energy conservation and reuse, by means of converting this heat into electricity—a process called thermoelectric conversion. Commercially available thermoelectric conversion devices are synthesized using rare metals. While these are quite efficient, they are expensive and, in the majority of cases, utilize toxic materials. Both these factors have led to these converters being of limited use.

LuxAI

LuxAI is a social robot manufacturer headquartered in Luxembourg. LuxAI's product has a unique feature with its 'all-in-one' design, and this is a unique value proposition of the company in comparison with other market players.

ASE — Advanced Semiconductor Packaging

A comprehensive overview of advanced packaging technologies and business strategies in ASE.

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.